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- frontaxle, on 04/01/2009, -0/+7Sports > School
Problem. - atomicpoet, on 03/31/2009, -0/+5James Naismith was a member of the Illuminati? Is that the secret?!
- jiggawatt, on 04/01/2009, -0/+4Couldn't disagree more. Why do some get to benefit by breaking the rules when others don't? There's a reason these rules are there. We already have problems with the top schools getting favorable ref treatment, telecast treatment, etc. All this says to me is that the rules are being broken and everyone ignores them. Argue that some of the whiners are themselves dirty, but that's not the point. I don't want any more of an entitlement oligarchy in NCAA basketball anymore then there already is. Clean it up and clean up the f*cking NBA while we're at it!
- inactive, on 04/01/2009, -0/+4All those players know what they're getting into. What do you suggest they do differently? Start paying college athletes? Automatically draft all college players into the pros? Only recruit rich white kids? It's a competitive field, and a lot of people want to get in on it, just like almost every other big money making profession (music, acting, etc).
- hawk0168, on 04/01/2009, -0/+4"...given the NCAA's insistence on holding onto an outdated rulebook and an immoral/hypocritical concept of amateurism..."
I'm sorry, but this is why I watch college sports. They're amateurs. That's what made the Olympic teams of old so great to watch. Miracle On Ice anyone? They were college kids with no money, could have signed on the dotted line but didn't. That's why I watch. - yeeaauuh, on 03/31/2009, -0/+3Where's Coach Smith when you need him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkqjjHDEt_w - BenTheTank, on 04/01/2009, -0/+3If you want people to consider your point, you might give more of an explanation than "watch this movie."
- Bloodwine, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2I'm not a basketball fan, but you can't take two steps in Memphis without being thrown into the Coach Cal drama right now. This whole town is in a state of mourning.
- KentuckyBoy2, on 04/01/2009, -1/+3I used to work in the sports department of an SEC school. I can tell you that in the glory days of basketball things got pretty ugly. Many small town high schools were nothing more than recruiting mills for the big schools. Promising athletes, as young as 10 or 12 would be moved to these small towns and the parents would get great jobs doing nothing. The kids then would be groomed for basketball and football success. The local doctors all treated these young men for growth disorders (AKA gave them steroids) and the local high schools had creative ways of grading homework as well s proctoring exams such as the ACT or SAT. Once in college the treatment was very much the same. I have been away from that scene for more than 20 years and sanctions have been levied against some of the schools fed by these basketball mills. However, I doubt much has changed. I know that this was not just going on in the SEC. I know of at least one player, for a school that used to be in the Metro conference then CUSA and that is now in the Big East, that had plenty of players driving town cars. I also know that women of a professional nature used to be provided for players that delivered on the court or the gridiron. At that school you could always tell if someone stood out at a game buy whether or not a prostitute was diligently waiting at his dorm after the game. An Ex-girlfriend of mine was once approached by the member of the football coaching staff and she was asked if she would like to make a few bucks to show a football player a really good time after the game.
- inactive, on 04/01/2009, -0/+2I find myself agreeing with Whitlock more and more ever since he and ESPN broke up and he was no longer forced to write "angry black man" articles every column.
- Flatpicker, on 04/05/2009, -0/+1Buried for being full of crap.
- BGeniusSports, on 07/01/2009, -0/+1Im not from Memphis, but I could only imagine how tough it was for you all to see Calapari go. I actually blogged an article today (http://barelygenius.blogspot.com/2009/04/honorable ... on how honorable Tim Floyd is for staying at USC. Sometimes coaches have to just stay put and build their own legacy.
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www.barelygenius.blogspot.com - Kitakaze, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1"Judging any man's character by his adherence to NCAA rules is quite possibly the dumbest thing sports writers and fans do." Brilliant! That's so well said! Just like "Judging any man's character by his adherence to the law is quite possibly the dumbest thing cops and judges do." Oh uh, that didn't seem to work as well. /s
Rules — legal or otherwise — should be followed simply because we must be ruled by law, and not man. Not the whim of any man. This is the principle behind equality before the law. - inactive, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1It's so *****.
- KentuckyBoy2, on 04/01/2009, -0/+1An assistant AD of a major SEC school once told me why African Americans are now dominating the college game. He said that it was a matter of economics. He said that it is easier to find black guys that are poor than it is to find white kids that are poor and that the schools were interested in recruiting the poorer player so that once the student was in school the student could apply for federal financial aid. Once aide is provided it then is deducted from the scholarship. This made it easier to comply with Title 9 requirements for funding. He said as a consequence of this is that whites no longer pursued college basketball or football or even high school basketball or football with the same fervor that they once had done. He said it was a matter of conditioning. The whites did not see whites playing these games and so the best white atheletes gravitated to other sports, such as tennis and baseball. He speculated that the day would come when some other minority group would become the dominating factor in basketball and football. He said that it just depends on funding and that the bottom line was if a player can play and someone else will pay for him or her then they will take that player.
I felt disillusioned after this was explained to me. It is not pretty and I don't suppose he would have talked about it without a few drinks in him. In the end white America is using these black kids for entertainment and when we are through with them we pitch them to the side. Those kids that got hurt and could not play were not taken care of. When the financial aide ran out they slowly drifted back into obscurity. Even the ones that make it often are broke a few years after their career is over. What else can be expected. They are told from an early age that they are only good at playing B-ball. And while they are playing the "gangster life" is encouraged and many spend everything they have on houses, hommies, and whores. They are even a joke to the late night TV host that incessantly speak about NBA stars and how many illegitimate children they have. They are surrounded by leaches that help them spend their money and then move on down the line.
This problem really is akin to slavery. These kids don't know what they are getting into. They are just big "Bucks" as the slave owners called them. The only difference now is that it is more profitable to have them bounce a ball than to pick cotton.
There are some that make it. Micheal Jordon is an example, but for every MJ there are 10,000 that we never even knew their names. They were just another black kid that had been condition to put more stock in a $100 dollar pair of sneakers (made by slaves in China) and a stupid orange ball than they put in traditional family values and education. - Kate1240, on 04/01/2009, -0/+0The Dirty Secrets of the NCAA > Title IX
- FirstCuts, on 04/01/2009, -1/+1I so often disagree with Whitlock, but I believe he's very correct in this instance. I think people criticize Calipari, Huggins, etc. to make themselves feel superior. They don't really care about the rules, they just want to look down at someone.
- KentuckyBoy2, on 04/01/2009, -0/+0I posted this as a reply to another person on this blog but I wanted to make sure you (KATE1240) saw it so here it is again. Sorry to everyone else for being redundant.
An assistant AD of a major SEC school once told me why African Americans are now dominating the college game. He said that it was a matter of economics. He said that it is easier to find black guys that are poor than it is to find white kids that are poor and that the schools were interested in recruiting the poorer player so that once the student was in school the student could apply for federal financial aid. Once aide is provided it then is deducted from the scholarship. This made it easier to comply with Title 9 requirements for funding. He said as a consequence of this is that whites no longer pursued college basketball or football or even high school basketball or football with the same fervor that they once had done. He said it was a matter of conditioning. The whites did not see whites playing these games and so the best white atheletes gravitated to other sports, such as tennis and baseball. He speculated that the day would come when some other minority group would become the dominating factor in basketball and football. He said that it just depends on funding and that the bottom line was if a player can play and someone else will pay for him or her then they will take that player.
I felt disillusioned after this was explained to me. It is not pretty and I don't suppose he would have talked about it without a few drinks in him. In the end white America is using these black kids for entertainment and when we are through with them we pitch them to the side. Those kids that got hurt and could not play were not taken care of. When the financial aide ran out they slowly drifted back into obscurity. Even the ones that make it often are broke a few years after their career is over. What else can be expected. They are told from an early age that they are only good at playing B-ball. And while they are playing the "gangster life" is encouraged and many spend everything they have on houses, hommies, and whores. They are even a joke to the late night TV host that incessantly speak about NBA stars and how many illegitimate children they have. They are surrounded by leaches that help them spend their money and then move on down the line.
This problem really is akin to slavery. These kids don't know what they are getting into. They are just big "Bucks" as the slave owners called them. The only difference now is that it is more profitable to have them bounce a ball than to pick cotton.
There are some that make it. Micheal Jordon is an example, but for every MJ there are 10,000 that we never even knew their names. They were just another black kid that had been condition to put more stock in a $100 dollar pair of sneakers (made by slaves in China) and a stupid orange ball than they put in traditional family values and education. - urbanrose, on 04/01/2009, -1/+0Face it, corruption is in the heart of MAN (and woman)...and talent lies within --- gotta take the good with the bad people!
- FantasticGirl, on 04/01/2009, -2/+0As the author said himself, men are alike. We are all driven by our passions. For some men it is sex. And being a coach, training college kids, winning is also a passion, a game of the whole life.Whatever the coaches do to achieve their whatever goals, they are motivated by the sam targets as you, men, in the sex. To be the winner. Its different from man to man, how to achieve this, mean or honest.
- moosejaw99, on 04/01/2009, -6/+2The dirtiest little secret of the NCAA is the modernization of slavery.
Dangling the professional athlete carrot to underprivileged, unprepared, and uneducated black kids, while making millions. The majority do not have a chance to even take advantage of the scholarship they are given, so the only real hope is to make big bucks in the NBA or NFL.
This is what needs to be exposed. If anyone wants to argue please watch the doc Hoops Dreams once or twice, and you'll see what I mean.
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