One more reason why I hate college athletics

[kallend 2,175]

Anvilbrother

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Your subject header is "I hate college athletics."

Sounds like an emotional rather than rational stance.

He's just mad he got picked last in sports and is taking it out on the jocks now that he is their professor and has "power" over them. That's my take on it anyways.

Since you clearly didn't bother to read the thread before resorting to the PAs, I'll repeat for your benefit that we don't have "jocks" at my school.

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[Anvilbrother 0]

That's was not one lick of a PA my friend, but nice "flop" for the refs again. That was an observation based on my life experiences of teachers vs athletes, and your emotionally charged title. If it isn't true fine, but that's how I see it.

Ps if you want to know what that personal life experience is I will let you know it's very relevant.

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[grue 1]

Well, just remember it's not always like that.

I was a two-sport university athlete, and while I hate what college basketball and football are, there was a lot less pressure for those of us on the ice hockey and soccer teams because we're not the "face" of college athletics.

That's not to say we didn't have our share of people who probably wouldn't have been admitted if it weren't for athletic prowess, just an anecdotally much lower proportion.

Interesting too how professional basketball and football seem to have the most criminal drama with their players, too…

cavete terrae.

[kelpdiver 2]

grue

Interesting too how professional basketball and football seem to have the most criminal drama with their players, too…

If Patreus hadn't run the Olympics on carbon fiber legs, I doubt the world would have followed the murder trial. NFL and NBA transgressions get more press than any other sport here. In Europe that would probably be the leaders for the teams in the Premiere League.

[kelpdiver 2]

GeorgiaDon

We might also assume you were the kid who couldn't make it past freshman calculus, so now you hate anyone who could. And of course that "take on things" is just as useless as your "take on things".

When I hear people (and particular legislators) crap on athletics as an institution, it's pretty unlikely that sports are a part of their lifestyle, past or present. They dwell on the negatives while ignoring the rest.

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kelpdiver

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Interesting too how professional basketball and football seem to have the most criminal drama with their players, too…

If Patreus hadn't run the Olympics on carbon fiber legs, I doubt the world would have followed the murder trial. NFL and NBA transgressions get more press than any other sport here. In Europe that would probably be the leaders for the teams in the Premiere League.


I think this is interesting, though perhaps not great science:

http://www.vocativ.com/culture/sport/nfl-arrest-rates/

cavete terrae.

[kelpdiver 2]

grue

I think this is interesting, though perhaps not great science:

http://www.vocativ.com/culture/sport/nfl-arrest-rates/

the funny thing here is looking at the US arrests for the entire population.

http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/persons-arrested/persons-arrested

12.2 million arrests in 2012 / 320M people x 100,000 (the same formula used in the article ) = 3812, or 54% higher than the 2466 high they cited for football players. And if we examined black arrest rates, that national average is much higher.

The DUI rate for the players, otoh, does seem disproportionately higher than the national average.

[kallend 2,175]

Another example of ethical lapse driven by college athletics.

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[kelpdiver 2]

kallend

Another example of ethical lapse driven by college athletics.

oh, my! Potential recruits getting alcohol and being shown co-eds in a SELF REPORTED incident that involved 23 being punished.

This is on par with the Chicago charity that was pouring beers shots on the marathon 3 weeks ago.

The service academies are back of the pack when it comes to Div I athletics. Blue Chip recruits are not going there.

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[Bolas 5]

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The independent investigation, led by attorney Kenneth Wainstein, found a "shadow curriculum" in the African and Afro-American Studies department, where hundreds of irregular or fake courses were offered.

This may be why it lasted so long.

"University (or NCAA) investigates possible fraud in Philosophy department"
just isn't as catchy a headline as
"African American Studies accused of fraud"

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[kallend 2,175]

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Student athlete, or moron athlete?

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[JerryBaumchen 1,471]

Hi John,

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Student . . . or moron

I have no idea on his intelligence level, but that was not a fumble as today's newspapers are calling it. It was just an idiot thing to do.

Go Ducks,

Jerry Baumchen

[Anvilbrother 0]

Why don't you use your super secret underground professor network to find his GPA instead of coming here and calling him a moron?

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[champu 1]

kallend

Student athlete, or moron athlete?

False dichotomy.

[kelpdiver 2]

kallend

www.facebook.com/video.php?v=978683682150474

Student athlete, or moron athlete?

right...because smart people never do stupid shit.

for example, we have college professors on this very forum...

Even without the error, Oregon still wins 44-34.

[kallend 2,175]

JerryBaumchen

Hi John,

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Student . . . or moron

I have no idea on his intelligence level, but that was not a fumble as today's newspapers are calling it. It was just an idiot thing to do.

Go Ducks,

Jerry Baumchen

Maybe the Bears will draft him.

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[rushmc 23]

Anvilbrother

Why don't you use your super secret underground professor network to find his GPA instead of coming here and calling him a moron?

I suspect kallend may have been cut from a sports team when he was younger and is still mad about it

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[kallend 2,175]

rushmc

***Why don't you use your super secret underground professor network to find his GPA instead of coming here and calling him a moron?

I suspect kallend may have been cut from a sports team when he was younger and is still mad about it

Played cricket for my school and rowed (crew) for my college.

Of course, these weren't big money sports that encouraged fraud.

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[rehmwa 2]

kallend

Played cricket for my school and rowed (crew) for my college.

Of course, these weren't big money sports that encouraged fraud.

p-shaw!!!! big money and fraud is just the tip of the iceberg

big rowing is about as crooked as it gets. payouts by equipment suppliers, crooked coaches, competitors taking bribes and rowing in the wrong direction, 'coasting' classes, the women, the groupies, the drugs, the orgies, the initiation rituals, the self mutilation......it's the worst of them all. bunch of vagrants and no-gooders.


and then there's cricket - having a special 'bat' is just an excuse to introduce a custom piece of equipment to jack up the price

these punks are scary, scary misled kids, lives are ruined.

at least you weren't on a polo team

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

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and then there's cricket - having a special 'bat' is just an excuse to introduce a custom piece of equipment to jack up the price

these punks are scary, scary misled kids, lives are ruined.

And a lot of them are brown!!

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at least you weren't on a polo team

Exactly...many of those are arabs.

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SkyDekker

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and then there's cricket - having a special 'bat' is just an excuse to introduce a custom piece of equipment to jack up the price

these punks are scary, scary misled kids, lives are ruined.

And a lot of them are brown!!......

Sounds a lot like that popular Canadian sport ...the one with the custom "bat", scary misled kids, etc. Well, except for the "brown" part. Ironic, considering some sources place the roots of the game in Ethiopia.

[kallend 2,175]

rehmwa

***Played cricket for my school and rowed (crew) for my college.

Of course, these weren't big money sports that encouraged fraud.

p-shaw!!!! big money and fraud is just the tip of the iceberg

big rowing is about as crooked as it gets. payouts by equipment suppliers, crooked coaches, competitors taking bribes and rowing in the wrong direction, 'coasting' classes, the women, the groupies, the drugs, the orgies, the initiation rituals, the self mutilation......it's the worst of them all. bunch of vagrants and no-gooders.




Wow, I wonder how I missed out on all that! I didn't even get an athletic scholarship - in fact I even had to buy my own gear!

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[champu 1]

kallend

Wow, I wonder how I missed out on all that! I didn't even get an athletic scholarship - in fact I even had to buy my own gear!

...well, when you're picked last for the team they're naturally not going to let you use their gear, drugs, and groupies.