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re: Selling our Souls
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:17 am to PeeJayScammedGT
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:17 am to PeeJayScammedGT
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After that paragraph above, paying FB & MBB looks like a really attractive option
I have been a Tennessee fan my whole life. I use to get Tennessee care packages overseas from grandparents starting at 2 years old. I have found a way to attend at least 1 Vols game in person for the last 30 years. If they cave to unreasonable demands from players I will walk away. Since I moved back to Tennessee last year I have attended and taken my daughter to football, softball, baseball, basketball, women’s basketball, rugby, fencing, and a couple others in the non revenue category and done 2 donations for dinners. But anything like Texas or Okie State happens and I’m done. I can watch international rugby and cricket for my sports and spend more time hunting and fishing. Or I can move my support a few miles closer a support the Maryville Scots sports
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Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:21 am to Jjdoc
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I have already pulled my money from Bama. If I can't walk the walk.... I won't talk the talk. This is NOT about racism. This is socialism vs the founding of this nation. It's why you have statues of even Abe Lincoln being taken down. But the alumni won't. They have no nuts to say enough is enough.
Agree. There are 330M people in this country and we are letting 1% twist us into knots. Most (99%) just want to live their lives and raise their families without all the drama being stirred up by politicians, Hollywood and athletes. I can do without all three!!!
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:36 am to Irons Puppet
Grown men whining about 20 year old athletes voicing their opinions.
Oh you would be fine without sports? Congrats. Maybe find a new board to post on instead of one dedicated to sports.
Oh you would be fine without sports? Congrats. Maybe find a new board to post on instead of one dedicated to sports.
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 6:40 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:37 am to Kentucker
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This is true for other sports as well. The pause in sports has made lots of people reflect about why they support games. Games don’t offer direct benefits to anyone other than the players, coaches and owners. Fans are lowest on the totem pole but highest on the cost list. It really makes no sense to be a fan of sports these days.
How convenient for you to say this hypocritical bullshyt now, you never peeped a word of that shyt above when Kentucky's Athl Dept set records for HC's salary for MBB
When Kentucky's HCs earned $5MM per yr, $7MM per yr, then $9MM per year, and during that time not 1 opinion from you- you were "quieter than a Rat pissing on Cotton", NOW as soon as College Sports Teams that are majority Black have any opinion at all, now your chicken-shyt arse "finds religion" and wants to opine
You weren't saying a damn thing about "direct benefits" and Fans being lowest on the Totem Pole but highest on the cost list when MBB HCs were becoming generationally wealthy from MBB, now your cowardly arse saves all that bullshite for when the majority Black Players dare put forth any opinion about anything
See if you can find Dr Emmett Brown, maybe he can take you back to the 1970s & 1980s when Black Athletes kept their opinions to themselves, if you continue to live in 2020 you're gonna be real pissed off most of the time
A Little Mike Gundy Reading for you From SI
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 7:18 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:44 am to PeeJayScammedGT
College sports do seem negatively impacted and unprepared and all of this happening at once isn’t helping.
-The corona cutting revenue and costs
-States allowing endorsement money
-Racism me too movement
At this point I just hope college sports will go back to normal after the dust settles, quickly.
-The corona cutting revenue and costs
-States allowing endorsement money
-Racism me too movement
At this point I just hope college sports will go back to normal after the dust settles, quickly.
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 6:53 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:44 am to Jebadeb
I have no problem with a 20 year old kid voicing his opinion. I do have a problem with a 20 year old voicing his opinion then crying and saying a grown man can't voice his. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. No matter what your opinion is there will be people who don't agree with it. It's called life
Posted on 6/16/20 at 6:52 am to PeeJayScammedGT
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When Kentucky's HCs earned $5MM per yr, $7MM per yr, then $9MM per year, and during that time not 1 opinion from you- you were "quieter than a Rat pissing on Cotton", NOW as soon as College Sports Teams that are majority Black have any opinion at all, now your chicken-shyt arse "finds religion" and wants to opine
You weren't saying a damn thing about "direct benefits" and Fans being lowest on the Totem Pole but highest on the cost list when MBB HCs were becoming generationally wealthy from MBB, no your cowardly arse saves all that bullshite for when the majority Black Players dare put forth any opinion about anything
The recruits want to go to Cal because he runs a program that is considered a NBA farm league. Mutually beneficial.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:02 am to jangalang
Be interesting to see if any Kentucky basketball players ask/demand that Rupp Arena be renamed.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:08 am to Jebadeb
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Grown men whining about 20 year old athletes voicing their opinions.
Like how the entire left whined when Drew Brees voiced his?
Double standard.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:09 am to jcljag
Doubt it. Kentucky players have made it that far. I’m sure they think it’s money in the bag at that point.
The schools with not as much prestige to sell and Greg Schiano type a-hole coaches should worry.
The schools with not as much prestige to sell and Greg Schiano type a-hole coaches should worry.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:11 am to jangalang
If you play basketball at Kentucky and don't make the NBA you will get a job, all their former players get taken care of. Worst case you can leave with a degree or go back and get it free, a degree that for many was out of reach financially. Then use that degree to earn a living and make life easier for your kids. Only obstacle would be putting in the hard work, nobody will do that for you no matter who you are
Yeah what a horrible place we live in. People, all people, need a little perspective
Yeah what a horrible place we live in. People, all people, need a little perspective
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 7:15 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:13 am to LanierSpots
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Once you grow up, you will realize there are more important things in life than getting a recruit or winning a game. I hope so anyway
Whining about what OP is whining about isn’t one of those things.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:18 am to Irons Puppet
The local ATV dealers are reporting a record year. Missouri's float streams and campgrounds are packed.
I've been wrenching on my old iron and working on a new shed for my quad.
Sports you say? America is finding out that pro sports aren't that important. This will hurt them for years.
I've been wrenching on my old iron and working on a new shed for my quad.
Sports you say? America is finding out that pro sports aren't that important. This will hurt them for years.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:27 am to Irons Puppet
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If Athletes make demands now because they think they have the upper hand , I say frick them . Universities and Athletic Conferences have zero backbone and will bent over and take it. It will be up to the fans and the Alums who will have to stand up and say enough.
So... we all went out and recruited a bunch of kids - some of whom are from lower class families who have never had somebody go to college - and told them that in exchange for working 40+ hours a week to compete for the University, we will wave admissions requirements and provide them a college Education, world class athletic training, AND a huge public platform on which to showcase their talents.
And now you’re gonna sit there and tell me you’re fricking shocked SHOCKED that some of those same kids are, you know, using their education and platform and leverage they’ve been given to make demands of the institution that they attend as students?
Y’all are funny.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:27 am to jangalang
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College sports do seem negatively impacted and unprepared and all of this happening at once isn’t helping.
-The corona cutting revenue and costs
-States allowing endorsement money
-Racism me too movement
At this point I just hope college sports will go back to normal after the dust settles, quickly.
We all want College Sports to go back to normal, a "new normal" that is
I'm not sure I like the phrase "Racism me too movement", IMO the me too movement was founded based on a shady foundation, women in Hollyweird that voluntarily chose to get involved in "casting couch" situations came back after years of SILENCE, the Black Community has never been silent, they've been ignored by the Majority Group, the issue now is that Modern Day Tech put HD Video in the hands of almost every Adult walking around
I might be splitting hairs with the racism me too phrase, but I felt it worthwhile to mention that the Black Community has never been silent, they were always told to stop complaining, or they must be lying since they don't have any "proof", we now see that maybe they were telling the truth all along and previous generations of the majority group were lying all along
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:36 am to tylerdurden24
Point is everyone can voice their opinions, if you don't like someone's either talk to them and gain perspective or don't listen, it's pretty simple.
I do think it's disgusting that any cop kills anyone who is no longer a threat to them, ie handcuffed and in the car or turning and running away no matter what race is involved. Those cops will get what they deserve. Nobody deserves to be afraid they might get killed during a DUI stop or for passing a counterfeit bill. That's stupid, and changes should be made to stop it. What those changes are I don't know, making a harsh example of the ones who did it is a good start. Maybe more in depth psychological testing for perspective cops to weed out idiots predisposed to do that? Better training on what is considered a threat?
I do think it's disgusting that any cop kills anyone who is no longer a threat to them, ie handcuffed and in the car or turning and running away no matter what race is involved. Those cops will get what they deserve. Nobody deserves to be afraid they might get killed during a DUI stop or for passing a counterfeit bill. That's stupid, and changes should be made to stop it. What those changes are I don't know, making a harsh example of the ones who did it is a good start. Maybe more in depth psychological testing for perspective cops to weed out idiots predisposed to do that? Better training on what is considered a threat?
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 7:50 am
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:43 am to Poker Dough
I don’t disagree. But that road cuts both ways. Athletes are asking schools to listen to them and, for once, they have some leverage.
Y’alls self flagellation in this thread is cute. What’s going to happen is some athletes at some schools are going to make demands (reasonable and not). Those schools are going to do what they do and meet some if not most of those demands, in some ways just to appease and in others because it’s the actual right thing to do. And then, those athletes are going to play and the coaches are going to coach and life is going to move on.
But if some of you want to take your tea sets and go home because your misplaced sense of romanticism about college sports and, apparently, higher education has been offended, that’s fine. There’s another would-be season ticket holder waiting behind you and I doubt anyone else in the stadium will notice.
Y’alls self flagellation in this thread is cute. What’s going to happen is some athletes at some schools are going to make demands (reasonable and not). Those schools are going to do what they do and meet some if not most of those demands, in some ways just to appease and in others because it’s the actual right thing to do. And then, those athletes are going to play and the coaches are going to coach and life is going to move on.
But if some of you want to take your tea sets and go home because your misplaced sense of romanticism about college sports and, apparently, higher education has been offended, that’s fine. There’s another would-be season ticket holder waiting behind you and I doubt anyone else in the stadium will notice.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:47 am to Linoge
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It is interesting. I thought I would miss sports but I don't. I am now enjoying my own life and could care less about what the spoiled ingrate athletes do.
All their nasty comments recently about our country makes me want football to go away for good. Let them get real jobs (or pursue real degrees) and realize how sweet and easy their life was.
CTE started the football decline and the 2020 riots may finish it. No tears will be shed by me.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:48 am to Poker Dough
I am as die hard college baseball as they come, but I haven't missed it this season and the world didn't end without March Madness.
Then again, it's been nice basking in the last football season.
I will miss college football though, and the dire effects it could have on entire collegiate athletics departments will be devastating if football can't be played.
Then again, it's been nice basking in the last football season.
I will miss college football though, and the dire effects it could have on entire collegiate athletics departments will be devastating if football can't be played.
Posted on 6/16/20 at 7:55 am to SidewalkTiger
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Like how the entire left whined when Drew Brees voiced his?
And the entire right went and burned their Nikes in protest of Kapernick Kneeling during the anthem.
Last I checked, Brees is still a well liked and respected QB in the NFL (I don’t necessarily agree with his opinion but I still like the guy and think he means well and does right by his adopted city) and Kapernick is unemployed as a professional football player.
There is no double standard, just grown men and women getting irrationally upset over things they choose to hyper focus on (and on both sides of the political spectrum, mind you. Case in point: the Paw Patrol nonsense).
This post was edited on 6/16/20 at 7:56 am
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