tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post116973431319393208..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Thursday 01/25 A.M. Quickie:Bush, 'Boys, HD NHL, Roush and MoreUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-56754860495593613962007-03-14T14:11:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:11:00.000-04:00i have gone through your site, its great informati...i have gone through your site, its great information.<BR/>it was excellent and found many interesting<BR/>things.there is a site which is contains similer information.<BR/>i hope it will be helpful for your awesome website.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.cashunclaimed.com/how.phtml" REL="nofollow">lost cash, find cash</A>Medipally.srikanthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769878662368519403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169818977351618442007-01-26T08:42:00.000-05:002007-01-26T08:42:00.000-05:00Nice blog, Rickey likes. You should go to Rickey'...Nice blog, Rickey likes. You should go to Rickey's blog too.<BR/><BR/>http://ridingwithricky.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169817230098293722007-01-26T08:13:00.000-05:002007-01-26T08:13:00.000-05:001. If you pay football/ basketball players from t...1. If you pay football/ basketball players from the gate receipts, what do you do with swimmers and gymnasts and baseball players and other sports that generally have little or no gate? In college sports, generally only 2 programs make money -- football and basketball. Only 3 women's sports programs in the country make money (UConn hoops, Tennessee hoops, and Hawaii volleyball). So does this mean that female athletes don't get paid, while men do?<BR/><BR/>2. Anyone who bitches about Rory being left out of the NHL all-star game cannot bitch because Shaq starts in the NBA. Fans vote for who they want to see. And personally, I am glad Carmelo got left off, after a 15 game suspension for being a sucker punching bi-atch....Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169791526820040462007-01-26T01:05:00.000-05:002007-01-26T01:05:00.000-05:00how about the goddamn travesty that is shaq starti...how about the goddamn travesty that is shaq starting at center after missing the entire first half with a hang nail while carmelo anthony has to sit and watch it at home, again, after leading the league in scoring the first half?jtbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18012559315775330485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169781451689203752007-01-25T22:17:00.000-05:002007-01-25T22:17:00.000-05:00Troy in gville you ever go to the rotator. When I...Troy in gville you ever go to the rotator. When I was at UF it had quarter domestic drafts and 50 cent newcastle drafts on wednesdays. Then on thursdays you went to CJ's for nickel beers. <BR/><BR/>I am all for giving the college athletes some more money. I also think that if they make money from an outside sport like jeremy bloom then they should be allowed to keep all of it and not lose their eligibility. However I think that they should be happy that they are getting a great education for free. I was lucky that I never had to take loans out for school as I had scholarships and was at a state school, but I still had to pay for food and my apartment and books. Still I was happy to be attending my dream school and getting my education for free. I bet some of the athletes are getting educations that are worth well over 250k and many of them haven't even learned anything other than that they will always get a free ride because they can throw a ball. I think that with all the money they bring into universities that maybe the players should get maybe a portion of the gate. Say if you were to take a dollar from every ticket sold and split it amongst both teams evenly. If you were to play at florida and they drew 75k fans then there would be a 75k dollar kitty. IF there are a hundred players on each team then each player would receive 375 dollars a game. The positive to this is that players on crap teams who don't draw fans will at least get some decent cash when they play away. Otherwise you could just make it a set mount for every game in every div I conference.The heroin sheikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860402732123149415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169780732634421482007-01-25T22:05:00.000-05:002007-01-25T22:05:00.000-05:00Sean SalisburyI actually followed the links and li...Sean Salisbury<BR/><BR/>I actually followed the links and listened to the piece. Is everyone out there stupid? He was talking about Peyton Manning driving down the field. He said he has to crunch and jew down the field. He obviously meant chew. When you are speaking fast and for a long time, some letters or sounds get mangled. This is an example of hysterical oversensitive morons making an issue of a complete non issue. I am Jewish and I don't even think there was 0.1% of anything remotely anti-semetic in what he said. <BR/><BR/>People are just a little too sensitive these days and are looking for any possible way to think they are slighted. <BR/><BR/>The mainstream media has not picked this up since it is a complete non-starter as an issue.CycleDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08933822029791530613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169772339719871142007-01-25T19:45:00.000-05:002007-01-25T19:45:00.000-05:00"And I know this is a few days late, but Mutumbo w..."And I know this is a few days late, but Mutumbo was at the State of the Union. Was anyone else waiting for Bush to say something like, "We need more troops in Iraq" and the camera pans to Motumbo doing the finger wave??"<BR/><BR/>Good one man. What an awesome image.<BR/><BR/>I don't see anything wrong with that party, but I could see how someone would. But take those same photos, call it a "gangster party," and have it on any other weekend, and nobody would say a thing. So whatever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169768563404786112007-01-25T18:42:00.000-05:002007-01-25T18:42:00.000-05:00so, i dont know how I'm missing it..but if anyone ...so, i dont know how I'm missing it..<BR/><BR/>but if anyone knows where I can go to sign up to be able to comment on deadspin, let me know. hehrafaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09286062038193331350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169763268493585002007-01-25T17:14:00.000-05:002007-01-25T17:14:00.000-05:00I was listening to Schlereth this morning talking ...I was listening to Schlereth this morning talking about guys scrounging for meal money in college because they didn't have jobs.<BR/><BR/>My question woulda been, don't athletes get meal plans? Sorry if it's not domino's, but they could go to the mess hall and get stuff if they wanted, no?Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169760804614453902007-01-25T16:33:00.000-05:002007-01-25T16:33:00.000-05:00Athletes also get a per diem for food while travel...<I>Athletes also get a per diem for food while traveling and for every day they are on campus during school vacations. They bank anything they don't spend on food.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Ah, per diem. It's also the very best reason to be in marching band or basketball band. When our football team played @LSU in 2003, the band stayed in New Orleans instead of Baton Rouge, and with a modest per diem, well... it was a good trip. And for the Sweet 16 last year, there is something cool about being able to look up the best restaurants in Minneapolis knowing you've got the athletic director's money to spend. Good times.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169760651815901302007-01-25T16:30:00.000-05:002007-01-25T16:30:00.000-05:00@ Brian in Oxford, Yea the Pabst Blue Ribbon for a...@ Brian in Oxford, Yea the Pabst Blue Ribbon for a buck is not really a great beer. But not a bad way to get loaded if you are short on funds. lolAitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465798018639732646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169760504007650552007-01-25T16:28:00.000-05:002007-01-25T16:28:00.000-05:00Big Smitty, Marcomarco... We do mostly hard rock a...Big Smitty, Marcomarco... We do mostly hard rock and some classic rock tunes, totally stripped down to a single acoustic guitar and two vocalists. The wings are pretty good I must say. The entire menu is pretty decent and reasonably priced. I'm not a fan of PBR, so I stay away from the dolalr drafts, BUT they have another deal which is 5 of the 7oz bud light "ponies" for $5. This basically the equivelent of 3 longnecks, so it is a pretty good deal. Hope to see you guys. I'll be sitting down front, next to the kid with a guitar. lol. We start around 9pmAitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08465798018639732646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169760357781852022007-01-25T16:25:00.000-05:002007-01-25T16:25:00.000-05:00Athletes also get a per diem for food while travel...Athletes also get a per diem for food while traveling and for every day they are on campus during school vacations. They bank anything they don't spend on food.<BR/><BR/>Along with the free books, when they sell them back at the end of the semester, they bank that too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169758725658821882007-01-25T15:58:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:58:00.000-05:00all for playing minor league football/basketball.....all for playing minor league football/basketball....sheesh!<BR/><BR/>My guess, attleboronians, is that you can't get GOOD beer for only a buck. You get what you pay for. Hey, does Allen Ripley from the '78 Red Sox still live in Attleboro?Brian in Oxfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053368055698118199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169758106661142642007-01-25T15:48:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:48:00.000-05:00The sweatshirt and shoe deal is huge. Technically...The sweatshirt and shoe deal is huge. Technically, the athletes are not allowed to keep the stuff. But, most equipment managers will call the equipment in damaged condition and will "discard" the stuff for the athletes. Plus, athletes normally get 2 tickets for all home games (in great seat locations) and 1 seat for all road games. So at a place like tOSU, where it takes a $2500/yr donation to get onto the list to buy 2 tickets at $500/ea for a season, the average cost per game for a pair of tickets is $500 (given tOSU plays 7 or 8 home games per year). The athletes get that same pair for free.Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169757576941409182007-01-25T15:39:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:39:00.000-05:00don't forget all the other perks that the football...don't forget all the other perks that the football and basketball players receive: shoes, sweatshirts, jackets, etc. May not seem like much but when "official XXXX University" sweatshirts and whatnot sell for 50-60 bucks its pretty steep for some students.jhawkjjmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297634924511036895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169757130505598672007-01-25T15:32:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:32:00.000-05:00College athletes that get 100% scholarships (mostl...College athletes that get 100% scholarships (mostly limited to football and basketball) get tuition, room, board, and books plus free access to many university services, including health care and tutoring (colleges provide 100% health care coverage to athletes). For students who do not want to live in the dorms, they do not get a stipend towards their room and board, unlike Navy guys, who get extra money when they do not/ cannot live in the barracks.<BR/><BR/>Plus, most of these guys get totally slack jobs for large wages, which is *legal. Athletes can take part time jobs at established and reputable businesses, which are normally in abundant supply. The reason the Oklahoma QB got in trouble is because he wasn't actually working there, just listed on the payrolls. If he had gone to work every single day and played video games with customers, they could have called him a salesman and paid him everything they already did.Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169756130390412832007-01-25T15:15:00.000-05:002007-01-25T15:15:00.000-05:00What if the NCAA came up w/ a standardized monthy ...<I>What if the NCAA came up w/ a standardized monthy stipend, for living expenses. IE food, transportation and housing if on campus housing isn't feasible for some reason. </I><BR/><BR/>But that's what happens. Isn't it? There's no way I got a better scholarship than our football team and mine was enough so that I never had to take out loans. Does anyone know what exactly the scholarships are that athletes get at the big schools? Because I think if people knew what all these guys got, the "pay college athletes" talk would go away real quick.TJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923521765537437204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169754997145715462007-01-25T14:56:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:56:00.000-05:00@ big smitty:That actually seems quite reasonable....<I>@ big smitty:</I><BR/><BR/>That actually seems quite reasonable. So there's no way the NCAA would ever accept it.<BR/><BR/>Of course, if every school was allowed a stipend for their athletes, then boosters would just find another way to make their school more, uh, "appealing".<BR/><BR/><BR/>By the way, I just <A HREF="http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0125071mlk1.html" REL="nofollow">found this </A>in the comments section over at Deadspin. The whole premise of the "party" is just skewed as all hell, but you've got to see some of the photos.<BR/><BR/>Especially #4 - the whitest man in America, wearing <I>a Dirk Nowitzki jersey</I> no less, flashing gang signs.Big Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478232002387175988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169753484007098232007-01-25T14:31:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:31:00.000-05:00Big D said... USC suffers more because of this, th...<I>Big D said... <BR/>USC suffers more because of this, though it serves them right - until the NCAA wakes up and starts paying their players, schools should be held responsible for the actions of their players if the actions violate NCAA rules.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>I gotta disagree, it seems so smart and easy to give some stipend to NCAA student athletes, however, so many athletic departments alreaddy operate in the red that it would virtually distroy a school if that had to pay all 700+ Student Athletes a monthy stipend.<BR/><BR/>Joe (Dayton)Trey (formerly TF)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16016679366233865869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169753222322273582007-01-25T14:27:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:27:00.000-05:00Enough about Federer the God, did anyone see Seren...Enough about Federer the God, did anyone see Serena's pic on ESPN a few days ago where she's screaming? I can't get it out of my head, she is a beast.<BR/><BR/>And I know this is a few days late, but Mutumbo was at the State of the Union. Was anyone else waiting for Bush to say something like, "We need more troops in Iraq" and the camera pans to Motumbo doing the finger wave??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169753219378814262007-01-25T14:26:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:26:00.000-05:00@ smitty$1 PBR drafts...bad memories of high schoo...<I>@ smitty</I><BR/><BR/><I>$1 PBR drafts...bad memories of high school parties where I had oral sex</I><BR/><BR/>So, who were the lucky guy(s)?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Sorry, too easy.marcomarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507640418000407851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169752187202469562007-01-25T14:09:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:09:00.000-05:00@ h, big smittyLA RobertsI always like finding sma...@ h, big smitty<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://laroberts.net/home.htm" REL="nofollow">LA Roberts</A><BR/><BR/>I always like finding small bars with good food. I might be in attendance that night.<BR/><BR/>How are the wings?marcomarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507640418000407851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169752078590363522007-01-25T14:07:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:07:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.marcomarcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507640418000407851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-1169749496904517932007-01-25T13:24:00.000-05:002007-01-25T13:24:00.000-05:00Re: Reggie Bush's um, "cash grab"...Here's the thi...Re: Reggie Bush's um, "cash grab"...<BR/><BR/>Here's the thing - does anyone thing Bush (or any college athlete, for that matter) really cares if they get caught accepting gifts?<BR/><BR/>Once they're out of school, if they are playing in a professional league, they could not care less about a "measly" couple hundred thousand worth of gifts.<BR/><BR/>USC suffers more because of this, though it serves them right - until the NCAA wakes up and starts paying their players, schools <I>should</I> be held responsible for the actions of their players if the actions violate NCAA rules.<BR/><BR/>If Reggie has to return his Heisman, so what? If he has to repay his "gifts", so what? If he has to repay his scholarship money to USC, so what? The guy got paid mega-money the day he signed with the Saints. There's no amount of a reasonable fine that could bother him.<BR/><BR/>And for the record, I like <A HREF="http://deadspin.com/sports/college-football/yahoo-still-trying-to-catch-reggie-bush-231410.php" REL="nofollow">Deadspin's idea</A> about how to recover the Heisman, but I'd rather see Brian Urlacher act as the Repo Man. That would lead to endless hilarity.Big Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478232002387175988noreply@blogger.com