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American Idol, season 9 or whatever by ladeda

Topic: American Idol, season 9 or whatever . Posted at

AI has been pulling her stuff off of youtube pretty quick so I don't know how much longer this will be up.

I love that smoky,bluesy sound of Bowersox.

NCAA Lawsuit by volleyboil 0

Topic: NCAA Lawsuit . Posted at

You can bash these guys but, I guarantee you, the NCAA is taking this very seriously. At stake are billions of dollars generated by football and men's basketball. The NCAA uses this money to, among other things, fund volleyball, golf, crew, etc. If this lawsuit is successful and school's have to begin "paying" current athletes, all other sports will suffer.

Face it, the NCAA has milked this cash cow for a long time. I'm suprised it's taken so long for this to come to a head.

ND to Big Ten starting to look possible by redbeard00 0

Topic: ND to Big Ten starting to look possible . Posted at

Today at 1:23pm, Bluto wrote:

Today at 10:31am, redbeard2008 wrote:

ND is like the Yankees. More people hate them than love them.

They're nothing at all like the Yankees - the Yankees win.

I still hate both of them though

You weren't around when Ara Parseghian's Wing-T offense was riding rough-shod over just about everyone. They weren't shy about running up the score, either. Lou Holtz wasn't exactly easy to take, even by ND fans, even though he was the last ND coach who won with any consistency.

ND to Big Ten starting to look possible by hammer 0

Topic: ND to Big Ten starting to look possible . Posted at

ND to the BIG-10 makes a lot of sense geographically and it could make sense financially, but ND home games against BIG-10 opponents would still have to be telecast on NBC. ND can still play a national schedule provided the number of BIG-10 games is eight or less (without counting the conference's championship game).

NCAA Lawsuit by redbeard00 0

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The aim here is likely just to get the NCAA to settle with the class-members. Their likelihood of success might be slim, but if they were to succeed the consequences for the NCAA could be drastic. They'd be rolling the dice on which side Kennedy, a libertarian, might flop (with the conservatives or the liberals).

Hawaii v. USC (night 2) by purpleisgold 0

Topic: Hawaii v. USC (night 2) . Posted at

Today at 12:43pm, po'okela wrote:

JONAS UMLAUFT for NATIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR?

Not that we have any concern here in the PNW, but I can without any doubt see this happening. Sadly, I see UH loosing in the MPSF playoffs before making it to Stanford .

In any case..GO BOWS! Now when it comes time to next fall, however, we'll see how things end up at Hec Ed with the Lady Dawgs.

Question re Early Commitments by ugopher

Topic: Question re Early Commitments . Posted at

Excellent point, Beachman. Most coaches probably don't want to be getting commitments from 14, 15 and 16 year olds. But as long as a few do, most will feel they have to.

NCAA Lawsuit by ugopher

Topic: NCAA Lawsuit . Posted at

Today at 1:28pm, VBCOACH wrote:

The athletes are paid. Their college education is paid for. Depending on the school, that can be worth quite a lot of money. Then, they can use their college degree to earn a salary for the rest of their lives (if they don't play pro and get rich.) If the athletes don't take advantage of that opportunity by dropping-out of college to play pro (or major in basket-weaving,) that's not the fault of the NCAA.

Excellent point. If the NCAA is required to pay these athletes, will they be able to receive funds back from the athletes who use their time in college athletics to hone their skills to a point where they can command larger dollars than they could have at 18?

For example, how much money could the 2009 NFL pick, Matthew Stafford, made coming out of high school? Compare that to the $41.7 million guaranteed he signed for through the experience and refining of his skills during his college career. How much should the NCAA be able to charge for providing him an opportunity to do so?

And, how much did Ed O'Bannon earn as a pro coming out of high school? Probably not as much as he did as the 9th pick in the draft.

Ed, I'm sorry you aren't a multi-millionaire now. But you probably made more money coming out of college than most. And it had nothing to do with your intellectual abilities but rather the forum the NCAA provided to showcase your skills.

2009-2010 Jobs Thread by ugopher

Topic: 2009-2010 Jobs Thread . Posted at

Today at 1:29pm, simplycurious wrote:

Today at 1:25pm, Carlton Lassiter wrote:

Is no one here a fan of the show "The Big Bang"?

I think it's actually The Big Bang Theory and believe this poster is familiar with it:

Today at 1:12pm, suessdr wrote:

Bazzinga!

However, your modern-day cultural reference is lost on me.

Oh I somehow missed the good doctor's reply. Bazzinga indeed.

Question re Early Commitments by beachman

Topic: Question re Early Commitments . Posted at

The fact is that some coaches chose to not get into the 'bidding wars' as I like to call me and go after kids who were only entering their 11th grade in HS.....those coaches, one whom I know very well, lost his ass doing it that way....most coaches today, who want to be competitive, are out working on their Class of 2012 right now, and have their 2011 incoming freshmen already in the fold(at least as much in the fold as they can be until they sign their LOI)....If you can't beat em you join em and until the NCAA puts a stop to this stuff or starts treating volleyball players like they do basketball and football players who transfer, this trend will just continue on.....IT IS WHAT IT IS!!!