tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post8638463118451445152..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: College BallAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-71760591254897777552021-09-04T12:50:23.673-04:002021-09-04T12:50:23.673-04:00Critch, go volsCritch, go volsTennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-11423886564834808052021-09-04T12:49:36.858-04:002021-09-04T12:49:36.858-04:00Crotch … go VolsCrotch … go VolsTennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-39459000285459812712021-08-30T14:41:01.529-04:002021-08-30T14:41:01.529-04:00Critch, I think the SEC has made itself too powerf...Critch, I think the SEC has made itself too powerful and too attractive for anyone else to catch it. I would bet they raid the ACC soon and then the football world will shift...AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-11907653673942132342021-08-30T10:01:53.561-04:002021-08-30T10:01:53.561-04:00THE SEC is growing, GO VOLS! We Rule!THE SEC is growing, GO VOLS! We Rule!Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-36115191840658470792021-08-29T16:46:22.949-04:002021-08-29T16:46:22.949-04:00Ladies and Gentlemen, Ed Asner has died. Sadly, I...Ladies and Gentlemen, Ed Asner has died. Sadly, I remember Ed mainly as an *sshole leftist before being an *sshole leftist was cool. Still RIP.<br /><br />In fact, there have been a lot of sad deaths this year so far. Alex Trebeck. Tragic. He was the calm that held the human race together.<br /><br />Hal Holbrook. One of my favorite actors. Vastly underrated and underappreciated.<br /><br />Charlie Watts. I had no idea he had been faithful to his wife all those years. Major respect!<br /><br />Charles Grodin. He was an outsider in an insider world.<br /><br />Rush. The one talk radio host who didn't scaremonger.<br /><br />Cloris Leachman. Frau Blucher!!! A genuine comedian, so so rare.<br /><br />RIP<br /><br />Oh, and Larry Flynt, who worked to undermine society. A worm for the worms.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-25983444922452662162021-08-29T13:34:34.697-04:002021-08-29T13:34:34.697-04:00Jed, I don't disagree. The idea that these ar...Jed, I don't disagree. The idea that these are "student athletes" is just cover for these colleges making investments in minor league pro-teams. The fact they want to pay them now through sponsorships just confirms that.<br /><br />But that said, I find the maneuvering and the hypocrisy interesting to watch. And I do enjoy the games, same as the NFL.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-40684452879682152232021-08-29T07:57:54.351-04:002021-08-29T07:57:54.351-04:00Well Andrew, The response from aCC, Big 10, PAC 12...Well Andrew, The response from aCC, Big 10, PAC 12, and Big 12 was pretty pathetic. But my take is slightly different than yours. I grew up in Philly where local college teams were not significant. The Eagles and the NFL were the team in Philly, particularly starting around 1960 when they won the championship.<br /><br />As a kid, I grew up reading Chip Hilton books by “Clair Bee” about kids from Valley Falls High who played three sports and went to “State University”. But, it was still about student athletes. Big time college football existed in the south and mid-west. The NFL was largely a northern enterprise. Cities like Knoxville, Birmingham, Norman, Fort Worth were not big enough to warrant pro franchises. After air-conditioning opened the south, population shifts went south and west.<br /><br />Power Five, as you mention, is controlled by t.v. money. These schools football programs fund all the other sports (along with basketball.) so basically, college division 1 became a feeder league for the NFL. Good-bye student athlete, good bye rah rah be true to your school; hello McDonalds Happy meal bags stuffed with cash, and cover up gang bang rape parties.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.com