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Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - CTcard - 05-14-2014

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10924108/tuesday-morning-quarterback-twilight-running-back

On ESPN, Greg Easterbrook writes an overly long and rambling article called TMQ - Tuesday Morning Quarterback. In the latest installment he evaluates the draft and the ills of American society. Early on he mocks Saban for having the thoughtfulness to show up at the draft to congratulate his first-round draft picks - and notes that a quarter of Saban's players neither graduate nor make the pros and that constitutes exploitation. (Don't know if his numbers are correct)

About 3/4 of the way through the article he notes that Shaw was also hanging around the draft.

Quote:"Nick Saban was not the only NCAA coach in evidence at the draft. Stanford's David Shaw held forth as a guest analyst for NFL Network. Shaw wants recruiting clout, too. But Stanford graduates nearly all its football players, so is not engaged in a cynical exercise of obtaining free labor while not conferring the education that rewards athletic effort. When New England chose the Cardinal's Cameron Fleming, Shaw talked about his size and athletic ability -- then said, "He's a really good student" and discussed his major, aeronautics and astronautics. Does Saban even know the majors of his players?"

Too bad in this overly long, and not as witty as hoped for article, nobody will read far enough to catch the Stanford praise.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - Cowboy1 - 05-14-2014

That's the longest article ever written about a ton of different topics. I looked for the Stanford reference but gave out.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - CTcard - 05-14-2014

(05-14-2014, 08:10 AM)Cowboy1 link Wrote:That's the longest article ever written about a ton of different topics. I looked for the Stanford reference but gave out.

Remember your browser has a search function!

But, indeed, you have figured out why I mentioned that it is too bad nobody will read that article far enough to catch the lauding of Stanford.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - Nan3cy - 05-14-2014

That article must have been written during an extended period of insomnia. The draft, and the relationship between football and national defense, and the pledge of allegiance, and - Justified? Yikes.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - dabigv13 - 05-14-2014

I've always been a big fan of TMQ or at least was when I was in college and med school and had the time to read it. Yeah it's rambling, but better than most other sports fare. He's been ahead of the curve when it comes to things like being more aggressive on 4th down.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - rudruff - 05-14-2014

Read TMQ before he moved to the world wide leader. He has been a bit stifled, but once you get the hang of it it is easy to skip to the next subject.

I do like his invoking of the football gods punishing coaches, players and cheerleaders that break the rules.

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Re: Another Nice Plug Four Our Program and Coach - needle - 05-20-2014

Easterbrook's column was the first place I read someone really questioning the widespread use of painkilling injections in the NFL:

Quote: A sports orthopedist with football experience told TMQ, "At some teams, the team doctor freely injects players. At others, the team doctor is conservative. If a coach tries to order the team doctor to inject a player so that he can perform, the doctor may say no -- coaches shouldn't give medical advice. But if a player asks the doctor for a shot, the answer will usually be yes because it is a physician's duty to treat pain." On many teams, the doctor said, players are quietly given to understand that the request for local anesthesia shots must come from them. The player asking, rather than the physician offering, satisfies the ethical qualms some doctors might feel. 

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrookpreview/070814

The latest news involves former NFL players suing because of widespread use of painkillers of all kinds at NFL training tables:

Quote: Former offensive lineman Jeremy Newberry describes lining up in the San Francisco 49ers' locker room with other players to receive powerful anti-inflammatory injections in their buttocks shortly before kickoff. Newberry played for San Francisco from 1998 to 2006, including one season in which played in every game but never practiced because of pain from his injuries, according to the lawsuit.

He retired in 2009, and because of the drugs he took while playing, he now suffers from renal failure, high blood pressure and violent headaches, the lawsuit says.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10958191/nfl-illegally-supplied-risky-painkilling-drugs-former-players-allege-suit

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And one more Plug Four... - CowboyIndian - 05-20-2014

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