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From across the pond at Cybers. (link) - Ferris_Bueller - 06-03-2013
Nonsense about amateur athletics advocacy at SC, trying to steal money from all the rest the conference, eh?
#virals R us
http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=842128126#post842128126
As they say in South Central, "I'll take stab at it." - Redrum - 06-04-2013
Maybe the issue of fairness to athletes is less widespread or controversial on other Pac12 boards because:
At USC they run non-starters off before treating them fairly becomes an issue.
At Oregon everybody's too high to care.
At UDub they're only allowed to get maudlin and tell stories from the Don James era.
At Washington State the only issue is getting athletes to visit their moon base in the first place.
At Oregon St. the cow raping and tipping...(maybe in the reverse order) dominates their attention.
At K.al you're only allowed to have a sports related opinion if you bought a stadium seat license worth > $500k .
At Stanford we are too busy stacking our gold coins and collapsing world markets with a simple gesture of our pinky fingers.
At UCLA they're busy trying to discover how USC gets away with it and how they can duplicate SC's success.
At Arizona they're all still hiding under their beds and whispering in their cell phones: " Are you sure that mad man Stoops is really gone?
At Arizona State they're more focused on women in cutoff jeans and bare midriffs.
At Utah they worry only about breaking the BYU Polynesian Lineman Cartel
At Colorado sports scholarships are redeemable coupons dropped from aircraft like propaganda leaflets, and they still can't get athletes that can beat anybody at anything...except Stanford in bball.
Re: From across the pond at Cybers. (link) - Bruce Wang - 06-04-2013
Anybody else amused by the irony of a former $C footballer making a documentary titled The Business of Amateurs?
Former $C player and now documentarian cussed out for going to class - Bruce Wang - 06-14-2013
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22404730/former-usc-player-dl-coach-orgeron-cussed-me-out-for-going-to-class
So the guy making this doc, The Business of Amateurs, claims Ed Orgeron cussed him out for leaving practice early to go to a mandatory class.
Orgeron is a real piece of work - Redrum - 06-17-2013
He is all about psych and charm. Split personality. Ole Miss hired him as HC because they were falling behind in the SEC recruiting race and thought Orgeron could tip the tables. He certainly had and has an impressive recruiting record. But at the bottom, he REALLY IS that guy who believes bullying and degrading and screaming are the best ways to get what he wants. When he was in charge of everything at Ole Miss in three years he went 10-25 overall and 3-21 in conference play. THAT is Ed Orgeron when he can't rely on his charm.
Lots of guys speak publicly how they loved to play for Pete Carroll. How many guys speak with love and admiration of Orgeron? Over the years, not many...particularly when you consider how long he's been in the game and how many kids he's recruited.
Re: From across the pond at Cybers. (link) - M T - 06-18-2013
Separate from who wrote it & the overall validity, one thing that struck me from
 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1576948257/ncaa-documentary-the-business-of-amateurs
Quote:The injuries they incur while at the school are are no longer covered once their eligibility is up
If that is true, it seems that schools could change this by buying medical insurance for their players that covered injuries for life. That could make one school more attractive than another. I have no idea how expensive it would be, or if the NCAA, in its desire for equality among schools, would not allow it.