OT: Homeless Baylor Player Has Eligibility Revoked by NCAA for Accepting Housing Help
This shit just drives me up the wall. I get that the NCAA's goal truly is to level the playing field and give everyone a good experience (while making an asston of money) but this is insane.
Link: http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/2/25/8107233/silas-nacita-baylor-football-ncaa-eligibility
February 25th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
No no no no no.
Quality of health care is also dependent on the patient: if you have a big, fat, unhealthy patient who doesn't change their lifestyle, state of the art medical care will not change outcomes.
You can spend 60 minutes telling a patient why keeping up with a healthy, diabetic diet is important, what the consequences will be (blindness, renal failure, amputations, strokes, heart attacks), have a nutritionist, have remote monitoring of blood sugar, have an endocrine-specific pharmacist to help answer any questions; and guess what, if the patient doesn't care (and many don't) they will still down a box of donuts and show up in the ER with ketoacidosis.
Infant mortality: see above, combined with the % of teen/underage/wedlock pregnancies.
Time off work: the Japanese, Koreans and Chinese have even less.
Per capita GDP: We are not a small, rich country (see Qatar, Singapore; city-states for all intents and purposes).
February 25th, 2015 at 2:17 PM ^
about fat people being responsible for most of their own health problems, I won't argue that point.
But you have to do some serious cherry picking of data to suggest that the American middle class has it better than our cousins in Western Europe. You had to go all the way to Asia to find countries that also don't provide mandatory paid time off, and your largest example is a single party ruled communist dictatorship.
I should have been more clear. I don't use third world shitholes as a basis of comparison for the US.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:34 PM ^
Calling China a "third world shithole" seems way off base considering that they're the second largest economy, but whatever, I guess that's just according to Google.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:39 PM ^
and about 300 million people living in the sort of poverty you can I can only imagine.
But you're right, I should have just left it at single party communist dictatorship. One with no freedom of expression or political dissent allowed. Those monsters have even banned pornography.
February 25th, 2015 at 4:26 PM ^
You mean the cousins who have an unemployment rate of 9.6% whose youth unenmployment rate of 21.9% (Compared to 5.7%, 12.2%).
All the mandated minimum wage, generous benefits, job protections and time off (excluding Germany and the UK with similar labor markets as the US) results in a completely inflexible job market that results in contract work without any salaried positions being available..ever.
Besides, the EU outside of Germany is going bankrupt. The social experiment is crumbling due to budget pressures; they cannot afford this largesse eternally. And this is WITH little to no defense spending because the United States has been the de factor military force of Western Europe.
There is no free lunch: Europe is finding that out. The United States has 5-10 more years before mandated entitlement spending will engulf an unsustainable portion of the US budget.
Raise taxes (which WILL happen); but if you confiscate 100% of income of the top 1% it still will not be able to pay for the projected Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security outflows in the coming years.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:02 PM ^
the entire middle east
most of the continent of africa
north korea
china
ukraine
russia
india
mexico
the list goes on...
February 25th, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
In regards to this issue. He broke the rule. He should've known the rule. If he didn't know the rule then maybe it's the university's fault for not informing him. I don't know. He should know the rules and obey them. That doesn't mean that the rule is a fair one. Or that the punishment fits the crime. This dude is getting punished for seeking help. We should all be able to seek help in times of need. I don't think he should punished. I think the NCAA's rulings should vary on a case to case basis.
February 25th, 2015 at 1:18 PM ^
It was more the John Oliver than this NCAA ruling that brought me to this feeling. What are the countries in your one percent? I'd like to look into them.
February 25th, 2015 at 1:19 PM ^
Whatever, he could have taken out a loan.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:01 PM ^
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February 25th, 2015 at 2:13 PM ^
The running back had tried to enroll at Baylor in summer 2013, but was refused admittance when he was unable to get a loan. He enrolled at McLennan Community College instead, waiting tables and saving up his money.
Even if this was just a loan for academic expenses, it wouldn't have resolved the more pressing issue of actually, you know, living on a day-to-day basis, and as there are restrictions in the handbook on employment of student-athletes, that might create an issue too in obtaining the necessary funds. I guess I don't understand where this comment comes from or if you think it might really be that simple for a kid who, if I am reading this correctly, probably did not have substantial opportunities to build credit and make the loan process a bit more feasible.
February 25th, 2015 at 2:09 PM ^
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February 25th, 2015 at 2:31 PM ^
for reasons for players to unionize
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February 25th, 2015 at 4:06 PM ^
Is anyone really surprised by yet another story featuring the NCAA's monumental stupidity?
February 25th, 2015 at 7:30 PM ^
The NCAA is a fucking joke