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2 weeks 4 days ago	That's not actually	That's not actually true. They were the #1 team in his power ranking. That's not the same.
2 weeks 5 days ago	So it's not OK to use the	So it's not OK to use the voting system that the website put on the very post?
2 weeks 5 days ago	Wait, not paying someone for	Wait, not paying someone for something robs you of the right to critique it? Am I not allowed to critique David Brooks' column in the New York Times?
3 weeks 19 hours ago	The argument is not for	The argument is not for Adidas to pull production from foreign soil and place it in the US. Being in foreign lands is not what landed them in this place. Contracting with factories that subject workers to subhuman and unsafe conditions (as evidenced by the recent disaster in Bangladesh) in countries with corrupt governments that subject them to no regulation is the problem. I don't want "the food taken off the table" of Bengladeshi's, I want a multi-billion dollar corporation to not use the poverty of a third-world hell-hole as an opportunity to make an extra 5% in margin. Put the production in Bangladesh, hell put ALL the production in Bangladesh. Just: 1) Don't conciously put production in places for the express purpose of shirking government regulation 2) Don't produce goods in unsafe place. Adidas is more than powerful enough to make their contracted labor provider use a building that isn't falling down. They decided to not do anything about it. That's the problem.
3 weeks 21 hours ago	I mean...do you see the	I mean...do you see the distinction between poverty existing, and profiting from it existing?
3 weeks 21 hours ago	Not like this. There was a	Not like this. There was a difference between American firms paying children sub-standard wages during our industrialization and what is occurring here. Adidas (or their contractor) is in Bangladesh specifically because life in Bangladesh is so terrible that their horrible jobs are slightly better than other alternative horrible jobs. In the US, as workers organized, and the government passes Labor Laws, coporations stayed in the country, abided by the laws, and increased wages (at least, until the last 15-20 years or so). If the Bangladeshi government begins cracking down, or the workers start to organize, Adidas, a multi-national coporation, isn't going to stick around and pay wages while the nation develops. They will uproot, find a sweat-shop in a nation that will allow itself to be exploited, just as Bangladesh does, and all the people in their current employ will be dropped back down to where they started. It's a fundamentally different world than when we industrialized.
3 weeks 1 day ago	Copy and pasting Jason	Copy and pasting Jason Collins' statement of sexual orientation is not an endorsement, nor a condemnation.
3 weeks 3 days ago	How many points do we get.for a 4.5	How many points do we get.for a 4.5 40?
5 weeks 5 days ago	"Let's stop talking about our	"Let's stop talking about our recent appearance in the National Championship game, and talk about an open football practice instead!"
6 weeks 5 days ago	Apparently Ace needed to be	Apparently Ace needed to be reminded not to believe everything he reads on twitter?
7 weeks 23 hours ago	Yeah, looks like you reversed	Yeah, looks like you reversed it. Syracuse lost, Arizona won.
7 weeks 23 hours ago	Are you sure Arizona lost to	Are you sure Arizona lost to Kentucky in 1997?
7 weeks 1 day ago	Admittedly, Beilein has	Admittedly, Beilein has generally coached against Syracuse with inferior talent, but he's 0-9 against them. I'm not sure "he has a very good system to beat that 2-3".
7 weeks 1 day ago	Yes, if you can nullify the	Yes, if you can nullify the entire purpose of playing a specific defense, you will beat that defense. I hardly see how that specfically applies to the 2-3. Most sensible people agree that the way to beat the 2-3 is either by getting the ball into the middle via the pass (to cutters) or to reverse the ball.
7 weeks 1 day ago	Funny. Jim Boeheim's book	Funny. Jim Boeheim's book says he uses it to stop dribble penetration.
7 weeks 1 day ago	I think, as always, our	I think, as always, our defense will be the key, more than any machinations to beat the 2-3. Syracuse will play good half-court defense, they always do. If we can run off misses and TO's, it doesn't matter what their base defense is.
7 weeks 1 day ago	The 2-3 does not have	The 2-3 does not have difficulty with penetrating guards. It's expressly designed to stop penetrating guards.
7 weeks 1 day ago	They were the 3rd best	They were the 3rd best defensive rebounding team in the BE, and 62nd in the country. They're absolutely fine at defensive rebounding.
7 weeks 3 days ago	The entire point is that he	The entire point is that he didn't do it on Withey - we did a great job of getting Withey out of the paint on pick and rolls.
7 weeks 4 days ago	"UGH!!! Seems we always have	"UGH!!! Seems we always have trouble with guards who shoot well." ORLY
8 weeks 1 day ago	Condensed:	Ah nevermind.
8 weeks 1 day ago	Ah nevermind X2	Ah nevermind X2
8 weeks 3 days ago	You mean,,other than the fact	You mean,,other than the fact that he is injured, according to everyone?
8 weeks 3 days ago	Isn't it a little	Isn't it a little irresponsible to print Morgan's comment, and not Belein's regarding his playing time? IE, he's still very limits by the injury?
9 weeks 4 days ago	Who else has shot well in the	Who else has shot well in the last 11 games?
9 weeks 4 days ago	Replying to Ghost of Yost  is	Replying to Ghost of Yost  is utterly pointless. He is in every post-game thread throwing a tantrum, rain or shine. Logic will not work.
9 weeks 4 days ago	The same coach has a team of	The same coach has a team of freshmen on the tourney bubble this year. Just so you know.
9 weeks 5 days ago	Lets change Derek Green's	Lets change Derek Green's name to Derek Maize n' Blue.
9 weeks 5 days ago	When I get dressed in the	When I get dressed in the morning, I take a picture of my outfit in the mirror and forward it to a Michigan Man Tribunal of Stan Edwards, Braylon Edwards, Rick Leach, and Jay Feeley for approval before venturing out my door.
9 weeks 5 days ago	To a degree? Yes. Of course,	To a degree? Yes. Of course, he probably does it to feed red meat to the people that are enamored with such immaturiy.

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