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8 weeks 4 days ago	Hear, hear. Although I don't	Hear, hear. Although I don't see why the argument can't be about both those things at once. The lack of representation of college players in the decision-making process you described is exactly the reason why they do not receive fair compensation. It's a direct relationship.
8 weeks 4 days ago	When did believing in fair	When did believing in fair compensation for one's labor turn into "hating college sports?" If college sports is synonymous with the interests of athletic directors and college presidents, then I suppose. I tend to think college sports is about the players, and to a lesser extent, the fans. If you say I hate college sports because I reject the worker's comp avoidance scheme more commonly referred to as the concept of "student-athlete" (http://bit.ly/qsU3pP) then I guess I hate college sports too. I would rather emphasize the love of college sports, and the people who play them, that has been with me since before I can actually remember watching them. The love of Wheatley, and Woodson, and Denard, that has led me to conclude that they have the same right to fair compensation for their hard work as any other student, or human, for that matter.
45 weeks 5 days ago	Both of these franchises	Both of these franchises release a worse game every year, it's uncanny. NCAA has never even come close to 06 on the PS2, and ESPN 2k5 is still the best football game ever made. It's pretty pathetic. Stick to FIFA, NHL, and NBA 2k for quality sports gaming.
49 weeks 2 days ago	It's true that he's not the	It's true that he's not the same he used to be but he can still get it done when he's motivated. This column is an example of that. He was always at his best writing about the emotion of fans, particularly when their team loses. The parts about his daughter and her first gut-punch loss were quite moving and easy to relate to. Did you actually read the column or just come to complain about Simmons? It's not like that's a particularly original thing to do in its own right. Finally, I don't think he ever claimed to represent the "working class underdog fan" but rather "the fan." You can still be a fan even if you're rich.
1 year 4 weeks ago	Chunkums has nothing to do	Chunkums has nothing to do with Chipsi
1 year 15 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	You don't follow enough bloggers/writers. I've seen big east, SEC, Notre Dame, random national guys, etc, remark on how it looks like its going back to Big 2. Pretty much every Big Ten recruiting round up states it
1 year 22 weeks ago	Bears?	Aside from slightly changing the stripes a bit, the Bears uniforms have looked the same since the 50s.
1 year 22 weeks ago	because no one is	because no one is interviewing them. They still do it. I see it on twitter, for instance.
1 year 23 weeks ago	Like who? Boise? K-State?	Like who? Boise? K-State? Baylor? Those teams don't deserve it any more than we do.   Plus, there is no concept of deserve in BCS bowl selection.
1 year 24 weeks ago	Guessing	I know that Ricky Rubio was drafted by Minnesota in 2009 but stayed and played for Barcelona for two more seasons and only this year is he coming over to play for the Wolves. I'm guessing you draft his rights for 3-4 years or so, and then they relapse maybe?
1 year 25 weeks ago	Yeah that's why there's so many top 10 B1G teams right?
1 year 25 weeks ago	Um	It's worse now, no one goes home the weekend before Thanksgiving. Many of my friends from out of state are not going home at all for Thanksgiving because it's too expensive to buy plane tickets to leave on Wed and come back Friday. But those are the diehards, other students will simply not come back. It's Thanksgiving break after all.
1 year 26 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	His teammates all supported him. He got pulled, not asked to come out. The offense went better after he left, he was injured.
1 year 27 weeks ago	To be fair	He retracted upon learning the reason why. So he's just ignorant.
1 year 27 weeks ago	I wasn't going to say anything but	You've spelled "whither" wrong two times in one day now. It's whither.
1 year 28 weeks ago	Rule of thumb	If you're going to make fun of someone's grammar or spelling you should make sure there are no errors in your own post.
1 year 28 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	What zone left said, actually.
1 year 28 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	We're in first now because we win the 3-way tiebreaker w MSU and Nebraska. If we win out, we'll have beaten Nebraska and knocked them out, and thus would lose the head-to-head tiebreaker w MSU, unless they also lose another game.
1 year 29 weeks ago	Don't see the need for the	Don't see the need for the current pics to be taken on a 1972 polaroid. Seriously, what's with the grainyness of those shots? Crisler looks like **** enough as it is, don't need to make it worse.
1 year 30 weeks ago	Interesting timing	If this post has nothing to do with the Lions/Schwartz making an idiot of himself.
1 year 31 weeks ago	Writing a two-part longform	Writing a two-part longform essay published on a major website is an odd way of keeping quiet.
1 year 32 weeks ago	Odoms	He's been out there a few times but never targeted.
1 year 32 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	Who pooped in your cereal this morning?
1 year 32 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	Sarki's has the best greasy, terrible for you breakfast food this side of Fleetwood. Get the disaster or a loretta and has browns. Dang I want some right now.
1 year 32 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	Vegas cares not for your mortal rankings.
1 year 33 weeks ago	Not gonna read the whole thread	But follow him on twitter @MGoShoe
1 year 33 weeks ago	posted from iPhone	Does it also go for people with reading comprehension fail?
1 year 35 weeks ago	Yea that's right, the north	Yea that's right, the north end zone at Ryan Field doesn't have seating.
1 year 35 weeks ago	They have a stadium, almost	LA is about to finalize a huge new stadium program that people out there are very excited about. It's hard to understand how it hasn't worked yet but if Buffalo, Nashville, Seattle, etc can support a football team LA should certainly be able to. I just hope the Vikings aren't the one to leave because I like the NFC North the way it is.
1 year 35 weeks ago	I don't understand	the concept of this column. Shouldn't it be called "Misopogon Museday?" Every single post on the blog is about Michigan already.

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