NCAA really CAN take it slow to avoid "unintended consequences" -- you can't make this stuff up
Not that we don't have enough posts on the Summer Non-Swarm thing, but... I couldn't pass.
Seemingly unrelated story: NCAA delays implementation of a rule to allow limited use of computers and electronic devices by football coaches.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/15192306/ncaa-suspends-c…
Why the delay? "to provide time to see if any unintended consequences develop"
My take: The SEC and ACC weren't hot to use computers this season.
It's time to replace the NCAA with an organization that makes decisions for the right reasons.
Would that organization allow players to profit from their likeness, autograph, etc.?
These things were done by votes of their members. A new organization is going to have the same membership. It would be a lot easier to reform the NCAA by giving athletes a direct say.
This. There are 40sh person committees for rules and regulations. Students get TWO seats on those committees via democratically elected representatives. That's fucking awful considering that a majority of the people affected are students.
NCAA OUT!
they are most assuredly better qualifed than the older at all things IT. Hell, I was just over 40, working as a contract specialist for the U.S.,Gov't and my typical day was probably 70% working off one tab - the computer program for Gov't contracts - with the remainder mixed between Word, Excel and a little wolverine chasing.
In the evenings -eventually forced me to buy him one as well - my son would come in and show me a multitude of shortcuts just so he could get to the computer quicker.
NCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
the SEC and the ACC don't know how to use computers. they need training so they can start cyber-stalking recruits.
We could start them from the beginning and set up SEC and ACC coaches with Telnet access to a mainframe which could imitate the responses from a typical recruit, then work them up to Compuserve accounts where they can actively browse forums for prospective recruits as well as badly drawn ASCII porn, with a smattering of offbeat requests for "someone who enjoys the works of Joyce and has their own scrub brush" thrown in for good measure. Ease them into what has become the Internet, you see.
I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobod internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router that's compatible with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration?
April 12th, 2016 at 10:36 PM ^
You know the history. You have been around too long. Get off your lawn!
April 12th, 2016 at 10:55 PM ^
Press any key when you are done looking...
April 13th, 2016 at 12:11 AM ^
alt.bagmen
to buy a computer much less be trained to use it. He has family.
Didn't Brady Hoke refuse to use email?
I think so. Something like that at least.
He was strictly a snapchat guy
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Not sure if posted already but there was an ESPN article about how he gave his Oregon players a physical paper playbook that was as big as a Harry Potter novel. That was a change from the typical computer based playbook they were using. Article used a quote about how Hoke is not really a technology guy.
that rich....
"How da ya al' turn this dang contraption on?"
Still trying to get electricity in half of SEC country.
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They're also trying to get a full set of teeth down there as well.
indoor toilets.
Lol. SEC coaches and students don't know how to use computers.
The NCAA needs to cease to exist.
Still using MS-DOS???
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April 12th, 2016 at 11:27 PM ^
I feel like I need parental guidance to watch this NCAA/SEC lovefest... or at least there should be some NC-17 rating or something. How ridic... *throws hands up*
April 12th, 2016 at 11:47 PM ^
SEC technology:
The SEC I mean.
SEC bagmen are highly-skilled professionals. They are capable of paying off NCAA executives as well as 5-star recruits.
One-stop shopping.
So, the NCAA is acknowledging they make decisions without understanding the consequences of their decisions.
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So let me get this straight, they delay a rule implementing electronic devices due to unimportant concerns over unintended consequences, but they fast track a ban on satellite camps that obviously immediately harms thousands of kids and many schools and coaches?