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To: Usagi_yo

I saw a t shirt that is correct: ‘NCAA screwing athletes since 1900’.


15 posted on 04/07/2015 4:08:57 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: ExCTCitizen
In the 1989 Orange Bowl game, Oklahoma played Miami U.

Oklahoma lost the game, but there were two particularly fun moments:

1) Oklahoma scored late from about the seven with the old "fumblerooski" play, I forget the name of the offensive lineman who took the ball in. I could ask around and find out. It didn't put our guys ahead, but it seemed to make a point to Miami that they had been in a ball game.

2) Linebacker Brian Bosworth, who had been suspended for the game by the NCAA on some kind of eligibility issue IIRC - (NOT grades - the dude was a jerk but he was also an A student... honestly I don't recall what the deal was but he was suspended from the game by the NCAA) - was seen on the sidelines in (just a guess) the third quarter, wearing a t-shirt that said:

N ational

C ommunists

A gainst

A thletes

It made the national broadcast of the game. TPTB at OU must have had a hsit fit because he was gone in about a nanosecond.

It was one of the coolest stunts I think I've ever seen from anyone, even though Bosworth aka "The Boz" was the consummate arrogant jerk at the time. Some people say age has changed him but I wouldn't know...

16 posted on 04/07/2015 4:24:48 PM PDT by OKSooner (Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
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To: ExCTCitizen

The NCAA doesn’t set this policy - they have no control over whether a player stays or goes. It is the NBA that has the policy.


24 posted on 04/09/2015 9:52:27 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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