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Jeb Bush blasts NCAA
MICHELLE KAUFMAN ^
| Wed, Aug. 10, 2005
Posted on 08/19/2005 5:10:46 AM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:10:46 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
Being of Irish and Greek heritage, you have no idea the trauma I endure when the Michigan State Spartans play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:14:14 AM PDT
by
DeeOhGee
(Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
To: presidio9
I wonder what new names North and South Dakota are going to have. Indiana has to go too, I suppose.
New to the Constitution: The right not to be offended.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:17:19 AM PDT
by
Egon
(By the way, I took the liberty of fertilizing your caviar.)
To: DeeOhGee
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:17:55 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam Is As Islam Does)
To: presidio9
Go Jeb!
I hadn't reallized how politically correct college football has become. I don't watch it anyway, but here's another reason to continue not watching.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:22:54 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Democrats are herd animals)
To: presidio9
Good for Jeb!
BTW, who's Haggard, as in, "Haggard said..."? He/she was not identified.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:25:08 AM PDT
by
libertylover
(Liberal: A blatant liar who likes to spend other people's money.)
To: presidio9
I wrote a letter to the NCAA Executive Committee congratulating them on their initiative in discouraging schools from honoring such traits as integrity, bravery and honor in chossing injun nicknames. We do not need THOSE traits honored, I opined.
Some flunkie wrote me back, thanking me for my support. You would think someone associated with higher education would have a better understanding of, and appreciation for, satire and irony.
So I wrote back, and suggested that Florida State University, instead of calling themselves the Seminoles, should name themselves after a group that NOONE could admire. My suggestion: The Florida State University NCAA Executive Committees. Instead of the tomahawk chop, they could all lie supinely on their backs. Their hard core fans could simply have their spines removed.
I haven't heard back yet.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:25:09 AM PDT
by
DeeOhGee
(Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
To: presidio9
The NCAA made itself an easy target. I'd like to know specifically who with the NCAA made this decision. I'm betting that they have affiliation with a particular political party.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:25:55 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: presidio9
As a white American I am deeply offended by your callous, insensitive symbolism of my race! You obviously have not done the same amount of research on white people as the NCAA has done with Indians. Don't you dare call us crackers! On behalf of all whites I demand you retract your politically incorrect remarks or else I'll tell the NCAA! So there! (hehe)
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:27:20 AM PDT
by
Man50D
To: Brilliant
I have no doubt this is the work of Miles Hildebrand, the most anti-sports president Indiana University ever had, and who is now the head of the NCAA.
It is a total mystery to me how he got the job.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:30:46 AM PDT
by
Miss Marple
(Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's son and keep him strong.)
To: All
If all of the major colleges decided to dump the NCAA, and played in their own bowls, would they miss a beat?
This is really the tail wagging the dog.
If the NCAA disappeared, other than idiotic rulings like this, would anyone notice?
To: DeeOhGee
...should name themselves after a group that NOONE could admire. My suggestion: The Florida State University NCAA Executive Committees....LOL!
Excellent.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:33:43 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(I'd rather hear a fat girl fart than a pretty boy sing.)
To: texan75010
Well, unfortunately this does not apply to bowl games, and the NCAA just purchased the only basketball competitor (the NIT). The rest of the sports don't matter.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:34:40 AM PDT
by
DeeOhGee
(Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
To: DeeOhGee
You don't know the anguish I have when the Irish and Purdue play... I don't know who to root for.. :(
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:35:13 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: presidio9
The NCAA Mission Statement Consists of a core ideology, core purpose and core values. Will somebody please show me where any issue other than balancing the student athlete's athletic and academics are stated? Clearly the NCAA has violated its own mission statement.
http://www2.ncaa.org/about_ncaa/overview/mission.html
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:38:10 AM PDT
by
Man50D
To: Echo Talon
I am a University of Virginia graduate - the Cavaliers. The nickname derived from the English royalists - supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War. They were opposed by the Roundheads, who supported Parliament.
Now, I would bet there are more descendants of cavaliers in the US then there are descendents of Seminole injuns.
I'm starting to get offended.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:42:12 AM PDT
by
DeeOhGee
(Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
To: Miss Marple
Miles Brand is replicating the damage he did to Indiana University on the whole NCAA. The Peter principle is alive and well.
To: DeeOhGee
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:57:23 AM PDT
by
Echo Talon
(http://echotalon.blogspot.com)
To: presidio9
Screw the NCAA. Don't bother with "appeals", just ignore them. If they try to DQ the teams, play anyway. If the member schools stand together, the NCAA will be de-fanged.
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posted on
08/19/2005 5:58:46 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(WARNING: If you're not sure whether or not it's sarcasm, it probably is.)
To: presidio9
"It's ridiculous. How politically correct can we get? The folks that make these decisions need to get out more often.''
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