Both won the top collegiate individual awards (player of the year and Heisman Trophy)
Both are hard-working, good citizens.
Both will have difficult times in their professional sports (NFL, NBA). Hansbrough may actually have a better chance of making a “good length” career in the NBA than Tebow in the NFL.
Congratulations to Tim Tebow on a great collegiate career. Please be open-minded in the NFL. You may need to be a part-time hybrid quarterback and receiver. Get in the league and show your value. All the cards will then fall into place. We wish you the best.
So Brian Kelly is taking the Notre Dame Football Head Coaching position.
Congratulations Mr. Kelly and ND University.
Why couldn’t it wait until after The Sugar Bowl?
It smells like ND flex’d and Brian Kelly jumped. Notre Dame is one of the most powerful programs in the country. Of course it is a job that Kelly would want.
By announcing the move when The University of Cincinnati is undefeated and headed to The Sugar Bowl, it’s showing lack of class. It is disrespecting University of Cincinnati. It is disrespecting University of Cincinnati players.
Shame on you Notre Dame. Shame on you Brian Kelly. Mostly shame on you Notre Dame. You had the power to had handled this with class and you dropped the ball.
You have set a poor example today’s youth — exactly who you are supposed to be educating.
ESPN (Outside the Lines 7.27.08 ) did a story on Penn State University Football players getting in trouble off the field. They have been getting in fights, drinking, and other troublesome activities.
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I don’t have the answers but none of this should be unexpected.
Elite athletes, such as Division 1 football players, are recognized at young ages. By the time they are in Junior high school, people are kissing their butts, telling them how great they are, and at times, are being contacted by colleges.
By the time they are in high school, everyone is kissing their butts, colleges are visiting, and they are constantly being told they are special. They naturally start feeling they are better than others and rules do not apply to them. At practice and on the field they are trained to be aggressive, give 100% effort, protect teammates, and leave it all on the field…
So now they accept a scholarship to a big time Division 1 footbal school. Everyone kisses their butts. Girls want them. They get to “cut the line” on their class schedules so they can make practices and games. They generated press and dollars for the university so the administration kisses their butts. They continue to be treated special and feel the rules don’t apply to them….
… and, realistically, the rules don’t appy to them….
So now you have a 20 year old kid who is getting in trouble or fights? Since he was 13 years old, he has been told is special and (directly or indirectly) that the “rules” don’t apply to him .
Are we surprised? Actually, we should all be surprised this isn’t happening more often on more campuses.
One of my favorite quotes is from the movie Other People’s Money. It relates to institutions making rules and the targeted parties working around the new rules….
Kate Sullivan: Someday, we’ll smarten up, change some laws, and put you OUT OF BUSINESS. Lawrence Garfield (Danny Devito): You can change all the laws you want. You can’t stop the game. I’ll still be here. I adapt.
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According to the NY Times (6.23.08, Sports Section) Brandon Jennings, a great high school basketball player, may work around the NBA’s minimum age rule by heading to Europe to play professional basketball.
To prevent high school players from jumping to the NBA, the NBA instituted a rule requiring a player to be at least 19 years of age and one year removed from high school.
So, the NBA, NCAA, and the NBA Players Association get together and require individuals to play at least one year in college, knowing (a) he has no desire to get a college education, (b) the schools benefit financially through tournament money, and (c) the coaches get additional recognition.
How does the player benefit from the deal? Hmmm….. He doesn’t…
Brandon Jennings adapted, worked around the rule, and found the loophole.
Head to Europe. Sign a short term contract to play professional basketball. Earn good money. Work on and improve skills. Get solid basketball experience against better talent than in college. Live like a rock star.
He may enjoy living and playing ball in Europe and choose NOT to head to the NBA!
I Love ESPN SportsCenter and ESPNradio — but what is a sport?
I watch SportsCenter at least once a day. First thing in the morning. Religiously.
Their format is great. The stories are interesting. I am a perfect fit for their demographic.
I enjoy the major and less-than-major sports. American sports. European. Austrailian. You name it, I watch it.
Hey – The World Series Of Poker is not a sport. I enjoy the coverage and watch it. (Why is watching poker on TV interesting? The reason this is so popular is because of the voyeuristic aspect of seeing everyone’s cards. One of the other TV stations showed a few hands in which you could only one hand — not interesting — you can do that on your own with your buddies.)
Yes – I even watch some of the Spelling Bee. Entertaining. Yes. A sport? No.
Watch this video. How entertaining is it?
My questions are (1) What is a sport? and (2) What next will ESPN start broadcasting that is not a sport?
It is now between the 1st and 2nd quarter. Search out to see Virginia’s Will Barrow’s 1st quarter goal. Unbelievable. May be the goal of the year. Barrow, a Long Island kid, takes on the entire Orange defense…
People have their own political and business agendas. How do we prevent what happened to the Duke Lacrosse team from happening again. In this instance a “dirty” politician happened to have gotten caught. The kids involved are still effected by the whole event. They lost out on a year of their life. They were forced to go through a traumatic event. The 3 accused had their names in the press and will undoubtedly be known for that event forever. Look, they are not alter boys, but typical college kids. Did they do anything wrong? Depending upon your morales, yes and no. Did they deserve what they went through… absolutley not.
trouble off the field. They have been getting in fights, drinking, and other troublesome activities.
