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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Orwell and March Madness

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1. Calipari is loathsome, and UK's embrace of him has made me lose virtually all respect for that program.

2. He is not a hero, a man just being honest about what's sub rosa everywhere else.

3. College athletics really does need to be re-thought.

4. I love, love, love college hoops, even in its current degraded state; but, given the opportunity to flip a switch and get rid of big-time college sports, I'd do so. As it is now, it's a corrupting influence on most universities.
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4 comments:

  1. matthew christman3:29 PM

    He is not a hero, a man just being honest about what's sub rosa everywhere else

    Isn't that, in other contexts, a shorthand definition of "hero?" Sure, it's easy for him in that he gets the rewards of a successful program, but he also gets the generalized contempt of self-righteous sports writers and other NCAA officials and coaches. All for exploiting a system that only exists so that the NCAA and NBA can extract a bunch of free labor from men who have no interest in a college education.

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  2. Winston Smith1:04 PM

    "Isn't that, in other contexts, a shorthand definition of 'hero'?"

    Uh...is the answer...no?

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  3. Lewis Carroll8:41 PM

    Hi Winston,

    Not the right forum for this, but too good not to share:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-quantum-theory-of-mitt-romney.html?_r=1&hp

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  4. Winston Smith8:30 AM

    LOL pretty damn funny LC.

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