Comments on: The NCAA Wins (Loses) Again, by Mick Shaffer (FlipCollective Debut)

By: Mick Shaffer

Mick Shaffer — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:46:18 +0000

Damn, I missed soulless. Good call. OSU’s nowhere near a big boy, but I had hoped donor T. Boone Pickens (who has more money than a few continents) would’ve wielded his power on this issue.

The blatant (insert adjective here) of the NCAA is what gets me. In no way do they attempt to hide their biases.

By: sbowen

sbowen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:39:30 +0000

Nice piece and outstanding adjective usage! Let me add a couple more — soulless and hypocritical — to describe the NCAA and their selective enforcement of rules. Dez Bryant’s biggest sin is that he doesn’t play for a “big” enough program like Alabama, USC or Florida. If he played for one of the NCAA’s cash cows, everything would have been swept under the rug and he’d still be on the field.

By: pshirley

pshirley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:28:28 +0000

Luke – It was like walking through a minefield.

Matt – good thinking.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:02:24 +0000

Ha, loved this column. I’m sure Paul Shirley can relate to this with all the royalty treatment, loose women and handouts that alumni were throwing at him during his stint in Ames in hopes of preventing him from signing early with UNICS Kazan.

By: Mick Shaffer

Mick Shaffer — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:46:27 +0000

Matt, congratulations, you’re my first reader. It’s kind of like a prostitute’s first client being Steve Buscemi. But, still, I am not overlooking the magnitude of this.

By: M Shirley

M Shirley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:12 +0000

heres what really happened: extreme coke use renders the user clairvoyant (surprised you didnt know that) so deion called young dez over to his house for some counseling. you see, neon knew that dez was going to blow out his MCL in the upcoming season, so he advised dez to lie to investigators (deion also has a firm grip on NCAA regulations) so that he could get out of playing the entire season, and avoid blowing out his MCL and the non-draft repercussions that would follow. additionally, since dez didnt really do anything wrong, he could still be accepted into the gates of heaven.

think about it, it all makes sense.