@wissoxfan83 said:
@nuleafjhawk I don't know what you call someone who doesn't watch a game for 25 years and then jumps on the bandwagon, because that goes way beyond fair weather fan, so I guess I'll just say welcome back to America's best sport!
America's best sport? Duuuuuude...what is wrong with you....:) ...(just kidding, of course)
P.S. Baseball has lost more than half its audience in the last 25 years.
As far as I am concerned the end of the season and the entire playoffs were like playing with house money. I did not expect them to get even to the playoff and here they were with a chance to win the World Series with the last pitch...could not ask for anything else.
They have a solid foundation of young and very likeable players and should have success for years to come. Congratulations Royals, you played with heart and made yourselves and your team proud.
I am not sure where you get your figures or what they apply to...sound like figures for baseball.
While this World Series is wildly popular in our area, the rest of the country does not seem interested. The average viewership for the current series is around 12 million while the average viewership for the USA team in the soccer World Cup was close to 25 million. Baseball is steadily losing viewers while soccer is steadily gaining them.
Storrs, CT is stretching it a little bit, but neither the Celtics nor the New England Revolution or the Bruins won that year.
Other cities since then include: 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers and Penguins and 2012 LA kings and Galaxy. A little before, 2002 LA Lakers, Angels and Galaxy...and Sparks (WNBA), Only city with 3 Championships before that 1935 Detroit with the Lions, Tigers and Red Wings winning Championships.
Also, the criteria has probably changed since Major League Soccer is now probably bigger (and growing) than the NHL in most of the country that is not part of the northern states.
Of the 10 teams that went back home trailing by 2 games, 8 won the last two and the title, including the '85 Royals. History is in our side.
Kudos to @Jesse-Newell for well deserved honor. Both the Topeka and Lawrence newspapers were finalists for best daily newspaper website; congratulation to them as well.
Have all the teams in one city ever won all the tournament in the same season? Not many cities have all the sports, KC lacks an NBA team, but if the Royals pull it off and the Chiefs (which are getting better and better) and KU follow suit, I think it would be the most titles in one metro area (if you consider Lawrence part of the extended KC metro area) in recent history. It is a long shot but as good or better than most.
Don't use the IE browser, use Firefox (or Chrome) instead and you will not get as much as an issue and make sure you have all your antivirus in place and up to date, and under no circumstance accept to download anything. I use Firefox set up to not accept anything or store any information/cookies, After the game I run a complete scan using MalwareBytes (free) and I don't have any problems. Also, I have several laptops so I use one that does not have any important information, disconnect it from the network and have only an Internet connection.
Amazing that we have to go through all this trouble so the relatives of the women's rowing team (all 20 of them) can watch them compete on ESPN3, while hundreds of thousands of basketball and football fans are denied the same privilege.
The school yard pick up game is not a valid comparison since most good school yard players are not as good when playing college ball and the reverse is equally true. This why many if not most of the greater playground players ever tried and could not make it to the NBA. School yard/playground play emphasizes individual showmanship and one-up-manship and team play is not a priority.
Like I said, I do not agree with a lot if not most of the rankings as presented in the story. I mentioned one example, Petteway, that is ranked well above Ellis who I believe is the better player. The list is one person's opinion and obviously we all have our own preferences and biases and if you ask 10 college beat writers to come up with a list, I am sure they would all be vastly different, just like our opinions as forum members are, not better, not worse...just different.
You can always find an Eastern European feed and watch the game on your computer (I connect it to the big screen anyway) but you need to be very, very careful with the malware they try to upload.
I was looking only at college , but if you want NBA then we can bring Alvin Gentry who is Head Coach of the Suns and was an assistant on the '88 Championship team and Jacque Vaughn who is Head Coach of the Magic.
Also R. C. Buford, General Manager of the Spurs, Milt Newton, General Manager of the Timberwolves and Kevin Pritchard, General Manager of the Pacers.
Van Vleet is really. really good and so is Baker that is ranked appropriately high as well. I will say that playing for WSU actually undervalues them. If they played for an elite school, they both would likely be ranked higher.
This is what I remember of Petteway when KU blasted Texas Tech in Lubbock 81-46...
"Texas Tech's Terran Petteway was ejected in the first half after he was called for a flagrant foul on Conner Teahan. Petteway elbowed Teahan and was escorted off the floor.
About 3 minutes earlier, Petteway got hit with a technical foul as Travis Releford tried to inbound the ball.."
He did not strike me then as a particularly good player then and, considering that Nebraska was the top team that would take him, apparently other coaches were not impressed either. Now, do you think Petteway is better than Ellis? I don't think so, yet he is ranked much higher than Ellis.
You could also get Jerrod Hasse and UAB, Rex Walters and the University of San Fransisco, Tad Boyle and Colorado, Kevin Stallings and Vanderbilt, Barry Hinson and Southern Illinois, Joe Dooley and Florida Gulf Coast and Jeff Boschee and Missouri Southern State. Also Tim Carter at Southern Carolina State and Mark Fox at Georgia are KU graduates. Several Former KU players are also Assistant coaches at other schools. If you want to stretch it, you can have UK as well; after all Calipari was an assistant coach under Larry Brown and Adolph Rupp...well...he played basketball at KU and learned coaching from the "Phog" himself.
Picture in Picture? Many cable boxes have that capability if your TV does not.
I am always leery of any ranking that places players that have yet to play a game in college over proven talent. and some players are obviously way overrated. I am not sure I agree with Terran Petteway as #15? Isn't he the former Texas Tech. player that acted like real punk a couple of years ago against KU? He was OK at Nebraska but #15? I don't think so, Perry Ellis is much better and ranked lower. Why is Myles Turner #34 and Karl Anthony Towns #7? Wasn't Turner ranked higher out of HS? Obvious UK bias perhaps?
Texas has also several payers (4?) and WSU has 2 in the top 20.
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Keep in mind that at the time UNC claimed it was an "academic" issue (since half the student taking the classes were not athletes) and over which the NCAA has no jurisdiction. Recently, the school has admitted that it was and academic "AND" Athletic department issue and now the NCAA has jurisdiction, at least over the part involving the Athletic Department. Again, the NCAA is limited in what it can and cannot do, regardless of what the situation is. Also, keep in mind that the rules are setup by committees comprised of school representatives; they can change the rules at any time if they elect to do so; they just choose not to. It is unrealistic to expect the NCAA to act on something they are not authorized to act.
I do understand that it is fashionable and easier to just blame everything that is wrong with college sports on the NCAA, but doing so does not means it is correct.
I believe KU is too far removed to be involved. I am not sure there is a statue of limitation but I have not heard any KU player state the things former UNC are saying about the courses they took.
Also. did you noticed this paragraph?
"The NCAA, which announced in June it had reopened the North Carolina case once key witnesses began cooperating, will use Kenneth Wainstein's report into the scandal."
As I indicated, the NCAA cannot compel anyone to testify and the cooperation is voluntary. Once UNC cooperated and uncovered information, the NCAA re-opened the case. All of the new information is based on the Wainstein report that was commissioned by UNC.
Any thing you do to protect yourself and CYA is always a good idea, even when in practice it might not hold any legal weight; at least it shows a good faith effort to keep it above board.
I get lots of t-shits and polo shirts from suppliers and clients and I will wear them only around the house or give away the nicer ones. The only ones I or my employees wear while on business are the company polo or shirt with the embroidered company logo. So, a kubuckets.com t-shirt is not something I would personally be interested since it is not something I would wear where it would provide exposure to the site. This is just a personal practice of mine and in no way reflects the excellence of the site which I enjoy immensely or the opinion of other forum members. I understand that other members feel diffidently and hence I have provide information based on my own experience on the subject.
The KU basketball program has volunteer monitors that stand outside each class the student-athletes take and make sure they attend classes, otherwise they are immediately reported to the staff. If I understand correctly, Coach Weis did something similar where academics had a priority (Notre Dame like) and made sure students were on a path to earn a degree; one of the good things he did but nobody seems to care since it does not win games.
Now, look at the KU basketball roster:
Out of 16 players, 8 show as "undecided," 4 show "Sports Management." and one Liberal Arts and Sciences. Out of 16 players, only 3 players show what would be considered a traditional college major. Draw your own conclusions.
Having said that, every player that has left KU early in the recent past has left in good standing and hence KU does not get penalized. by the NCAA. I don't believe, although I could be wrong, basketball players are allowed to take non-lecture classes except for players like Aldrich that was already out of the programs and took on-line classes to finish his degree.
Both centers from last year's team made it to the League; good news for KU's reputation as BigManU...
Using the KU trademarked logos. including the Jayhawk, is not a problem , as long as you get a license, get your design approved and pay royalties. Using a licensed vendor transfers the onus to the vendor.
Now, where KU has a problem is when you use a logo or wording that would imply a link to or an endorsement by KU without licensing. The name kubuckets.com could be problematic since the university could argue that we are using the name to create a link to KU basketball, which we sorta, kinda do; after all, most of what we do here is talk KU basketball, right?
When we say that kubuckets.com would not benefit from the t-shits is partially correct. While it would not derive a financial benefit, the exposure it gets from people wearing a t-shirt with the site name on it does constitute a benefit. If the site starts selling merchandise of any kind that even remotely or indirectly links KU, then we will have their attorneys involved.
The Trademark Office has pretty much stated that, outside of the obvious infringements, they will grant most trademarks and let the Courts decide the validity. A trademark (or patent) is basically not worth the paper is written on until a Court officially upholds its validity. It is a shitty way of doing business but that is your Federal Government at work.
I have a second business where we have a number of generic term used in the description of the work we do. Say, it would be the equivalent of using the words "Backyard Barbeque" by grill manufacturers. Now, what happens if one company gets a trademark for these terms, which is the equivalent of say, Weber, getting a trademark for the terms"Backyard Barbeque" and start sending cease and desist letters to anyone that makes grills and uses those words without paying royalties to them. Of course, it has zero chance of standing in court, but in the process they are bullying less informed competitors. These are the type of problems caused by the Trademark Office by their lack of due diligence. The trademark/Copyright/Patent business is very simple and at the same time very complicated and littered with legal proceedings; It is obvious that it was created by lawyers which seem to be the main beneficiaries.
My take would be that if some members want, as a group and as part of the forum, have t-shirts/polo shirts with the kubuckets.com name on it, do it the right way thought a licensed vendor. Otherwise, just go individually to your t-shirt supplier at the local mall and have one or two custom t-shirts made with most anything you want and leave the web site/forum out of it.
I am not sure about that. Looks like her upper lady parts have taken a vacation several inches south of where they should Ideally be. Also, if she is true feminist we would an eyeful of "hippie pits"...definitely would not want to see that.
What exactly is the "Scully/Mulder" defense?
The original investigation took place in 2011 and at the time, the only evidence available was that provide by a tutor, since there was a lot of non-cooperation by school personnel at the time. Unlike the Courts, the NCAA cannot force anyone to testify, participation is strictly voluntary, and this is why all the "money under the table" accusations are next to impossible to prove. Unless the guilty/donor party comes forward, the NCAA cannot compel anyone to testify; the school might be able to pursue regress via civil court but other than than there is nothing else it can do.
Since 2011, UNC itself started a series of investigations and now the results have been made public, and just like I said, the NCAA is reopening the case, since and unlike the Courts, there is no double jeopardy.
NCAA re-open UNC investigation... ↗
Now, where is the corruption again?
I am with @HighEliteMajor on this one
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." - Winston Churchill.
We can say the same thing for the NCAA except that no one has come up with a better system. As @HighEliteMajor mentioned, the rules are made by the committees comprised of representatives of the member schools, whose participation is voluntary.
As far as UNC, the NCAA can act only on proven evidence and not based on stories on a newspaper. Much like a court of law, the NCAA conducts hearings where both side can present their sides and then a determination is made by the hearing committee made up by representatives of member schools. Since they made the original determination, more information has come to light and additional hearings are bound to happen. Unlike the courts of law, double jeopardy does not exists and if additional infomation becomes available, they can review the case anew. Keep in mind that with all the shenanigans going on in college sports, the NCAA does not have enough investigators to fully vet every case and many times it has to depend on self -reporting and self-penalties.
The NCAA has a fiduciary responsibility to act on behalf of the member schools, and all the money they collect (minus administrative expenses) goes back to the member schools by various means.
I believe many schools/conferences have considered in the past leaving the NCAA and going a separate route, but in the end they find that ,despite its flaws, the NCAA still represents the best solution. Just my 2 cents. :)
Will he end up being the man out again?
I think we all agree that there should be classes in African Studies and maybe even a minor, but a major? What exactly does a Major in African Studies qualifies you to work on in the real world? Teach African Studies and preserve the status quo?
At one time KU, and I suspect other schools, had a major in "General Studies" for which you basically took any class you wanted and once you got the required number of credits you got your BA in General Studies, which basically qualified you for nothing in the real world and KU eventually and mercifully terminated it. IMHO, The African Studies major is the equivalent of the General Studies major of yore, basically a placeholder to keep some students eligible with no expectation that it will be ever used. I think it cheats the student from getting a real education...I guess this make me old fashioned.
I respectfully disagree. Jamari has shed most of the fat and is all muscle while Cliff still has HS fat. Once Andrea is done with Cliff he will look a lot leaner with better muscle definition and much improved endurance. Compare the picture below with the picture of Cliff in a similar pose above...just look a the shoulder/bicep definition and and you can see what I am talking about.
Last year for the sake of giving the one and done more playing time, Coach Self made more concessions than he ever has as a coach, starting with a shorter boot camp; the result was not good, at least not by his or KU standards that we have become accustomed to. This will not happen again.
I believe will be see a team that will go back to playing Self-ball which starts with tough defense and full ball rotation before a shot is taken. Yes. he might occasionally use an unconventional lineup but by and large we will see true and tried vintage Self-ball, another conference title and a deep run in March.
This is what I got from the e-mail:
Acme is the cleanest/easiest way to go since it is a licensed vendor that would clear up the shirt content with the power that be prior to printing.
The "KU" in kubuckets.com is problematic. It might not be an issue now but it could be in the future if the site becomes bigger, and particularly if the site starts selling ads.
I would think parts of it will be. I understand that a table for 10 to the banquets and ceremony is priced at $10K, however 80% can be used as business deduction, Cheapest tickets are $25.
Spot on. Many content provider have what they call web crawlers that browse the net to make sure their copyrighted content is not used without permission and the larger one will send you cease and desist letters. They do however welcome links to their sites as it represents additional hits for them.
The procedure you outlined is pretty much the one I suggested a while back as the SOP for this site when citing outside sources; it is what we do in the other site I help moderate and what I personally use in this forum as well.
This reflects very poorly not only on the Athletic Department at UNC but the school at large. UNC reputation has taken a huge hit and it will take years to recover; shenanigans of this magnitude do not happen without knowledge at the higher levels of the school's administration. Yes, some higher ups might have built a leaky "Chinese wall" to create "plausible deniability" but most people will see right though it. Sad day for college sports and a sad day for higher education as well. Not that we did not know most of it, I for one have always wandered what does the "African Studies" program prepares your for? and the answer was...pretty much nothing, and now we finally reached "the emperor has no clothes" point.
That was strange indeed. I will admit I am not a big baseball fan so I am not up to speed with all the rules and the only explanation we could come up last night is that maybe there is a pitching order and he wanted to get to a certain pitcher??? but I don't believe there is such a rule so all those changes are still a mystery to me.
Good guys won, that;s all that matters.
Everything I have read indicates that UT is loaded inside and Turner will play the wing, where he prefers to play anyway, so the chances of him playing the post are slim and the chances of Selden guarding him in the post even slimmer; there is no way that Coach Self wants that match up. Keep in mind that Turner was top 3 in most every ranking so he is no slouch...even if he plays the post..
This is pretty much what I indicated the process would be like based on precedent. Since Acme already has a licensing agreement in place (this is the harder and more expensive part of the process), then I cannot see why there would be any concern about legal backlash. The shirts would be printed by a "licensed" business and the design approved by KU before hand. If there are any legal repercussions, it would be on Acme and not on this site or its owner; this is the reason why I suggested using a provide with an existing licensing agreement in place.
Looks like the leg work has been done. Great job!!! :)
Perry is a fundamentally solid player on offense and this article proves it. On defense he is behind but from I have read , looks like he has improved quite a bit in the off-season. At the Media day, Alexander indicated that Perry is much faster than he is and that he cannot keep up with him. If his defense has indeed improved and caught up with his offense, then we will have real treat.
At media day, Coach Self pretty much implied that Lucas was ahead of Mickelson and I would not be surprised if he gets more playing time than Mickelson.
LOL. Big Government has been on panty raid for as long as I can remember.
Oubre also has freakish 7'-2" wingspan. Wiggins and LeBron have what are considered huge wingspans, and they are both 7'-0".
Madison Bumgarner is really, really good; he was selected to the All- star for the last two years and was just selected NLCS MVP, and has been by all account the hottest pitcher in this year's post-season. The next three pitcher are all 4 games below .500 so the Royals should have a pitching advantage until he comes back for game 5.
Retro is in, I can dig it.
Chances are Turner will not play the post and will play the wing instead, since he likes to play outside and Texas is loaded inside anyway.. At 7'-0" he certainly will be a tough match up for just about anyone. So there is indeed a chance that Selden will guard Turner but not a the post but at the wing where Turner will have a 7"-8" height advantage; honestly, I don't think Coach Self would want that match up.
I can't believe we don't have a lawyer on this site!?!?!
LOL. Be careful with what you wish for... :)
Sometimes anticipation is good thing...
I don't know if you can infer a starting lineup from the photo. It looks to me the taller players are in the center and the shorter ones at the ends.
the photo is a little from the side so it changes perspective some but it looks like Mickelson is the tallest and Lucas, Alexander and Traylor are pretty close in height with Svi and Oubre not too far behind but taller than Greene. Mason is the shortest, no doubt about that and no surprise either since he is the only player in the official roster listed under 6 feet. That is all I got...
You have Wayne playing in the post? Maybe you meant Cliff? :)
Turner might well end up being an Isaiah Austin type of player; a very good defensive player but in offense he was basically a SF who did not really play inside and his height was pretty much wasted, On the other hand and with 20-20 hindsight, maybe staying outside was the best thing for him in view of his health issues. Amazing that he could shoot 3-points (.320 in conference) with only one eye.