Posted on 23 July 2012. Tags: 60 Million, Ask Question, Bowl Game, Coach Joe Paterno, College Sports, Due Process, Emmert, Former Coach, Innocents, Lawyer, Lawyers, Ncaa, Ncaa Rules, Other Sports, Penn State, Procedural Violations, Reputation, Star Athlete, State Case, Stewart Mandel
I am no friend of the NCAA nor a fan of Penn State but I must ponder again the two issues raised in the Penn State case. First, the actions of the officials as reported in the media (that PSU officials including the late and former Coach Joe Paterno) are as reprehensible as any reported [...]
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Posted on 07 November 2011. Tags: Alumnus, Bama, Bcs Championship Game, Bcs Game, Bcs Standings, Boise State, Broncos, Cheerleader, College Sports, Foxsports, Girl Friend, Imfamous, Lsu, Member School, Oklahoma State, Promising Area, Shame, Stanford, Title Game, Virginia Tech
How is it that you lose a game and only move down to third in the BCS standings? It happens if you are Alabama. (And some of my readers know I am an proud Bama alumnus [Law '83] and died slowly through that game Saturday!) Here ls the report on the BCS standings from FoxSports: [...]
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Posted on 15 August 2011. Tags: Abolition, College Sports, Endorsement, Fact That People, Fear, Fighting Sioux, Mascot, Ncaa, Nickname, North Dakota Legislature, Pc Police, Referendum, Sin Bin, Sioux Tribes, Spirit Lake, Spite, Standing Rock Sioux, Tribal Council, University Of North Dakota, Vote
It appears the University of North Dakota will give up the fight over its mascot and name – the Fighting Sioux – according to the blog The Sin Bin quoting the AP. This is in spite of the support of one of the Sioux tribes for UND’s use of the nickname: The university won the [...]
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Posted on 03 April 2011. Tags: Aau National Tournament, Athletic Foundation, Basketball Champion, Biographical Directory, Butler Team, Butler University, Calvin Coolidge, Christian Science, Christian Science Doctrine, Christian Science Monitor, College Sports, Critical Acclaim, Csm, David L Porter, Democrat, Eric Liddell, First National Championship, George Gershwin, Gold, Harold Abrahams, Hero, John W Davis, Macy, National Basketball, National Champion, Ncaa, Ncaa Tournament, Olympic Glory, President Calvin Coolidge, Rhapsody In Blue, Running, Sabbath, Solid Gold, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Parade, Tournament Champion, Veteran Athletes
1924 was a great year. My legal hero, John W. Davis was nominated for President (only time I’d voted Democrat) but was crushed in November by another great President, Calvin Coolidge. Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams ran to Olympic glory and gold (and Liddell glorified Christ by not running on the Sabbath). The Macy’s Thanksgiving [...]
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Posted on 27 August 2010. Tags: Agent Contracts, Amateur Status, Analogies, Analogy, Big Time, College Coach, College Sports, Fake Job, Free Market Solution, Media Players, New Thoughts, One Percent, Openness, Phoenix Web, Professional Sport, Ron Paul, School Athletes, School Star, Sports Agent, Time College
I was excited to get coverage on the sports agent issue from the Freedom’s Phoenix web site on its first page today! I would like to thank Freedom’s Phoenix and Ernest Hancock for the great coverage on libertarian/Ron Paul news and for finding my material suitable for his purposes. It’s an honor to have articles [...]
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