There are huge far more pressing matters such as this going on.<div>
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Sources at the NCAA say be patient on the Sidney situation
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"You have to feel for the Jewish kid or the atheist kid or the Muslim kid who loves Tebow but didn't realize his fanship would involve a pitch to convert to Christianity," <font color="#004488">wrote ESPN's Rick Reilly</font>.
Well, you left off the next part of his argument and it's a valid point. What if Brantley wanted to follow in Tebow's footsteps (or any other SEC or Big 12 or ACC quarterback ) and decided they wanted to wear "Satan 666" eye black. The Southern religious right would be rallying at that particular school in no time and protesting to get the player suspended or expelled.
My favorite part of the article illustrates the value of an OSU education:
Pryor said later that Vick was his childhood icon and "not everybody's
the perfect person in this world. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Everyone kills people</span>. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Everyone
murders people</span>. Steals from you; steals from me. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Whatever</span>."
Pryor said later that Vick was his childhood icon and "not everybody's
the perfect person in this world. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Everyone kills people</span>. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Everyone
murders people</span>. Steals from you; steals from me. <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Whatever</span>."
You missed my point evidently. I don't care if they ban it or not. The problem is they are bringing this **** up now after sitting on the request for reinstatement for Sidney for two weeks. And they have had 95% of the info they have needed for a decision for months. They can bring up the pettiest **** to waste money on studying while a student athlete has been waiting for months for word. Just answer the question dickheads! Can he play or not?<div>OEMDawg said:
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After the eye blackening patch augmentation resolution is achieved and before the Sidney question is considered will be what?
anyone?
anyone?
Buehler?
Yes that is correct. Will the use of Chicken Bones casting for predicting the future be allowed on the SPS board?
Somehow I think this may all be my fault.
anyone?
anyone?
Buehler?
Yes that is correct. Will the use of Chicken Bones casting for predicting the future be allowed on the SPS board?
Somehow I think this may all be my fault.
protesters and a lot of letters. Anyway, I hope my kids are smart enough to consider someone's off the field qualities and choices when selecting their favorite athletes, and if those things show up in their attire and interactions with the media, that's okay. I know stuff like that helped me pick my favorites back in the day.
So if I follow the above statement to the letter would that mean tattooscould be tossed out as well?I've seen plenty of praying hands and cross tattoos out there. Couldn't you also argue that tattoo symbols are also advocating the same thing that Tebow's facepaint is?
1) To be fair, the folks at the NCAA dealing with this are likely a different division and set of people that deal with eligibility concerns. I doubt this has a significant impact, if any at all, on the Sidney situation. I like to bash the NCAA, but this likely isn't a good reason to do that.
2) I agree with banning personal statements on uniforms. The athletes are there to play football, not make a personal statement about their beliefs or to put something on their uniform (eye black is part of the uniform) to incite a reaction. The NCAA or member schools shouldn't have to waste their time evaluating whether a statement passes some sort of criteria for being acceptable. It's best to just ban it altogether. There is plenty of time for athletes to express themselves outside of the game in their personal time and can even use the media to do it if they like. But, as long as they are on the football field, they should be playing in standard acceptable uniform and nothing more. If it's that important to them, they should just get a tattoo to make their statement because the NCAA would never touch that issue if they knew what was good for them.
3) No doubt they waited to do this until Tebow was gone. They would never mess with Timmy.
2) I agree with banning personal statements on uniforms. The athletes are there to play football, not make a personal statement about their beliefs or to put something on their uniform (eye black is part of the uniform) to incite a reaction. The NCAA or member schools shouldn't have to waste their time evaluating whether a statement passes some sort of criteria for being acceptable. It's best to just ban it altogether. There is plenty of time for athletes to express themselves outside of the game in their personal time and can even use the media to do it if they like. But, as long as they are on the football field, they should be playing in standard acceptable uniform and nothing more. If it's that important to them, they should just get a tattoo to make their statement because the NCAA would never touch that issue if they knew what was good for them.
3) No doubt they waited to do this until Tebow was gone. They would never mess with Timmy.
Well, obviously as far as how the NCAA handles matters one has nothing to do with the other.
If you want to compare apples to apples, look at the Reggie Bush situation. The issue about his family's rental situation in LA while he was at USC broke during his rookie season in the NFL. FOUR years later, and USC is finally meeting with the committee on infractions THIS week. Hell, if you use that timeline, Renardo will have graduated and/or exhausted his eligibility before the NCAA ever gets off their *** to even address the issue.
If you want to compare apples to apples, look at the Reggie Bush situation. The issue about his family's rental situation in LA while he was at USC broke during his rookie season in the NFL. FOUR years later, and USC is finally meeting with the committee on infractions THIS week. Hell, if you use that timeline, Renardo will have graduated and/or exhausted his eligibility before the NCAA ever gets off their *** to even address the issue.
If everyone kills people and everyone also murders people, then im pretty sure there would be no one left.