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My son was a college athlete

Posted on: May 8, 2018 at 12:34:17 CT
Hickeytime MU
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I had no problem with the scholarship he received or the horrible treatment he endured. He used the situation and received a college degree out of it.

Honestly, if it wasnt for his scholarship, he probably wouldnt have gone to school. Or he would have piddled around taking 6 hours here and there.
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Slavery & Prison - Le Tigre - 5/7 15:04:21
     try selling that crap to real slaves..... - Mizzou1990 MU - 5/8 10:20:22
          I tried asking, but couldn't hear their answers - Eggs MU - 5/8 10:37:46
               RE: I tried asking, but couldn't hear their answers - Mizzou1990 MU - 5/8 10:44:20
     Say what you want about Division II, - Downstate UI - 5/8 09:08:34
     The kid has the choice to pay his own way through college - MKrip MU - 5/8 06:58:35
          Doesn't mean free 4 yrs is adequate compensation.* - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:25:44
               Compare tuition etc to NBA G League salaries and remember - TigerMatt STL - 5/8 08:22:33
                    Sure, but how does that compare to $1.1 Billion in revenue? - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 11:53:09
                         if it wasn't fair - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/9 10:30:45
                    Good point. (nm) - zounami MU - 5/8 09:00:49
               It does mean they voluntarily selected it over all other opt - Mizzmi27 MU - 5/8 07:50:32
               Sure it is - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/8 07:35:09
                    Goodness.(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:37:15
                         Whats a better alternative? - Hickeytime MU - 5/8 07:55:23
                              Excuse me? - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 11:35:08
                                   RE: Excuse me? - Hickeytime MU - 5/8 11:59:04
                                        RE: Excuse me? - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:07:52
                                             My son was a college athlete - Hickeytime MU - 5/8 12:34:17
                                                  I never said they are treated horribly. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:40:00
                                             It absolutely IS adequate compensation - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/8 12:26:06
                                                  It's not a market rate when you can't negotiate payment. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:42:26
                                                       There are alternatives to playing in the NCAA - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/9 10:29:34
                                                       My Libtard meter is going crazy... - Fraud MU - 5/8 12:57:31
                                                            You need to get that meter adjusted(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 13:05:15
               Are there better opportunities than what the NCAA is - zounami MU - 5/8 07:31:51
                    Huh? Reform & litigation aim to alter the NCAA - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:35:45
     Grayson Allen's mom should have been invited to speak about - zounami MU - 5/8 02:41:26
          Why?(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 03:42:58
               To tell the world that Duke enslaved her son for 4 years. (nm) - zounami MU - 5/8 06:33:00
                    Why did you pick Grayson Allen?(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 06:44:17
                         He was one of Duke's slaves for 4 years. People should hear - zounami MU - 5/8 06:49:13
                              Dumb(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:22:20
                                   Exactly. That's the point. You really struggle with sarcasm. - zounami MU - 5/8 07:26:28
                                        No, I didn't think it was funny or even witty. Sorry* - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:36:46
                                             It wasn't meant to be funny, it was meant to point out the - zounami MU - 5/8 08:04:21
                                                  Since you wrote it?(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 11:55:28
     The NCAA is about making $$. Period. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 01:52:27
          What is wrong with the responses in this thread? - Mizzmi27 MU - 5/8 06:44:21
          *making money for non-profit institutions... if that bothers - zounami MU - 5/8 02:27:23
               Agreed. It is about making money. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 03:42:42
                    Wendell's mom benefited from a non-revenue sport scholarship - TigerMatt STL - 5/8 08:13:20
                         You realize the NCAA=universities, right?(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 11:56:27
                    well - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/8 07:38:26
                    RE: Agreed. It is about making money. - SideshowBob MU - 5/8 05:15:35
                         Good post.... - zounami MU - 5/8 06:41:55
                         Of course. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 05:34:54
                              RE: Of course. - SideshowBob MU - 5/8 05:58:35
                                   NCAA revenue in 2017? - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 06:32:29
                                        The NCAA doesnt keep that money doofus. It goes back to - TigerMatt STL - 5/8 08:17:25
                                             NCAA=universities, "doofus" - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:00:55
                                        RE: NCAA revenue in 2017? - SideshowBob MU - 5/8 07:57:19
                                             Courts define fairness all the time. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:04:36
                                                  RE: Courts define fairness all the time. - SideshowBob MU - 5/8 12:32:40
                                                       RE: Courts define fairness all the time. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:57:10
                                                            RE: Courts define fairness all the time. - SideshowBob MU - 5/8 14:12:04
                                                                 RE: Courts define fairness all the time. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 14:15:55
                                        3 of MU's last 4 coaches: Mike Anderson, Frank Haith, Cuonzo - zounami MU - 5/8 07:14:52
                                             How is that related to my post?* - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 07:23:47
                                                  The last sentence. Illinois fans should be more concerned... - zounami MU - 5/8 07:55:47
                                                       What part of - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 11:58:34
                         #MeToo - glue MU - 5/8 05:23:04
                              When will the oppression of white men stop? - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 05:35:22
                                   I have never felt oppressed. - glue MU - 5/8 05:43:04
                                        Not once? What a privilege. * - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 05:44:45
     for free....what a dumb parent....nm - JohnGalt MU - 5/7 22:25:09
     Hope the apple fell far away from that tree........nm - HDTiger MU - 5/7 21:36:05
     So if you leave school are you a run-away player?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/7 20:14:32
     What a complete and total idiot - quicksand MU - 5/7 20:06:32
          bingo(nm) - afleet MU - 5/7 22:04:46
     RE: Slavery & Prison - Colotiger MU - 5/7 17:07:17
     That kind of dumb hyperbole does nothing to advance her - tgr MU - 5/7 16:04:46
          She'll be on the speaking circuit before you can say master. - tigertix MU - 5/7 16:05:29
     Reading that was like a night in prison. - ColoradoBlueTiger MU - 5/7 16:04:21
     slavery is a choice. - dangertim MU - 5/7 16:01:07
          -Kanye(nm) - tgr MU - 5/7 16:06:52
          Hey, the pay was right, the coeds were hot and horny so he - tigertix MU - 5/7 16:03:00
          -Amistad 3: The College Years(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 5/7 16:02:03
               Five Years a Redshirt Slave(nm) - dangertim MU - 5/7 16:26:42
                    Nightjohn 2: Forced to Read Again(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 5/7 16:29:58
                         Roots 2: Kunta Violates Team Rules(nm) - dangertim MU - 5/7 16:34:04
                              The Color of Purple Drank(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 5/7 16:39:57
                                   well.... - dangertim MU - 5/7 16:41:17
                                        Thread closed, Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 5/7 16:48:42
               A Spike Lee joint..............nm - tigertix MU - 5/7 16:03:24
     Slaves were forced to work and got nothing in return.... - zounami MU - 5/7 15:40:12
          Being "run" by people of all races doesn't make it fair. - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 05:42:49
               but it makes her statement about the racial composition of - zounami MU - 5/8 07:02:37
                    But not by the same proportion. You know that(nm) - tjwheeler UI - 5/8 12:58:06
          Go on(nm) - MidMoBaller4Life MU - 5/7 15:50:19
     The fundamental task for the NCAA is to - FIJItiger MU - 5/7 15:32:17
          Like they already failed before by succumbing to presuure - tigertix MU - 5/7 15:44:32
               Korleone Young(nm) - FIJItiger MU - 5/7 17:01:17
     Hmm - o'lineydisciple MU - 5/7 15:13:50
          Good post (nm) - Cosmo MU - 5/7 23:31:45
          ^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^^^^hammer meet nail.....nm - tigertix MU - 5/7 15:45:43
          Perpetual victimhood(nm) - oleMIZZOU MU - 5/7 15:35:55
     all of that is beyond stupid(nm) - ajpe53 MU - 5/7 15:10:17
          Worse, she played basketball & graduated from Ol Miss - Le Tigre - 5/7 15:13:26
               Good investigatory work, I'm sure no one on the committee - tigertix MU - 5/7 15:47:52
                    no detective work - it is in the ESPN article - Le Tigre - 5/7 15:52:16
                         Kudos to ESPN .... Wish I had been on the committee, I would - tigertix MU - 5/7 15:57:50




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