“font-family: Verdana;”>Congratulations, NCAA, you have done it again. You have messed up something that didn’t need tweaking. The basketball tournament is underway, and you have lost a fan.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>While I know everyone has an office pool sheet, I will pass on the festivities this year in protest. Oh, sure, I know someone will tell me I am missing something, but I can’t help it. The NCAA has messed up college football. They punish students for frivolous acts and they continue to allow coaches to run amuck from one school to another with no real penalty – and now they have fractured the tournament and what it stood for.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>To see the teams that get in when they were clearly not one of the best 68 teams is a joke. You see teams that cannot win two road games in-conference along with teams who could not stop a nose bleed let alone an opponent when the game was on the line. They only get a pass because they are in the Big 12 and Big 10? Please. Then you have teams that have been omitted because they did not have enough status or some other lame excuse that has made this thing a sham.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>I will pass this year also because they now have the tournament on more channels than the law allows only because the NCAA saw some stooges that wanted to be taken to the bank. Face it, folks, there are not enough good teams to fill out a field of 68 and the NCAA knows it, but this was all about the money.. “font-family: Verdana;”>
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“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>Say it ain’t so, Ohio “font-family: Verdana;”>
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>Last week, Ohio State head football coach Jim Tressel finally admitted he had knowledge of some of his players breaking some NCAA rules. Tressel’s players were suspended for five games for next season by the NCAA. The hierarchy at Ohio State found Tressel guilty enough to fine him and suspend him for just two games.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>While Ohio State is an institution of higher learning, they also have reminded us that they are no dummies as they know how important their coach is and the revenue he and his team bring in annually.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>So what does the NCAA do next? I say they should start at eight games for Tressel. Five for the same amount his players got. One for lying, one for not showing adult supervision and one for stupidity. It won’t happen, because the NCAA takes care of those who make money for member institutions. “font-family: Verdana;”>
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“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>National Football Lockout “font-family: Verdana;”>
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>OK, now we have a lockout. Did anyone notice this is March? There are no games to be played for months, so who cares?
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>Everyone seems to think the end of the world is near because the billionaires locked out the millionaires. I could care less at this point.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>The owners are greedy, and the players are dumb. The owners will not open up the real books, because if this comes into the public record, as Ricky Ricardo once said to Lucy, “You have some splaining to do.” The players have no idea on how to get more guarantees, but even if they did most players would blow it sooner than later.
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“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>Bye, Bob
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>An end of an era took place in St. Louis recently as Bob Wallace, longtime general counsel and senior vice president of the Rams, is moving on.
“font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; color: black;”>Wallace’s role changed with the new regime at the top where he was a consultant for the last two years. Before that, Wallace had done everything you could imagine in the NFL when it came to the front office. He was quite active in the community, as he got on board with projects that would have been ignored by others. Bob Wallace made a lot of friends with his honesty – as well as detractors, as he could say NO with the best of them. St. Louis was better off with him. He was a real pro who will be missed. Hopefully someone will think enough of another African American soon who will be able to pick up where Bob left off.
