The only thing I know for certain is that I cannot wait to never hear anything more about these people.

And, of course, we're getting one side of the story. Is that really why his parents are pissed?

....or....Jesus?

Yeah, but they may not be against extended evaluation times. Obviously it’s not that necessary when you’re dealing with LeBron or Durant, but the vast majority of picks are not that certain. You don’t think Detroit would have preferred two years of watching Darko play in the NCAA?

When you consider the infinite ways in which politicians will disgrace themselves for campaign donations, a Senator* getting all sanctimonious about 19 year olds choosing million dollar contracts over a life of comically absurd exploitation is just ridiculous.

Hey man, it’s college basketball. Who’s the only man capable of holding Michael Jordan under 20 points a game? His goddamn coach.

Good god.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. It's like moving the cotton crop to Arizona, no boll weevil, but now you have crops growing in the middle of a desert that essential require 24hr. watering to survive.

Desperate times, and such.

Seems like we should be investing a ton of resources in that technology or something similar. This is getting scary. I don't think people appreciate how quickly water issues can lead to catastrophic situations.

Anyone have an update on the current state of desalinization technology?

Army of Darkness. 2/3rds of the lines.

Sure, but that's no skin off his teeth. He was happy to violate rules to get Camby to UMass and make sure Rose got into Memphis, but when it could potentially negatively affect him and benefit the students, no go.

Don’t disagree about the NCAA, and again, recall the context of this discussion - Is Calipari taking a stand, speaking truth to power, bravely confronting an unjust system? No, he’s not. He’s not repeating the sweet little lies that the NCAA builds its bullshit on - amateurism, education...blah blah - but he’s also…

I mean, of course the NCAA is going to poo-poo everything (though in this case, the benefit only matures when the student athlete can no longer compete - could be an interesting legal question). If Cal was dedicated to the best interests of the student, he could make waves. I would imagine the public outcry against…

Make sure the take one out =/= paying for the policy with the money you make from their performance. I’m glad he’s on the ball with that, but it’s another example of him appearing to do something decent so long as it involves exactly zero sacrifice on his part.

How about he uses his salary to buy each of his players massive insurance policies that pay out if they are injured and play less than X years in the NBA or earn less than $X dollars?

I don’t think the point of the piece is that Calipari is somehow evil, just that he shouldn’t be praised for his manipulation of this system. He’s not a rebel for acknowledging how silly the rules are while making $6.5 million in salary.

Another problem with the Slate piece is pretending like Calipari was responsible for those 20 recruits going pro. We need a VORP for Calipari - how many of those players get drafted at other schools. I’m going out on a limb and saying 20.

Look, I only tolerate the games so I can rush home and check out the post-game quotes dutifully transcribed into recap articles in my local paper.