Hmm, I would have considered myself decently well versed in Anime - know the basics, the big shows. I have never heard of any of these.

Why don’t they ever do three team trades in the NFL?

Also, too much one on one. That sort of offense bogs down in the playoffs, often. That’s what happened to Miami against Dallas.

Yeah, it was a learning experience. I would handle that differently now (I hope), vs. when I was 25 (holy dear mother of shit, has that been 10 years....).

Well, it's all bullshit. It's a way to be an asshole while pretending to be a discerning customer.

I hear you, but the only time I was witness to something similar, I was so stunned I didn't really do anything.

I can see him condescendingly explaining to his date that he enters a restaurant planning to tip 15%, then makes mental notes each time staff makes an error, and he begins deducting....

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.

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.