The only solution to this is for college football and basketball teams to become truly semi-pro, where players are paid, they pay taxes, and aren't forced into the charade of being STUDENT-athletes. You could still have true student athletes by having "ringer" players count as more than 1 scholarship. That said, the…

How many billboards do I have to buy to ensure LeBatard stays off the air permanently?

I thought you liked bears.

The NBA should use the same system as MLB. That is, you can either draft a high school senior or a college junior/senior. Kids that don't get drafted out of high school can either attend college, play overseas, or fart around for 3 years.

I would listen to Rebecca Lowe read the phone book for at least 5 minutes. Ten minutes tops.

I think there is some merit to Ortiz's claim, but another factor is the weather. Some days, Wrigley is a pitcher's park, others it's a hitter's park.

The first thing I noticed was the Johnny Benchian hands.

I'm not sure I want to live in a world where this didn't happen.

I have 2 suggestions. Either shut down college athletics for good, or blow it up and start over. Shutting it down is self explanatory, there would be no more competitive college athletics outside of club sports or intramurals. This would put a lot of people out of work and would potentially cripple some economies.…

+1, strong reference

I think roster depth is significantly underrated. I'm a Georgia Tech fan. Prior to Paul Johnson's tenure, Tech usually had a handful of NFL-caliber players each season, but never had the same depth of talent as better programs like Georgia, FSU, etc. That is, Georgia Tech could compete with these teams for a while,…

Agree. But I think the match-up would be closer than you think because of roster sizes. This assumes the college team plays with 85 scholarship players + walk ons versus the pro team with 53 (45 are only active for games).

What kind of name is Poon?

Andy Stone (inspiration for GT student's speech) says no plagiarism. From his facebook page:

It isn't fully krausened until it's been through Dennis Farina's cold, dead ballsack.

Ho Lee Fuk.

A cheeky move, indeed.

Outstanding.

In the cycling world right now, this guy is about as close as you get to Marshall Henderson.