Mason Barge
11/12/2012 11:53:00 PM
On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:20:51 -0600, Jim G. <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid>
wrote:
>Mason Barge sent the following on Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:18:03 -0500:
>> On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 16:35:12 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Mason Barge" <masonbarge@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 16:18:18 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>"Jim G." <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >>>> Obveeus sent the following on Tue, 6 Nov 2012 14:29:40 -0500:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> "Mason Barge" <masonbarge@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> > On Mon, 5 Nov 2012 23:39:51 -0500, "Obveeus" <Obveeus@aol.com> wrote:
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> >>"Jim G." <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote:
>> >>>>> >>> Perhaps that's why I like college sports so much. With sports,
>> >>>>> >>> coaches
>> >>>>> >>> and recruiters don't give a rat's backside about anything other
>> >>>>> >>> than
>> >>>>> >>> how
>> >>>>> >>> good you are at that sport. If you can play the game better than
>> >>>>> >>> the
>> >>>>> >>> others being recruited and if you can meet the minimal admissions
>> >>>>> >>> standards of the school, then you can make the team. Period.
>> >>>>> >>
>> >>>>> >>That is funny...as if the 'minimum admission standards' are not
>> >>>>> >>severly
>> >>>>> >>adjusted to fit the needs of sub par student athletes.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > That's not what he's saying. He's saying admission to the team and
>> >>>>> > the
>> >>>>> > amount of playing time someone gets has no element of Political
>> >>>>> > Correctness.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Even if that is what he meant,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Even if"? How could you possibly *not* know that that was what I meant?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> that isn't true, either, since there is still
>> >>>>> all kinds of 'good for team morale' attitude/sucking up stuff that has
>> >>>>> to
>> >>>>> be
>> >>>>> done in exchange for playing time.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> G0t some examples? Because this should be *really* entertaining.
>> >>>
>> >>>Seriously? You've never heard of a player being benched for having a bad
>> >>>attitude or not started as a penalty for missing the start of practice, or
>> >>>etc... Coaches make all kinds of playing decisions for reasons other than
>> >>>the players' abilities.
>> >>
>> >> You're out in left field somewhere. Benching a player for disciplinary
>> >> reasons is nothing akin to rejecting a better qualified white applicant in
>> >> favor of a minority applicant, because of race.
>> >
>> >Which, of course, was not what was under discussion in the first place. The
>> >discussion was about people getitng into a school with less worthiness than
>> >regular applicants. Jim tried to change the discussion into something about
>> >the merits of college sports where only the best are allowed on the field.
>>
>> He was clearly changing to a related topic, saying why he liked college
>> sports and comparing the decision process favorably to college admissions.
>
>Yep. And at no time did I make any effort to stop anyone from continuing
>the discussion in its original context. It's kind of funny, really, as
>I'm already seeing the usual (when he's in a hole, that is) Obveeus
>tactics coming into play.
I have a suggestion. Just let it go. You have better things to do with the
20 or 30 minutes you're about to waste.