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A great read and good reminder to ENJOY THE RIDE and keep things in perspective when it doesn't go the way we hoped.
I personally am firmly on board the Hype Train for this season. I realize I may get disappointed at times but I am still going to enjoy all he good moments regardless and I think there will be lots of Good Moments this year!!!
Corey at DE is still better than Mihota or dooley at DE so still disagree.
Duke is nowhere near where they were 10 years ago. Then again, we aren't back where we were then either, but the point is that Duke has raised its status in football and that is thanks to David Cutcliffe. Anyone who knew Cutcliffe knew that he would bring Duke up to this level. They are peaking, but they will be more than a cellar-dweller for a little while.
FTFY
Ive gotten better, but I wish I could shake that feeling all together. Possibly none as bad as Miami '05 however. No better time to get past that.
The Hokies last won an ACC title in December 2010. How long ago was that? I've been engaged, married and divorced since.
The feels man. The feels. Hang in there!
Student Athlete's are allowed to work during the academic year but must be monitored by the Athletics Department to ensure all rules are followed. In most cases these athlete's work for the Athletic department in some way or another. IE we have an athlete who is getting a communications degree and he is our radio play by play for basketball games.
Straight from our Athletic Handbook in regards to Jobs-- up until 2009-ish NCAA prohibited scholarship athletes from working except during the summer and approved school breaks.
The following rules apply to all types of student-athlete employment (Bylaw 12.4.1):
1. The student-athlete must perform useful work.
2. The rate of pay must be the regular rate paid for such duties.
3. Hours paid must equal actual hours worked.
4. Payment in advance of hours worked is not permitted.
5. Transportation to the job site may be provided only if such transportation is made available
to all employees.
6. Student-athletes are responsible for complying with employment rules and are to report any
irregularities in employment compensation or benefits to the Compliance Coordinator.
NCAA Bylaw 12.4.2.1 allows for Fee-for-Lesson Instruction (teaching or coaching sport skills
or techniques) provided the following:
1. Institutional facilities are not used;
2. Playing lessons shall not be permitted;
3. The institution obtains and keeps on file documentation of the recipient of the lesson(s) and
the fee for the lesson(s) provided during any time of the year; and
4. The compensation is paid by the lesson recipient (or the recipient's family) and not another
individual or entity.
You beat me to it, maybe we are worst off than I thought. What would we say reading that 10 years ago?
Yep. Especially the ends.
Where is the slow clap gif? (I have no gif skilz)
Big discussion on this on Mike and Mike this morning. First of all, Mike Greenberg just needs to calm down. He's starting to get a little disparaging with his remarks and is taking it way too personally. I really have a lot of mixed feelings about this whole situation. First, I understand the principle and motivation behind what (whoever created this fine system) was trying to accomplish. Yes, we need to hold our student athletes accountable. But, I fundamentally disagree with a system that fines individuals who are not employees of the university and have little to no discretionary income. It completely destroys any sense of amateurism in the sport. The stipend these athletes receive is part of their financial aid award to pay for incidental/miscellaneous expenses related to the full cost of attendance. This amount of money pales in comparison to the huge revenue that the school and coaching staff receive from the sport. It is just flat out unethical and immoral to institute this type of punishment, no matter how good the underlying intentions may have been.
Now in the discussion, I heard the commentators continually mentioning, "There are other ways to discipline the players." While this is true, I didn't hear much in the way of actually alternative suggestions, other than run them until they puke, physical punishments, etc. In this society we live in, coaches are getting flak left and right for this type of punishment. Danny Kanell even weighed in and said that coaches are being more and more reported for excessive physical punishments, and defended the fines in saying that there must be some way to hold players accountable. Yes, there is the argument that you can simply strip playing time from these kids or kick them off the team for repeated violations. But, the school has invested a TON of money in the players for that scholarship, stipend, and other costs related to their academic and athletic lives. Taking away playing time renders all of that money absolutely useless and wasted. These kids are a huge investment on the part of the schools.
I don't agree with the fines at all, but someone has got to come up with some sort of way to hold the athletes accountable. Coaches are afraid of being reported for physical labor punishments, there will be huge public outrage with monetary sanctions, and docking playing time hurts the school from all they spend on the student athlete. I keep hearing outrage and complaints, but little in the way of solutions.
Exactly. I started watching this series specifically because of his acting in the Pacific.
Very well written. I agree and when (if) we lose, I will leave my disappointment in my seat at lane...
There is not much better than a fall day in Lot 5 with family and friends.
Yea this line as it all . experience, depth . play makers at all spots and the ability to get guys a blow with very little drop and some young and developing talent Dooley Mihota and Sobzak. I like the potential with this group keep you fingers crossed for good health
For me, the best case scenario is I spend 12 Saturdays watching Hokie football with all of you either in person or virtually. The worst case scenario is I spend 12 Saturdays watching Hokie football with all of you either in person or virtually. Not bad.
Technically, worst case scenario is 9 Saturdays, 1 Monday, 1 Thursday, and 1 Friday. Best case scenario would be 10 Saturdays, 2 Mondays, 2 Thursdays, and 1 Friday.
Extremely well written. Great post :D
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice Unfortunately, and to my chagrin, the levies story is on the front page of today's Richmond Times. Thanks to you, Mike Barber.
Yea if nobody ever gets hurt I will agree but if Dadi was out . That puts Vinny starting and Corey would be used as a backup and put in the rotation at DE . Hardly a disaster in my mind. Also I think Dadi played as a 5th guy two years ago at home against Pitt and we shut them down. The situation above would put Corey at Kens spot and I think Ken may be our best DE period
This whole thing is weak. I detest whining about discipline. We should be supporting discipline not nickel and dimingbit. How about SEC schools cough Bama that pull scholarships if you don't produce.
I understand wanting to cry about our perceived image but let's take the position of strength. I am still pissed off about banning Stick it in chant!
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10 years 11 months
# | Report: Cincinnati's Tommy Tuberville may withhold money from players (Sports Illustrated) A significant problem with using playing time as your primary incentive is that it doesn't get distributed equally. What happens when a guy who is redshirting or buried on the depth chart makes a mistake? You can't take away playing time if he isn't getting any in the first place, and if you can't use physical and/or monetary punishments then your only course of action is suspension or expulsion from the team, which in the long run is a detriment to the team as the player has lost practice time or the team has lost a potential future star.
I'm not sure that fines are the answer, but in this changing environment of college football it is definitely a conversation worth having.
If it happens let me know, we can get a beer
Cool. I haven't been to any of the games yet, but I plan on going to the first home game this year.
I was excited that the Hokies and 49ers were scheduled to play each other on the future schedule, but unfortunately the two sides dropped the game.
you simulate games? blasphemy!!