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Like I said in the other thread...
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice How I felt when I saw that article 
Custom Home Builder in Northern Virginia. Studied ME. Wasn't the desk job type.
i see that team potentially using all three QBs this season. Taylor just hasn't found the right place to be "The Man"
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice Wow, this is absolutely the most overblown issue I have heard of in a long time. I couldn't even take this seriously if they actually did fine a player for disciplinary reasons.
I think it is a much bigger issue that someone wrote and article calling Bud an A-hole. That guy is the real loser in all of this.
Time to get Olivia Pope on the phone.
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice bar1990 nailed it.. this is only big news for the people it doesn't affect.
I would bet 90% of colleges have some sort of fine system in place. I know the school I work for does.
It's only coming out because Bud got asked a ? and answered it in a honest fashion.
If you screw up 7 times there is certainly a problem with the individual; however, that does not mean, that there is not also a problem with the rules. This kind of $ for pushing the limits on your uniform?
We can all agree modifying your uniform is stupid when you're explicitly told not to, but these policies are far worse.
FYI, "technically" improper equipment is actually a flag-able offense prior to the game.
I 100% agree. I'm more worried about the national attention and people who won't actually read into the story. They just see uniform violation = $1000 dollar fine.
well, if it's a debit against their eventual bowl per-diem, then it hasn't been actualized yet
I don't know. Fining a player $50 for a dirty dorm? That's a little too controlling
Me right now:
That said, it hadn't been implemented yet.
Unfortunately, that's wrong. 5 players had already been fined a total of $330
If it hasn't been implemented yet, then why was all that stuff listed on a monitor?
Is being against sexual assault a feminist cause?
I graduated in '96 with a degree in Computer Science, and have spent my career designing, building, and operating large-scale networks.
krak's post above is interesting, although I have mixed reactions to it. It IS critical to have a means of supporting yourself and your family, but my experience has been that people who are miserable at work tend to be miserable outside of it, too. If I didn't enjoy what I do professionally, I'd be spending my nights & weekends learning new skills so I could try something different, not resigning myself to a life of slogging through a series of jobs I didn't like. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones because I truly enjoy what I do.
That said, there was an absolute gem in there that bears repeating:
Don't let falling short of that goal make you a miserable person.
There are a lot of things in life over which you may have little influence, but your reaction to what happens is 100% under your control. When you come up short, YOU decide how you allow that to affect your life. If you want to be happy, learn to use those failures as motivation, and enjoy the journey regardless of where it takes you.
"A positive attitude will not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
--Herm Albright
Maybe we're all just overreacting.
Even if it's not monopoly money I think that's a distinct likelihood.
yeah man. CHEMP (Hahn north now) to Hahn via tunnel (also connects to Davidson)
Hahn to Robeson via shared wall
Robeson to Pamplin on bridge
Pamplin to GBJ via tunnel
GBJ to Burrus via bridge
Then there's all those mechanical rooms that connect to the steam tunnel network...
$100 for the wrong color undergarments?
More like $100 dollars for that long sleeved nike dri fit that you cut to short sleeved without permission.. all the athlete has to do is go to equip manager and go hey you got this in a short sleeved/sleeveless. Bamm 2 seconds later they have it.
The color has nothing to do with the fine, the equipment manager makes sure every athlete has the same color..
Maybe we're all just overreacting. Maybe the staff gives everyone $1500 per year in monopoly money and whatever you have left at the end of the year is exchanged as gag gifts!
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10 years 11 months
# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice Who is to say that they don't get rewards? Nowhere has that been covered. You don't know if they receive grace allowances that cover a mistake for community service and others items. Again, don't screw up and it's not an issue for you. There has to be consequences for negative actions.
Pushing the limits? There should be recourse for not following the rules. No one player is above the team.
And the NCAA is explicit on their end of the rules too. Not adhering to it 7 times means that there is a huge problem with the player, not the rules. If you have to alter your uni because of a brace or some medical condition, there are provisions for that. But to just do it to be different because you feel like the rules don't apply to you, then don't join a team with those rules.