Globetrotter747

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I was actually disappointed with it as a whole and I don’t see how Louise Fletcher won Best Actress for her portrayal of Nurse Ratched

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I can’t really speak to the award in that particular year, but I do think the Ratched character is way overrated on lists of the greatest movie villains. She’s 5th on AFI’s villains list from 2003.

No one will surpass Saban in success, and no one will surpass Bryant in stature.

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This is like saying "my 4 year old only wants to eat candy and ice cream at every meal and only drink surge so I gave in and let him. His overall health is atrocious and he doesn't follow instructions but hes mostly happy and likes to eat so what's the problem?"

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College students are adults who have more freedom in the current system. That is a good thing. If some make bad decisions, that’s on them.

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The fact is, there is no market for football and basketball players fresh out of high school outside the university - read, "NCAA - system. None. Fans and TV viewers aren't tuning in to see Billy Joe Jumpshooter or Shawntavious Edgerusher.

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But they also don’t want to tune in and see ole State U. get the frick beat out of them or some accounting major with a 5.0 40 run a bubble screen.

You need a certain level of talent for the multibillion dollar ship that is college football to function.

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He said the future of college football will be determined by who loves the game vs who loves money.

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It’s not the game vs. money. You can love the game and love money very easily. It’s the schools vs. money.

If Johnny Heisman is making $2,500,000 in NIL at Georgia and he can get $5,000,000 at Ohio State, he can transfer and still work his arse off and win games and Heisman pose in the end zone at OSU just like he can at UGA. He will just make more money doing it.

But the fans don’t like that shite because they want players who love the school. But no one loves a fricking school as much as they do $$$. This is even more true when you recruit all around the country.

Hell, I was born at Druid City Hospital. I am a second generation alumnus. I was a walk on for four years. But if someone told me I could have a million dollars and Alabama will lose every football game they will ever play for the rest of my life, well, you wouldn’t be hearing Rammer Jammer at BDS any time soon.

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So how many of his current guys can start for NC State? They went to current school for a reason.

Gotta assume he will also recruit / buy the best players he can.

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Hypothetically, if he went to a school with a loaded roster and none of his McNeese guys were good enough to play there, he would not take any of them. Everyone wants the best deal and situation for themselves.

This will be you if you expect loyalty from anyone (players, coaches, fans, admin.) in college sports.

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if offered $5 million today, in US dollars, to renounce your citizenship would you take it ?

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Yes.

I would move somewhere in SE Asia.

These chicks have to create drama of some kind to draw interest because they play for insignificant brands (I had to look up who Reece plays for and had never heard of the Chicago Sky) and you can go to the local boys high school game and see a higher level of play.

There’s no reason for anyone to keep up with this shite without some storyline.

Some of the wisest words I have heard in sports promotion were from Apollo Creed in Rocky. When he was having trouble getting a top contender to fight him, he said, “Without a ranked contender, what this fight needs is a novelty.” So he pulled a lowly local club fighter instead of some mid-tier guy to make the fight amusing to the public.

No one cares about WNBA teams or the talent of their players, so they have to stir up shite to get people to pay attention.

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What athlete was far & away the best to ever play their position ?

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If “sprinter” is considered a position and you take into consideration the level of competition, it has to be Usain Bolt.

I would argue that the 100 m. dash is the most competitive athletic competition there is because running fast is central to so many games and sports that it’s nearly impossible for someone with a talent for it to go unnoticed. We all remember the fastest kid in the class or neighborhood growing up. A kid with the natural ability to mature into a sub 10.00 sprinter is going to be noticed somewhere.

But how many tall, lean athletes with a similar build to Phelps even think about competitive swimming (or even have convenient access to an Olympic-sized pool and good coaching)? Probably mostly the ones in urban areas who couldn’t hack it in football or basketball where there’s a hell of a lot more exposure and opportunity for a star athlete. And how many people around the world go a lifetime and never touch a hockey stick or put on a pair of ice skates like Gretzky?

If you took all the people in the world within five years of age of every great athlete listed on this thread (in their prime) and pushed all those people into their sport or position with equal resources, I think Bolt would have the best chance to remain on top of his sport.

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Revenge of the Nerds is an underrated

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I wouldn’t call it underrated. It’s a highly regarded ‘80s comedy.