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Domestic Violence Is a Recurring Quandary for the N.F.L. - NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/11/sports/football/domestic-violence-is-a-recurring-quandary-for-the-nfl.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sp_20151112&nl=sports&nlid=25414714&ref=headline&referer=
Russia Doping
NYTimes: Russia Suspended From World Track and Field
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An I.A.A.F. council voted on Friday to suspend Russia in the wake of sweeping doping allegations against the country’s athletes.
Drugs Pervade Sport in Russia, World Anti-Doping Agency
Report Finds - NYTimes.com
Former I.A.A.F. Chief Is Accused of Taking Bribes to Hide Doping - NYTimes.com
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Missouri Football & Student Protests College Athletes’ Potential Realized in Missouri Resignations - NYTimes.com http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/sports/ncaafootball/missouri-presidents-resignation-shows-realm-where-young-minorities-have-power.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_sp_20151112&nl=sports&nlid=25414714&ref=headline&referer=
No Justice, No Football on a Missouri Campus -
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University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change -
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U. of Illinois Fires Athletic Director After Full Report
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As Transgender Students Make Gains, Schools Hesitate at Bathrooms - NYTimes.com
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Terry Connor sent this, wondering about how it squares with Title IX. What do you think?
http://6lawrence.com/news/local-news/16484-ku-unveils-new-men-s-basketball-dormsTerry Connor sent this, wondering about how it squares with Title IX. What do you think?
N.F.L.’s Forays to London Muddle Its Stance on Sports Betting - NYTimes.com
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Pimps All Around: In Defense of ‘Louisville Madam’ Katina Powellby Dave Zirin http://www.thenation.com/article/pimps-all-around-in-defense-of-the-louisville-madam-katina-powell/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=socialflow&nc=1
FIFA Confirms Investigations of Numerous Officials - NYTimes.com
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Youth Sports Again Take a Hit, This Time With Real Bullets - NYTimes.com
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I am commenting on the article Terry Connor sent you
ReplyDelete- I think that this is a very bad but smart way to get the best of the college recruits. Although this is not very fair for other colleges, I believe that this really does draw male athletes attention because they want a "fantasy" lifestyle. But, what happens after college when they get into the "real" world and does not have all of these fantasies?
I like the point you raise with what happens to these players after college. They are going to be accustomed to the good life. If they don't make it in the pros then they are probably going to be living in a place that isn't as good. How they adjust to and react to this is unpredictable
DeleteHonestly they are going to get to the bottom of what has happened with this sex scandal. Either Rick is going to get fired or he is going to be very lucky to keep his job. Many viewers are pointing fingers at Rick, and many viewers see better of him to do that. Part of me wants to believe that he had no idea what was going on and the other part of me believes he had to have some kind of idea what was happening, it could of been a little rumor he could of heard, or he could of got the "talk" of it going around. Either way this is not right at all, especially in at a college level.
ReplyDeleteI agree that many people having different opinion's regarding this situation just all depends on what you think about the case. I also too that this is unacceptable at a college level or any level of play really. I do not know which side I lean to exactly, but I would like to think that Rick was clueless as to what had been taken place.
DeleteI can definitely agree this takes recruiting to a new extreme, and not a good one. No one should allow this to happen, and I put a lot of the blame on the athletes who knew this was going on and did nothing to stop it.
DeleteI know the truth will come out eventually. I don't think Rick Pitino knew though and I think he is telling the truth.
DeleteOn the article Terry Connor sent regarding the KU's new dorm it states, "The 38 unit, male only, dorm houses KU's basketball team, along with over a dozen other non-student athletes." That sentence alone shows to me that it is going against Title IX regulations by stating it is MALE only. If KU's basketball team including non student athletes that are housed at these dorms are able to experience such a fancy way of living somewhere on campus there needs to be built something similar for the females. I agree that building this helps bring in and attract student athletes for recruiting purposes because of the extremely nice way of living that is provided, but it is not fair for the females to not be provided with something similar. If they believe it will bring in more interest from recruits in males wouldn't it do the same for female student athletes?
ReplyDeleteI think if the women's basketball team had a problem with this they'd build one for them too.
DeleteLouisville head coach Rick Pitino claims that he had no knowledge that sex workers and strippers were used to attract more recruits to his program. People have different opinions regarding this situation, but personally I believe it is an extremely good way to help lure in male athletes. Having strippers and sex workers is obviously unethical and is a huge problem that will have to be dealt with, including them having to face the consequences and punishments. I would hope that Rick was unaware of what was taking place for the sake of the program, but I find it hard to believe that if this were happening for so long or for quite some time he must of had some knowledge of what was taking place. Obviously if Rick found it helping draw in top recruits he was not going to stop what was happening or speak up to better his chances on getting top players, but simply hope to not get caught. I am interested on keeping up to date with this case and see how it plays out in the end. I believe people will start to come forward and end up leaking and spilling out some kind of useful information.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you I also think he knew what was going on. If this turns out to be true I hope he loses his job, because this is wrong on more then one level.
DeleteRick Pitino is one of the greatest college coaches of all time. He has had numerous NCAA championships. I think Rick Pitino has told the truth and isn't apart of the sex scandal. Katina Powell has taken full blame.
ReplyDeleteI feel like just because he is a great coach and has been very successful does not mean he is not involved in the sex scandal. Maybe he is as successful as he is due to drawing in the top recruits and players by the strippers and sex workers?
DeleteBeing a great coach can not determine if he was apart of a bad scandal or not. I think when some coaches and players get the fame to their head, they can start to perform bad actions such as these events and think they will get away with it. I think they need to understand they are able for certain consequences as everyone else.
DeleteRegardless of Pitino being a successful coach, I think he could very well be guilty in this case. Joe Paterno was a very successful coach at Penn State, and he was fired during a scandal.
DeleteI have mixed emotions with this topic. Part of me wants to believe he is innocent because his success but also, I can see this being on the down low with him. Pitino can be the best coach ever but you never know with people these days. I like how Louis took into account about Joe Paterno from Penn State getting fired during a scandal.
DeleteThe story about the bullets taking on the young sports leagues is ridiculous. Sports for kids are supposed to be fun and a cool learning experience they will remember for the rest of their life. These days guns are a huge problem, but it is a different story when they bring it to the area of the children who have done nothing wrong. Going to this league was an enjoyable place to be, but no it ruined and that is a shame. Parents should be supportive and acting like adults, but when brawls and riots happen, it ruins the whole happy and learning environment. Parents should be punished for these actions they have acted out. Setting examples for your kids is a huge impact on their lives and when this stuff happens, they remember it and it kind of ruins their love or the thought of the game they play.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree, I believe that parents should be involved in their children's sport, but they should use positive encouragement, instead of pushing them to the limit and reassuring them to be the best on the team- especially at this level.
DeleteI agree 100%. Parents should be involved in their children sport, they should use positivity where the credit is due. They need to reassure their children especially being at this level a lot of people get down on themselves.
DeleteI read the article "Youth Sports Again Take A Hit, This Time With Real Bullets". As I read this article I was thinking to myself, what has this world come to? Where children can not even play the sport just for fun without having to worry if their officials or coaches are going to get shot. I agree with the authors statement of "...parents here were out of control because they “all expect their kid to get a scholarship.”" I think a huge part of this harassment issue is the parents. Parent involvement in their children's sports are huge, showing the support during their games is amazing, but there is a fine line and when you cross it others think it is okay to cross as well. In the article it gave an example of a parent fight in the parking lot of the stadium. In doing that it is setting an example to their kids that (1) it is okay to fight someone just because they said something that you don't agree with and (2) it's okay to break the clearly stated rules. I think that once a parent reacts in this way over a youth game, they shouldn't be allowed to come to any games or any practices, because it is putting the children and the whole organization at risk by doing that. I also think that when parents put the amount of pressure that they are on their kids to succeed can be harmful to the child, psychologically and physically. Psychologically but turning their intrinsic love for the sport into an extrinsic love for the sport, they push themselves to do better to get the reward of the scholarships and their parents approval that they aren't playing the sport just for fun anymore, they are playing to keep the parent happy. It physically wears them down by constantly having to practice and train in order to get better. It is good to practice and get better at your sport, don't get me wrong, but their comes a point where at a youth league, the children just need to have fun and learn the basics of the sports and worry about all the hard physical training for the upper level.
ReplyDeleteThe FIFA scandal is something that really grinds my gears. This is a display of pure greed from the higher ups of a governing organization. They decided that the huge salaries already being paid to them wasn't enough. They decided to use their power for their own monetary gain instead of doing what is best for the sport of soccer. This is a serious problem that FIFA has to fix and has to put boundaries in place to ensure that it isn't allowed to happen again.
ReplyDeleteI must say, this is spoken like a true scholar, and I can not agree more. FIFA is a rather corrupt organization. My fantasy football team has more order than the governing officials at FIFA.
DeleteThe University of Louisville's men's basketball head coach Rick Pitino has earned himself a controversial spotlight recently due to alleged involvement in scandalous recruiting strategy. In summary, the players would get escorts for the recruits so as to show them a good time. In regards to ethics, such a recruiting ploy contradicts the morals of general society; however, such a recruiting tactics proves to be effective and beneficial due to their high level commits and teams success. Hence the juxtaposition of the two arguments calls to attention the level of moral obligation that is mandated in recruiting tactics. In regards to coach Pitinos place in all of it, I firmly believe he was involved. There is no way the Godfather of Louisville basketball did not know what his players were doing with the recruits to pass the time. Regardless of his involvement, nothing will happen from it because he is untouchable. Just as we talked about in class, due to the commercialization of sport, he is beyond punishment.
ReplyDeleteI think that no matter what happens or whether Pitino knew or not, he will be fired. This is too much of a publicity hit for Louisville to go through the whole thing without making a change. The easiest change to make would be to get rid of Pitino
DeleteHead coach of the University of Louisville men's basketball team, Rick Pitino, claims he had no part in the recruiting form of using hookers and strippers. I realize Rick Pitino is a very successful coach at the University of Louisville, but even if he did know about the bizarre recruiting strategy, I feel like he wouldn't have said anything anyway. It would only cause trouble towards the basketball program and the university. Rick Pitino could or could not be telling the truth. If he had known, I believe he should be fired. This reminds me of the Penn State scandal when Joe Paterno knew Jerry Sandusky had been sexually harassing young boys, and not telling anyone about it. Joe Paterno was fired later in his career.
ReplyDeleteI am responding to the article Terry Connor sent you, obviously the dorms aren't the only reason they are choosing KU. The level of competition they face is second to none. But the dorms defiantly are a great incentive and can be a deciding factor for some athletes. An athlete does need adequate living spaces and when offered the best can be very beneficial to the athlete in his/hers sports and academics.
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