Our school newspaper at ASU was a paying job.

C'mon Doug. You and I both know that the Dean and/or your professors would have insisted on chaperoning you during any such an outing.

IME, engineering (and science) professors are extremely weird and I wouldn't immediately dismiss the notion that they wouldn't.

Semi-edit: in before someone FYPs this with the "engineers and scientists are extremely weird" zinger

The solution is that nobody should give a rats ass' about college sports (like me). Then there would be no money in collegiate sports, and everyone would be solid.

So long as cheerleading counts as a sport, people will give much more than asses of rats about college sports.

I know that professors I worked for in graduate school often took us out for dinner/drinks or invited us to their homes to thank us for our efforts on their behalf. These things were in addition to paying us cash money for those efforts. If they wanted to come along for a recruiting trip, it all seems fair/good. All of them were people you'd be happy to go out on a night on the town with.

One of my professors at Caltech apparently seriously floated the idea of starting a brothel for the benefit of Caltech students.

It may or may not be a coincidence that it was at a party at this professor's home that I was hit upon by a young woman I can best describe as a physics groupie. (Alas, I was coming down with a sore throat that night, so I was in no mood or shape to field what she hit. I didn't even get her phone number.)

No one is good enough to jump from high school to the NFL, period. The vast majority of college juniors that declare for the draft (they should only declare if they are projected first or second rounders) are not successful, at least almost never right away. The NFL is the only major pro sports league where the skill/knowledge gap is too wide to cross from high school to the professional ranks. It is also the only league that doesn't have any kind of true minor league development. I don't really consider the NBA Development League to be a true minor league, if you don't want to count that. So, the kids who tend to play in pro style schemes tend to make a quicker jump to the NFL.

There's a reason many extraordinarily talented college football players fail in the NFL. That's because the talent gaps between the schools are so severe, and from what I've read and heard, the NFL game is a tremendous amount more complicated (while having the theoretical best of the best at every position facing you every week).

My issue with player compensation is that they're not given any money at all to live. Yes, they get free room and board, and tuition. But, they can't afford to go see a movie, and no one's allowed to give them money to go, and a coach can't take them, or even buy them a slice of late night pizza. Players should absolutely be paid something, and it should be the same amount across the board for all players in a sport. If people pay more than the agreed amount of the stipend, the penalties to those programs would have to be insanely severe to make it work. Certain sports that make more money can give a little more than the ones that lose money. However, in my opinion, everyone who plays a college sport should be receiving at least a small stipend to have some spending money.

Think of it like a College Work Study program. When I was in college, I was allowed to do College Work Study for 20 hours a week. It wasn't much money, but it helped me to have a minimal amount of fun. I don't think that's too much to ask in the NCAA, since there is so much money flowing freely, anyway.

yes yes oh god oh god YES YES YES TALK NERDY TO ME!!!!

JFC, if they could cover my tuition and pay me to work in a lab, why can't they pay the football players as well as covering their tuition?

I like Smoked Salmon

California's new state motto should be, "California! Where we try new things. Come see how that's working!"

I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but I've spent the last 6 days trying to keep my lungs inside my body and have spent every spare second sleeping, so I have been remiss in reading the low content thread, so here is the ridiculous part...

did I miss anything important? I get a sense that panties are bunched over college sports and all I can say is who freaking cares. As to pro sports you have to entertain the people else we will end up like the romans.

People who spent all their time/energy on bread and circuses while their empire rotted away from the core?

If your theory is that they lost their empire due to the lack of quality entertainment and you can back that up with evidence, your fame/prestige seeking classmates should be quaking in their loafers. You will rewrite the history books.

take it easy on him Doug; he's been sick

Srsly

Its over. Limit is dead. Thanks for the memories.

Damn -1200 at HG 8 16 .lol These guys (teams) own me

are chip protectors unprofessional? or are they super amateurish?

What's a chip protector?

I've wondered about this myself. My personal vote is yes. Quite AM. Also if I see a chip protector I tend to think that's a tell for "nothing to worry about from that guy."

= card protector I think.

In my opinion a pro uses part of his natural environent to protect his cards. He doesnt bring his 'special lucky' lead figure of Athena or his custom 'I <3 NCAA' button to do that. He uses something from his local environment like chuck norris would.

it's like a thing - a token - coin or chip that people bring to put on top of their cards to protect their cards from being mucked some-how like if someone shoves their cards on top of yours while mucking them. Some people use it as a luck charm...

Like Greg Raymer had fossils that he used on top of his cards - that's why he was dubbed "fossil man"...

I have a collection of encased spiders, centipedes and scorpions (about the size of a one-two inch diameter pebble or rock) from Taiwan that would make interesting little chip protectors ... I've never used chip protectors myself - just the smallest denominated chip in my stack.

I think I read in J8888 blog that he uses a steelers emblem for a chip protector? I think it's personal preference but just curio what the guys think...

I use a card protector because long, long ago I got fed up with the confusion of whether or not I was all in when I still had a chip on my cards. (Now, of course, I make a point of having enough chips in front of me that I never need to go all in, at least not in an LHE game.)

Using something to protect your cards is essential. It can be a chip if you like. I like using polished rocks that one can get for ~$1 at a gem and mineral shop. They have no significance beyond being the right size and shape and looking nice.

I trust you'll forgive me for having a lil fun at your expense in your x-posted thread in B&M.

Should we meet irl, the first beer or three is on me.