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Barbara,
Thanks you make it 96 supportive email messages to 71 hate. It
has been an interesting few days. I spent a couple of hours on the
phone with staff at the House Ways and Means Committee yesterday
afternoon. Seems that they are looking into holding hearings on
removing the tax exempt status of collegiate athletics. If and when
the hold hearings, I've agreed to be a witness. Back to coffee
tomorrow.
Jim
On Jul 17, 2006, at 7:03 PM, Barbara C. Greenspon wrote:
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make it 96 supportive email messages to 71 hate. It has been an =
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exempt status of collegiate athletics. If and when the hold =
hearings, I've agreed to be a witness. Back to coffee =
tomorrow. Jim
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2006, at 7:03 PM, Barbara C. Greenspon wrote: |
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Again, good for you. We lived in Birmingham from 1970-77 where Tom was on the faculty of the medical center (he's a Psychologist). We didn't have local college sports then, but it didn't matter. It was as if we were in Tuscaloosa on game days. We did know several young people who were truly scholars and athletes, but, unfortunately, they were few and far between. Every so often, someone does a good thing, even though they take a risk to do it, and we are all the better for it. Thank you again, and the best to you. Enjoy the coffee. At least it seems as if our list is behind you. Barbara jim gundlach wrote: <Snip> |
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Just a word from the chorus here, Great stuff, Pecan Jim. I enjoy sports, including big-time sports on television, but I think college sports are corrupt and wrong. Thanks for helping to stop it. Best regards, Elliott Perkins jim gundlach wrote: <Snip> |
Elliott- I hope you didn't think Jim excused himself from Auburn because "...college sports are corrupt and wrong." The man's a Prince and will distance himself from college sports' being corrupted on his watch. Cheers -RayO, aka Opa! Espresso is a Best Use of water resources- |
On 7/20/06, Elliott Perkins wrote: <Snip> Given the criminal activity and steroid debacles seen in pro sports in recent years, one could make the same judgement about big-time sports as well. Safe Journeys and Sweet Music Justin Marquez (Snyder, TX) |
A few thoughts on these matters:
Foremost, it's not easy being a whistle-blower under any circumstances, but
especially when it violates the norms of the culture (in this case, to
overlook dishonorable practices). So congratulations, Jim.
Likewise, it's not easy for 19 year-olds to defy norms that make it OK to
take advantage of "opportunities" that respected people in responsible
positions lay out for them.
Let's follow what happens to the highly placed administrators, coaches, and
university officials who must have known about these practices, and see if
their level of exposure and embarrassment matches that of the students and
faculty who are involved. It's these abundantly degree'd "role models" who
are corrupt, not "college sports."
For those who rail against academic tenure, here's a case where guaranteed
free expression is a useful condition of employment. Couldn't expect a
junior faculty to take risks like this. (sorry if I'm making incorrect
assumptions here).
Great universities are more inclined to support and scaffold academically
struggling athletes than to help them cheat their way to a diploma.
Martin
Heat + Beans
all the rest is commentary
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