(06-21-2014 08:26 AM)NestaKnight1 Wrote:  

(06-21-2014 07:45 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(06-21-2014 07:38 AM)NestaKnight1 Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 06:12 PM)BIgCatonProwl Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 03:52 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  That might be the party line but if ND told them they wanted full membership tommorow, somehow I dont see them telling them "Nope, sorry, AAU only!"

UConn ain't Notre Dame

You're right, UConn wins more National Championships in this era.

So, they are in, right?

Terry, you know this isn't about performance, but about Benjamin's. It should be about performance in an ideal world. This is not an ideal world. We in America tell ourselves and the world that there is such a thing as the "American dream," you know that saying that anyone can get ahead if they work hard enough. This is really all about greed, and you know the AAU line is a ruse, and surely Notre Dame would be an exception. This is not an attack on Notre Dame. Surely you are sophisticated enough to recognize the use of sarcasm to illustrate a point.

Yes, I know. CR is exclusively about cash. Nothing else matters.

It is a ruse. It is a way to exclude UConn from the Big Ten.

I don't believe in the American Dream and haven't for years, particularly since the "trickle down" bullcrap peddled since 1980. There are lots of exceptions and everyone should try to get ahead, but the ones who "make it big" have mostly been born into the "right" families and know the "right" people.

"Those with the gold rule". That is what all societies have been governed by since Sumeria in about 3,500 B.C., at least.

That "work hard enough" stuff is to get the workers to work harder mostly for the owners and bosses to benefit.

I met your sarcasm with sarcasm. Your sarcasm meter must need batteries. :)

(P.S. I am usually sarcastic in real life and on message boards)