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"There will be drastic changes to the very nature of the NCAA but I'm not going to say anything about how we feel about it"

(05-11-2014 02:21 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  "There will be drastic changes to the very nature of the NCAA but I'm not going to say anything about how we feel about it"

Why did you put quotes around that? Did you read it somewhere we didn't, talk to Mackin in person, or were you trying to be a Finebaum?

What was Mackin supposed to say about the changes that have not been made yet?

(05-11-2014 05:03 PM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  What was Mackin supposed to say about the changes that have not been made yet?

SHUT THE HELL UP AND STOP INJECTING REASON INTO OUR MINDLESS COMPLAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my gawd you such a jerk

(05-11-2014 02:21 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  "There will be drastic changes to the very nature of the NCAA but I'm not going to say anything about how we feel about it"

Well, it's nowhere in that letter.

I vote for "he pulled it out of his ***."

That was funny. Lol.


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(05-11-2014 04:35 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(05-11-2014 02:21 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  "There will be drastic changes to the very nature of the NCAA but I'm not going to say anything about how we feel about it"

Why did you put quotes around that? Did you read it somewhere we didn't, talk to Mackin in person, or were you trying to be a Finebaum?

"Quotes" are kinda like the word "literally". "Literally"used to mean "this is what happened exactly". Now it means "added emphasis exclamation mark!".

(05-11-2014 09:43 PM)GreenMississippi Wrote:  

(05-11-2014 04:35 PM)blazr Wrote:  

(05-11-2014 02:21 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  "There will be drastic changes to the very nature of the NCAA but I'm not going to say anything about how we feel about it"

Why did you put quotes around that? Did you read it somewhere we didn't, talk to Mackin in person, or were you trying to be a Finebaum?

"Quotes" are kinda like the word "literally". "Literally"used to mean "this is what happened exactly". Now it means "added emphasis exclamation mark!".

What? "Quotes" [sic] are not at all like the word "literally." If you don't believe me try it with Finis St. John and see how fast you get sued into oblivion for libel.

"Literally" still means "in a literal manner or sense; exactly." Just because Mirriam-Webster wants to informally make idiots feel better doesn't mean I have to follow suit.

Jesus H., if quotes no longer mean quotes, then truth is dead. That's why I asked mixed if he had some other source he was getting that from.

He was pretending to quote the article to make a point?

(05-11-2014 10:23 PM)blazr Wrote:  Jesus H., if quotes no longer mean quotes, then truth is dead. That's why I asked mixed if he had some other source he was getting that from.

If you don't understand satire, then you may as well stop reading message boards. No different than a fake quote on SNL's Weekend Update.

Wow, you guys need to learn to Internet better. TPBlaze84 is right, I was making a point. One of the biggest things about to happen to collegiate sports is staring us in the face and this is all we get, stuck in at the end of a booster letter with no elaboration or details on what input UAB intends to provide to the process. If you guys hold anonymous internet message board posts to the same standard as The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, then good god we are in trouble as a society. Think of internet posts more like The Daily Show and not the BBC World News and you'll have a much better go at it.

Quote:There is also sure to be much discussion on possible NCAA legislation and governance changes. Some of the decisions will be made in August and will have a drastic effect on the landscape of collegiate athletics.

(05-12-2014 08:49 AM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  Wow, you guys need to learn to Internet better. TPBlaze84 is right, I was making a point. One of the biggest things about to happen to collegiate sports is staring us in the face and this is all we get, stuck in at the end of a booster letter with no elaboration or details on what input UAB intends to provide to the process. If you guys hold anonymous internet message board posts to the same standard as The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal, then good god we are in trouble as a society. Think of internet posts more like The Daily Show and not the BBC World News and you'll have a much better go at it.

Quote:There is also sure to be much discussion on possible NCAA legislation and governance changes. Some of the decisions will be made in August and will have a drastic effect on the landscape of collegiate athletics.

Well, you do have to admit that the dividing line between the two is not nearly as sharp as it should be.

(05-11-2014 10:23 PM)blazr Wrote:  Jesus H., if quotes no longer mean quotes, then truth is dead. That's why I asked mixed if he had some other source he was getting that from.

Are you serious ? How long have you been hanging out here and you still haven't read one of BNBfan's posts ? Each one "has" quotation marks, "commonly used to signify what someone said" in oddball "places" often making you think, "Is this what is really going on in this guy's head" but more often, you think, "Damn, this guy used to teach our kids".

Again, What in the hell is he supposed to say? I'm sure AFTER the next round of changes Drew will sit down with him and get his comments.

(05-12-2014 11:41 AM)ATTALLABLAZE Wrote:  Again, What in the hell is he supposed to say. I'm sure AFTER the next round of changes Drew will sit down with him and get his comments.

My point, this.

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Just so that we get the exact wording used.
Maybe instead of using the word "will" he should have used may.

"There is also sure to be much discussion on possible NCAA legislation and governance changes. Some of the decisions will be made in August and will have a drastic effect on the landscape of collegiate athletics."

I didn't really mean for it to be so serious. Good grief, old folks really ruin the internet.

(05-12-2014 02:01 PM)mixduptransistor Wrote:  I didn't really mean for it to be so serious. Good grief, old folks really ruin the internet.

And what we aren't "ruining" you kids have a handle on "screwing up" . This whole place is FUBAR.

And get off my lawn.