Of course you are right. (Do you get tired of always being right?
) But it feels like a choke when you are bitter about the disrespect the ACC has gotten, the rotten luck with Covid, and the questionable seeding, and you want just one ACC team to hit above their weight rather than collapsing in typical ACC fashion this year.
It’s not fashionable these days to talk about character because it means a lot of different things to different people and the lens thru which they’re looking. There’s conduct- don’t act like an imbecile, don’t lie & cheat, etc. A lot of people find it necessary to rationalize away bad conduct so that’s been practically removed from our national essence & discussions to our country’s detriment. Then there’s stuff like perseverance, determination, confidence (not the fake type), etc. Where people often get confused if the inability to make the distinction between where raw talent carries the day & when grit takes over. Having both, well they’re superstars generally. I’m gonna vomit here because I hate, albeit respect most of these great players- Montana, Brady, Kobe, Jordan, Jeter, Bradshaw, etc. Of course there’s awesome ones like Calvin Johnson, and lesser accomplished like Joe Hamilton, etc. In the end VT lacked GT’s critical elements of character like Ush & Alvarado bring to the table & hence failed when the chips were down. A GT team wins their game, a VT team loses it.
Maybe I am also using the wrong word when I refer to "choking" as a character issue. I agree with the Meriam-Webster definition of "choked" as: "to lose one's composure and fail to perform effectively in a critical situation."
) I'd have them going a lot further.
**** dook.
Years from now the only thing the average basketball fan will remember is the final 4 champion.
How many people ran around your workplace last week collecting whatever they call the women’s tournament brackets? Nobody really cares save a couple fans, some school interest if their school makes it, the parents of the players, etc. If the product was worth caring about there would be a market, interest & also the money. It’s not like you got some cabal running around stealing the women’s food, preventing them from getting gym equipment, etc. When the women’s sport becomes more popular than the men’s then they’ll get better stuff. Until then maybe they should work on making their product more valuable instead of trying to extort people to give them something they don’t deserve.Maybe this should go in a different thread, or maybe the WBB thread, but more and more stories keep turning up of the NCAA making an absolute hash out of preparing for the women’s tournament.
The women are getting different, less accurate, COVID tests. Their food is worse. Mark Emmert is deflecting any blame to subordinates.Anger Erupts Over Disparities at N.C.A.A. Tournaments (Published 2021)
Officials apologized for providing inadequate facilities for the women’s basketball players, but later acknowledged they were also receiving cheaper, less sensitive coronavirus tests.www.nytimes.com
I can understand lobster when the men’s tournament is pulling in so much more cash, but it looks like the women’s tournament has substandard prep. They don’t look like they’re doing a good job of clearing a minimum standard.
From what I understand, in the next few weeks, Emmert is going to testify to congress about name and likeness, and the NCAA’s focus on amateurism. This is a bad look for them. And Emmert is starting to catch some heat.
Thank you. But this isn’t woke enough for current climate. This is revenue driven with people just looking to be offended. ESPN is really running with it too as you know they love this stuff. You don’t see male strippers out here crying cause female strippers make more than they do, or maybe they are I’m not sure
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