Honestly if someone wants to pay a kid to go to their school then who cares. Let them.

2 minutes ago, WentzFan11 said:

Honestly if someone wants to pay a kid to go to their school then who cares. Let them.

The same people who also have an issue when someone decides to kneel for the national anthem in protest. 

1 hour ago, bpac55 said:

I just wish JS would take a page from JJ and incorporate more unique blitzing...or even just blitzing.  Avante Maddox thrived at blitzing from the slot when he was at Pitt.  We have all this new found speed at LB.  Use it.  Create havoc.

There’s a happy medium, but it’s much more risky now than it was 20 years ago.  Any QB near the top tier wants the defense to blitz; it leaves fewer guys in coverage and his targets will come open faster.

Of course the best scenario is for the front 4 to generate a disruptive pass rush and allow the other 7 defenders to shut down the pass but — to your point — when the DL isn’t getting there, then the DC needs to strategically surprise the QB by bringing pressure from unexpected places.

I just don’t think ‘bringing the house’ works anymore, except if the QB is already rattled which seldom happens 

2 hours ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Thanks Doctor 

your welcome professor

Sorry made me think of the documentary of Dr.J (The Doctor) and his friend. They always called each other doctor and professor :)

 

16 minutes ago, wtfcares said:

The same people who also have an issue when someone decides to kneel for the national anthem in protest. 

Same people who said they would be upset if someone decides to kneel for the black national anthem in protest that there should only be one national anthem for one country. LOL

Motorcycles are dumb

17 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

Endorsements and the like?

Could be part of the solution

Maybe.  Lets say the QB gets endorsements, then the offensive line says they provide the great protection for him to be able to scan the firld and make throws and they want a piece of the pie.  

It has to be equitable,  unlike pro sports.  Every scholarship player gets an equal share, walk on players, im not sure.  But if the payments are large for a few and small for the rest it will be a dumpster fire.

Truly, an NFL minor league is the way to go, but the NFL has to be willing to pay for it up front, and be willing to pay for a system where most of the minor league players don't make it to the NFL.  Honestly,  i would watch an Eagles minor league team, keep up with developing players, etc.  I wouldn't follow like the NFL, but I follow Flyers developing talent closely.   

Don't think the NFL does it as they are too enmeshed with the NCAA right now.  But it would be fun to draft a Reagor or Lamb to our minor league system and follow them to the Eagles. 

Ncaa athletes should definitely be paid a stipend and allowed endorsements etc

32 minutes ago, Asg 15 said:

Endorsements and the like?

Could be part of the solution

Yes. The colleges can sell a Chris Webber jersey for however much they want and make money off it. But Chris Webber can’t do the exact same thing or else he gets suspended? There’s something off about that. 
 

paying athletes is such a big undertaking. Idk how you can make it fair. 

5 minutes ago, The Holy Vagabond said:

Yes. The colleges can sell a Chris Webber jersey for however much they want and make money off it. But Chris Webber can’t do the exact same thing or else he gets suspended? There’s something off about that. 
 

paying athletes is such a big undertaking. Idk how you can make it fair. 

Once you allow schools to pay athletes, it’ll set its own market. See what happens, and make adjustments as necessary.

20 minutes ago, ManuManu said:

 

He could barely walk when he was with the Eagles. How could he be on a motorcycle?

3 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I was in a conference on Friday. We split up our staff in to groups in 4 different conference rooms at various locations, and watched presentations remotely. I happened to be in a room full of college athletic trainers. All of their fall sports are cancelled. I got to  hear some discussions.

Some will be having fall practices.

One was saying his coach talked about having pro-day style competitions against other schools in the fall just to keep the competitive juices going.

Another said hes not practicing in the fall, and may not even play if the season is postponed till the spring. He doesnt want to waste a year of his players' eligibility on a shortened sham season. 

Interesting. Thank you for posting this.

14 minutes ago, The Holy Vagabond said:

Yes. The colleges can sell a Chris Webber jersey for however much they want and make money off it. But Chris Webber can’t do the exact same thing or else he gets suspended? There’s something off about that. 
 

paying athletes is such a big undertaking. Idk how you can make it fair. 

CA’s Fair Pay to Play Act allows student athletes to profit of their name, image and likeness  Pre-COVID, other states had similar legislation pending.  PA should do the same.  

6 minutes ago, justrelax said:

Interesting. Thank you for posting this.

sure. I should have mentioned these were not major conference schools. Talking like, D3 schools.

I like the pro-day style, or skills competition idea if they can do that without it officially counting as a competition which would take away a year of eligibility. You dont play football, but you compete in football related activities. I think itd be entertaining. People love watching the combine. Now if the combine was like an olympic style competition. Thats cool.

9 minutes ago, BigEFly said:

He could barely walk when he was with the Eagles. How could he be on a motorcycle?

You’re not walking on a bike.

I had one for a few years. Honda 750. Loved it. A winding hilly road on a sunny day - paradise. Rode cross-country on it. Route 64 between Cimarron and Taos is the most beautiful stretch of road I’ve seen, followed closely by the Pacific Coast Highway.

Then one day I’m going around a traffic circle in New Jersey and a car came into my lane. I leaned over as far as I could, my front wheel was under his bumper, and my right foot was on the bumper. He took the first exit off the circle before our tires touched and I survived without a scratch. The driver never saw me. I drove home and sold the bike the next day. I’d completely lost my nerve. Never got on a bike again.

 

1 hour ago, ToastJenkins said:

Ncaa athletes should definitely be paid a stipend and allowed endorsements etc

Stipend yes - they're not allowed to work so they should be given a "universal basic income" but allowing endorsements could lead to the same shady recruitment practices that "employment" creates.

On 7/31/2020 at 7:42 PM, Ace Nova said:

 

 

@Connecticut Eagle 

@Moderator5

@Moderator12

Any chance we can get the title to the thread changed?  It's not a political thread and we have members of this board in the hospital, fighting for their lives so the entire "learned to love the virus" thing is off base, imo.

 

22 hours ago, justrelax said:

Speaking as one who contracted the virus, I don’t mind the blog name at all. It’s worth remembering that this is a play on the title of the Kubrick movie, the blackest of black comedies. The way this is playing out in our country is in that spirit.

 

19 hours ago, Doc S. said:

I haven't seen this mentioned yet but that phrasing was an allusion to Stanley Kubrick's satirical period piece "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", with Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and a host of other notable actors, a decidedly irreverent and  over-the-top look at the hysteria prevalent during the Cold War days and one possible outcome of the "Mutually Assured Destruction" Doctrine adopted by the Super Powers of the day.

@Connecticut Eagle  can weigh in on this as to his intentions or if he was even aware of the tie-in ( I'm pretty sure he must have been...). Maybe it was a slightly off the mark attempt to lighten the mood around here, inject a small measure of humor or just trying to be clever. I'm sure he didn't intend to try to minimize the deadly serious nature of this virus and the consequences felt by so many. 

Was it insensitive? Maybe. Was it purposefully hurtful? I seriously doubt it. He doesn't strike me as that kind of lowlife. ( some other kinds, maybe but not THAT kind...).

The title has been changed, the dust has settled, let's just move on and get back to critiquing our new Middle Linebacker, TJ Edwards... 

 

edited...just saw JR posted up about this as well. Carry on...

 

 

16 hours ago, Ace Nova said:

Yes, someone else mentioned it.  I had no idea it was in reference to that saying.  That certainly changes things and I apologize to @Connecticut Eagle for jumping the gun.  

 

To be clear...my intention was to allude to how current events are eerily similar to the surreal reality created by Kubrick in his movie.  As most should know by now, I am more likely attempting to create a smile than controversy around here.

If I offended anyone, I apologize.

 

10 minutes ago, Connecticut Eagle said:

 

 

 

To be clear...my intention was to allude to how current events are eerily similar to the surreal reality created by Kubrick in his movie.  As most should know by now, I am more likely attempting to create a smile than controversy around here.

If I offended anyone, I apologize.

 

 

As a boxing fan I’m trying to decide if I should take any interest in the upcoming match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.  It’s supposed to be an ‘exhibition’ match, but if I were Jones, I wouldn’t trust Tyson to treat it like an exhibition any more than I would trust him to give my niece a ride home from a party.
 

I didn’t like either fighter during their career; they were both easy to cheer against.  They’re both long past over the hill, but the spectacle itself could be entertaining if they both get mad enough to want to win over all else.

52 minutes ago, justrelax said:

You’re not walking on a bike.

I had one for a few years. Honda 750. Loved it. A winding hilly road on a sunny day - paradise. Rode cross-country on it. Route 64 between Cimarron and Taos is the most beautiful stretch of road I’ve seen, followed closely by the Pacific Coast Highway.

Then one day I’m going around a traffic circle in New Jersey and a car came into my lane. I leaned over as far as I could, my front wheel was under his bumper, and my right foot was on the bumper. He took the first exit off the circle before our tires touched and I survived without a scratch. The driver never saw me. I drove home and sold the bike the next day. I’d completely lost my nerve. Never got on a bike again.

Rode as a kid but working in liability insurance area I saw way too many deaths where the driver didn’t see the motorcycle to get on one again.  
 
Cimarron to Taos is right up there in roads to travel.   Loved the hiking at Philmont  which is right up the road from Cimarron.  We did close to a hundred miles in ten days backpacking there when I was an Explorer. It’s been decades since I have been to Cimarron.  Last time I was there I did grab a drink at the bar at the St. James Hotel.  Quite a storied place.  

6 minutes ago, Alphagrand said:

As a boxing fan I’m trying to decide if I should take any interest in the upcoming match between Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.  It’s supposed to be an ‘exhibition’ match, but if I were Jones, I wouldn’t trust Tyson to treat it like an exhibition any more than I would trust him to give my niece a ride home from a party.
 

I didn’t like either fighter during their career; they were both easy to cheer against.  They’re both long past over the hill, but the spectacle itself could be entertaining if they both get mad enough to want to win over all else.

Nothing more exciting that watching a couple of over fifty pugilists.