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Athletes and Crime

Discussion by: bfery on Tue, 2010-05-04 14:03 with 0 comments
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 Athletes are continuing to evolve with every passing season. Some transform their game forever, while others change their lives forever and it's not always for the best. This past off season twenty football players at the University of Oregon have been arrested with criminal allegations. The arrests either had drug, assault, or burglary charges involved. 

I bring up the Oregon football team because they are the most recent example of poor off the field decisions by athletes. The freshman running back at Oregon, LaMichael James, was charged with assault because he choked his girlfriend and received a three game suspension. Come on. He choked someone and can't play three games. With that degree of punishment it's practically like the incident never happened. What can you really learn from a three game suspension? 

Young people that make mistakes, especially athletes, need to be held more accountable for their actions. By not punishing them they only solidify the feeling of entitlement they already have. In most athletic cases, the punishment does not fit the crime.

Athletes and Crime

Discussion by: bfery on Tue, 2010-05-04 14:03 with 1 comments
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 Athletes are continuing to evolve with every passing season. Some transform their game forever, while others change their lives forever and it's not always for the best. This past off season twenty football players at the University of Oregon have been arrested with criminal allegations. The arrests either had drug, assault, or burglary charges involved. 

I bring up the Oregon football team because they are the most recent example of poor off the field decisions by athletes. The freshman running back at Oregon, LaMichael James, was charged with assault because he choked his girlfriend and received a three game suspension. Come on. He choked someone and can't play three games. With that degree of punishment it's practically like the incident never happened. What can you really learn from a three game suspension? 

Young people that make mistakes, especially athletes, need to be held more accountable for their actions. By not punishing them they only solidify the feeling of entitlement they already have. In most athletic cases, the punishment does not fit the crime.

The Future of Sports

Discussion by: bfery on Mon, 2010-05-03 21:26 with 4 comments
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Sports are changing. I would say for the better too. The future of athletics doesn't lie in the legacy of aging stars like Kobe Bryant or Phil Mickelson, but rather young stars breaking their records and setting the bar higher. Athletes like Kevin Durant.

Kevin Durant attended the University of Texas on a basketball scholarship and his first year broke the scoring record as a freshman as well as won the famed NCAA Player of the Year award... Once again as a freshman. What amazes me is that an eighteen year old can perform at such a high level of competition. More recently Kevin won the scoring title this NBA season with 30.1 points per game. He is the youngest player to accomplish such a feat at 21.

Durant is a great player, but just one of many young athletes that is helping his or her respected sport evolve. It's people like him that are the future of our sports. Below is a link to a clip of an popular show on ESPN called Pardon The Interruption. It's from 2007 when Durant was finishing a freshman season at Texas. It's interesting to see what they have to say about him.

Judge Dance Concert 2010

Discussion by: bfery on Mon, 2010-04-26 23:40 with 0 comments
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    I'm going to be honest. I don't really have much interest in seeing dance concerts or school productions much, but I when went to "Mind Body Soul" this year it got me thinking about some things.
 
    After the performance I reflected about the time and effort I put into sports being an athlete. It's like going to school and having a part time job. But sports aren't the only after school activities that consume so much time, extracirruculars such as (but not limited to) debate and National Honors Society.

The Ducks, Knee Deep in Hooliganry

Discussion by: bfery on Thu, 2010-03-11 14:40 with 0 comments
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Last season the Oregon Ducks went on a winning rampage after the "punch heard around the world" took place in the Boise State game in which senior running back LeGarrette Blount threw a stiff right into Bryan Hout's (from Boise State) jaw subsequently knocking him out. That loss in Boise motivated the Ducks to a whole other level of competition. They didn't lose another game that season until their Rose Bowl loss to Ohio State on New Years Day. With this stellar season came a shroud of controversy centered around the many arrests and crimes the Ducks have been charged with off the field.

The Revitalization of Hockey

Discussion by: bfery on Wed, 2010-03-03 14:00 with 0 comments
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    With the closing ceremony and the conclusion of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the athletes left their sports better than they undertook them. TV ratings for the W.O. have never been so high since the 1980 Olympics when a group of college hockey players beat a team of seasoned Russian professionals. Hopefully with the resurrection of the Olympics comes the revitalization of hockey in the US. I love watching hockey, but the sad truth is that ratings just aren't high enough to be nationally broadcasted in the states. A few times a year large broadcasters will cover big rivalry games or the retro, throwback, outdoor games will be shown. 

Buttars Proposal

Discussion by: bfery on Wed, 2010-02-17 14:06 with 3 comments
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    Senator Buttars of Utah has proposed that public schools institute an accelerated graduation program. In that program students would essentially be graduating after 11th grade and senior year would cease to exist. This program was drawn up for the purpose of saving money alloted to state education. 

Media Bias in the Super Bowl

Discussion by: bfery on Mon, 2010-02-15 21:46 with 1 comments
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    Two Sundays ago the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl. In a surprising defensive battle, New Orleans stonewalled an otherwise extremely productive Colts offense, 31-17. What struck me the most wasn't the fact that the Saints won, but rather how the pre-game media coverage was conducted.

The few weeks leading up to the Super Bowl all the major television networks told the inspiring ballad of New Orleans. Katrina and the destruction left in its wake. Then like a phoenix rising from its ashes, the comeback. For the first time is years the Super Dome served as a sports venue instead of a home for locals thrown out of their own. With the Saints winning a berth in the Super Bowl, a city was revitalized. 
 

The Waiting Game

Discussion by: bfery on Thu, 2010-02-04 22:50 with 5 comments
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     It's early February and the senioritis has already begun to kick in. I applied to twenty one colleges. Yes, twenty one. As odd as it may seem, the actual physical application process wasn't that bad. With new technologies surfacing, such as Commonapp.org, applying has become less painful. But when one door is closed another is opened.
    Even with new additions to the process emerging, universities across the country have still manage to complete the ultimate torture for a teen, waiting for a letter of acceptance. Although rolling deadlines are instituted by some colleges, the wait is still dreadful. Out of my twenty one applications, I have recieved six letters back. Keep in mind I sent in all my applications in December. The purgatory of not knowing where you have or haven't been accepted is horrible.
    This has been the process for a long time and I dont think it's going to change anytime soon.

Fahrenheit 451 Review

Discussion by: bfery on Fri, 2009-12-11 16:04 with 0 comments
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