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RG going on AM1190 - they want questions from Allbuffs
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SuperiorBuff
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I don't like the idea of athletic dorms at all. Just another move closer tos emi-pro.
Disagree. Very difficult on our program to keep these kids eating the way they need to eat when they are living in crappy housing off campus. And pretty much all housing off campus is both crappy and too expensive, which then cuts into the grocery budget.
The KU situation is pretty awesome. It's apartment living with kitchens, etc, but with a meal plan as well. Our guys need to eat a lot and often.
Plus, it's a major piece to recruiting. You want to show the recruit and his parent(s) where he'll be living and have them go "Wow!".
SuperiorBuff
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I have a friend who's kid goes to Oregon. According to them, the student athletes are pretty much off limits to the rest of the campus. I think that is crap.
They FB team was in Brackett when I was in school (76-80), they would eat their meals at Farrand. For whatever reason, the admin. decided it was not desirable.
Think "Olympic Village."
i was at CU for the end of the football dorm. in my opinion, it wasn't super-conducive to integrating the players into the broader community. that was also the prevailing view across america and that's why these dorms went away and it is why the ncaa now mandates the 51% thing.
back in the day, kentucky basketball had a special dorm for the 12 or so players. every bed was customized to be longer and wider to support bb players. every shower head was higher up, etc.
i don't think housing athletes in a special segregated palace is the right way to handle things and i don't think it is good for the athletes. if there is a move to group them together, i'd understand, but it can be a slippery slope.
back in the day, kentucky basketball had a special dorm for the 12 or so players. every bed was customized to be longer and wider to support bb players. every shower head was higher up, etc.
i don't think housing athletes in a special segregated palace is the right way to handle things and i don't think it is good for the athletes. if there is a move to group them together, i'd understand, but it can be a slippery slope.
Good show and the piece with RG, once they got him on, was really good. Thanks for posting the link
I was an RA in Brackett in 88 and 89. There was an upstairs room that was off limits to the general population and must have been a room used by the athletes when they lived there. There was a ton of boxes with old papers, play books and stuff that you could tell were from the athletes. Was like looking at a time capsule going thru the stuff. We left most of it there and it probably still is there. Was kind of cool and I wonder if anyone else has been up there in the years since.
goldy21
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Satterwhite moving on: good or bad