SLU_Lax

Petty or not, I roll with Rick and really don’t want to play MoState. They want games in St. Louis for recruiting reasons and have a fair amount of alumni here. We don’t have many recruits or alumni in Springfield. I’d rather play Bradley or Illinois State or Loyola. I’d even prefer to play Evansville. I consider SIUC something we already do and should keep doing.

I am still not ready to forgive MoState for not upholding what Rick saw as a verbal contract. I do not even know how much or how little offense MoState really committed, but I do not care. In honor (and memory) of Rick, I do not want to play them and I do not know or care if that is a reasonable stance to take.

I’m assuming you need a recap of Joel Osteen. I did not watch it, but I’m pretty sure he said that... Jesus loves you and he needs money. Anything you want is possible with Jesus, but he still needs your money. A check or money order sent to Joel should suffice.

It won’t be long until S3 anyway. No material changes have occurred to prevent it from another situation happening.

This clown is part of SLU’s strategy? He is an odd duck. Somehow I do not think he can relate to his audience very well.

I worry that S3 is just around the corner. If you ask a girl if you can kiss her and she verbally provides permission, but then you stop to take a breath and then kiss her again without regaining consent....you may be in deep trouble.

I never ever want to play them again. I am still mad about them bailing and not ready to forgive yet. The game helps them more than it helps us.

I also thought I saw this and was shocked. Coach Cal was walking off right there with them. It is not like the game was chippy (no pushing or shoving during dead balls) or like K-State did anything at all that was questionable (I did not notice any notable jawing at the opponent).

That I definitely agree with. I mean he was given comparatively a lot of support at Lindenwood when they were NAIA and never really made anything happen. I just always viewed him as likable, but just not able to win enough.

So I did miss a lot of this I think because I was in college out-of-state during much of his era, but was Uncle Brad not likable? I get the team was mediocre, but Drejaj and Lisch and Ian were all likable and/or entertaining to watch. Was I just not in the know?

When DR first showed up as a freshman starter, I was excited for the team and for its future. He came in built like a man and just looked like a great player. He held up his end of the bargain and gave SLU 4 great years both on and off the court. He really is and will remain one of my favorite Billikens. He represents everything that we could ever want from a student-athlete. He will be a great teacher and will continue to set a great example to all those around him.

His parents had to spend money they didn’t have to hire lawyers. He then had to publicly admit guilt of breaking University policies and is certainly limited in how much he can speak out. It will be tough for him to sue and collect damages. JGood may live an amazing life complete with NBA success and establishing himself as quite the philanthropist, but he will always be prominently stained by the Title IX office. The other 3 at least have a chance to sue and to be made financially whole.

He does dispute a whole lot of information without offering correct information or details on what is "wrong" or "false". I appreciate his contributions and trust he is a member of the board, but for someone that claims to have so much knowledge he does not offer many tangible "facts" in any of his posts.

I always really liked Brad. I couldn’t be happier for his team’s success.

I know any player can decide to classify themselves as a walk on and not use a scholarship. While I was at Purdue, the best player on the team decided to go this route his senior year to essentially help offset NCAA sanctions. As long as there are no streams of cash coming in from outside the kids family it is fine. Ford can certainly afford to do this with his kid. What is very gray to me is how a normal faculty scholarship would work. As an employee of the school with X years of service, the school may cover college costs of children. I think if someone qualifies for this, it is ok (but I’m not sure) because it’s open to everyone. I always heard Highmark would have qualified for a full academic scholarship if he didn’t have an athletic scholarship. At least that’s what Spoon told us kids at his grade school camp. It may have been hyperbole and the Athletic scholarship may have blocked the academic one.

That is a great quote. I vote for lacrosse though. I will argue that it is cheaper to elevate to D1 status or that it continues to quickly grow, but the real reason is because I am super biased.

Hey, if they can use it to punish others.... I do not see why others should not be allowed to use it to punish them. Then again, there may be a special Title IX rule that stipulates the "process of elimination" can only be used against black teenaged males and never against white middle-aged women.

This!

To bad its not the "Situation 1 School of Business" in memory of John Cook's other contributions.

I am sure Thicks will know....but isn't it "a historic day" not "an historic day"?

Bump!

If it doesn't cost them their jobs, then S3 cannot be too far away. I do not say that to be negative, but I think we should have our eyes opened pretty widely to how things work currently (both the landscape , the processes, and the entrenched personnel).

Unfortunately S3 cannot be too far away with that crew.

Very well put KShoe. I want to be clear that pursuing a vindictive punishment against Kratky and Weathers is 100% acceptable though (IMHO).

So the Title IX office accepts and welcomes uninvolved third parties to file complaints per their policy. Title IX is set to look at any gender inequality (either male or female). Hearsay from a third party is considered a legitimate foundation to start an investigation. So why haven’t we begun to file Title IX complaints against Kratky and Weathers? At a minimum, it would be fascinating to see how it is handled and it would potentially help those suing the school if enough information contrasting their self-investigation to this investigation came out. It’d be great if it became a third party investigation. And yes, I know that almost nothing would be heard after filing a complaint. To be clear, I am not recommending frivolous complaints be filed. I have legitimate concerns spanning over their handling of multiple cases and their creation of a hostile and biased environment.