When you're seven-feet tall, you expect people to ask: "Do you play basketball?" While I still get this question all the time, I'm not sure what to tell them these days. I have a basketball scholarship this season at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. I practice with the team, work out with the team, and dress with the team. But then the games start and I am pinned to the bench, ineligible to play. It's not about grades or discipline or injury. It's more simple -- and more complicated -- than that. My former school, Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia, won't sign a simple form releasing me.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/12/19/todd.obrien/index.html#ixzz1h1Kyxd1O I am going to try to read more about this, as I hope beyond hope there is a lot more to the other side of this story (besides the brief suspension last year with other players for conduct unbecoming) But on the surface, shame on St Jo's, and shame on Martelli. And too bad for the NCAA who so clearly shows that they have no regard for the student/players. And no longer even pretend to. Arggghhhh. Bad authority makes me sooooo mad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:344805 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
