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Until he starts getting hurt, it won't. We're not dealing with a slap-hitting catcher making $23 million a year here.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 03:26 PM) But if they are being selected isnt that evidence that NBA teams believe that they are ready for the NBA? Isnt it counter-intuitive that NBA teams are selecting players who they think are worse or not as ready? When they pick Kobe over a college player, isnt that saying someone in the NBA believes Kobe right then is better than numerous college players? No, it's evidence that they believe they will SOMEDAY justify that draft pick and be a worthy player in the NBA. They may not believe they can help them much that year.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 03:20 PM) All the more reason NOT TO SELECT HS players! I'm not sure why you are acting as if the teams don't have their own free will or something, and need an arbitrary rule to keep them from f***ing themselves. Except that the elite talent will be high schoolers then, and you simply can't win in the NBA without some sort of elite talent. The last team I can think of that didn't have someone "elite" was the Detroit Pistons. They still had Rasheed Wallace as an all around play-maker, and that team was pretty well stacked all the way around as well. So then you are either drafting mediocre college talent that will get you 30 wins a year, or you are taking shots in the dark on high schoolers.

I can't wait until a pitcher who is working on locating his fastball early in Spring Training gives up 7 hits in a row and the Sox give up 17 runs and people on here start freaking out about Spring f***ing Training

QUOTE (ScottyDo @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 01:36 PM) It is his day, after all OMFG If he is on Twitter, I am wishing him a happy day today

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 12:28 PM) So that law is basically saying that a woman can play in the NBA, and a man can play in the WNBA? Totally applying to work at Hooters as a part-time server

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 12:24 PM) What if an 8 year old alien from Krypton came here and wanted to play basketball and was physically mature enough to do so? I'd keep Lex Luthor away from him. No need to corrupt the kid any more than he's going to be already.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) ^^ He is (or was) managing something somewhere in Indiana, so there is that. The mustache is probably good for 3-4 WAR(M?), maybe more. That mustache could stop a bullet train

QUOTE (flavum @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 12:07 PM) It's kind of a nothing story, but truthfully I'd rather have a manager that really aspired to be a manager after his playing career. This is rebuilding without saying it, so they'll put a decent team on the field and a likable manager in the dugout and in front of the microphones, and try to get the farm system rebuilt on the fly without doing a complete tear down, because economically the Sox can't afford to do it. This is incredibly accurate.

Jose Valentin and I'm not joking

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:49 AM) wite, I said "he still ended up playing in the nfl and things worked out" But at the moment Evans got injured, there were serious concerns about what would happen. Its just unnecessary risk. And I hate that. You let me hate Lee Evans in peace

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:44 AM) What if he doesnt get drafted in the first round? What if his knee gets infected and his leg is amputated? Its really easy to say "Oh who cares" and give the BEST CASE SCENARIO. There was a pretty famous Wisconsin player named Lee Evans who came back to school for another year. He had a devastating knee injury. It hurt his draft stock. He ended up still playing in the NFL and things worked out. But I will never forget the moment when I thought that this poor guy had given up generational wealth over a stupid college game. And I love college sports, its just not worth it for some of them. You mean Lee Evans that was still drafted 12th overall being nothing but a deep threat receiver? Yeah I remember him. 1 good year. He was a bust. OH and he is the entire reason the Ravens didn't make it to 2 straight Superbowls

QUOTE (knightni @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:40 AM) Why? She's the sexiest woman in America right now. She seems like the type of girl who would drop a boyfriend at the drop of a dime.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:39 AM) Yes, but there's zero doubt that the college players who have more experience can contribute meaningful bench minutes regardless, and aren't complete wastes crushing the on-court game. Everyone here has been talking about how great the game is now compared to the era that was crushed by players jumping straight to the pros over in the NBA thread, now you all want to see that ruined because a guy got hurt in college while getting tons of national publicity and free room and board. It's not a travesty. There is not zero doubt if we are talking about Adam Morrison.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:37 AM) Then say goodbye to womens sports and basically every sport but basketball and football for most universities. On top of that, how would you go about determining what a player is worth in college? I hate the NCAA as much as the next guy, but paying athletes IMO is a terribly stupid idea and would absolutely kill everything that's special about college sports. I'm fine with schools profiting off of a few star athletes. More people profit from that system. It does open a huge can of worms if you pay someone or some athletic group but not others. Or if you pay the entire athletic department, why not pay other smaller, competitive organziations around campus?

Robert Swift and Sebastian Telfair so bad, you gotta name them twice. Glad you didn't list Shawn Livingston, who actually suffered an even worse fate than Nerlens but had already gotten paid.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 11:29 AM) Most likely, and this very well could give those kids a better chance at succeeding than 1 year of college. It would be interesting to see the success rate of baseball players who went to college versus those who went to the minors. Studies have indicated that high schoolers are boom/bust with much higher ceilings overall while college players typically are safer players with lesser ceilings. I also believe they did that simply with players drafted only, so there was no Latin American influence involved.

If the NFL allowed teams to draft 18 year olds, don't you think they'd develop a minor league system (either in conjunction with the AFL or independently or otherwise) and that they'd expand the draft? Increase it to 20 rounds and allow for like 47 man rosters for the NFML

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 10:53 AM) But that's the league setting requirements for individual teams, not exactly the same as an individual company or manager setting requirements for a certain position. If Lebron James were coming out of HS this year, why shouldn't the team with the #1 pick be able to take him? Because the NBA requires you have experience in a different market before entering. They are an elite organization in American society, they can do so.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 10:52 AM) Does that restriction need to exist, though? Would an NFL team actually draft and play an 18-19 year old who wasn't physically mature? Baseball teams do. Why wouldn't NFL teams? If you can draft a player with the upside of Andrew Luck or Robert Griffin III or Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in the 5th or 8th round, and you can let them grow and develop on your practice squad for 3 years or carry them around as a backup? Yeah, I think a lot of teams would take the minimal investment that would take.

You must be, atleast in ND, 19 to serve alcohol at a restaurant. You must be 21 years old to work in a liquor store. I don't necessarily agree with the NBA's rule, but full understand the NFL's. They feel it is simply too dangerous to play progressionally unless you are 3 years removed from college graduation. The problem therein lies with a guy like Amobi Okoye who graduated at 20 years of age. Those examples are so few and far in between that I think their rule is probably the best. Saying "you must have two years experience" or "internship required" or whatever else is merit based. There are absolutely some jobs where they will not consider you unless you have experience. Consider their year in college or Europe to be an internship to gain experience, and it's not nearly as unruly.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 10:12 AM) That sucks, but he is making the right choice. One wrong play and you could be in big trouble. He already is in big trouble. He's like 16 months removed from that injury and he's still having trouble walking.

You are hired as the manager of a department store. They guarantee you a 3 year salary, which is how they got you out of selling widgets from home to begin with. Five years ago, you left the store as an associate and cashier. Having been essentially brand new to the job, you're excited, but a little uneasy. Still, you work hard and everyone appreciates the job you've done and the work you've put in, so much so that they just offered you an extension on the current deal they gave you. You are still a little unsure of yourself but more confident in your abilities having done a very good job for a year. Do you accept it, or do you wait closer to the end of your contract to accept another 1 year of service? What's the point right? Maybe in a year and a half you find something better or you grow tired of it. Maybe in a year and a half, you find you enjoy it so much that you want to do it for another 3-5 years. Maybe we should all quit worrying that Ventura turned down a 1 year extension with 2 years remaining. Oh, and bringing AJ on would be terrible. He was a great player, a great game caller, but he's also a dick who lived by the beat of his own drum. By most accounts, he was one of the roots of the 2009 collapse attitude wise when he was lying on the couch after like the 6th loss in 7 days watching the Florida game, not caring enough. How about in 2014, when the Sox are on their way to the 3rd consecutive winning season under Ventura, they just offer him a contract extension?

Knox retired. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/18209031-41...y-football.html

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 13, 2013 -> 09:07 PM) I can't wear the boxers? Oh well, it's just gonna make product placement a bit awkward. This was the agreement - we vote for you, you model thongs for us. Sorry, you sell your soul to the devil and you live with the consequences.