19 Jul 2007
Driver ODs, Crashes Into Drug Treatment Center

Only in Cincinnati...

CINCINNATI -- A man with a needle sticking out of his arm crashed Wednesday afternoon into a Clifton Heights drug treatment center, witnesses said.

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21:21 /Humor | 1 comment | permanent link

Vick to court next week, not camp

You know what really pisses me off about this? Beyond the horrifying cruelty to animals? The fact the we (taxpayers) funded this asshole from the get go, and in fact paid for his college education. 100%. Because he's a big, fast thug who can run with a little ball.

The NCAA allows each division 1A college football program 85 scholarships and each division 1AA college 63 athletic scholarships. In division 2 there are 36 Scholarships.

To retain division I status, a football team must have 76.5 football scholarship players and can carry 85 active scholarship players. In division I-AA, schools have 63 scholarships, usually divided among 85 players.source

And that's just football - baseball, track and field, swimming, lacrosse, hockey - think of a sport, and there's a scholarship associated with it.

I have yet to understand exactly what the ability to toss a ball or whack a puck has to do with scholarship.

Michael Vick got a free ride through Virginia Tech courtesy of one of these "scholarships" - now I dare you to Goolge for a full academic scholarship, based strictly on intellectual achievement, offered by directly by VT (not from a foundation or other third party). I couldn't find any.

If college athletics were subject to the same rules of accurate advertising they'd have to change the name of these programs to "thugships".

Just despicable.

AP - When a Bad Newz Kennels dog was wounded in a losing fight, NFL star Michael Vick was consulted before the animal was doused with water and electrocuted. That's just one of the gruesome details that emerged Tuesday when the Atlanta Falcons quarterback and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury.

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06:31 /Politics | 6 comments | permanent link