I don’t really follow sports that much — one of the perks of being a divorcee lol — but this really pisses me off.

How arrogant would Reggie Bush, and the people around him, have to be to think that (allegedly) accepting a really, really expensive house for free wouldn’t affect his NCAA eligibility? It won’t really affect him, because he’ll still be a high draft pick and he’ll make a shitload of money.

But what about his team-mates? If the eligibility issues are substantiated, his team, the USC Trojans, could be forced to give up their 2004 championship title.

Ain’t that a bitch.

I don’t think any athlete deserves the amount of money they are paid. Yes, they work really hard — but they are able to work really hard because of their God-given abilites. It’s not like if I trained really, really hard, that I could be an elite figure skater or runner or skier. That’s just not where my talents are. But I work really, really hard at my talents — writing, editing, marketing — and I haven’t even cracked $50,000.

I went to a Big Ten school. I’m sure there were NCAA violations there. In my apartment building, there were two basketball players from one of the poorest cities in the state, even in the nation. They each drove a giant SUV — and this was in the early 90s before everyone and their brother had an SUV. They each lived in a 2-bedroom apartment, alone. You can’t tell me their parents were paying for that. But what can you do? It was a state school and tuition was cheaper because of the money that sports like football and basketball brought in.

When I give money to my alma mater, I always specify that it should go to the College of Communication Arts and Sciences scholarship program. The athletic department doesn’t need my money. Some kid who wants to be a sportswriter does.

∗ Posted by Monique on 04.29.2006
∗ Sports, Television