I Make Stuff Up

For anyone who doubts that Jerry Tipton is out to get the Cats remember he does his homework before he writes a story. Just ask Patrick Patterson’s mom and dad. They have witnessed the flaming wrath of his desire to finish his career as the worlds best sports writer no matter what the price.

Here is his latest attempt to find that elusive 4X4 that has eluded him.

Wonder how long he would last if 10,000 fans showed up at Rupp wearing this t-shirt.

Drop a Triple Double on them Oscar

Oscar Robinson is suing the NCAA for allowing his likeness to be used without his permission or compensation. You heard it first from BigBlueRules who heard it first from Larry Vaught. Oscar Robinson is a much bigger name than the former UCLA player Ed O’Bannon who is suing the NCAA for using his likeness without permission or paying him.

This story on yahoo sports says that former UCLA Bruins star Kareem Abdul Jabbar recently filed suit against the NCAA in California state court based on the same trading cards featuring Robertson.

Its only a matter of time before one of these lawsuits are won. Of course then there will be the appeal followed by a higher appeal to the supreme court and mean while some congressman will get involved for the publicity.

I figured this a while back based on 850 athletes in the sports program at Kentucky and paying them $100 a month for 9 months. It comes out to $1,020,000 a year. I’m sure that ESPN can come up with $12,000,000 more a year to pay the SEC by just adding a couple more commercials a game and during the championship game.

What I think is we meaning the top 7 or 8 conferences should break away from the NCAA and form a new entity that will allow paying players. The small conferences can stay in the NCAA or go to the NAIA. Then the players will be professional players and Enes can play.

Of course once we start paying athletes then there will end up being a players union sooner or later and new headaches. Speaking of which I’m getting a headache thinking about this. Anyone got a beer?

Time to give Miller more credit

I was remembering the discussions on the LHL board this morning about when Scotty Hopson signed with the Vols. Miller has taken some heat from the fans but so has Hopson. They both disappear sometimes but the big difference is that Hopson is the Vols primary threat. Miller is getting better about disappearing while Hopson isn’t. Hopson is averaging more points but less steals, blocks, rebounds and assists. Miller is shooting .456 from beyond the 3 line while Hopson is shooting .361. Miller also has a much better FG% .493 compared to Hopson’s .431 as well as FT% .833 vs .759. Miller is also averaging 1.6 turnovers vs 2.6 for Hopson. Throw in his 1.20 assists to turnover ratio compared to Hopson’s .56 and our Darius Miller looks to be a much better player than the Vols primary player. I can’t speak for others but I’m glad we got #1 rather than #32.