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Entries from June 2009

Track ‘Em Tigers: Who Says College Football Is In A Recession?

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Jay Coulter wrote up a lot of thoughts that more or less mirror mine about the role of college football (and more generally, sport) in US society:
If you make $50,000 a year, your hourly wage for a 40-hour work week is $24.04.
If Saban worked 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, his average hourly [...]

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Tags: football

Why many people don’t “get” soccer

June 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

This isn’t VU-related, but with the Confederations Cup going on leading up to the dash for South Africa 2010, we were discussing this on VandySports.
Originally posted by Vandy72487:Also, how can anyone say that they can’t stand watching someone take 30 seconds for a throw or kick when usually it takes no more [...]

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Tags: international soccer