Rule Breaking, errr Bending

Dana O'Neil of ESPN has written something that really irks me.

Gray scale: Recruiters struggle with perfectly legal yet ethically questionable

When does ethics and morals come into play. I ask that these coaches really sit back and think about what they are doing. Yes, it's legal, but you need to check your morals and if this is what you want your character to be displayed as. If I was a athlete being recruited, I would sure look first to the morals of the entire coaching staff before I made my decision. Just something to ponder about.

Quote from the article -
Many members of the NABC believe it's time for coaches to stop looking to the NCAA to fix what ails them and instead look in the mirror.

(Amen to this one)

Please either be black or white, don't toe the line in the grayed muddied middle. If you're playing/coaching the right way it shouldn't be too hard to do anyway.

Flippin' the M

Long time, no post. I am sorry, been pretty busy. Hopefully, as the NBA season has already started and college and high school seasons are right around the corner, I might shed a little light on a topic that really stood out to me. I found this USA Today article today about the salaries of NFL players for the 2008 year. Yes, Ben Roethlisberger is the highest paid NFL player and that former Colt, DT/FB Dan Klecko, makes more than Donovan McNabbb!!!, but that's not what stood out to me. This chart shows the payrolls broken down by NFL teams.
What caught my eye is that the Colts' and Patriots' payrolls are one of the lowest. These two franchises have arguably been at the top of the NFL teams the past 5 years. You would think that they would have the top players that make the most money. But what they have are players who want to play for their coach, who will take lower pay to help the team out, and care more about winning than how much money they are taking home. Oakland is highest on the list with $152.4 million dollars spent on their payroll. For a team who doesn't win very often, it's surprising they're paying their players that type of cash.

This just proves that playing together as a team, and buying into their coach's system is the only way that anything will get accomplished. Their can't be a "Me" first attitude. You just flip the M upside down and make it a W. "We."

A Me can only go somewhere when they start thinking as We. If that makes any sense.