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GlennMacGrady



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PostPosted: 04/25/14 10:33 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
While being sympathetic to some of the objectives, former Northwestern quarterback CJ Bacher takes apart most of the arguments for unionization of football players at Northwestern, and argues that unionization would be mostly a bad thing:

http://www.huddlepass.com/feature/150702
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PostPosted: 04/26/14 5:53 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GlennMacGrady wrote:
beknighted wrote:
GlennMacGrady wrote:
Unofficial report of unionization vote by Northwestern football players: 60 "no" votes out of 75 players.

https://twitter.com/CEmmaScout/status/459716980283412480


It is, one should note, a secret ballot and the ballots are locked away while the appeal to the full NLRB is professing. Not to say it's wrong, but this is the kind of thing people have been known to lie about.


Chicago Tribune's Teddy Greenstein agreeing with the 80% "no" vote:

https://twitter.com/TeddyGreenstein/statuses/459756804076208129

Most votes in America are secret, but the press and anyone else can interview or poll the voters after the vote.


Certainly, but there's a long history of people lying about these particular kinds of votes when asked by the press (or management). Again, I have no idea whether this is accurate or not; I'm just saying we shouldn't assume it is.
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PostPosted: 04/26/14 11:20 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
Statement by Northwestern University after the vote:

https://twitter.com/NU_Sports/status/459805503380406272/photo/1

The next logical step is already being proposed -- unionize high school football:

https://twitter.com/lismeinecke/status/448912926179483648
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PostPosted: 04/27/14 12:01 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
"Northwestern's football program continues to shine in the classroom and in gaining the sheepskins.

"The NCAA released its latest graduation success rate scores on Thursday, and the Wildcats led all FBS teams with a 97-percent graduation rate in football. Last year, Northwestern was tied for first with Notre Dame. Northwestern also ranked No. 1 in the latest NCAA academic progress report scores that were released in the summer."

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/87456/northwestern-leads-fbs-in-grad-success-rate
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PostPosted: 04/30/14 12:51 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
FSU's Heisman Trophy winner arrested for shop lifting crabs legs from supermarket.

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/heisman-trophy-winning-qb-jameis-winston-reportedly-shoplifts-crab-legs-after-ncaa-expands-meal-allowances/
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PostPosted: 04/30/14 5:27 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
GlennMacGrady wrote:
FSU's Heisman Trophy winner arrested for shop lifting crabs legs from supermarket.

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/heisman-trophy-winning-qb-jameis-winston-reportedly-shoplifts-crab-legs-after-ncaa-expands-meal-allowances/


I don't think that was about him being hungry, somehow. I think it's a lot more about him being another over-coddled athlete who's gotten away with everything his whole life because he's so "special". /snark



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PostPosted: 04/30/14 6:11 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
summertime blues wrote:
GlennMacGrady wrote:
FSU's Heisman Trophy winner arrested for shop lifting crabs legs from supermarket.

http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/heisman-trophy-winning-qb-jameis-winston-reportedly-shoplifts-crab-legs-after-ncaa-expands-meal-allowances/


I don't think that was about him being hungry, somehow. I think it's a lot more about him being another over-coddled athlete who's gotten away with everything his whole life because he's so "special". /snark


I think he's just a bozo who would have done the same if he hadn't been an athlete ...

As they said about Denny McLain long ago: Million-dollar arm, ten-cent head.



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