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Post by pokinsky on Feb 12, 2011 11:29:58 GMT -8
Except that, not only is making those stupid youthful decisions a lot more fun, they are part of the "growing up" process as well. Now, my personal feelings about "blue shirting" is, .......... we need to quit using that as an excuse. There is always advantages/disadvantages. Altitude, money (BCS), cheating, etc., etc., etc.. You play to win and you don't make excuses . There can be no other way. As soon as you start making excuses, you become a loser. JMO. Who's making excuses? If a Baseball team we played got 4 strikers per out and came on here and smugly condescended to us that it is actually not an advantage, would you be a "loser" if you objected? Or would you actually be a "LOSER" if you didn't say anything? The fact that you made this comparison shows there is a problem with your perception. BYU doesn't get 5 downs or a 90 yard field? The rules and regs that apply to them are the same as with us. We just signed 1 player (Sam Merideth) that is going on a mission .. BYU probably signed 15 that will go on missions. But there is absolutely nothing stopping us (or our coaches) from signing players that go on missions. Long has also coached previous players that took missions and noticed a benefit (and probably a negative too). If Long is clearly aware of the outcome and could sign 100% of his recruits that intend to take missions ... why wouldn't he do it more often? Maybe the advantage (or disadvantage) isn't what you think it actually is? Why don't we recruit 2-3 mormon lineman every year?
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Post by Borg on Feb 12, 2011 12:50:54 GMT -8
Except that, not only is making those stupid youthful decisions a lot more fun, they are part of the "growing up" process as well. ...yeah,...well....can't argue with you there!
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Post by ervaztec on Feb 12, 2011 16:30:14 GMT -8
The fact that you made this comparison shows there is a problem with your perception. BYU doesn't get 5 downs or a 90 yard field? The rules and regs that apply to them are the same as with us. We just signed 1 player (Sam Merideth) that is going on a mission .. BYU probably signed 15 that will go on missions. But there is absolutely nothing stopping us (or our coaches) from signing players that go on missions. Long has also coached previous players that took missions and noticed a benefit (and probably a negative too). If Long is clearly aware of the outcome and could sign 100% of his recruits that intend to take missions ... why wouldn't he do it more often? Maybe the advantage (or disadvantage) isn't what you think it actually is? Why don't we recruit 2-3 mormon lineman every year? That's a good point. You're right that "4 strikes" is not close to a good analogy for the reasons you stated. But, I can't think of similar rules & regs that the NCAA could pass that would apply to everyone but be so practically limited to so few like the "blue shirting rule". Missions are a fundamental part of what it means to be a Mormon/BYU student. There is much more positive support at BYU. Everything missionaries do is congruent with what BYU does. Like a returning combat veteran going to his local VFW. A secular school offers non of that. When a Mormon athlete who plans on a mission chooses a secular school it's the exception with maybe other circumstances at play. I think you know all this though. I just don't understand why you don't acknowledge it.
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