Candace Parker gets into scuffle...(merged) - Page 6

KB5252 · 07-23-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by vols_are_champs

now I know I will be watching to see little cat fights. Call me a sucker, but the stunt worked.

I still won't watch and if I were a betting man my money would be on you not watching either.

vols_are_champs · 07-23-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KB5252

It was way too random, not to mention why would the league put one of their marquee players at risk like that? You did see the player wheeled off didn't you? I just don't buy it.

Did you see how she got hurt? She was holding a teammate back and pulled a Milton Bradley. I do think the league was in on it.

KB5252 · 07-23-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by volsforever27

I bet any amount of money the WNBA in public is frowning but behing closed doors they're giggling like school girls.

I can buy that.

KB5252 · 07-23-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by vols_are_champs

Did you see how she got hurt? She was holding a teammate back and pulled a Milton Bradley. I do think the league was in on it.

No I didn't. I watched a couple of times but never really in depth.

vols_are_champs · 07-23-2008, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by KB5252

I still won't watch and if I were a betting man my money would be on you not watching either.

At least those two teams when they are on TV. It's good stuff. It was an obvious publicity stunt

Jet · 07-23-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 71volgal

. . . Parker got stuck with what Lisa Leslie got away with. She was the one who I saw in the ruck throw one of her notorious elbow shots at the Detroit assistant coach.

Parker wasn't innocent in her actions but my hope is that she hasn't allowed LL & LA to corrupt her Lady Vol spirit.

What did Lisa Leslie do? You say you saw her throw one of her notorious elbow shots at the Detroit assistant coach? When did this happen, was it after she was shoved by the asst. coach or before?

You say Parker wasn't innocent in her actions? I was watching last night too and I didn't see Candace do anything until she was run over by that Detroit player. It didn't show it in the replay but after that player ran over Candace I heard Candace grabbed the player, pulled her down and punched her. What's wrong with that, is Candace just supposed to smile, lay there and see what the player who ran over her does next? I think not, if Candace punched the player, she was right in doing it, it's called self-defense.

vols_are_champs · 07-23-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by KB5252

No I didn't. I watched a couple of times but never really in depth.

they showed her in slow mo on EPSN and circled her. She hurt herself. No one layed a finger on her.

G'Town Vol · 07-23-2008, 01:37 PM

Women's teams at alot of schools don't ruin the school's economy. Look at the thread with Forbe's list and you'll see that the schools on that list still profit.

For instance, UT profits $33 million a year, and there were 6-7 schools ahead of that mark.

What I want to know is what UT does with said profit? Do they roll it into stocks/bonds/savings or do they reinvest it in the community or roll it into next year's budget? If I were their financing guy, they'd have alot more than $33 million profit by the time 365 days rolled by...

the.one.the.only · 07-23-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jet

Don't get it, what's the WTF??

The WTF is wondering how any of us would want to watch the "attractive and well built women" play basketball. First off, they aren't exactly supermodels. Second, watching WNBA basketball is like having two games on tv, one NBA and one the NBA developmental league, and saying well the NBAD plays hard I think I'll watch that while knowing full well a more athletic version of the same game is being played on a different channel. Womens professional sports are kind of ridiculous, who wants to watch a worse version of what the men are playing? The only time I'll ever watch a womens professional sport is if the teams out there are naked. Just tell me, what's the point? Title IX is stupid.

DC Vol · 07-23-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by G'Town Vol

Women's teams at alot of schools don't ruin the school's economy. Look at the thread with Forbe's list and you'll see that the schools on that list still profit.

For instance, UT profits $33 million a year, and there were 6-7 schools ahead of that mark.

What I want to know is what UT does with said profit? Do they roll it into stocks/bonds/savings or do they reinvest it in the community or roll it into next year's budget? If I were their financing guy, they'd have alot more than $33 million profit by the time 365 days rolled by...

Women's or men's basketball was not factored into the $33 million revenue and $17 million profit. That was just football.

**lawgator1** · 07-23-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by the.one.the.only

The WTF is wondering how any of us would want to watch the "attractive and well built women" play basketball. First off, they aren't exactly supermodels. Second, watching WNBA basketball is like having two games on tv, one NBA and one the NBA developmental league, and saying well the NBAD plays hard I think I'll watch that while knowing full well a more athletic version of the same game is being played on a different channel. Womens professional sports are kind of ridiculous, who wants to watch a worse version of what the men are playing? The only time I'll ever watch a womens professional sport is if the teams out there are naked. Just tell me, what's the point? Title IX is stupid.

Sorry, but if women's professional basketball were played naked, I'd get rid of cable. Maybe throw out my televisions just to avoid the risk that I might accidentally have my retinas burned out during the sports section of the local news. I'd sure as hell never wander into a sports bar. Gawd knows what they are going to have on the tvs in there.

the.one.the.only · 07-23-2008, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by lawgator1

Sorry, but if women's professional basketball were played naked, I'd get rid of cable. Maybe throw out my televisions just to avoid the risk that I might accidentally have my retinas burned out during the sports section of the local news. I'd sure as hell never wander into a sports bar. Gawd knows what they are going to have on the tvs in there.

Haha, yeah I was thinking about that. I think even then I wouldn't watch it. If I wanted to see girls play sports naked I'd just watch porn. The competition might not be that good by by god the women would look better

gainesvol82 · 07-23-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BigPapaVol

how on earth would it be funded?

Look, I'm not getting into this ridiculous argument again and taking up a half a day when I could actually be productive. If you honestly believe that a female college sport would not get funding without men's athletics that's fine with me. How does any college without successful sports teams fund any of their programs? Boosters, taxes, fees.....

BigPapaVol · 07-23-2008, 04:01 PM

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Look, I'm not getting into this ridiculous argument again and taking up a half a day when I could actually be productive. If you honestly believe that a female college sport would not get funding without men's athletics that's fine with me. How does any college without successful sports teams fund any of their programs? Boosters, taxes, fees.....

you're exactly right. boosters would be pouring money in by the truckload for the prestige that comes with having a stout womens hoops team.

gainesvol82 · 07-23-2008, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JZVOL

Would this be one of the "hard-bodied women" you were referring to??

You guys are pretty quick to criticize unattractive women. I wonder how attractive most women would think you guys are? I guess I keep forgetting that the only time it's impressive when a woman does something athletic is when she is naked! God, how silly of me!