[OT] The EJ Shuffle

[jeh25]

Read something interesting in the NYT today. I was curious to get a reaction from some people around these parts. After reading the article, I was mostly touched, but a tiny part of me found the idea very very unsettling.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/sports/football/29DOWN.html

Discuss.

[Tub(a)]

[q]"The kid thinks he's a kid."[/q]

That statement disturbed me a little.

I don't know that there is anything wrong with it, but it kind of goes against the idea that we shouldn't treat handicapped people differently...

[Greg Berge]

I didn't follow the link so I don't know how germane it is to college hockey or Cornell, but here is my unasked for advice.

Do not turn this into a general topic forum.

It only leads to trouble.

There are a gazillion forums out there -- the USCHO Cafe is one near and dear to many hearts.  And they all suck, because they all immediately degenerate into lowest common denominator flamefests.

Please don't pollute this one, even under the best of intentions.

Obviously, one can choose whether to follow specific threads, but flamewars and other idiocy jump threads and eventually destroy an entire forum.

I've gone three (?) years now on eLynah with absolutely no knowledge of any of your social, political, or other views except for Cornell hockey, and I hope *never* to know *any* of them.  I'm sure you're all very... clever... in your various opinions -- so much so that they're best left to the imagination.

End of unasked for advice.



Post Edited (10-29-03 20:36)

[DeltaOne81]

I get the point Greg, but you really shoulda read the article... it's sports related and is reasonably on topic for eLF. Don't think it's inappropriate.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

I read the article.  It's "last 2 minutes of the evening news" touchy feely BS.

I'm with, Greg.  Let's stick to real sports.

JH

[Robb \'94]

Gist: They let a kid with Down syndrome score a touchdown that didn't count in a middle school football game, and then some people cried.  I don't think this one's going to turn into a Forum-crushing flamefest.  If thing come to that point, perhaps we shoud start the eLF Cafe?

I was much more disturbed when they let a UConn player who'd blown out her knee score a basket that DID count so that she could reach the 1000 point (or some other milestone) career record a few years ago.  UConn then promptly gave the other team an uncontested layup, and the game started 2-2.  998 <> 1000 in my book...

[rhovorka]

Greg Berge '85 wrote:

I didn't follow the link so I don't know how germane it is to college hockey or Cornell, but here is my unasked for advice.

Do not turn this into a general topic forum.

I'm still trying to recover from reading this from Greg.  This from the person who brought us such threads as:

"Who's the babe in the 50 Cent video?"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=15037&t=15037

"Chess"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=15144&t=15144

"Great movie you should see"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=13439&t=13439

"Vegas commercials"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=13323&t=13323

"CU Arts distribution requirements"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=12424&t=12424

"Alumni trustees ballot"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=16162&t=16162

"Vague anti-war joke"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=17311&t=17311

and my all-time favorite,
"Check out the art in the SFO terminal"
http://elf.elynah.com/read.php?f=1&i=16653&t=16653

And this just from a 2 month period (Jan - Feb '03) during the stretch-run of one of the most exciting CU hockey season most of us have ever seen.  It took me 2 minutes to compile this list, and I didn't even look at the off-season topics where I believe that we got into a discussion about Trebuchets.  If ever there was a case of pot/kettle, this is it.   I'm not commenting on whether or not there should be OT threads here, but Greg (of all people) complaining about things not being germane to CU hockey makes me laugh, that's all.  ;-)

[bigggreddd77]

LOL!

Hilarious...absolutely hilarious...

Good work Rich H! :-)

"Who is that artist babe playing chess in that movie taking place during a Vegas to SFO flight?...oh...and War sucks!"

[Al DeFlorio]

LOL!!! ::laugh::  ::laugh::

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]I was much more disturbed when they let a UConn player who'd blown out her knee score a basket that DID count so that she could reach the 1000 point (or some other milestone) career record a few years ago. UConn then promptly gave the other team an uncontested layup, and the game started 2-2. 998 <> 1000 in my book...[/Q]
Yeah, I thought of that too. I know it was controversial, but I really didn't mind it. And the issue wasn't the number of points, it was letting her set the team record, which she was easily on pace to blow away, had she not torn her ACL half way through her senior season.

Was it necessary to do... no. But it was fair, and it didn't hurt anything. I never felt it violated some fundamental rule.

[Al DeFlorio]

I'll bet Chad Levitt wouldn't have done it.



Post Edited (10-30-03 14:38)

[DisplacedCornellian]

On a somewhat related note...when's the last time there was an on-topic poll?  I think we should revoke Age's poll creation privileges...

yeah, right.

[CowbellGuy]

Fair enough, but I don't hear any ideas from the peanut gallery.

[Keith K \'93]

Who will lead Cornell in scoring this year?  Who will be team MVP?  Who will be most improved player?  Freshman who makes the biggest impact?  What do you think Cornell's GAA this year will be?  Lot's of things to choose from.  I don't like peanuts, but consider the gallery to have spoken :-) .

[CowbellGuy]

I hate speculative polls. Something like who WAS the most improved player after the season is over is fine, but I uneducated guesses seem kind of pointless.