Tapping into the cash flow is certainly a major part of college football. I'll be blogging about it tomorrow at 8. Check it out if you'll like. 

Too many teams IMO. I think there is debate that you must have 7 wins instead of allowing 6-6 teams.

But the NCAA's loves to milk money from fans who are rooting for teams with a show ball chance in hell to win it all. They added more play in games to milk these marginal fans. 

White Mamba in for the Bulls. 

SC, the Bulls look lost without Rose.  I haven't read anything about the severity of the injury, I just hope it won't be something that lingers for the rest of the year.

Mike my son was H.School class of 2006 and played in the #1 confrence in Illinois

Those Kids were tested a lot and meny failed, mostly for pot

so no way it's 80% on the juice where I came from


even in the 1980s I'd like to believe players were 50/50

some had respect for their bodys, I'm sure ( I hope)



well Chic, I get to watch one Bulls game and I've learned nothing

no Rose,Deng shooting poorly, Noah is stepin up, Boozer OK, Watson is hit in miss

I will get 1 point for under 100 that may be it

Ok SC, I give in...who's the White Mamba?

Lotta key players gettin pretty bad injuries.... Pierce missed the first month of season, Ginobli broke his hand and been out almost 2 months, D Wade missed quite a few and Gallinari is out another couple weeks.

SC, the Bulls look lost without Rose.  I haven't read anything about the severity of the injury, I just hope it won't be something that lingers for the rest of the year.

There was a debate on Chicago sports radio that Carlos Boozer plays better when Rose is out. Him and Joakim Noah are scoring but we have no answer for Rando who is killing both CJ Watson and John Lucas.
But nice run here gives them a chance. For Mike and Bulls sake hope Luol Deng shows up.

Ok SC, I give in...who's the White Mamba?

Brian Scalabrine

Must be some big time ball, cuz only D1 colleges test for juice, which makes me think that his high school only does drug testing, not steroid.  I could be wrong, so pardon me if im assuming that, but steroid testing is super expensive.  I've never heard anyone I played with say anything about bein tested for steroids.

actually heres why..... illinois is 1 of 3 states to ever test.

teroid Testing Student-Athletes: Worth the Cost?

By Bryan Toporek on <abbr class="published" title="2011-01-31T13:01:57-05:00">January 31, 2011 1:01 PM</abbr>

Back in 2008, Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed into law the country's most expansive steroid-testing program for high school students, with a price tag of $6 million. All 700,000-plus public school student-athletes were eligible to be randomly chosen and forced to give a urine sample.

After fewer than two dozen students turned up positive in 50,000 tests, critics began decrying the program's cost as a waste of taxpayer money.

Now, with the state facing a projected $15 billion deficit in its budget, the steroid-testing program could be on the outs. The Texas House of Representatives' first draft budget axes the program's money, but the Senate's draft still includes its funding.

Supporters of the drug-testing program claim that while the tests haven't turned up many positive results, the threat of drug-testing acts as a deterrent for student-athletes.

Texas is only one of three states—the others being New Jersey and Illinois—that currently test high school athletes for steroids. Florida ended its $100,000 steroid-testing program in 2009, after only finding one positive test in 600, blaming the cost of the program for its demise.

well Chic, I get to watch one Bulls game and I've learned nothing

Just a game where Rando is having a once in a blue moon with a triple double. We will get them Tuesday.

After the Disney Ice Show forced the Bulls and Hawks on a long road trips the Bulls will go 6-3 and the Hawks 0-8. 

Scalabrine, hahaha.  I wonder who would win one on one, him or Mark Madsen?

Nice saving face comeback by the Bulls. Cograts Rok on your Celtics win. 

Review:
Black Mamba- Shaq
White Mamba- Brian Scalabrine
Yellow Mamba- Jeremy Lin

CBL everyone.  

~

Thanks for that info Mike, it kinda jogged my memory a little

I believe that every player, sex or sport was urine-drug tested

with the random chance that yours may be tested for juice, put at least a scare in'um



and for sure people where up in arms over the cost, but were glad the kids were tested too

Ya bear and theres other factors.  We had no risk of testing so it didnt matter.  Also, we took winstrol for a reason in college.  It is untraceable after 3 weeks and any ball player that has juiced knows not to do it during the season, cuz the gains are minimal and cant be maintained cuz u cant work out the same.  Also cardio is dangerous for steroid users because your heart is a muscle, and if your in football season you can do some permanent damage from all the running. 

    Like I said, I'm not an advocate of it.  If I had it to do over I wouldnt have done stuff like that.... But theres so many ways to get away with it, and I think to be objective about the McGuires and Bonds', we need to understand there are just as many pitchers that dont get caught.

Its a touchy topic tho.  I do think that there has been a huge decline in use over the years, especially with younger kids.  I also think it would be hard for guys to play as long as Teddy Bruschi, Ray Lewis and guys that play that hard, to play 20 seasons of football if you include college, without some kind of juice.

Sorry all, got a little carried away with this discussion.

It's all good, Mike.  I found alot of what you said very interesting, albeit scary.

Evening all, hate to change subjects ( no I actually dont ) but sports have a wonderful quality. It brings us all together, Gives us stuff to talk about instead of the daily grind, makes our lives more fun, and creates places like this. We can be like any other thread and compain about this or that, or we can appreciate what we have. Rant completed. I had a stellar Sunday

Not at all Mike, it is a subject of high interest

I as a parent wanted to know if the tests were really being done

all we got back was a pass or fail, was the whole thing a money scam? or scare?