Martin D. - Please explain to me (Mike P) how - in your opinion, and I presume not in any official capacity with GMU - was my comment offensive to GMU?
My previous post: But, I believe Kobe played under 15 minutes per game his first year with the Lakers. We'll never know, but would he have been better prepared for the NBA if he had played two years of college like some other kid named Mike? Also, Tiger was one of the best in the world, and he and Kobe got multi million dollar contracts. Webb's best time ranked him as the 78th??? 1500m guy. He'll probably reach that sub-3:30 in the next few years. But why take the sink-or-swim approach when a university with a coach with proven credentials was willing to pay for his training and travel to competition, and also pick up the tab for his education? I think one more year of college running would have done wonders for his development - above as well as below his shoulders. Two years of college seemed to work well for Carl Lewis. "Martin J. Dixon" wrote: > Is someone privy to his deals? Let's say he was paid the same as Kobe and Tiger > then what say you? Some people seem to be strictly looking at the dollars. Take > it off the table because we don't know. He thinks he has a good coach who won't > screw it up like some people think is going to happen. He is going to get an > education. Presumably he is getting paid a bunch of money. Lots of people have > developed very well thank very much and have never even heard of your precious > NCAA. This is not complicated. It's back to a coaching argument. Let's say he > isn't as well off financially long-term, perhaps he should be given credit for > looking at other things other than the dollars. Most of this list is American and > you would still all be pledging allegiance to the queen if a few people didn't > think outside of the box a couple of hundred years ago. Not to mention Neil > Armstrong etc. etc. The comments Mike P has made are offensive to GMU. I have no > idea if he has made the right move and it will be an impossible thing to evaluate > down the road in any event. > Regards, > Martin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Not at all a proper comparison. Tiger and Webb. We are talking whole lot more > > dollars > > > > In a message dated 6/20/2002 8:36:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > >Would anybody have said to Tiger Woods that he needed to > > >stay at Stanford through a full four-year ride?
