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Larry Winer wrote:
> We could model US Colleges on the Canadian system or am I wrong in pointing
> out that the author of this reply is one who always chants the mantra BU or
> is BU hockey not the evil big time US College sport the author decries?
I may get around to responding to the rest of this post at some point,
or I might not. It'll take some composition and I have to decide if
it's even worth it.
Nevertheless, I don't think that Arthur should have to be the one to
defend himself by pointing out that Mr. Winer has done a very poor job
of actually understanding his feelings. Is Arthur a BU fan? Yeah, I
think that's pretty self-evident. Is he never critical of his alma
mater? Does he "always chant the mantra of BU"? Just which Arthur
Berman have you been reading, Mr. Winer?
On a number of occasions, I can remember Arthur being quite critical of
BU. He certainly hasn't expressed any great fondness for Jack Parker.
I would hazard a guess (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, Arthur)
that he feels much the same way about BU hockey that I feel about
Minnesota hockey. In answer to your question, yes, I think Minnesota
hockey is emblamatic of a lot of my problems with college athletics. It
is part of a system that I think is wrong-headed and corrupt. I would
be greatly pleased if the whole system were changed, Gopher hockey along
with it.
Until that time, I'll continue to be a Gopher fan. They certainly
aren't any more corrupt (or at least I haven't seen the evidence of it)
than the system as a whole. It is my alma mater and I feel loyalty to
it. It's just not a matter of "my school, right or wrong". The whole
system needs changing, and my school and Arthur's school are no
different from the rest.
J. Michael Neal
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