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Subject:	Re: illness reporting
From:	Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	- Hockey-L - The College Hockey Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 07:56:51 -0500
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At 12-3-2006 06:26 PM, Clay Satow wrote:
>I've always thought that the real reason that some sports (mainly 
>the NFL) are so anal about reporting injuries is gambling.

I am shocked - Shocked!, etc...

Does anybody remember the comic strip 'Tank McNamara'?  (Does anybody 
still get the comic strip 'Tank McNamara'?)*  In the strip, Tank, an 
ex-jock, worked for a TV network as a sports reporter.  The network 
was proposing giving viewers a new statistic, something like 
performance against the point spread.

* Ah, yes, Google(tm) is our friend:

http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/

Joe
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