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breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby originaloverthehilltop1 » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:16 pm

(ap) breaking--lebron james has announced his retirement from professional basketball, stating "i have made enough money, now its time to give something back to the game". the ncaa has reclassified james as an amateur and he will join coach tim jankovich and the smu basketball program as a walk on this fall. the university of texas and the university of oklahoma have filed federal lawsuits and a statement asserting that this move by the ncaa is "an affront to the cabal that leads university athletics in the southwest and a threat to the managed competition that governs our established system."

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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby originaloverthehilltop1 » Thu Jun 28, 2018 7:27 pm

(ap) further: a spokesman for the ncaa rules committee, when asked how james could be reclassified as an amateur, stated "we always look at the academic record of the individual in these cases, and we found that the student in question is still nine semesters short of graduating, thus making him eligible as a student athlete.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby ponyboy » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:14 pm

Good news.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby solomouse » Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:36 pm

I heard he rented the home next to president Turner
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Postby smitty329 » Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:08 pm

Not sure he can make the adjustment to the college level. I hope he gets some playing time and a chance to develop.
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Postby sadderbudweiser » Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:07 am

But we needed a point guard.
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Postby Charleston Pony » Fri Jun 29, 2018 1:28 pm

sadderbudweiser wrote:But we needed a point guard.


He's proven he can run the point, but I'm afraid he might be a shoot 1st point that could hurt team chemistry.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby ojaipony » Fri Jun 29, 2018 9:51 pm

Probably a good future MBA candidate also, I hear he knows how to make it rain.

We'd probably get the bball DP afterwards but it would be worth it.
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Postby redpony » Sat Jun 30, 2018 10:35 am

ojaipony wrote:
We'd probably get the bball DP afterwards but it would be worth it.


Nah!! we would just need to change the school name to UNC- dallas branch and we would be home free. Plus give every student a chance to cheat on their exams so all would be ==.
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Postby DanFreibergerForHeisman » Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:21 pm

I guess the Lakers ended up offering him more.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby Charleston Pony » Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:25 pm

outrageous that we could not do better than $75 mil per year to obtain his services. Just think...if he had signed to come to SMU for 4 years, he might have earned a degree that would have been invaluable when his playing days are over. He will undoubtedly regret this decision some day.
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Postby horsemanx » Sun Jul 01, 2018 7:48 pm

Charleston Pony wrote:outrageous that we could not do better than $75 mil per year to obtain his services.

I expected more out of Hart and Jankovich after the reseat.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby Cheesesteak » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:09 am

LJ is a example of how verbal commitments are mostly worthless until a signed NLI is faxed to the school. LJ would have enjoyed Moody Madness. Now, he is stuck in LA making only $153M.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby Cheesesteak » Mon Jul 02, 2018 8:09 am

LJ is a example of how verbal commitments are mostly worthless until a signed NLI is faxed to the school. LJ would have enjoyed Moody Madness. Now, he is stuck in LA making only $153M.
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Re: breaking: lebron james to smu

Postby originaloverthehilltop1 » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:44 am

i am awash in bitterness over this. awash
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