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  •  That's a really good idea (4+ / 0-)

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    Al Rodgers, clonecone, mcfly, Hardhat Democrat

    Not everyone is ready to go to college at age 17 or 18, even if he or she has developed good study habits in high school and doesn't have to balance sports and academics. Some people my age (perhaps yours truly) would have benefitted from a "gap year" between high school and college, but the Selective Service System would have swooped in.

    Replete with "misstatements" and elisions and retracted and redacted and revoked assertions.--Carl Bernstein on HRC's record.

    by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 05:56:39 PM PDT

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    •  Not my age (3+ / 0-)

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      Dump Terry McAuliffe, mcfly, stringer bell

      there was no draft in the early 90s, but I know what you are saying.

      I knew a lot of athletes when I was in college and very few of them got the full educational experience.  Too many missed classes due to travel, too isolated due too fame, too focused on dreams of going pro...I know many of them would love to go back now and actually learn something that matters instead of taking the major that gave them the greatest amount of free time.

      My candidate voted to ban the use of cluster bombs on kids. Did yours?

      by clonecone on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 06:11:05 PM PDT

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      •  Travel demands on athletes have gotten worse (1+ / 0-)

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        Al Rodgers

        That's especially true in basketball. During the 1970s, most Big 10 games were played on Thursday nights and Saturday afternoons, minimizing the number of classes missed. Even the NCAA tournament rounds were played on Thursday and Saturday.

        Replete with "misstatements" and elisions and retracted and redacted and revoked assertions.--Carl Bernstein on HRC's record.

        by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Wed Mar 14, 2007 at 06:37:58 PM PDT

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