College sports’ has long been at war to expose the
dreadful secrets and policies of the NCAA. In the article “The Shame of College
Sports”, many doors have been opened and many disputes have been brought to the
public eye about the treatment of college athletes. For years college athletes
have been vying for fair treatment and reward for the heroic efforts they give
on a daily basis to be a successful student-athlete. Since the early 1900’s the
NCAA has been setting up a forest of traps and obstacles in an attempt to
forever gain substantial profit off of free labor. Walter Byer’s was the NCAA’s
grand architect and scheme planner to trap the helpless student-athletes. Walter Byer’s ingeniously planned and
prepared seemingly endless amounts of by-laws to protect their un godly revenue
and stature, of which they gained through amateur athletic triumphs. The
countless court cases against the NCAA to pay the college athletes were of no
effect as it hid behind an imperfect statement of “Student-Athlete”. Over
decades of careful planning and intimidation tactics, the NCAA finally obtained
a “plantation mindset” over the young performing athletes. Even though the
extreme financial gains that the NCAA received just by televising the athletic
events, the NCAA is skillfully using past events and pictures to gain even more
free revenue. Video games and telemarketing are just a few of the many outlets
that the NCAA uses to increase their ever growing stockpile of money. Only now
during the newest decade is the NCAA finally at risk of collapsing. With the
help of a retired Reebok financial consultant, lawyers are slowly and surely
getting closer to bringing the tyrant down.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Why gaming can change the world notes
From my notes on the video that we watched in class, it is easy to see that I'm an avid believer in the endless possibilities of gaming. It was easy for me to relate to every single point that the speaker was making. The never ending challenege of conquering a beast from the unknown directly relates to the problems we face in real life. We face problems of from the unknown in real life just like we do in the games we play. We don't know if we are going to use up all our resources, or if we are going to be destroyed by a rogue meteor. That's what makes everything so beautiful. We just don't know what will happen. That fact alone makes every aspect of life an epic adventure.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Each and every day we all go through different moods. In the morning we may be sad or mad. Yet after a few hours we may be driven and excited during the afternoon hours. Music has some of the strongest influence on which mood we retain. The sounds quality of the music we wish to enjoy may also affect our mood. The blog on Beats by Dre headphones describes some of the possibile effects that a high quality sound producing headphone may configure.
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