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My favorite head-scratching funny quotes in sports

Some of my favorite head scratching quotes from athletes....enjoy!

"Well, Rickey's not one of them, so that's 49 percent right there."-Rickey Henderson on reports that 50 percent of ballplayers use steroids.  It's a good thing he was a baseball player and not an accountant.

"Because there are no fours."-NBA long-range gunner Antoine Walker when asked why he shoots so many threes.  Antoine never met a shot he didn't like.

New Orleans Saints RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."  Hey George, please show me something where 1,500 comes before 1,000.

"I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father"

State of the [Fan]Nation Address:

State of the [Fan]Nation Address: "Where Have All the Good Times Gone?"

September 2, 2008 

Dear fellow Fannationers,

Many of you probably know who I am.  I have gone by Duquesne or Dookie for the past 11 months of my tenure here on Fannation.  I have befriended many of you, and probably offended twice as much.  None of that is important right now, and I hope we can put away our differences and agree on the main point of this blog.

Fannation has become a shell of what it once was.  Fannation has not lived up to its potential or to our expectations in the last couple months.  Something needs to be done.

Now I already know what you're probably thinking, "Great, another user complaining about the site.  If you don't like it here, then leave."  Well yes, I could leave if I wanted to, but I have enjoyed this site for a long time now, and I hope to continue to enjoy it.  I also hope to make it better and make it more enjoyable for those that want to stay on here.

Now this site is great, it has 3 different, unique functions that users can enjoy: Blogging, Truth and Rumors, and Throwdowns. 

I have dabbled in all three facets, but I found TDing to be my favorite.  So, being as that is the area I am most familiar with, I will address only the issues with the TDing department.

The biggest problem here in the TD department is the lack of Moderators (or them just not doing their job). 

A couple months ago, the user KPKahder made a Blog about the problems of fannation.  After initially being deleted by an overanxious moderator, the moderator Bryan Armen Graham made a response blog.  I believe a new "response from the moderators" is due to us users.

I pose the following questions that I wish to receive an answer to, and I encourage the rest of you to post questions in the comment section of this blog in the hopes that we may finally receive the answers we are looking to.

1.  Who is the official moderator of this site?

LPGA's new un-American policy

For those who haven't heard the news, the LPGA has announced that "all players who have been on tour for two years must pass an oral evaluation of their English skills."  The policy is effective immediately, but the first oral evaluations will be at the end of 2009.  Those who fail the evaluation will be suspended from the Tour.

Now the first question or comment I'm sure I'll get is, "well it's the LPGA, who cares?"  Personally, I have never sat through or endured an LPGA event either live or on television.  While I enjoy golfing, the only way I can watch is if it's the final Sunday of a Major Championship or if Tiger Woods is on the course.  However, the reason I am writing this is I believe the LPGA's new police is un-American and absurd.

Let me put it in perspective for you; imagine that the MLB, NHL, or NFL had this same policy.  Would the MLB suspend players from Japan or Latin America if they couldn't speak English well enough?  Wouldn't that be deflating the purpose of the league (bringing in the best talent available and having them compete versus the best?)  What if the NHL suspended Evgeni Malkin because he can't say more than the swear words his teammates taught him and "I'm open"? Would that be fair?  Hell no!  What if the NBA, who recently started going global, had an English language oral evaluation before that player could be drafted?  Wouldn't that deflate the entire purpose of going global?  What if the NFL interviewed their incoming draft class, and those that didn't speak English well enough, or demonstrated an abuse of the language would be declared ineligible?  What's next, putting an IQ requirement on players?

Now I do understand that the LPGA would like to have his members speak English so they can market their best players better and receive more sponsorship money.  Which begs the question, will the oral evaluation just be asking the players to say, "I won. Thank you (enter sponsors name here)."  Well if the class of LPGA golfers from South Korea can't pass the evaluation, then many sponsors will be pulling out anyways as the talent pool will drop significantly. 

Here's another interesting tidbit about the testing policy; according to Golfweek, it isn't standard, and players will be targeted for evaluation based on staff observations. 

Maybe I'm just a gung-ho law student, but isn't this discriminatory?  Isn't this racism at its finest?  The LPGA has not provided any training or tutoring system for its players (at least not publically).  The 14th amendment made it illegal in this country to discriminate based on the race of a person.  Arthur Leonard, a professor of law at New York Law School and an expert on employment issues, said that in some U.S. states, a potential claim of national origin discrimination could be made if the players were able to show that the rule singled out players of a particular origin.  Personally, I hope legal action ensues, and sponsors drop the tour BECAUSE of this policy.  Now wouldn't that be ironic!

Here's what should have been done:

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NCAA 09 XBOX 360

I just got the game yesterday and it's awesome...

However, I'm looking to start or join an online dynasty.

Anyone else interested?

My gamertag is PSU Cap406

Team Preference: PSU

If you are interested in joining/creating a fannation Dynasty, leave your tag and your team of preference below (or create and invite me!)