Bazz was too Lazy, to walk to the Fridge. That's why he was Hungry.

[WhereistheDove?]

I've got a friend who works with him at CBS and claims that off air, he is a huge Shabazz fan. I'm sure plenty of these guys have an on-air persona but I just find it hard to reconcile how negative he is towards UConn and Shabazz with what I hear he says off air.

 

[intlzncster]

You noticed Jabari Parker agree with him on ESPN? How would some "fan" possibly have a better sense than the players themselves?

Not only that, but the NCAA actually changed their rules in favor of the athletes. When those dinosaurs do something like that, you know it was an issue.

 

[prankster]

Capital One should hire Gottlieb for their next commercial. Doug can say "What's What did you used to have in your wallet?"....

Fixed!

 

[CL82]

Oh, please. If he called a white kid lazy, would that smack of racism too?

But he didn't did he? A kid say he was hungry and his reply was he's too lazy to walk to the fridge. Kind of non sequiter don't you think?

Gottlieb is a C U Next Tuesday- but he is not a racist.

I'm sure you are right. Yet his gut reaction was to call a hungry kid "too lazy to walk to fridge." It just strikes me as odd.

Please stop that.

Um, no, I don't think that I will. It's not a go to refrain for me. I think Gottlieb owes Bazz an apology. Of course the list of people that he owes apologies to is likely to be a long one.

 

[Scot-e]

Using a s e xist comment to combat a racist idea doesn't do anything for this discussion...

It's a British term for wanker- lighten up Frances.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I go to college and am friends with mostly athletes and a few basketball players. They already have as many swipes into the dining hall as they want and can get free food from any campus run snackbar thru their student card/account. Smaller sports so not get this privelegde. Just because they cannot order takeout and mcdonalds at will, doesn't mean they're starving.

Ah, so your friends who play tennis at Mt. Ida get free food from a snack bar so these Duke and UConn basketball players are full of sh it. Hard to argue with logic like that.

 

[CL82]

Not only that, but the NCAA actually changed their rules in favor of the athletes. When those dinosaurs do something like that, you know it was an issue.

Or they are feeling under siege. Bazz already beat them up on the APR hypocrisy, Northeastern athletes have the right to unionize (for the time being) and the P5 has effectively accused the NCAA of victimizing athletes for profit. The timing of Bazz's statement was a the last surge in a perfect storm.

 

[CL82]

I go to college and am friends with mostly athletes and a few basketball players. They already have as many swipes into the dining hall as they want and can get free food from any campus run snackbar thru their student card/account. Smaller sports so not get this privelegde. Just because they cannot order takeout and mcdonalds at will, doesn't mean they're starving.

As I understand the NCAA rules, which admittedly is not very well, that might be a violation.

 

[Scot-e]

Bazz was simply sticking the NCAA in the eye with his comments. I think we all know that UCONN players do not go hungry. Lets just enjoy the fact that Bazz has a flair for drama- as I said earlier- the NCAA makes not sense half the time why should Bazz? bas is awesome- love that kid.

 

[CL82]

Bazz was simply sticking the NCAA in the eye with his comments. I think we all know that UCONN players do not go hungry. Lets just enjoy the fact that Bazz has a flair for drama- as I said earlier- the NCAA makes not sense half the time why should Bazz? bas is awesome- love that kid.

I don't think so. He was being honest. I don't think that his comment was planned or the reaction to it anticipated. I'm sure UConn athletes do go bed hungry. My college aged son is never full, he just stops eating from time to time. The point he made is he was hungry and lacked the ready cash to get food, while the NCAA was profiting from officially licensed apparel and games with #13 on a UConn men's basketball jersey. It's valid point which has now been addressed. I agree with your unstated point that UConn players are in no way malnourished.

 

[Leebo]

I go to college and am friends with mostly athletes and a few basketball players. They already have as many swipes into the dining hall as they want and can get free food from any campus run snackbar thru their student card/account. Smaller sports so not get this privelegde. Just because they cannot order takeout and mcdonalds at will, doesn't mean they're starving.

What about those guys that got an "NCAA violation" for eating slightly too much pasta? How could that be a violation but not what you're describing?

 

[intlzncster]

It's a British term for wanker- lighten up Frances.

And "wanker" is (also) a British term for balloon knot.

 

[dogpause]

His argument is that a white kid wouldn't be called lazy in this situation.

My argument is that it's racist to label a comment about being lazy as racist. Racism is a two-way street. Why can't we assume that he thought Shabazz was just being lazy without trying to make it something else?

 

[WeAreUCONN]

Gottlieb also said that Shabazz was wearing 150$ Beats Headphones and had his Mom, at most games " so there's no way he should be Hungry "

just moronic comments, in my opinion.

 

[Rico444]

My argument is that it's racist to label a comment about being lazy as racist. Racism is a two-way street. Why can't we assume that he thought Shabazz was just being lazy without trying to make it something else?

There's no proof it was racist. But in these situations, black kids get called lazy much more often than white kids. It's a societal problem more than "Doug Gottlieb hates black people!"

 

[prankster]

And "wanker" is (also) a British term for balloon knot.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

My argument is that it's racist to label a comment about being lazy as racist.

Welcome to 2014, where it's racist to mention racism. Well done, O'Reilly and Limbaugh.

(Incidentally, Gottlieb has been riding Shabazz's jock all season, so I have no idea why he's so outspoken on this, but I doubt it has anything to do with racism. Although it's pretty hard to deny that black athletes and white athletes are talked about in vastly different ways. I have a hard time imagining O'Reilly asking a college hockey coach some of the dog whistle nonsense he was asking Calipari about the other night.)

 

[uconnfan68]

I try to be objective and not a completely biased UCONN fan, the guy gets top recruits and reloads year after year, hate him if you want, but don't make a statement that is blatantly wrong. Anyone that can reload like that year after year can recruit, how can you even argue that? And watch the CNBC interview if you don't think he comes across well, I don't like the guy but it is what it is.

Just a thought...maybe the parents do their homework by seeing UK has more players in the NBA than anyone else and not worrying about how much their kid goes to class when they are only going to college in the first place because they can't go right to the NBA

Or maybe UK pays the best? Has the best perks? No school work needed? What else is a one-and-done looking for?

 

[CL82]

My argument is that it's racist to label a comment about being lazy as racist. Racism is a two-way street. Why can't we assume that he thought Shabazz was just being lazy without trying to make it something else?

 

[temery]

There's no proof it was racist. But in these situations, black kids get called lazy much more often than white kids. It's a societal problem more than "Doug Gottlieb hates black people!"

I teach 97 white kids. They're pretty much all lazy.

 

[intlzncster]

I teach 97 white kids. They're pretty much all lazy.

Catching up on some old reading, Tom?

 

[David 76]

Ever see the full quote? He made perfect sense and was very reasonable.

 

[joober jones]

Bill Cosby is lazy. Alex Trebek is lazy. I've insulted both races equally. Can we move on now?

 

[Kitaman]

Bill Cosby is lazy. Alex Trebek is lazy. I've insulted both races equally. Can we move on now?

No, you put Cosby's name first.

Why is this thread resurrected? Is Tom too lazy to respond when it was fresh?

 

[pnete]

Bazz won't have to walk to the refrigerator soon. He'll have a collection of sexy young things to do that for him.

 

[J187Money]

I go to college and am friends with mostly athletes and a few basketball players. They already have as many swipes into the dining hall as they want and can get free food from any campus run snackbar thru their student card/account. Smaller sports so not get this privelegde. Just because they cannot order takeout and mcdonalds at will, doesn't mean they're starving.

I'd be surprised if they get unlimited food at the snack bars. That was always done with a preset $ amount per semester, and when it runs out it runs out. Dining halls, yes, but (and I think this is the issue) - this is really about late night food, after practice, when dining halls aren't open. If you don't have cash, you can't eat. It doesn't mean they are malnourished. It just means they are out their busting their ass for the school and can't get a pizza at 11pm. And I really doubt that scholarship athletes get different $ amounts for food depending on which sport they play.

 

[prankster]

I'd be surprised if they get unlimited food at the snack bars. That was always done with a preset $ amount per semester, and when it runs out it runs out. Dining halls, yes, but (and I think this is the issue) - this is really about late night food, after practice, when dining halls aren't open. If you don't have cash, you can't eat. It doesn't mean they are malnourished. It just means they are out their busting their ass for the school and can't get a pizza at 11pm. And I really doubt that scholarship athletes get different $ amounts for food depending on which sport they play.

I just think that it is great that Bazz is finally at a place, in his life, where he can ask for and get extra special sauce on his Big Mac, without having to calculate whether the "special treatment" he received is an NCAA violation.