Looks like Mohegan Sun for AAC WBB Tournament

[alexrgct]

People gamble on women's basketball?

 

[DaddyChoc]

alex just weak excuses "imo"... people act like the crap tables are at the end of each bench

 

[zls44]

If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance.

It's not like the league PGs are meeting in the Pai Gow room.

Get a frigging grip.

 

[Icebear]

zls, your complaint against those who will not attend the tournament because it is at Mohegan Sun is the exact type of intolerance you are accusing the other of holding. No one has to attend or not attend any event and if someone has a strong personal moral stance, misplaced or not, it is not their responsibility to make any you or one else happy and it is their right to voice their objection. It is their right to protest that with which they do not agree just as it is others right to attend and support the event. Shouting down others by criticism does neither any good.

Many people, religious or otherwise, have strong objections to gambling. Many religious traditions have no problem with gambling, most notably those who have run bingo for generations. I know several atheists who strongly object to gambling because of its social impact.

 

[Vowelguy]

If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance.

It's not like the league PGs are meeting in the Pai Gow room.

Get a frigging grip.

Nice to know that tolerance is alive and well on the BY.

Huskyhoops merely said that s/he did not want to attend at Mohegan; s/he made no comment about anyone else who chose to attend.

For my own part, I'd prefer it not be there, but have accepted the financial realities of the AAC. I have no opposition to gambling in general. But the NCAA has very strong opposition for its athletes -- I believe *all* college athletes have to get anti-gambling training, and that includes not even being in an basketball pool, even if you're a soccer player.
I would feel the same way about holding a high school tournament in an arena that was attached to a brewery. I think it sends the wrong message to the kids. Just my opinion.

 

[meyers7]

alex just weak excuses "imo"... people act like the crap tables are at the end of each bench

Geno: Morgan, get in there for Stewie
Tuck: In a minute coach, I'm on a roll here.

 

[Huskyhoops]

Thanks to Icebear and Vowelguy for dissertations much more elegant than I could have mustered. I had personally backed off because it was never my intention to start a battle over what someone should or should not believe in morally or otherwise. I will say that my views are very close to those expressed by Vowelguy, and I don't believe that is going to change anytime soon. So peace, and let's get back to discussing how the team is going to overexcel all expections in 2013 - 2014!

 

[vtcwbuff]

zls, your complaint against those who will not attend the tournament because it is at Mohegan Sun is the exact type of intolerance you are accusing the other of holding. No one has to attend or not attend any event and if someone has a strong personal moral stance, misplaced or not, it is not their responsibility to make any you or one else happy and it is their right to voice their objection. It is their right to protest that with which they do not agree just as it is others right to attend and support the event. Shouting down others by criticism does neither any good.

Many people, religious or otherwise, have strong objections to gambling. Many religious traditions have no problem with gambling, most notably those who have run bingo for generations. I know several atheists who strongly object to gambling because of its social impact.

Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .

 

[Icebear]

Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .

Huskyhoops, "I personally am opposed to amateur sports tournaments being held at a gambling casino, so I sadly will not be attending. But I am happy for those of you pleased with it. To each his own I guess."

zls, "If you don't attend because of an opposition to gambling, then you are simply trying to draw attention to a BS holier-than-thou stance."

vowelguy, "Huskyhoops merely said that s/he did not want to attend at Mohegan; s/he made no comment about anyone else who chose to attend."

Huskyhoops response, "I had personally backed off because it was never my intention to start a battle over what someone should or should not believe in morally or otherwise."

Reread the later response of Huskyhoops. Vowelguy, also, read it to be the same as I did. Either way, it is the right of anyone to respond as I suggested.

 

[Vowelguy]

Ice - I don't want to speak for Zls but I think that they didn't object that someone might not wish to attend a game at Mohegan Sun because of the gambling. I understood that the objection was to the individual's need to post it in the manner that it was written .

Hmm. A message board where folks should *not* post their personal opinions. Interesting idea.

 

[huskymedic]

I would feel the same way about holding a high school tournament in an arena that was attached to a brewery. I think it sends the wrong message to the kids. Just my opinion.

You know that the CT High School Basketball Tourney has been held @ Mohegan Sun for the past 5-6 years?

 

[vtcwbuff]

Some people think that mixing college athletes and gambling is not a good idea.

Can you explain the connection? How are the two going to be mixed? Is it proximity? I have zero problem with people objecting to gambling. I just can't get the objection when there is no gambling involved.

Can a student athlete visit Tuscany on a dinner date? Go shopping there? Grab a beer at Geno's pub? How about a concert in the arena? My point is that there is absolutely no gambling connection between the gaming floor and the arena.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Hmm. A message board where folks should *not* post their personal opinions. Interesting idea.

Absolutely, but remember it's a two way street.

If you want to see tolerance, just post something critical about a player or a coach, or maybe agree with something Mike DiMauro posts then step back and watch the BY tolerance.

 

[zls44]

The idea just screams "look at me, I am taking the high road because this is a seedy slippery slope to hell", but I overreact to these things on occasion as well.

It just seemed incredibly preachy (no offense Ice).

 

[Vowelguy]

The idea just screams "look at me, I am taking the high road because this is a seedy slippery slope to hell", but I overreact to these things on occasion as well.

It just seemed incredibly preachy (no offense Ice).

The OP said: "I'm happy for those of you who are happy about this. But it's not right for me and I wont be going."

How exactly is that preachy?

 

[Alydar]

Is it just a coincidence that the two most profitable collegiate sports (for both colleges and the media) are also the ones on which people gamble? Anyone who thinks people stay up late at night to get the west coast scores from ESPN simply out of a love for sport is naïve.
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How many people refuse to go to the XL because they serve alcohol which is illegal for most of the players to consume? [Geno: "Get in the game Bria" . Bria: "Just as soon as I finish this beer coach".
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How many of those who wouldn't go to Mohegan Sun for a game also refuse to watch ESPN because they publish Las Vegas betting lines?
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Prior to becoming a casino, Mohegan Sun was a factory producing fuses for nuclear bombs. No one had a problem with that. Install slot machines and suddenly the building became immoral?

 

[Icebear]

Prior to becoming a casino, Mohegan Sun was a factory producing fuses for nuclear bombs. No one had a problem with that. Install slot machines and suddenly the building became immoral?

Actually, I believe the factory was picketed for that.