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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2588752, member: 6761"] We're having some fun here, so let's continue. You call in "print" kids scrubs who chose to go to UConn over many other schools where they would play/start. I know for a fact (because the coach told me) that Molly would have been a star at an so-called elite school. Many of them might laugh off the comment, but many others--or their parents who might read BY--might feel hurt by it. Here's a thought experiment. Several games ago, someone on the game thread referred to a UConn player who missed 2 foul shots at a critical moment as "choking." A lot of folks go angry at that remark and it probably contributed to the decision to move game decisions to the chat room. Now, if you and are were playing a friendly game of something and I missed a critical shot and you smiled at me and said that I chocked, I'd laugh about it. Context is everything. It's not that I think the word "scrubs" is a bad word. Very few, if any, words are bad. But context is everything. I think it might be hurtful for some of those kids who play incredibly hard and sacrifice a lot to sit on the bench at UConn when they could be playing elsewhere to be called scrubs. Why not just call them 2nd team or freshmen or some other neutral word? [/QUOTE]