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I shit you not.
The problem? The wavy edges on the sabre handles reminded people of the wavy brick walls on campus that slaves once worked behind.  So, to appease the woke mob, the logo was changed to smooth out the handles.  Nevermind that the wavy handles merely represented the way cavalry sabre handles were made - wrapped in spiraled leather.  Unfriggin real. But nothing surprising comes out of UVA anymore. It is among the wokest of the liberal shithole universities on the planet. I have a suggestion for UVA. Change their sports team name altogether. After all, Cavaliers were manly men. Certainly that's offensive to the LGBTQP crowd. Certainly its misogynistic and non-inclusive. And sabres are a sign violent oppression of minorities. Since everyone that attends or works at UVA appears to be a pussy, I suggest they change their names to the Virginia Vajay Jays. It's 100% inclusive. Here's there new proposed logo.  _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | ||
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It is, but at least this OP could take the time to use an actual descriptive title.... You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Didn't see it because the title was ambiguous. And besides, my Virginia Vajay Jays suggestion offers an actual solution to the problems at UVA.  _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | |||
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| In search of baseball, strippers, and guns |
I think if you post in that thread you should include the picture of the walls so people can see them. It helps with the perspective I lived in Charlottesville and near it for years. My wife went to undergrad and med school there. My middle son was born there. I used to love it there. It’s just one more thing the “woke” cancel culture bullshit has ruined for me —————————————————— If the meek will inherit the earth, what will happen to us tigers? | |||
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roller coasters are next | |||
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| No, not like Bill Clinton  |
All these threads are getting ridiculous | |||
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| When you fall, I will be there to catch you -With love, the floor |
Simple. Do away with college sports and actually concentrate on education. How many on those teams actually earn a degree? How many are simply pushed through with passing grades so they can play for the team? | |||
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| In search of baseball, strippers, and guns |
I think that’s cutting off your nose to spite your face. I think there is still far more to be gained for most college athletes than you give them credit for. The only sports where what you describe is remotely a problem is the money makers (football and basketball) and even then only at the large universities. You think a girl on the track team at Vanderbilt is getting her grades inflated so she can run hurtles? Or a boy on the baseball team at Valparaiso? As someone who (very briefly) played one of the money makers (football) at a division 1 school (Army) I can tell you none of us got our grades inflated My son will very likely be playing basketball at Cornell or Brown starting in the winter of 2021. I’m going to say the education he receives will likely not be inflated because he can dribble and shoot (and is almost 6’9) Letting the bad actions of the few ruin the experience for the many is exactly what most of us are against, isn’t it?
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Actually, get rid of the revenue sports, and you'll likely find a graduation percentage for student-athletes higher than the average student body during a 4-year stint. Keep in mind, full-ride scholarships are rare outside of the revenue sports; for most baseball teams usually only half the players have scholarships, and most of them are on 2-year rides if that. Include the revenue sports, with their full-ride scholorships and their array of support mechanisms, and the positive statistics gets pulled-down dramatically. Most student-athletes are very familiar with a life of time management and goal setting, something that many students struggle with in their first few years in college. The overly structured world of student-athletics is well suited for university life given the discipline needed to maintain a schedule, deadlines and expectations. | |||
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| Thank you Very little  |
Interesting isn't it, a gun person making generalizations about activities of a few and then associating it to the whole group. College athletics isn't just Football and Basketball, it includes many sports like Kevbo stated, and many of these athletes are just as likely to be be high achievers in the classroom as well as the athletic part of their lives.. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Guys, you have to stop posting this stuff. How many such threads are in the Lounge right now? You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. You have to stop posting this stuff. | |||
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That depends on the sport, the sex of the athlete and their heritage. Don't buy what the NCAA is selling on student athlete graduation rates, as they do not point to any determined time. A good measure is the 6-year college completion rate or the 6 year matriculation rate. Don't bother looking at the four year data, as it will frustrate you. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/1...e-in-four-years.html As a matter of fact, the NCAA stopped publishing graduation rates for student athletes 2 years ago, and instead came up with "graduation success ratio" https://theundefeated.com/feat...eds-a-reality-check/ Here is a story from NPR that is well researched and shows the 6 year college completion rate: https://www.npr.org/2019/03/13...l-still-surprise-you Here is 6 year matriculation rate from the NCES: https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=40 Long story short, student athletes typically graduate at a rate of 2-3% below non student athletes. When you take out one or two sports, it becomes higher. | |||
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| Master of one hand pistol shooting  |
I guess the Ducks and Beavers team names are fairly safe. Ducks anyway. SIGnature NRA Benefactor CMP Pistol Distinguished | |||
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Not at all surprising actions from that “institution of higher learning” I propose they just ditch the logo entirely and replace it with a clown so it can be more representative of the university as a whole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The price of liberty and even of common humanity is eternal vigilance | |||
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