Sigh. Bye week. No real news, just a bunch of waiting. How, oh how, is the dedicated Duck fan going to remain occupied until the next game?

Hmm...I know!

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Making NCAA pay?

With all the recent conversation about NCAA 10, this story seems pretty timely:

...Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, [Former UCLA Bruin, Ed] O’Bannon became the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit on behalf of all current and former Division I-A football and men’s basketball athletes against the NCAA. He’s represented by two of the nation’s most high-powered law firms – including one that secured reparations for Holocaust survivors from Swiss banks.

The complaint, obtained by Yahoo! Sports, alleges that the NCAA “has illegally deprived former student-athletes” from “myriad revenue streams” including DVDs, video games, memorabilia, photographs, television rebroadcasts and use in advertising.

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Hey I'm beginning the college admission process soon and I was wondering if you guys could tell me whether or not I have a shot at walking on to the football team. I come from a highly competitive private school out of state.

Here are my stats

QB/RB/DT/CB

6'5", 210 lbs.

3.5 sec 40 yard dash

9th

1500 yds 20 TD passing, 1200 yds 25 TD rushing, 9 sacks, 10 interceptions

10th

2070 yds 29 TD passing, 1500 yds 30 TD rushing, 12 sacks, 15 interceptions

11th

2000 yds 25 TD passing, 1400 yds 27 TD rushing, 11 sacks, 11 interceptions (off year cuz i played all season with a torn ACL)

12th

5000 yds 40 TD passing, 2000 yds 49 TD rushing, 30 sacks, 40 interceptions

Extracurriculars

Eagle Scout, Newspaper (4 years), ESPN Magazine (3 years), NASA Astronaut, Olympic alternate in Decathalon

Work Experience

US Marines drill sergeant, invented blogs

SAT 3000, ACT 90 (They had to change the scoring system for me)

So please just comment below and tell me if I have a shot. Thanks a ton.

via those dudes

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