Miami Heat forward LeBron James shoots over San Antonio Spurs forward Tim Duncan (21) during their Game 2 of the NBA finals on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, in San Antonio.OK, this is pretty surreal. It’s voting day in Hamilton County; it’s the first day of school and our oldest starts first grade (monster deal and apparently he’s the only one not freaking out); it’s our 10th wedding anniversary; it’s the day that the NCAA votes to either surrender a lot of control to the big five conferences or they deny the petition and sign the NCAA’s eventual death warrant because that would force the big five conferences to spilt off and do their own thing; it’s the birthday of Mike Trout and Sidney Crosby – only the best players in two of the four major North American team sports (also of note in this category: Tiger Woods and LeBron James were each born on December 30, so there’s that).
From the “Talks too much” studios, basically, we’re dealing with a lot of stuff here. Candlesticks always make a nice gift; maybe find out where she’s registered and get a place setting. Let’s get two.
NCAA
The NCAA board of governors is voting today whether to allow the power five conferences more autonomy.
It is the ultimate rock-and-a-hard-place dilemma for the NCAA.
Before we go any further, the NCAA has forced everyone’s hand and put itself in this place by being arguable the worst billion-dollar operation this side of the Federal Government. This dilemma has been forged by years of NCAA indifference, indiscretion, intolerance and insincerity. The NCAA gets no pity from us because in the end, the group most altered by this is the college sports fans. If the NCAA suffers, they deserve it. College sports fans are facing a life-changing decision today that could drastically change the face of college sports and how they are operated and all the fans did in most cases was love their teams.