Davies Suspended from BYU's Squad

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tigervol9802 said:
You basically realized he freely gave that up when eh went to school there, right?

I'm also guessing you think it's a violation of freedom that my firm requires at minimum business professional dress as well?
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does your firm go to the bar with you and then home with the random strange you take from it? and once it finds out what you did with that random strange does it dismiss you? because, yes I would find that to be a violation.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
At what point did defending personal freedom become liberal entitlement?
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Which personal freedom are you defending? The right to be a clueless imbecile? The right to disregard arrangements you knowingly enter into? Personal freedom allows you to say I have no interest in going to a place with rules like BYU's. Once you sign on, you've ceded personal freedom to their rules.
 
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#129
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
does your firm go to the bar with you and then home with the random strange you take from it? and once it finds out what you did with that random strange does it dismiss you? because, yes I would find that to be a violation.
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So basically it's ok for a employer to tell me what to wear to work, but it's not ok for them to tell me who and who not to bang?

Basically your entire argument here is you are mad he can't get drunk and screw whatever chick he wants?
 
#130
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tigervol9802 said:
So basically it's ok for a employer to tell me what to wear to work, but it's not ok for them to tell me who and who not to bang?

Basically your entire argument here is you are mad he can't get drunk and screw whatever chick he wants?
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has that not what I've been arguing this entire thread? I've said repeatedly that I think it is a backwards system that he can't do just that.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
has that not what I've been arguing this entire thread? I've said repeatedly that I think it is a backwards system that he can't do just that.
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Great point. It's not like there are 340 or so other D-I schools he could play at and screw all he wants.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
has that not what I've been arguing this entire thread? I've said repeatedly that I think it is a backwards system that he can't do just that.
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Easy, then don't go to school there. It's a PRIVATE university so they can set whatever standards they feel like. He chose to be under their authority while he is at school at their institution.

I'm not seeing how it's hard to understand this?
 
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I preface this post by saying that I have absolutely no clue how accurate this description of campus life at BYU is like but I did still find it interesting.

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From an anonymous former alum:

Despite what Jim Rome and Pat Forde might think, the school wasn't making any kind of serious sacrifice here. This kind of politicking is so much more valuable than a Final Four run. BYU can say: "'Look at us. We're not like the rest of the world. We're not like other universities. We stand by our principles." It's all a part of spreading the faith, and Brandon Davies is being used to that end just like a kid at Kentucky is being used to win basketball games.
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tigervol9802 said:
So it's his adopted parents fault?
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He knew the rule when he signed on, as all on here have said.

How much of option he had on what school he could attend is more information that any of us know, but I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb to say he was at least "strongly encouraged" to go to the LDS mothership. And that is the part I feel bad for him about.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
He knew the rule when he signed on, as all on here have said.

How much of option he had on what school he could attend is more information that any of us know, but I don't think I'm going too far out on a limb to say he was at least "strongly encouraged" to go to the LDS mothership. And that is the part I feel bad for him about.
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Yeah, the kid's 6'10" and a double figure scorer in the Mountain West. I'm sure BYU was his only option.
 
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GoBigOrangeVols said:
his adopted LDS parents are from Provo, not lubbock, evansville, or dayton. Poor kid had no choice.
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He had a choice. LDS kids from Provo go elsewhere all the time. It's not like they are going to get shunned. Tai Wesley (whose older bro played for BYU) is at Utah St. BYU would be a serious contender if he were on their squad. Xavier Sua'Filo (or whatever) was a 4-star OL last year that went to UCLA.
 
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