Results are in: Alabama voted ‘most hated college football team’

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The Ron Mexico said:
His "nobody likes a cheater" is obviously hyperbole. If he were to say he was "hungry enough to eat a horse", would you expect him to eat an entire horse?
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His entire point is the problem: other fanbases hate Alabama because they cheat.

If you were to poll a bunch of UT fans in 2002 or '03, when Alabama was in the dirtiest days of their dirty deeds, the majority wouldn't have picked Bama as their most hated. They would have picked Florida. The cheating has nothing to do with it.

Tennessee fans (and Mississippi fans, and Louisiana fans) are putting Bama at the top of their most-hated lists in 2014 because Alabama is winning, and winning a lot.
 
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bamawriter said:
His entire point is the problem: other fanbases hate Alabama because they cheat.

If you were to poll a bunch of UT fans in 2002 or '03, when Alabama was in the dirtiest days of their dirty deeds, the majority wouldn't have picked Bama as their most hated. They would have picked Florida. The cheating has nothing to do with it.

Tennessee fans (and Mississippi fans, and Louisiana fans) are putting Bama at the top of their most-hated lists in 2014 because Alabama is winning, and winning a lot.
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You just got Mexico'd, learn to cope.
 
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Notorious B.E.N said:
I hate Auburn way more than Bama. If fans outside of the state dealt with Auburn fans regularly, they would probably agree.
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Agreed. Awbarn fans are the most obnoxious in the country. They get that way from always being in Bammers shadow. Both programs cheat like bandits, but they get away with it because the NCAA feels sorry for that 3rd world state. :hi:
 
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KoachKletus said:
Agreed. Barn fans, at least the ones I know, are a on a different level than the 'bama fans I let talk to me. Not nearly as full of dumbassery. And they dress better.
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I've never been treated worse by a fan base than when I went down to the Plains in 2003. They were awful, just down right nasty and obnoxious. It didn't help that they squeaked out a close victory over us for the first time in 10+ years.
 
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bamawriter said:
The fact that you aren't actually arguing is pretty telling.
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My lack of argument is due to a phenomenon adults use called "grin and say that's nice honey". It's generally used whenever you hear or read something so dumb that you don't know what else to say. Speaking of subjective reality, I want to read (again) your defense of Alabama's 97 (or just fill in random bammer number here) national champonships.
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
My lack of argument is due to a phenomenon adults use called "grin and say that's nice honey". It's generally used whenever you hear or read something so dumb that you don't know what else to say.
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So it's "dumb" to think that kids beating the crap out of themselves should be able to make a little money for their efforts, or at the very least should be able to profit off of their own names and likenesses while the schools they play for pull in millions upon millions?

What you call "dumb", the courts call "coercion", "exploitation", and "theft".

Speaking of subjective reality, I want to read (again) your defense of Alabama's 97 (or just fill in random bammer number here) national champonships.
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Different animal. There is not now, nor has there ever been, a real "national champion" named in college football. Who is or isn't a national champion is a matter of opinion.

That the NCAA is exploiting these kids so that its members can make ridiculous amounts of money is not an opinion. It is fact. The NCAA couldn't even mount an effective defense of their practices despite having years to prepare for the O'Bannon case. If they can't defend it, I'm beyond certain that you can't either.
 
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bamawriter said:
So it's "dumb" to think that kids beating the crap out of themselves should be able to make a little money for their efforts, or at the very least should be able to profit off of their own names and likenesses while the schools they play for pull in millions upon millions?

What you call "dumb", the courts call "coercion", "exploitation", and "theft".



Different animal. There is not now, nor has there ever been, a real "national champion" named in college football. Who is or isn't a national champion is a matter of opinion.

That the NCAA is exploiting these kids so that its members can make ridiculous amounts of money is not an opinion. It is fact. The NCAA couldn't even mount an effective defense of their practices despite having years to prepare for the O'Bannon case. If they can't defend it, I'm beyond certain that you can't either.
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The "dumb" mention had nothing to do with compensating players. It had to do with Alabama fans not living in reality. Every fan base has some of those. Alabama promotes that idiotic behavior.

I haven't made a mention in support of or against compensating players. For some reason you keep bringing this up completely out of the blue. It's pretty obvious you have trouble staying on topic. If you want to discuss that - fine, we'll do that. Which leads to me to the question you have been asked multiple times: why do you call yourself a writer?
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
I haven't made a mention in support of or against compensating players. For some reason you keep bringing this up completely out of the blue.
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You made the case that I was treating "cheating as a virtue" before I said a word about appropriate compensation.

Which leads to me to the question you have been asked multiple times: why do you call yourself a writer?
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My published works are available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I also have a syndicated column that several newspapers publish every week during the football season. 6 papers in Tennessee this year. Hoping to finalize one more before A&M and Carolina play.

I post here because responding to the comments sections on my column would confirm how unprofessional I really am.
 
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bamawriter said:
You made the case that I was treating "cheating as a virtue" before I said a word about appropriate compensation.



My published works are available from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. I also have a syndicated column that several newspapers publish every week during the football season. 6 papers in Tennessee this year. Hoping to finalize one more before A&M and Carolina play.

I post here because responding to the comments sections on my column would confirm how unprofessional I really am.
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You do treat cheating as a virtue. It is so ingrained in your culture (bammerhood) that you may not even realize when it's happening. I think the problem or misunderstanding is that we are arguing from different perspectives. I was raised to believe cheating is wrong and that value is something I can't shake. I feel bad for people that don't share those values. I'm sorry. It's not your fault.
 
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The Ron Mexico said:
You do treat cheating as a virtue. It is so ingrained in your culture (bammerhood) that you may not even realize when it's happening. I think the problem or misunderstanding is that we are arguing from different perspectives. I was raised to believe cheating is wrong and that value is something I can't shake. I feel bad for people that don't share those values. I'm sorry. It's not your fault.
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If you were raised to view every rule as benevolent simply because it is a rule, then the pity runs both ways.
 
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