EPISODE · Jul 13, 2018 · 1H 8M
Why We Hate the NCAA
from The Functional Sportsaholic · host Sean Ryan and Sam Van Damme
The NCAA organization annoys us. Though Sean and Sam share a disgust, the two differ on what annoys them. We also talk NBA Free agency. 01:59: Initial thoughts on the NCAA 02:58: The truth is that only power conferences have the opportunity to win the title 03:45: No, UCF wasn't the national champion last year, but it does prove non-power 5's are irrelevant 05:00: Yes, even the historic schools have declared themselves national champs in shady ways 08:03: Why blaming mid-majors for their week out of conference schedule makes no sense 11:40: Oliver Luck might be fooling some people, but he's not fooling us 17:13: Should we pay players? It's more complicated than you think it would be 19:30: How far should “tuition" go in the payment argument? 25:25: What would the mechanics of paying players look like? 29:19: Coaching bullies 31:54: NBA Free Agency and the Carmelo Enigma 36:12: Boogie talk 40:25: Sean rags on Durant and Sam tells Sean he's a hater 47:10: A bit about Trae Young 53:20: Story time with Sean and Sam 56:54: All-time NBA rosters Opening/Closing Music: Rock Angel by Joakim Karudle
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The NCAA organization annoys us. Though Sean and Sam share a disgust, the two differ on what annoys them. We also talk NBA Free agency. 01:59: Initial thoughts on the NCAA 02:58: The truth is that only power conferences have the opportunity to win the title 03:45: No, UCF wasn't the national champion last year, but it does prove non-power 5's are irrelevant 05:00: Yes, even the historic schools have declared themselves national champs in shady ways 08:03: Why blaming mid-majors for their week out of conference schedule makes no sense 11:40: Oliver Luck might be fooling some people, but he's not fooling us 17:13: Should we pay players? It's more complicated than you think it would be 19:30: How far should “tuition" go in the payment argument? 25:25: What would the mechanics of paying players look like? 29:19: Coaching bullies 31:54: NBA Free Agency and the Carmelo Enigma 36:12: Boogie talk 40:25: Sean rags on Durant and Sam tells Sean he's a hater 47:10: A bit about Trae Young 53:20: Story time with Sean and Sam 56:54: All-time NBA rosters Opening/Closing Music: Rock Angel by Joakim Karudle
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