LB,
Funny you mention that. Seems “Pete’s (Rozelle’s) Parity” (i.e. salary cap, difficulty of schedule based on previous year’s record) and the draft (team with worst record gets the top pick) is a similar spread-the-wealth type plan. Works pretty well for the NFL.

But it also seems the kind of do-gooder socialistic meddling that curdles the blood of every social Darwinist.

Too bad real life ain’t as simple as sports.

I was three rows back from the court directly across from the UNC bench. As the game reached its conclusion, Smith turned on his heel (so to speak) and stomped off the court without the customary handshake to the winner. What a crybaby I thought.

I was not the only one to notice - he was asked about it in the press conference after. His reply was “Mike was jumping around so much over there that I couldn’t get close to him”. Horse apples. He was too intent on pouting to even try.

That being said, Williams is hella better.

I’m wondering why Obama thinks there should be winners and losers anyway. Just because one team has better players or a better coach, there’s no reason to give them more points. The “wealth” should be spread around.

An old Duke basketball hater here. Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Cherokee Parks (loved his Hitler youth hair cut) and the insufferable Cameron Crazies had me throwing up in my bowl of ice cream many an afternoon. Damn good were those teams, however. Credit where credit’s due and all that.

Can’t see this year’s assemblage of jump-shooters going too far in the tourney, but who knows?

Duke basketball has been “down” (relatively speaking) recently so it’s hard to muster up much good old fashioned hate for ‘em anymore.

It’s kinda like rooting against the NY Yankees or Notre Dame. Who am I kidding? I still HATE the freaking Yankees and Irish, despite their recent futility. Why go soft on Duke? To hell with them too.

Salary Madness - 2009 NCAA Tournament Predictions By the Dollars