I was late to the Jeff Pearlman party this morning, but I will try to fill you in on the craziness.
Jeff Pearlman of SI.com tweeted early this morning and it has created quite a stir.
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[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue][I][FONT=Georgia]I would rather my child not attend college than play for someone like John Calipari.[/FONT][/I]
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[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue][I][FONT=Georgia]I don’t get it. How is it even “college” basketball when your stars attend school 1 year & attend classes for 1/2? is that what u want?[/FONT][/I]
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As you can imagine the BBN has taken offense to this tweet and have taken their frustration out on Mr. Pearlman.
Pearlman retracted a little bit, as he made more of a generalization:
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[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue][FONT=Georgia][I]let me rephrase (seriously): how can college hoops fans feel an attachment to teams when players leave after a year? it just seems … fake.[/I]
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The BBN stayed on Mr. Pearlman and I guess you can only take so much.
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[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Helvetica Neue][FONT=Georgia][I]A fair point made: If Kentucky players attend classes all year before leaving, as has been said, I apologize for that wrong generalization.[/I]
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You can check out his timeline if you want to read more, but this is a classic case of picking on Kentucky and how the BBN will take up for it’s own in a heartbeat.
