Text Messaging and Dick Vitale
Posted by hoopsknowitall on August 10, 2007
The NCAA today decided to not reverse its’ decision to ban coaches’ ability to text message recruits. I couldn’t agree more. A recent recruit from Kentucky was smacked with over 500 dollars in text message costs stemming from a constant barrage of texts from coaches. It’s distracting and costly.
Dick Vitale is possibly the most biased and inept commentator I’ve seen in my entire [granted, comparaby short] life. His recent All-Rolls Royce Teams are an absolute joke. Here is how SEC Player-of-the-Year and #1 ranked point guard in America [per Rivals.com] candidate Jamont Gordon (who apparently missed the cut) compared to the rest of the five-team field.
- Gordon averaged 16.0 points per game last season, less than only 9 out of the 25 listed. Two players listed averaged less than 10 points per game.
- Gordon averaged 7.2 rebounds per game last season, less than only 6 out of the 25 listed. Much-heralded big-man DJ White from Indiana averaged only .1 rebound per game more than Gordon, and Jamont is a point guard.
- Gordon averaged 5.3 assists per game last season, less than only two players listed.
- No player in America averaged at least 16ppg, 7rbg, and 5apg.
Stats don’t lie. No player in America did more for his team and himself than Jamont Gordon. Not appointing him as the best overall player, or even the best at his position – that’s arguable. Not listing Gordon in the top 25 players in America is ludicris.
Let’s go ahead and begin considering Vitale’s “opinions” humorous, considering the jokes that they are, and purchase him a pair of Kentucky/Duke pom-poms.
