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You're missing the point. The degree to which a slur (a SLUR, not profanity or an insult) is inappropriate is irrelevant. It's a slur because it is intended to attack an unchangeable aspect of someone's personality in order to offend them on a very basic level. You mentioned that you're not...

On this forum, it's hard to tell. Half the time, quote-less statements halfway down the thread are directed towards the person directly above them. Plus, I'm a dick. My mistake. Nevermind.

Is this directed towards me? I don't care about the NBA, and I care even less about Kobe Bryant. I think it's pretty clear that I wasn't defending him. I merely pointed out that he acknowledged his language wasn't okay, regardless of the excuse. He's right about that.

Obviously inappropriate, inexcusable and not okay. Kobe has acknowledged this multiple times since the incident. He completely owns it and agrees that it's not okay, and he apologized for it. That's all there is to this. On another note, "political correctness" is when society downplays...

And with that, file this thread away in the back of your minds for January 2012, folks. This has officially become a "Best Thread of 2011" candidate. Jon should cut you a monthly check.

I don't know why I'm so combative today, but this reaches a new level of asinine. "I knew he was a bad guy from the start because of the way his eyes looked." Amazing.

Seriously, though, a lot of the garbage that has come out of this mess has been pretty disguising. Five Iowa football players discharged from hospital - ESPN There's another example. At the end of the clip, these two talking heads come out of no where and say in no uncertain terms (one calls...

...Sort of. :D UI: All 13 players released for UIHC (Ferentz, Barta statements) | TheGazette

I already made my prediction, sweet baby. Alcohol-induced emotional breakdown in the Quad Cities.

I predict that Ghost will get drunk and admit to his wife that he roleplays a flirtatious woman on a sports-based message board.

He flat-out calls the Iowa staff abusive. I'm generally not one to react this way, but I actually just lost a ton of respect for Pat. That's infuriating.

I was just going to say this. I think if that final paragraph had been part of the statement from Tuesday, the heat on Ferentz would be halved.

Jay Cutler Proves Naysayers Wrong By Defeating Shittiest Team Ever To Make Playoffs | The Onion Sports Network

That's a little something they like to call dynamic advertisements. Hint: clear your history, and exercise careful judgement when you make your bookmarks. ;)

This seems warranted. Gus Johnson Soundboard

Iowa plays at Penn State on October 8.

No disagreement there. I just think the greed angle is a bad one.

The NCAA represents the the member schools and does nothing else. I always get a kick out of people blaming the "greedy" NCAA, as if they are a ruthless, intrusive middleman that takes a 70% cut of all the profit in the bowls.

So how much money does the NCAA get from the Sugar Bowl? The National Championship? The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl? Hint: the answer is kind of important to your conclusion, so I'd recommend looking into it.