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	<title>Comments on: Baseball is still number two, but here comes college football</title>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Glad I could be the source of amusement for you and Willie.
That is what I am here for.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad I could be the source of amusement for you and Willie.<br />
That is what I am here for.</p>
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		<title>By: southpaw77</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[southpaw77]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:18:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[College football would gain since the hits are now harder in college than the NFL, now they flag, fine and suspend for vicious hits and college does not.

College football loses since it has no BCS or any big games in snow, mud, and cold. This is where the NFL still rules.
Until we see SEC or Pac-12 schools go up and play in winter elements such as snow its still catered to the south and west teams and thats why baseball stays number 2. You actually have to go into the other teams building.
College football will never see Alabama go up to Ohio State in January and beat them in the snow. Never happen.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>College football would gain since the hits are now harder in college than the NFL, now they flag, fine and suspend for vicious hits and college does not.</p>
<p>College football loses since it has no BCS or any big games in snow, mud, and cold. This is where the NFL still rules.<br />
Until we see SEC or Pac-12 schools go up and play in winter elements such as snow its still catered to the south and west teams and thats why baseball stays number 2. You actually have to go into the other teams building.<br />
College football will never see Alabama go up to Ohio State in January and beat them in the snow. Never happen.</p>
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		<title>By: Roger Moore</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Moore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m sure, though, that with no player salaries to pay, colleges must give their tickets away.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m sure, though, that with no player salaries to pay, colleges must give their tickets away.</p>
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		<title>By: mrwillie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mrwillie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for the solid laugh there StL.

Also good to see someone else who has college basketball so high. It&#039;d have to put it as a tie with baseball. Don&#039;t hate me for it folks, we can&#039;t help it here on tobacco road.

I disagree with NBA as 35 though. I&#039;d have to put a game of Roshambo with a donkey as 35, then NBA at 36.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the solid laugh there StL.</p>
<p>Also good to see someone else who has college basketball so high. It&#8217;d have to put it as a tie with baseball. Don&#8217;t hate me for it folks, we can&#8217;t help it here on tobacco road.</p>
<p>I disagree with NBA as 35 though. I&#8217;d have to put a game of Roshambo with a donkey as 35, then NBA at 36.</p>
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		<title>By: historiophiliac</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[historiophiliac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do I have the feeling you left out roller derby?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do I have the feeling you left out roller derby?</p>
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		<title>By: historiophiliac</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422618</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[historiophiliac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ha ha!  I&#039;m laughing at you, Woodpecker -- not with you. lol]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ha ha!  I&#8217;m laughing at you, Woodpecker &#8212; not with you. lol</p>
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		<title>By: brianabbe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[brianabbe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. MLB 2a. College Football 2b. College basketball.

You know the best part about these three sports? All of them have minimal overlap with one another, which means I can follow all three with little issue. Considering that baseball has minimal overlap from April through August (Even your average football fan doesn&#039;t care about preseason), I don&#039;t think they care too much. I highly doubt the tradition of taking the family to a ballgame or three each summer is suddenly going to stop. Every sport has its niche either way.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. MLB 2a. College Football 2b. College basketball.</p>
<p>You know the best part about these three sports? All of them have minimal overlap with one another, which means I can follow all three with little issue. Considering that baseball has minimal overlap from April through August (Even your average football fan doesn&#8217;t care about preseason), I don&#8217;t think they care too much. I highly doubt the tradition of taking the family to a ballgame or three each summer is suddenly going to stop. Every sport has its niche either way.</p>
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		<title>By: sometimesimisscandlestick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sometimesimisscandlestick]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I notice with glee that soccer is not on the list - well lumped in with all other sports at 2%.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I notice with glee that soccer is not on the list &#8211; well lumped in with all other sports at 2%.</p>
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		<title>By: umrguy42</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[umrguy42]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re talking about playoffs?!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re talking about playoffs?!</p>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:14:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My bad Phillies.  Point taken.  Let me amend my list.
46) Jenga
47) Pro Hockey
49)  NBA]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My bad Phillies.  Point taken.  Let me amend my list.<br />
46) Jenga<br />
47) Pro Hockey<br />
49)  NBA</p>
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		<title>By: philliesblow</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422539</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[philliesblow]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[46) Jenga
47) Pro hockey]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>46) Jenga<br />
47) Pro hockey</p>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422532</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You gotta&#039; be kidding me!
What the hell is the deal with the number eight?
Computer guru&#039;s...please advise.  
Jeesh!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You gotta&#8217; be kidding me!<br />
What the hell is the deal with the number eight?<br />
Computer guru&#8217;s&#8230;please advise.<br />
Jeesh!</p>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It did it again!  Help!  
We are going to try this again.
8)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It did it again!  Help!<br />
We are going to try this again.<br />
8)</p>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow...please forgive the cheesy little icon.  It goes against everything I believe in.
It was supposed to be...
8) High School Basketball.
However, I somehow got the cheesy little icon.
Got a new computer.  It must be &quot;cheesey little icon&quot; friendly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow&#8230;please forgive the cheesy little icon.  It goes against everything I believe in.<br />
It was supposed to be&#8230;<br />
8) High School Basketball.<br />
However, I somehow got the cheesy little icon.<br />
Got a new computer.  It must be &#8220;cheesey little icon&#8221; friendly.</p>
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		<title>By: stlouis1baseball</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[stlouis1baseball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1)  Major League Baseball
2)  College Basketball
3)  College Football
4)  NFL
5)  College Baseball
6)  College Wrestling
7)  High School Wrestling
8)  High School Basketball
9)  High School Football
10)  High School Baseball
11)  High School Volleyball
12)  High School Track and Field
13)  High School Swimming and Diving
14)  USA Track and Field
15)  USA Gymnastics
35)  NBA]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1)  Major League Baseball<br />
2)  College Basketball<br />
3)  College Football<br />
4)  NFL<br />
5)  College Baseball<br />
6)  College Wrestling<br />
7)  High School Wrestling<br />
8)  High School Basketball<br />
9)  High School Football<br />
10)  High School Baseball<br />
11)  High School Volleyball<br />
12)  High School Track and Field<br />
13)  High School Swimming and Diving<br />
14)  USA Track and Field<br />
15)  USA Gymnastics<br />
35)  NBA</p>
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		<title>By: lanflfan</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[lanflfan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, being a baseball fan, and a Dodger fan, came first.  When I was young, I was watching Dodger games with my grandfather, listening to Vin Scully. Football was the annoying sport that took away my cartoons every so often.  But in high school I played football and enjoyed it.  I love watching football, pro and college, on nearly an equal level as baseball but I can assure you in no universe do I watch any sport for the &quot;pageantry&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For me, being a baseball fan, and a Dodger fan, came first.  When I was young, I was watching Dodger games with my grandfather, listening to Vin Scully. Football was the annoying sport that took away my cartoons every so often.  But in high school I played football and enjoyed it.  I love watching football, pro and college, on nearly an equal level as baseball but I can assure you in no universe do I watch any sport for the &#8220;pageantry&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: brewcrewfan54</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[brewcrewfan54]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love college football and MLB. It&#039;s no surprise though that the percentages of people who have seen a CFB game has gone up while MLB games has stayed the same or gone down. Its a lot easier to avoid watching a baseball game during the week than it is to avoid a college football game on Saturday in the fall.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love college football and MLB. It&#8217;s no surprise though that the percentages of people who have seen a CFB game has gone up while MLB games has stayed the same or gone down. Its a lot easier to avoid watching a baseball game during the week than it is to avoid a college football game on Saturday in the fall.</p>
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		<title>By: sportsdrenched</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sportsdrenched]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baseball (all levels above HS) is my favorite.  However, College Football is right up there in my book.  

To me there is no better time of year on the sports calender than Labor Day through the end of the World Series.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Baseball (all levels above HS) is my favorite.  However, College Football is right up there in my book.  </p>
<p>To me there is no better time of year on the sports calender than Labor Day through the end of the World Series.</p>
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		<title>By: El Bravo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Bravo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do everything for the girls and...well not beer...but close enough.  Young n dumb 4 life.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I do everything for the girls and&#8230;well not beer&#8230;but close enough.  Young n dumb 4 life.</p>
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		<title>By: historiophiliac</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[historiophiliac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I kinda like the school rivalries (although that can get annoying).  Really, I feel like if you are going to do that to your body, you should do it for girls and beer (being young and dumb).  I don&#039;t understand killing yourself young for money, but ok.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I kinda like the school rivalries (although that can get annoying).  Really, I feel like if you are going to do that to your body, you should do it for girls and beer (being young and dumb).  I don&#8217;t understand killing yourself young for money, but ok.</p>
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		<title>By: El Bravo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Bravo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like pro football quite a bit.  I just never got the idea of loving college sports.  Unless you&#039;re rooting for your alma mater, it seems pointless to be a fan of a sport of unpaid amateurs.  The ONLY reason they are so popular, outside the alumnus, is b/c people bet on pro and college sports alike.  That is a lame reason for the sport to be so popular if you ask me.  But this is coming from a dude he loathes horse racing, so what do I know?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like pro football quite a bit.  I just never got the idea of loving college sports.  Unless you&#8217;re rooting for your alma mater, it seems pointless to be a fan of a sport of unpaid amateurs.  The ONLY reason they are so popular, outside the alumnus, is b/c people bet on pro and college sports alike.  That is a lame reason for the sport to be so popular if you ask me.  But this is coming from a dude he loathes horse racing, so what do I know?</p>
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		<title>By: saints97</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[saints97]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you like baseball and football, which it would seem most sports fans do, then who really cares. I watch it all, and I am fan of it all. 

Except the NBA. That is for suckers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you like baseball and football, which it would seem most sports fans do, then who really cares. I watch it all, and I am fan of it all. </p>
<p>Except the NBA. That is for suckers.</p>
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		<title>By: husky2score</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[husky2score]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t really like college football. Most games are blowouts anyway.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t really like college football. Most games are blowouts anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: historiophiliac</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422449</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[historiophiliac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t get why pro football is popular.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t get why pro football is popular.</p>
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		<title>By: iranuke</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422443</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[iranuke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me get this straight.  NFL football is the most popular sport, followed by Major League Baseball, followed by minor league football, followed by all other sports.  Right.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let me get this straight.  NFL football is the most popular sport, followed by Major League Baseball, followed by minor league football, followed by all other sports.  Right.</p>
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		<title>By: El Bravo</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422442</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Bravo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still don&#039;t get why college football is so popular.  

- signed division III grad]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I still don&#8217;t get why college football is so popular.  </p>
<p>- signed division III grad</p>
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		<title>By: El Bravo</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422441</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[El Bravo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playoffs?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Playoffs?</p>
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		<title>By: heyzeus143</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422419</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[heyzeus143]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Playoffs]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Playoffs</p>
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		<title>By: American of African Descent</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422418</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American of African Descent]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always thought that the former &quot;student-athletes&quot; should raise a bigger stink. For example, Reggie Bush was asked to give back his Heisman trophy a few years ago after it came to light that he accepted gifts while in college. Bush could have held a press conference, explained to the world that the student-athletes who play football and (men&#039;s) basketball make a metric butt-ton (yes, that&#039;s a technical term) of money for their school, but that the student-athlete doesn&#039;t see a dime of that money. Bush could have spoken about how scholarships often don&#039;t cover the true cost of attending school, how many student-athletes don&#039;t get the education they need to be competitive after graduation, how student athletes cannot capitalize on their own name while in college, and the many other issues concerning the economic injustice of the NCAA&#039;s rules.

Mr. Bush then could have handed over his Heisman to the NCAA, and let the NCAA field questions about why it sodomizes football and (men&#039;s) basketball players. Such a press conference wouldn&#039;t have cost Bush any money, and it would have put the NCAA in a bit of an uncomfortable spot. (At the very least, the NCAA would have had to answer how any compensation Bush received affected the integrity of the game.) 

If enough former NCAA stars started talking about how the NCAA screwed them, it might change the national conversation, sort of like how &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Well-Paid-Slave-Floods-Agency-Professional/dp/0452288916&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Curt Flood&#039;s&lt;/a&gt; unsuccessful law suit changed the national conversation about free agency in baseball.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always thought that the former &#8220;student-athletes&#8221; should raise a bigger stink. For example, Reggie Bush was asked to give back his Heisman trophy a few years ago after it came to light that he accepted gifts while in college. Bush could have held a press conference, explained to the world that the student-athletes who play football and (men&#8217;s) basketball make a metric butt-ton (yes, that&#8217;s a technical term) of money for their school, but that the student-athlete doesn&#8217;t see a dime of that money. Bush could have spoken about how scholarships often don&#8217;t cover the true cost of attending school, how many student-athletes don&#8217;t get the education they need to be competitive after graduation, how student athletes cannot capitalize on their own name while in college, and the many other issues concerning the economic injustice of the NCAA&#8217;s rules.</p>
<p>Mr. Bush then could have handed over his Heisman to the NCAA, and let the NCAA field questions about why it sodomizes football and (men&#8217;s) basketball players. Such a press conference wouldn&#8217;t have cost Bush any money, and it would have put the NCAA in a bit of an uncomfortable spot. (At the very least, the NCAA would have had to answer how any compensation Bush received affected the integrity of the game.) </p>
<p>If enough former NCAA stars started talking about how the NCAA screwed them, it might change the national conversation, sort of like how <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Well-Paid-Slave-Floods-Agency-Professional/dp/0452288916" rel="nofollow">Curt Flood&#8217;s</a> unsuccessful law suit changed the national conversation about free agency in baseball.</p>
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		<title>By: cur68</title>
		<link>http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/07/baseball-is-still-number-two-but-here-comes-college-football/comment-page-1/#comment-422416</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[cur68]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Until Nate Silver confirms this it is but smoke and mirrors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Until Nate Silver confirms this it is but smoke and mirrors.</p>
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