Student Athletes Should Be Paid

After watching last night’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel,” I side with Jason Whitlock and most of the roundtable (except former Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez - surprise, surprise, as I am a Buckeye) that the NCAA system is broken and corrupt. Not only are the student athletes “employees” driving a billion dollar “business,” they are also the “product” being sold for 100% profit. The argument that they are already being“paid” with an education in the form of scholarships is not valid because half of these “student” athletes aren’t prepared to use this “payment” and are never graduating. So the question is, what is a valid payment? The issue is obvious, the solution is not. But I have faith that the men and women running these higher educational systems are smart enough to find an answer to this growing problem. Hopefully they will prove that their million dollar higher education salaries are valid payments for their “knowledge.”

List of Athletes in Twitter

Top 25 Famous Athletes on Twitter Here are some of the famous athletes who are using Twitter: Lister:Ryan Pratt Category:Sports

List of Choke Artists in Sports

Kenny Perry and the other Biggest Choke Artists in Sports What person or team do you think has a reputation for choking in the big moment, and why? Kenny Perry's Masters performance just got added to the list. Add your other chokers here: Lister:ryan Category:Sports

List of Athletes Who Played Two Sports (or more)

Top 25 Multi-Sport Athletes Bo, Deion, Jordan, Thorpe... These are some of the greatest multi-sport athletes in the history of sports. Lister:prattedit Category:Sports

Top 10 Worst Nicknames in Sports

These athletes truly got the short end of the stick:

1.	NHL Scoring Legend: Guy “the Flower” Lafleur
2.	Cy Young MLB Pitcher: Randy "Big Unit" Johnson
3.	NHL Forward: "The Gaye One" Gaye Stewart
4.	Former Boxing Champion: Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker see the rest of the list and add more bad nicknames here: http://www.listafterlist.com/tabid/57/listid/11574/Sports++Recreation/Top+10+Worst+Nicknames+in+Sports.aspx

Players That Should Never Change Team Jerseys Add to wiki

Who do you think should never switch teams?

	Brett Favre - Green Bay Packers
	Derek Jeter - New York Yankees
	Tim Duncan - San Antonio Spurs
	Peyton Mannning - Indianapolis Colts
	Chipper Jones - Atlanta Braves
	Tom Brady - New England Patriots can you think of any more? add them here

Best Players in 2008 NBA Draft

Here are the best players available in the 2008 NBA draft:

1.	Derrick Rose
2.	Michael Beasley
3.	OJ Mayo
4.	Jerryd Bayless
5.	Kevin Love
6.	Eric Gordon
7.	Russell Westbrook
8.	Joe Alexander
9.	Brook Lopez
10.	Danilo Gallinari

see the rest of the list here

Baseball's Mitchell Report List of Players Using Steroids

The 300+ page report unveils more than 50 names (each of the 30 MLB teams having at least one player), including some MVPs and perennial All-Stars.

1.	Roger Clemens
2.	Albert Pujols
3.	Nomar Garciaparra
4.	Johnny Damon
5.	Pudge Rodriguez
6.	Gary Sheffield

7. ... see the entire list of 75+ names (and growing) by clicking here

Most Overrated Celebs

These are some of the most overrated stars and celebs in Hollywood and around the world - and what they are overrated for. Can you think of any others?

1.	Ben Affleck - acting
2.	Keanu Reeves - acting
3.	Paris Hilton - hotness
4.	Ozzy Osbourne - funniness
5.	Snoop Dogg - rapping
6.	Lorne Michaels - hilarity
7.	Whoopi Goldberg - as a person
8.	Tony Danza - coolness
9.	Madonna - singing
10.	Arnold Schwarzenegger - acting
11.	William Shatner - comedy
12.	Jessica Simpson - stupidty