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Where's the scholarship coming from

I was just hoping the discussion wasn't going to be all about this guy isn't coming back, or that guy is gonna get squeezed out, or how this guy isn't gonna make the grades, or etc. This board tries to keep such rumours from blossoming.

I was just hoping the discussion wouldn't sound so much like something one would read in a local newspaper with an axe to grind against a local school. (not that Peoria's local paper would do that with this local team)

Honestly, if one can't figure out on their own how/why a team would recruit a player when they are full on scholarships then... :roll:

As for the whole thing about me being a bully, and therefore people might think I am so full of myself, let me try to explain. I am actually trying to just joke around. There is one poster I am guessing feels bullied on this board (by me) and so I like to make a joke of it from time to time.

Chico and anyone else, if you would like to direct something to me personally not related to the topic, please feel free to PM me or email me.
 
MacabreMob said:
I was just hoping the discussion wasn't going to be all about this guy isn't coming back, or that guy is gonna get squeezed out, or how this guy isn't gonna make the grades, or etc. This board tries to keep such rumours from blossoming.

I was just hoping the discussion wouldn't sound so much like something one would read in a local newspaper with an axe to grind against a local school. (not that Peoria's local paper would do that with this local team)

Honestly, if one can't figure out on their own how/why a team would recruit a player when they are full on scholarships then... :roll:

As for the whole thing about me being a bully, and therefore people might think I am so full of myself, let me try to explain. I am actually trying to just joke around. There is one poster I am guessing feels bullied on this board (by me) and so I like to make a joke of it from time to time.

Chico and anyone else, if you would like to direct something to me personally not related to the topic, please feel free to PM me or email me.
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MMob, I don't think you are being a bully. You just give your opinion, as I do. If you noticed, I hadn't responded to the post about the scholarship until you made your post. No need to pm anyone.
 
The original post in this topic asked "Any new idea on who is leaving or how this would be handled".
I posted that we have a policy against naming players who we think should go. If that's what people think is "taking ourselves too seriously", I don't mind. I just didn't want such a discussion to involve specific players. Simply reinterating the rules.
 
Da Coach said:
The original post in this topic asked "Any new idea on who is leaving or how this would be handled".
I posted that we have a policy against naming players who we think should go. If that's what people think is "taking ourselves too seriously", I don't mind. I just didn't want such a discussion to involve specific players. Simply reinterating the rules.
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Well said DC.

I wish I had your ability to choose such nice words.

I think I tried to say the same thing but I went about it all wrong. I guess I am just a self-centered bully. :wink:
 
Da Coach said:
when posters mistakenly think sites like Bradleyfans are bound by some constitutional free speech rights to allow anything people want to say. There is simply no such free speech rights here.
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I can testify to that. And whats funnier is that you all make no bones about it. Therefore its not really an open forum, its more of a propaganda machine. On the flip side because it is privatley owned then you are subject to being held accountable by the rumor mongering that goes on here. I hope you legal staff is ready to roll
 
guy....most everything said on these boards IS allowed, and deletions are actually quite, quite rare.

We have fewer arguments, less bickering, and less trouble than any other board I have ever seen, and it's due to fair moderating.

But we do reserve the right to moderate posts that cross the line, and guess who decides where that line is....the moderators.

By the way....recently I posted a summary of all the stuff on lawsuits and what's said on message boards.

In all the years of message boards, there have been virtually NO successful lawsuits against people who simply stated an opinion or even a rumor.
The only suits were in cases of gross, intentions, and slanderous llibel of individuals, and even then...those suits are quite, quite rare.

BUT..........the suits always contained the disclaimer that the message board operators are NO MORE liable than would a coffee shop owner be liable if someone said something in onbe of his booths.

Just read the threads on this page....especially further down...
http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6998&start=40
 
I check finished checking with each member of our legal council, and they say we're fine!

I recall that this topic has been discussed at length before. Proprietors of internet forums are not responsible for what others post, unless it violates trademark or licensing laws.
The fact that we do have guidelines and rules for posting demonstrates that Bradleyfans is showing responsibility.

This forum is like any other of millions of forums on the internet. We welcome ideas, but there are rules, like there are with anything else we do in life. I am sorry if that's a concept not everyone can understand.

What I don't understand is why if you find this board so objectionable and unpleasant, do you keep coming back? :twisted: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Justaguy said:
Da Coach said:
when posters mistakenly think sites like Bradleyfans are bound by some constitutional free speech rights to allow anything people want to say. There is simply no such free speech rights here.
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I can testify to that. And whats funnier is that you all make no bones about it. Therefore its not really an open forum, its more of a propaganda machine. On the flip side because it is privatley owned then you are subject to being held accountable by the rumor mongering that goes on here. I hope you legal staff is ready to roll
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Therefore its not really an open forum, its more of a propaganda machine.
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The legal council has also endorsed a change in the name of the forum. It will henceforth be called the Bradleyfans Propaganda Machine.
 
Justaguy said:
being held accountable by the rumor mongering that goes on here.
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Endless places in print and on the web freely promote rumors,
All these columns readily admit they are filled with rumors:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/scorecard/04/18/truth.rumors.mlb/index.html
http://www.benmaller.com/
http://wonkette.com/politics/rumors-on-the-internets/rumors-on-the-internets-cow-tao-253126.php
http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_21663.shtml
http://www.hoopshype.com/rumors.htm
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
(PM me if you want countless more)

and yet most of what appears on this particular board turns out to be remarkably true and accurate.

if you are witch-hunting against grounds-less rumors, I can point you to a few places light-years worse than this board.
http://www.people.com/people/magazine/0,,,00.html
http://www.etonline.com/
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/
http://pjstar.com/sports/KIRK_WESSLER/
 
Chico said:
I have never seen a post where someone thought this board was objectionable or unpleasant.
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Sorry, I just need a drink. Anyone got any Koolaid, I like the red. :wink:
 
Da Coach said:
Therefore its not really an open forum, its more of a propaganda machine.
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The legal council has also endorsed a change in the name of the forum. It will henceforth be called the Bradleyfans Propaganda Machine.
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And our mascot can be called "Captain Kool-Aid"
 
I have been thinking about creating a new User ID.

That way I have one for just comments from time to time and another that seems addicted to this board and bullies everyone. Heck - I could even bully myself around.

:lol:
 
MacabreMob said:
I have been thinking about creating a new User ID.

That way I have one for just comments from time to time and another that seems addicted to this board and bullies everyone. Heck - I could even bully myself around.

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