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Mar 18, 2023·edited Mar 18, 2023

Yesterday's NY Times feature on Purdue Basketball asked a question in its headline that got an answer.

Also, I've never met an illegitimate child just like I've never met a unicorn. They don't exist. And----- I entirely understand a college student with the possibility of a professional career and improving the circumstances of a current or future family sitting out games to avoid injury. I think it can be a tactically smart team move for a professional player to sit out if not needed to improve play in later games. These can be viewed as selfless acts, not selfish.

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There's nothing wrong with Purdue's basketball team that a state-of-the-art $65 million training facility wouldn't solve. Look what it did for the football team!

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Mar 18, 2023·edited Mar 18, 2023

Ah, yes, These Athletes Today! Not like those athletes of yesteryear like Joe DiMaggio's famous predecessor in right field:

https://aminoapps.com/c/grand-slam/page/blog/babe-ruths-sex-life/wvY0_V0uouWVor2eX12e1wGd2Rwg6PXV12

Or Joe D's successor star in the Yankees' outfield:

https://www.salon.com/2010/10/08/mickey_mantle_biography/

Oh well, at least the athletes Back In The Day never consorted with criminals!

https://allthatsinteresting.com/arnold-rothstein

And Joe DiMaggio wasn't all about his personal branding!

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/new-york-times-whitey-ford-now-greatest-living-yankee/

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