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Old Wed Apr 12, 2000, 01:51pm
jackgil jackgil is offline
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Hawks Coach -

It is relevant that you read the report. If you did not and you made those comments you would be guilty of blindly defending the researchers without regard to the accuracy of their conclusions.

I would be willing to bet (gentleman's bet of course, please don't label me an incessant gambler) that there is not another group of people that could say that 97% of them DO NOT GAMBLE and that includes clergy, choir boys, coaches and the NCAA Rules Committee.

Hawks Coach there is a way of discussing issues without using inflammatory language such as you have used since you joined this forum (e.g., "emotional potshots at authors", or an earlier comment "Without looking at the study, you are criticizing the work of professionals with professional credentials. That is like a coach questioning referee calls without ever consulting a rulebook", and this post "It has come to this. Rather than dealing with the facts, folks are now questioning the motives of the researchers,
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