The Finals - Game 1

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
Hmmmm, I didn't know that discussing an issue was "whining about it". I guess we need to get rid of this officiating whining board if that's all we do here.

While it may be silly to you, evidently it's not silly to the dozens of D1 school presidents and athletic directors who have complained to the NCAA about the spots. There's been a great deal of dialogue about it and I don't think that it's over. I see both sides of the debate but personally I couldn't care less about the recruiting aspects. You'll note that I haven't advocated wither side. I'm just discussing the issue.

And say what you want about the commercial, it has nothing to do with using a credit card. If that didn't display the AE logo at the end of it, you'd never know it was a credit card spot. The commercial is about Coach K and how successful he and his program have been.

Finally, I'm tired of the stupid commercial.

I didn't mean to imply you're whining about it. But a lot of the complaints do amount to just a lot of whining about a silly commercial.

And of course the commercial is about the coach, AE is paying him - and others btw - to attach their names to their brand. You wanna be like Coach K, a succesful basketball coach & West Point grad? Use the AE card. Or maybe you wanna be like Robert Deniro, he's a tough guy who lives in downtown NY. Or maybe you just want to be more like Ellen. We don't care, just use our damn card.