or at least can lead to success at the gate.
In the early 1980's, a perennially underacheiving college football program got caught violating NCAA rules to the tune of "the most egregious ever" (and at the time it was). The school was put on probation, but came out of it all the better and hasn't looked back since.
During Prohibition, a family decided to "go against the grain," as it were, and make its fortune in the (at the time) illegal liquor business. That family came out of Prohibition all the better and hasn't looked back since.
In the 1990's, with its sport reeling with declining revenues partly the result of an unpopular player's strike, "aspects" of the sport started to inflate. It came out of those years ever stronger and hasn't looked back since.
The University of Florida, the Kennedys, and Major League Baseball all know that breaking the rules can pay if you do it big enough and bold enough.
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hey RU I'm at school too :0
"Cincy" The wall | 05/21/08, 10:07 AM
Report Offensive Commentkewl
RUGator | 05/21/08, 10:10 AM
Report Offensive CommentGood blog. At least UF came back. SMU never did when they got the death penalty for recruiting guys like Eric Dickerson with cash and other gifts.
J. HOVA: ALL FOR THE LOVE | 05/21/08, 10:43 AM
Report Offensive CommentAnd when NFL players got caught doing the same thing as the MLB players (Shawne Merriman) we just conveniently look the other way. Sad.
Thugmeister | 05/21/08, 11:25 AM
Report Offensive CommentSo the message is: If you cheat, cheat big?
haha
G.O.A.T. | 05/21/08, 03:45 PM
Report Offensive CommentGoat says "So the message is: If you cheat, cheat big?" It would appear that way. It doesn't appear as if any records from MLB steroid users will be thrown out or have a notation next to them. Marion Jones seems to be one of the few who will not be rembered for anything except being a steroid user as her records and medals have been deleted.
Red Zone | 05/21/08, 04:42 PM
Report Offensive CommentRed Zone, Jones's obvious problem was her inability to get other runners cheating WITH her. Then it would have been bigger thus winning and not being tarnished.
G.O.A.T. | 05/21/08, 05:04 PM
Report Offensive CommentYou never who how someone made their money.
Growing up 1 of the most respect people in our community was my families landlord - VP then chairman at the bank, wealthy landlord who owned thousands of acres of fertile farmland, all while coming out of a poor family and with no college education.
1 day his wife confided to my mom they got their 'Seed" money and survived their early years by running moon shine. He quit when he found himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun in the hands of some highjackers.
What all of these and the people in your story have in common is that they resorted to illicit means in their start and did or nearly did pay a high price, but unlike the common criminal, they created something from their gains, as illicit as the source was.
Prove It | 05/21/08, 06:48 PM
Report Offensive CommentInterestingly, I heard the author of a new book called something like "The Ten Books That Have Messed Up The World" (or something to that effect), talking about one of the books on his list, i.e., The Prince and the whole notion of "the end justifying the means." Kind of apropos here.
RUGator | 05/21/08, 08:36 PM
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