Comments on: Warriors land a rush end

By: RedZone

RedZone — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:53:07 +0000

So if Huskie coach is found guilty will it affect what their program? Some say it may be a reason why the Sark is going after Orgeron.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/usc/la-sp-1219-usc-washington-recruit-20131219,0,2217807.story#axzz2onUEVAZb

By: Bowwar

Bowwar — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:28:24 +0000

That’s a very old article written before Gregory played at Mt. Sac. I think Reardon’s article is more current and accurate. It’s a long haul as to whether Gregory will regain admittance to the UH, but its nice to know he wants to come back and make amends.

By: pu'uwai

pu'uwai — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:05:42 +0000

#130 Doesn’t appear WG will return. Mahalo for the info.

Imua Rainbow Warriors!!!

By: PaulCrewe

PaulCrewe — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:45:58 +0000

Will Gregory is now enrolled in classes at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif. Gregory was expelled from UH after the fall, 2012 semester for repeatedly breaking campus housing rules.
He initially had hopes to return to school at UH and rejoin the football team, but in a phone interview last week said that is no longer the case.
“No, I don’t see that happening,” said Gregory, who rushed for 691 yards and three touchdowns last year as a second-year freshman for the Warriors.
Gregory said he doesn’t know yet if he will remain at Mt. SAC to play football this fall. His uncle, former UH assistant coach George Lumpkin, said he’s looking at other options for Gregory.
“We’re not sure right now,” Lumpkin said today. “We’re looking at some other (junior colleges), too. “Possibly Mt. SAC, possibly somewhere else.”
If Gregory earns an associate’s degree he could play Division I football again.
When I asked Lumpkin if he thought Gregory might return to UH at some point in his college football career, he echoed his nephew.
“No,” Lumpkin said. “Not at all.”
http://quickreads.staradvertiserblogs.com/2013/07/08/will-gregory-says-he-wont-be-back/

By: pu'uwai

pu'uwai — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:11:53 +0000

Aloha kakahiaka.

Good to hear the possibility of Will Gregory returning.

Imua Rainbow Warriors!!!

By: PolyMom

PolyMom — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 17:08:50 +0000

Happy Tavai picked the Warriors. Be happy people!

By: 3-Prong

3-Prong — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:47:26 +0000

Dave Shoji Returning…..Let’s Go Bows!

By: wafan

wafan — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 16:46:30 +0000

Good morning!

By: Maddog50

Maddog50 — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:30:26 +0000

Nice to see some size and speed added to the D with Mr. Tavai….also according to one blog Will Gregory interested in a return…..hope it occurs…pretty good stock of developing RB’s, Iosefa, Lakalaka, Wily, St. Juste….this would be a plus along with Riggins….Good News…Go Warriors

By: boolakanaka

boolakanaka — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 15:11:36 +0000

118….A couple of add on points in regards to NFL players and their plight. Now, when you factor in that while white men in the United States on average live to age 78 and African-American men to about 70, “it appears that professional football players in both the United States and Canada have life expectancies in the mid- to late-50s,” Harvard researchers wrote in a summary of their project.

So, even if one were to play the requisite amount of years (4) to obtain a pension, most will only receive a couple of years of benefit. What we are actually talking about, is that these men, who do not have any secured contracts (btw, these contracts are very different from those in MLB and NBA) pay the way for the huge revenues that league makes, which is now in the billions. Despite that, there has been obvious duplicity on the part of the league to one, acknowledge the existence of chronic brain injury, and two, a conscription not to pay for those injuries.

When you stack those facts that most players will not make it to receive their benefits, which they have paid into, with blood and treasure, their situation reminds me of the Newport tobacco case and the black community. The internal documents revealed previously inaccessible evidence about the ways Big Tobacco marketed cigarettes, targeted specific populations, and sought to deny the dangers of smoking. Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black populations reveals much about how these companies perceived African Americans and the strategies they used to create and maintain Black smokers. Tobacco marketing has of course always targeted different demographic groups, and used a variety of strategies.

While Blacks had the freedom to either smoke and/or not smoke, when there is a covert and sustained effort to gain their market share, via both advertisements and addictive chemicals, it makes it an uneven and moreover unethical playing field.

Again, players are rewarded while they play, but lest us not forget that after taxes and agents fees, they make about just have that amount in net. If they are to take great risk for our viewing pleasure, they should at least know ALL of the risks, and those risks should be appropriately compensated for in way of sufficient and sustained healthcare.