Awards in the Mail

Hey Everyone,

Well I got a good surprise in the mail today. I got a HUGE plaque for being NABC All American First Teamer. It probably wouldn't be considered huge to some people but considering what I have gotten for my other achievements in college, it is by far the best and biggest award. I get two actually one for the school and one for me, but I might just keep both for myself! (Laugh) Don't tell anyone I said that though please. The Gulf South Conference doesn't do awards like you would think they do. First, I got Freshman of the Year, and didn't get an award, I may have gotten a piece of paper stating something that I could have printed out on the computer. I thought to myself well maybe Freshman of the Year just isn't a big deal. Then, I got 2nd Team All Conference my sophomore year, this time not even the piece of paper. I said this time, "well, maybe you have to make First Team All Conference." Then, I finally reached a main goal my junior year and was First Team All Conference. What happened? A pat on the back. Once again this year, no awards from the conference. I might sound like a snobby, whiny, little pain in the ass complaining about how many trophies I feel I deserve, but honestly I did earn those things I mentioned, and I am going to have nothing to remember it by, nothing to show my children. In reality, it will be really embarrassing and sad if I have to go pay for some trophies of my own. Ok, well enough ranting on my part, I have been doing some other reading lately. I read an article on Yahoo.com about a walk-on that sits on the end of the bench at Ohio State University. He has his own blog about his view from the bench. We don't necessarily have much in common except for the fact he has a blog, and I have a blog. I play a different level of basketball, and I actually get to play, but we do also live in the same state. A lot of what I just said might not make a ton of sense but long story short, this player, Mark Titus, put his name into the NBA Draft. It is considered a joke because he has zero chance of playing in the NBA (yes, smaller than mine) and he is doing it to expand the viewers in his blog. The NBA doesn't want to be made out to be a joke, so they demanded he pull his name out. Most players would just get to put their name in and they would just be passed over quietly, but this guy has proved himself to have some kind of power or authority if he has done something to make the NBA angry. If the NBA didn't want to be made fun of, and didn't want to make this a big deal they should have just ignored him and not let him get them exactly where he wants them. Anyways, they must have scared him or threatened to take his kneecaps because he did drop his name out, but really they could have avoided this by not trying to avoid it. Some people never learn!

Nick Kdoehzsitre (This is the puzzle of the day)