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Ex-Ref
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Posted: 05/12/18 6:52 pm ::: SC Plans Statue of A'ja Wilson |
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Basketball star A'ja Wilson is getting a statue at South Carolina.
University President Harris Pastides closed graduation ceremonies Saturday by announcing the school plans to build a statue of the national player of the year.
The project must be approved by the school's board of trustees. |
http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23482425/south-carolina-plans-statue-former-hoops-star-aja-wilson
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this.
How many other college athletes have statues of them on campus? She's a great player, but this seems a little much.
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myrtle
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Posted: 05/12/18 7:38 pm ::: |
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A bit much...but whatever floats their boat.
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StevenHW
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taropatch
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Posted: 05/13/18 4:56 am ::: |
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An article or announcement of this sort is normally published on the first day of April on some Clemson sports forum. SMH.
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 05/13/18 6:09 am ::: |
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Rather than just honoring their school's greatest WBB player, is this more an attempt to bolster the program's prominence, gain publicity, and aid recruiting?
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pilight
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Posted: 05/13/18 6:28 am ::: |
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Unlike some schools, South Carolina doesn't have a bunch of national championships. The WCBB one from 2017 was only the 4th in school history (two in men's baseball and one in women's outdoor track & field).
The only other SC athlete with a statue on campus is George Rogers, a football player. He thinks Wilson is deserving of a statue:
http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/university-of-south-carolina/usc-womens-basketball/article207616399.html
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Rogers thinks so.
“To me,” he said, “she's probably the best athlete to ever come through South Carolina.” |
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Youth Coach
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Posted: 05/13/18 10:16 am ::: |
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Seems a bit much, but since this doesn't actually affect my life in any way, I have a hard time working up much in the way of Internet Outrage over it.. |
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GlennMacGrady
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Posted: 05/13/18 10:53 am ::: |
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Why should this bother or offend anyone, especially on a site devoted to female basketball players?
As pilight has pointed out, Wilson was perhaps SCar's most successful athlete, and a local palmetto gal to boot.
Springfield College has a statue of James Naismith.
Notre Dame has a statue outside its basketball stadium of former athletic director Edward "Moose" Krause smoking a cigar. Elsewhere, they have statues of Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz, Mary and Jesus.
Outside its basketball arena UConn has a statue of a dog named Jonathan.
Georgetown may have a statue of a Hoya, draped in mystery. |
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Posted: 05/13/18 7:39 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Why should this bother or offend anyone, especially on a site devoted to female basketball players?
As pilight has pointed out, Wilson was perhaps SCar's most successful athlete, and a local palmetto gal to boot.
Springfield College has a statue of James Naismith.
Notre Dame has a statue outside its basketball stadium of former athletic director Edward "Moose" Krause smoking a cigar. Elsewhere, they have statues of Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz, Mary and Jesus.
Outside its basketball arena UConn has a statue of a dog named Jonathan.
Georgetown may have a statue of a Hoya, draped in mystery. |
Not quite the same.
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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Iluvacc
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Posted: 05/13/18 10:06 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Why should this bother or offend anyone, especially on a site devoted to female basketball players?
As pilight has pointed out, Wilson was perhaps SCar's most successful athlete, and a local palmetto gal to boot.
Springfield College has a statue of James Naismith.
Notre Dame has a statue outside its basketball stadium of former athletic director Edward "Moose" Krause smoking a cigar. Elsewhere, they have statues of Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Holtz, Mary and Jesus.
Outside its basketball arena UConn has a statue of a dog named Jonathan.
Georgetown may have a statue of a Hoya, draped in mystery. |
HELLO!!!!
To me the fact that South Carolina, a state not exactly known for its commitment to diversity, will have a statue of an African-American female basketball player on the grounds of its flagship state university is much bigger than basketball. Anyone that can't see that, is as much as I hate to use the term " a hater" plain and simple.
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justintyme
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Posted: 05/13/18 10:52 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Why should this bother or offend anyone, especially on a site devoted to female basketball players?
As pilight has pointed out, Wilson was perhaps SCar's most successful athlete, and a local palmetto gal to boot.
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Amen.
This should be something to be thrilled about. In what world is this a bad thing?
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Ex-Ref
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Posted: 05/14/18 8:17 am ::: |
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I didn't see where anyone was outraged, bothered, offended, hating, or anything of the sort.
What did I miss?
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“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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WNBA 09
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Posted: 05/14/18 10:50 am ::: |
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I didn't see where anyone was outraged, bothered, offended, hating, or anything of the sort.
What did I miss? |
Read some of the first few posts .
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Posted: 05/14/18 10:59 am ::: |
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WNBA 09 wrote: |
Ex-Ref wrote: |
I didn't see where anyone was outraged, bothered, offended, hating, or anything of the sort.
What did I miss? |
Read some of the first few posts . |
I have. All I'm seeing is what appears to be people thinking that it 'is a little odd, but whatever.'
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“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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willtalk
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Posted: 05/14/18 12:03 pm ::: |
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It also sort of implies that SC doesn't think they will ever have another NC or NPOY ever again. Sort of silly if you ask me.
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pilight
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Posted: 05/14/18 12:05 pm ::: |
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willtalk wrote: |
It also sort of implies that SC doesn't think they will ever have another NC or NPOY ever again. Sort of silly if you ask me. |
Having a statue of your first doesn't seem that odd. A Lobo statue would be appropriate for UConn.
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rykhala
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Posted: 05/14/18 1:50 pm ::: |
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There are thousands (a million?) of statues spread throughout the United States. Of those many monuments, the majority were erected to honor white men. Personally, I celebrate the effort to erect any statues that celebrate women and people of color. With all of the controversy surrounding the removal of statues, especially in the South, I find it odd that this move is not celebrated more widely.
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WNBA 09
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Posted: 05/14/18 2:16 pm ::: |
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There's a statue of Sheryl Swoopes in Lubbock and she only won 1 Title , so i dont see whats so weird about Aja Wilson having hers.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 05/14/18 2:27 pm ::: |
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WNBA 09 wrote: |
There's a statue of Sheryl Swoopes in Lubbock and she only won 1 Title , so i dont see whats so weird about Aja Wilson having hers. |
Was it erected right after she graduated or years later? Part of the puzzlement here I think is because it's so soon. Generally people get statues long after their accomplishments have happened.
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Posted: 05/15/18 11:10 am ::: |
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Which horse is Moaning Muffet?
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