<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430295648529521873.post365198155944269906..comments</id><updated>2008-06-17T18:28:09.556-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Sports Academic: Why the NBA Is Like Figure Skating</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/feeds/365198155944269906/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/365198155944269906/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/2008/06/what-nba-and-figure-skating-have-in.html'/><author><name>Corry Cropper</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09119335796285889376</uri><email>CorryCropper@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430295648529521873.post-7283952395072492657</id><published>2008-06-17T18:28:09.556-06:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T18:28:09.556-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Corry--Can you back the socio-historical "theory" ...</title><content type='html'>Corry--Can you back the socio-historical "theory" with evidence? It may simply be a question of the "form" of the sport: some require "judgment" (something the modern world attempts desperately to get rid of) and "objectivity"--or, on second thought, pseudo-objectivity since all sports require some kind of judgment, including golf, tennis, cycling, horseracing, etc.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/365198155944269906/comments/default/7283952395072492657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/365198155944269906/comments/default/7283952395072492657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/2008/06/what-nba-and-figure-skating-have-in.html?showComment=1213748889556#c7283952395072492657' title=''/><author><name>scott</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04289532075408343301</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/2008/06/what-nba-and-figure-skating-have-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430295648529521873.post-365198155944269906' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/posts/default/365198155944269906' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430295648529521873.post-92852844034101947</id><published>2008-06-17T15:14:52.658-06:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T15:14:52.658-06:00</updated><title type='text'>It is telling of our society that people (referees...</title><content type='html'>It is telling of our society that people (referees) are able to abuse their position for personal gain. Don't we call that fraud in corporate America? I'm not sure what crime it is considered by the Catholic Church when the Priest abuses his power given him by his position. The point is, we are moving (as a society) back to the Law of Moses way in order to protect ourselves.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/365198155944269906/comments/default/92852844034101947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/365198155944269906/comments/default/92852844034101947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/2008/06/what-nba-and-figure-skating-have-in.html?showComment=1213737292658#c92852844034101947' title=''/><author><name>Derek</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03824671394037872323</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.thesportsacademic.com/2008/06/what-nba-and-figure-skating-have-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430295648529521873.post-365198155944269906' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4430295648529521873/posts/default/365198155944269906' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>