FB: Liberty League

[maxpower]

Ithaca's plan to take over the world continues; an alum (and guy I worked with) is hired as Union's ASID:

http://www.cosida.com/news/2008/8/13/0813084158_4940.aspx

Speaking of SID's.....has anyone ever had a cool one??  I will not name names, but during my time at Union, our SID went through a divorce and buried himself in Jack Daniels for 2 years....he went downhill FAST!!!  He seemed like a nice enough guy, but bared a strong resemblance to 'Crusty the Clown'.

There are plenty of terrible ones... but I won't name names.

Mike Warwick at IC, as Jose often mentions, is the hardest-working and most professional SID in DIII, of course I'm biased but I worked for him and it was a great experience. Fran Elia of Cortland is another great one. But yeah, try going to a COSIDA convention and having a good time with good company... it'll be tough.

[union89]

When you're expected to work a minimum of 60 hours a week and get paid for 40 -- and get paid CRAP for doing it -- it's hard to be Mr. or Ms. Sunshine.

That sheds a lot of light on the subject.

Pat, in all honesty....what do you see as upside to an SID position?  It doesn't really seem like it lends itself to other positions in sports media....also seems to be very low profile.

[Pat Coleman]

People who enjoy SID jobs, truly enjoy them, tend to say they like working with college students, or at this level, with players who are truly playing for the love of the game. They may be people who like to write or do PR. But it's often an entry-level job and many schools treat it that way.

However, in terms of moving from SID to other positions, if you can write you can move into journalism easily or into the college's PR office (which has more normal hours and almost always pays better, even though it is the same job). You can move up into athletics administration from there as well.

[union89]

People who enjoy SID jobs, truly enjoy them, tend to say they like working with college students, or at this level, with players who are truly playing for the love of the game. They may be people who like to write or do PR. But it's often an entry-level job and many schools treat it that way.

However, in terms of moving from SID to other positions, if you can write you can move into journalism easily or into the college's PR office (which has more normal hours and almost always pays better, even though it is the same job). You can move up into athletics administration from there as well.

Thanks for your input.

[Jonny Utah]

When I was at Ithaca, the SID was Pete Moore.  Great guy and he did a great job.  Hes at the Cuse now....

http://www.suathletics.com/info/bio.asp?staffid=94

[superman57]

Norm Kieffer at Fisher is a stand up guy...

[dewcrew88]

Norm Kieffer at Fisher is a stand up guy...

Agreed. He has helped me out with anything I've needed.

I'm not sure about the Utica guy..he's been in there for only a couple years, but the AD, Jim Spartano is a terrific guy.

[PBR...]

pbr is in luv....paraguay's olympic javelin thrower holy toledo!!! a must see!!

http://machochip.com/2008/08/paraguayan-javelin-thrower-ler.php

[labart96]

holy toledo is right!

k+

btw - TGP has finished the annual hobart pre-season preview.  happy to email it to any one who may be interested (yeah, right).  just pm and i'll shoot it over.

thx.

tgp

[union89]

pbr is in luv....paraguay's olympic javelin thrower holy toledo!!! a must see!!

http://machochip.com/2008/08/paraguayan-javelin-thrower-ler.php

WOW......remember when we were talking about that pole vaulter that RT introduced us to??

This chick smokes her AND Kornoukova..........

Viva Paraguay!!!!!!!!!

[superman57]

Norm Kieffer at Fisher is a stand up guy...

Agreed. He has helped me out with anything I've needed.

I'm not sure about the Utica guy..he's been in there for only a couple years, but the AD, Jim Spartano is a terrific guy.

Dew, Gil is a graduate of Norm Keifer U... I took some classes with Gil, he is a stand up guy, though you should ask him about his parks and recreation video... Just Kidding....

[superman57]

Is superman the only one who thinks that this tv show has been a LONG time coming...http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/exiled/series.jhtml

[PBR...]

a truly sad day for pbr ....pbr is a huge fan

http://www.dmband.com/

[JT]

Is superman the only one who thinks that this tv show has been a LONG time coming...http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/exiled/series.jhtml

Thanks for the tip.  Saw the sneak preview.  One the best lines is the chick that goes, "Your sending me to the mountains? I thought Peru was an island"

Classic.

This will be Tivo'd in the JT household.

[JT]

Is fantasy LLPP football only a ten team league for 2008?