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MANCHESTER - Paul LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University, is quickly filling up the white grease board in his office as he attempts to diagram the progress of what has become the fastest growing university in the country, if you count online students. And he certainly does.
The private, not-for-profit university may only have about next level with the launch of College for America - a Web-based approach to higher education whereby the school will partner with employers to develop competency-based programs that reward proven skills rather than grades on a transcript.
College for America will offer a two-year degree for only $5,000, most of it funded by financial aid or employer contributions. The idea of an associate degree in general studies from an accredited university, with a focus on business administration, at such a low cost, is attracting a lot of attention.
When LeBlanc talks about the possibility of a bachelor's degree for $10,000, people take notice.
The CFA program was approved in September by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the regional accrediting association that establishes standards for all levels of education, from pre-K to doctoral. It's the first program of its kind to be considered by the federal Department of Education for Title 4 approval, which would make students in the program eligible for Pell Grants and other forms of federal financial aid.
Title 4 approval has traditionally been predicated on the credit hour - the three-credit course - but there is a provision in the law designed to support assessment of skills and competency. "We are waiting eagerly to see if the Department of Education will approve it (the CFA) on that basis," said LeBlanc. "We have passed their preliminary review, and we submitted at their behest. We didn't go in uninvited."
Even with Department of Education approval still pending, several major employers have already signed up for CFA programs and expect to collectively enroll a few hundred students in the first semester. The college's charter partners in New Hampshire include Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Riverwoods Retirement Community in Exeter. The city of Memphis, Federal Express and ConAgra Foods have also signed deals for their employees.
The CFA is employer based and has no "retail" component for now, but if it grows at the same rate as the college's conventional online programs, the sky's the limit. LeBlanc points out that the school's traditional for-credit online courses with faculty instructors grew from a few hundred students five years ago to 23,000 today. With the right corporate partnerships, LeBlanc believes CFA could be enrolling 100,000 to 200,000 students in a few years.
Getting national attention
His predictions are not to be shrugged off, given SNHU's track record in the past decade. The school has been getting so much attention for its growth in online enrollment and revenue that LeBlanc spends much of his time on the speaking circuit these days, explaining how a small, regional university grew annual revenues from $32 million in 2009 to $128 million in 2013 and is on track to earn $200 million next year.
The school was recently featured in a Forbes special section on innovation and was recognized by FAST magazine as one of the 12 most innovative companies in the world - the only university to make the list. LeBlanc will be the keynote speaker at Educause 2013, the premier information technology convention for higher education.
He is quick to share the credit with his associates at SNHU and to point out that the university had a culture of innovation when he arrived, in 2003. "I didn't bring innovation to the university. It was here, and I was able to build on that tradition," he said. "Long before I arrived, SNHU launched a three-year undergraduate degree, and it's only now getting the proper attention and celebration because all of the sudden three-year programs are all the rage."
Online learning is certainly all the rage, as well, but until SNHU came along, it was largely the domain of big for-profit online players such as the University of Phoenix, Kaplan or DeVry.
"The thing that many of them feared for a long time was that a nonprofit would figure out how to develop the same operational prowess," LeBlanc said. "We think that given the choice between the two, the market will always go for the not-for-profit, as long as they can be as good."
SNHU has paid a lot of attention to developing that operational prowess. While most traditional brick-and-mortar colleges or universities have dipped their toes into online with a smattering of offerings controlled mostly by existing faculty, SNHU dove in with both feet, set up an independent online operation in a separate location in the Manchester Millyard, and funded it aggressively.
"We moved (the online operation) downtown almost six years ago with under 25 people," he said. "Today we have 350. We are one of the best employment stories in Manchester. These are good-paying jobs - marketing people, data analytics, media communications, academic people."
The traditional online operation, known as the College of Online and Continuing Education, set the stage for the College For America project, but just as the online operation was separated from the main campus, the CFA will also have its own space and its own staff.
Different objectives
Back at the grease board, LeBlanc draws images to represent each of the school's three student groups - the traditional on-campus student; the online student; and the new CFA student. Each has different goals that the university is trying to meet.
The traditional student population is not likely to grow much larger than the current 2,050 students, LeBlanc said, because that is the optimum size for the "coming-of-age" experience that most postsecondary school students are looking for. Those students have benefited from the school's online strategy, as the revenue growth has poured millions into the SNHU endowment, scholarships, financial aid and buildings.
"We've increased our dollars invested back into supporting students by 65 percent in three years," he said. "We're building a new library right now on the main campus. So it's not just online growth. The main campus has grown tremendously. We have 40 students in local hotels again this year, and 80 students in converted lounges or triples. We're constructing a new 300-bed dormitory."
A four-year degree for those students will cost more than $110,000.
Students in the College of Online and Continuing Education are a different group with different goals. They're looking for career advancement and credentials. "This is the 30-year-old typically who has two priorities in their education - family and career - someone who has served in the military, has been in the workplace. They came of age a long time ago." Their degree will cost them about $38,000.
The College for America targets the lowest people on the corporate food chain - people for whom higher education has traditionally been out of reach, the person making a modest hourly wage, looking for an on-ramp to move up in their company. In an economy where 70 percent of all new jobs are going to require a two-year degree or better, they are in danger of being left behind. That's where the $10,000 degree comes in.
Making big claims
"We make two big claims to employers," LeBlanc said. "If you work with us, we will educate your employees at much lower cost, and we will stand behind the claims we make on their learning like no other institution in the country."
The students can work at their own pace, with no set end or start times for semesters or course offerings. They work with instructional materials created by SNHU personnel from a variety of sources and in a variety of media, with peer and mentor support from the online community and in the workplace. At various points in the learning process, the work of the student is evaluated by an expert in the field, who may or may not be an SNHU faculty member. If the work meets the college standards, the student moves on to the next level.
The writing program, for example, starts with this competency: "Can write a paragraph." It then moves on to "Can write a five-paragraph essay," and several competencies later ends with "Can write an appropriately researched and documented argumentative text."
Not only does the university certify that the student can do those things, it also provides online proof in the form of a virtual portfolio containing the student's work in text, audio or video formats for review by an incumbent or potential employer.
The College for America isn't designed to supplant traditional online offerings with their paid instructional materials and distinguished faculty, and it certainly isn't designed to replace the on-campus college experience for American youth. It is testing a new model that extends access to higher education across the economic spectrum and ties outcomes directly to the needs of employers.
Most of all, CFA wants to prove that higher education can deliver on its traditional promise.
"We are seeing too many people pass through higher ed who can't do what they claim they can do," LeBlanc said. "Traditionally, we were OK with the transcript because of the notion that the traditional college degree meant something. We assumed if you had a college degree you could write, you could do math. We assumed if you had a college degree you had some sense of the scientific process and method. People don't assume that anymore."
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I really doubt Nelson stays around - he specifically left Orlando to play for a contender. This seems like the kind of situation where he either gets waived or moved again. That said, the way he played in Dallas, I don't see a lot of playoff-worth teams who'll get a big upgrade by dealing assets to get him.
The first-rounder is reported to be heavily protected and very likely to be 2016 or further and there's not much chance of it being mid-round or earlier. So the likely outcome is a development player who's a couple of years from contributing heavily.
Wright's a niche player - Crowder is more or less a straight wing, with little upside at the 2. Powell's a body.
I think the way Rondo had played this year, the haul they got was more or less what they could expect. It doesn't seem like it's the kind of haul you'd get for a guy with the potential for star play that Rondo has, but a bit like Vince Carter leaving Toronto (with the added deflator of a big, recent injury), if the player isn't playing up to their potential and they're pretty publicly looking to get out, it does tie your hands a little bit.
posted by dfleming at 07:26 AM on December 19
I won a bunch of defensive player awards up to college as a second baseman and I attributed it to the field right around the corner from us (we grew up in the hood) being a horrific mix of gravel, rocks and very little upkeep. My dad/friends would go with me to hit an hour a day's worth of unpredictable ground balls and one-hops.
There were a number of bloody noses from balls that bounced the wrong way, but come game time it made the traditional fields seem like carpet.
posted by dfleming at 01:53 PM on December 16
The current MVP odds according to those invest in their beliefs.
Sure, but the last defensive player being named MVP was in 1986 and 6 of the last 7 were quarterbacks. It's the money decision to bet on the best QB available based on who typically gets voted. There are a lot of people who question whether or not a defensive player can even get fair consideration from many voters.
Arian Foster is a top tier running back. I have a feeling Andre Johnson still has more in the tank than his quarterbacks were getting out of him.
Arian's missed 11 of the team's last 30 games - which is to say he's an elite RB 2/3 of the time. Eddie Lacy is a 24-year-old tier 2 back with 1,300 all-purpose yards and 12 TDs, which puts him near the top of the second tier, if not in the top tier.
At this point in their careers, would you take Hopkins/Johnson over Nelson/Cobb? Even with Johnson having more in the tank than he's showing, I just don't see the gap between the two pairings being that great. They're both elite pairings in the NFL.
posted by dfleming at 07:06 AM on December 16
If the Texans had Aaron Rodgers they would on their way to a division title.
That is crazy talk. The point differential on his own scores, scores called back due to people holding him(another last night against Indy) and the amount of energy teams spend on offence just trying to deal with him is the reason they are winning games at all.
Rodgers has more talent and health on both sides of the field in GB than he would have in Texas without Watt.
posted by dfleming at 03:09 PM on December 15
In the grand scheme of things, a few months of Jon Lester for one year of Rick Porcello is a heck of a deal.
Masterson for $9.5m seems pretty pricey, but at least his alternating horrible season/great season career cycle means he's due for a great year this year.
Allen Webster and Rubby De La Rosa seem joined at the hip - they were traded to Boston together, and are now heading to Arizona together.
posted by dfleming at 05:39 PM on December 11
And Lester is a postseason ace?
3-0 and one earned run allowed in three World Series starts and 21 innings. No slouch for sure.
posted by dfleming at 06:47 PM on December 10
Lester isn't going to bring the additional 17 wins the Cubs need to make the post season even if he has a career year.
Lester, Montero, Hammel, Joe Maddon and a stable of young, talented, and growing players is a damn good way to close the gap, anyways.
Put another way - outside of your completely arbitrary two-year deadline on his effectiveness, at least two of the real contenders for his services - the Giants and Dodgers - were guys it was going to be easier to hurdle for a wild card spot with him than against him. If Lester's a 4.0 WAR pitcher next year, you gain 8 games on the potential outcome that he signs with one of them.
posted by dfleming at 12:19 PM on December 10
I don't really get what the restructuring will do - there's a salary cap in place, and a bunch of big money team in the East who seemed plagued by front-office incompetence. That won't last forever - well, for the Knicks, maybe it will.
In the West, the last two decades have involved foundational players - Kobe, Dirk, Duncan/Ginobli/Parker, Durant/Westbrook, etc - who stayed in one place and were a foundation to build on. In the East, for whatever reasons, players seem more fluid - LeBron, Bosh, Howard, etc. There are obvious exceptions, but the teams who've been good in the West for a while have been stable, and there haven't been a lot of stable Eastern teams recently, with the exception of the big 3 on the Celtics, the Pacers to some extent, and the dream team Heat.
posted by dfleming at 07:23 AM on December 03
76ers regular season wins this season
Flyers match penalties this season
posted by dfleming at 07:12 PM on December 01
I think Lawrie might be one of those guys who gets healthy once he's out of Toronto - he plays the game hard, hits the deck often, and on the turf in Toronto that's a recipe for being continually banged up.
posted by dfleming at 08:23 AM on November 30
Especially with team control for years, totally. The Blue Jays built a stable of young arms and Nolin was buried for the foreseeable future behind other guys.
posted by dfleming at 05:02 PM on November 29
The legend of Masai Ujiri continues - getting Lowry back on an insanely reasonable deal allowed them to pick up Lou Williams and James Johnson to deepen the bench despite Landry Fields' dead weight contract.
posted by dfleming at 09:11 AM on November 23
The Blue Jays get Russell Martin for 5 years, $82m. Martin's 5.5 WAR was third behind Jonathan Lucroy and Buster Posey last year among catchers and he finished 13th in NL MVP voting.
Despite on face value seeming like crazy money for a 31-year-old catcher, the way he seems to call games with piecemeal, young pitching staffs just might be the wisest thing the Jays could've done with that money on the market right now.
posted by dfleming at 01:59 PM on November 17
I've read there is an opt-out in 2019 or 2020 in the deal, which makes oodles of sense getting this deep into bed with Jeffrey Loria. If his end goal was the money, he got there, but if consistently being on a competitive team matters to him, he's perhaps got the leverage to make that happen.
It's hard to imagine with Loria's track record he's going to consistently have someone behind him in the lineup that strikes enough fear for teams to consistently give him eminently hittable pitches.
This also makes Mike Trout's deal even more of a steal for the Angels, considering he's a better player on a similar arbitration-avoiding deal for about $1m/year less til 2020, when in theory they both could be free agents.
posted by dfleming at 11:15 AM on November 17
13 years, $325 million for Giancarlo Stanton. The annual value is 52.5% of the Marlins' total 2014 team salary.
posted by dfleming at 07:51 PM on November 14
Andy Dalton's QB rating of 2.0 last night was the worst for a QB with more than 30 passing attempts since 1983.
Of course, of the things that one could talk about being subpar last night, Jeremy Hill thought it best to focus on the Browns being worse than he thought. Hill of course torched the Browns for 55 yards on 12 carries and a lost fumble, in a performance that left fans saying "....who?"
posted by dfleming at 07:12 AM on November 07
The plot for this alternate timeline where Yost doesn't bunt in the 5th would be interesting - he plays against the data for an entire season which gets them to game 7 in the World Series, then get hit by lightning/a heaved, massive burrito off a bridge/a Motley Crue drumstick at a concert, and when he wakes up is equipped with an entirely different analytical framework.
Because as you all know, if you change it at any other point, who knows what happens in the rest of the timeline. Perhaps he takes up swing dance because that's what the ladies in grade 11 were into.
posted by dfleming at 04:17 PM on October 30
Affeldt really was an unsung hero this postseason - 11 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, 7 holds, and two key wins - the other being the complete bailout job he did for Santiago Castilla that preserved the lead before Ishikawa hit the big home run against St. Louis.
posted by dfleming at 07:57 AM on October 30
If the initial starter is ineffective, doesn't the official scorer have discretion to choose any reliever he or she feels contributed most to the win, even if it was not the pitcher of record when the final lead was taken? I thought it was originally a win, they even mentioned it on air in like the 8th or 9th after Joe Buck mentioned the 5 inning save and corrected himself shortly after. So why did it turn it from a win to a save a while later?
The relief pitcher of record who enters the game needs to be deemed ineffective by the scorers in order for them to pick someone else as the winner. Affeldt was the pitcher of record when they scored the 3rd run and had thrown 2.1 scoreless innings which doesn't qualify as being ineffective.
There are degrees of judgment involved, but Affeldt did a solid job and deserved the win, while Baumgarner deserved the save. I think the scorers got a bit caught up initially in the romance, which to be fair, I would too.
posted by dfleming at 07:53 AM on October 30
See, they would've said that to Ol' Colt a few years ago, but he didn't let a little thing like mediocrity get in the way of an occasional paycheque.
posted by dfleming at 10:38 PM on October 28
Got evacuated out of the downtown core about half an hour ago. Crazy, sad day.
posted by dfleming at 04:09 PM on October 22
I know the Jets carried a lot of cap space through the off season, but at 1-6, this seems like an odd move. They're not exactly one wide receiver away from anything.
They're maybe one receiver away from finishing on a high enough note that Idzick and Ryan keep their jobs. They need progress to make that happen, and Harvin's a hail mary attempt at that.
The pick doesn't really matter to either of them if they get canned following a 2- or 3-win season. I see this as borrowing from the future to keep yourself alive a little while longer.
posted by dfleming at 04:32 PM on October 18
The Royals have a terrible GM, a terrible manager, and terrible plate discipline.
And people are going to go ahead and use them regardless as an example for how the game is changing rather than considering the "weird shit happens sometimes" effect. Like Time, who say the Royals are leading a movement with their one truly successful year in 20 years.
Pitching and defence have been the foundation of the game forever, but a single data point on a quirky team doesn't mean a trend. Go back a couple of years and both San Fran and St. Louis hardly ran at all in 2010/11. Plus - it's not been THAT long since a team that hit a lot of home runs made the World Series.
posted by dfleming at 04:00 PM on October 16
It will be interesting to see what happens with Murray the rest of the way - he's on pace to eclipse his previous high in carries in game 9. The Cowboys talked about easing off his workload, but he touched the ball 35 times last night.
He's on pace to just break Larry Johnson's carries record, which for a guy with a questionable track record for health is playing fast and loose. That said, the Cowboys are a pretty devastating team when Romo's able to play off a running game and not do-it-himself, so unless Joseph Randle shows he's able to consistently get yardage on touches, I'm not sure they can stay this good without him.
posted by dfleming at 11:39 AM on October 13
Jesus - Joe Flacco has 5 touchdown passes at the half against a Bucs team who look utterly hopeless right now.
posted by dfleming at 02:25 PM on October 12
But remember what it was like when ESPN dropped hockey and a big chunk of its time on SportsCenter disappeared? How would that feel if it happened to baseball?
Again - baseball TV contracts continue to be more valuable than ever. This is nowhere near being a reality. Baseball is still #2 in the major 4 for ratings.
I'm surprised there are so many voices here for baseball doing nothing about game length and speed of play. Do you all really think baseball needs no changes? If so, how do you explain the long drop in World Series ratings, and why is that not a problem?
There's been a huge dip since the 2005 PED congress hearings that has never been recovered. They have a 4-7 game series' held in October - which, since the 1980's, has meant they're competing at night with prime-time shows on an expanding dial of channels.
The Super Bowl, comparatively, is one Sunday night in February, at the same time every year, and has nothing else to compete with on the dial. It also has a shit-ton of people who don't watch the game content who watch the program.
Additionally - MLB.TV and online streaming mean Neilsen ratings aren't necessarily capturing the whole picture anymore. I haven't watched a game on cable TV in years. Multiple time-zones and a 4-7 game series mean people who have to go to work can't necessarily catch San Francisco finals games.
There's also the argument that a successful Toronto team captures an entire Canada market (see: 1992 and 1993's super ratings), and they've been out of it for so long that it barely registers up here.
The point being - concluding the game is too long, in a very changing world, is the reason people don't watch the World Series anymore is ignoring a lot of factors - one huge one being, a lot of people still haven't forgiven baseball for the PED scandal.
posted by dfleming at 05:48 PM on October 04
I think it can be both. When you sit down to watch a game on TV, baseball asks for more of your time than any other major spectator sport.
Tennis? Auto racing? Wresting/MMA pay-per-view? Golf on a championship Sunday? Football coverage on a regular Sunday? Cycling? Poker? People are willing to invest four hours to watch sports and entertainment.
As for getting out of the hustle and bustle, would any team sport but baseball be described that way for spectators? It's an odd selling point. Hustle and bustle is pretty entertaining in soccer, football, hockey and basketball.
Baseball has always had a different pace than those sports, and yet has somehow survived for over a hundred years. Not to mention, attendance is up and TV contracts are worth more than they have ever been.
Killing the intentional walk obviously won't kill the game, but killing it also won't make baseball more exciting than video games or as fast-paced as football, hockey, or basketball, so I'm not sure why it having a different selling point is a problem. It's a different experience.
posted by dfleming at 01:57 PM on October 03
But I don't see my sons' generation taking to the game the way I did, and I think slow play is a factor.
Do you honestly think that is about games being 15-30 minutes longer, or due to the fact that kids have way, way more options available to them now than they did when you grew up?
I go to a bunch of games and I don't see kids really falling apart in the 6th inning. Mostly, they have their face in a Nintendo DS or an iPhone from the start. I think baseball is dealing with what every sport is dealing with - that kids have other, sexy options out there and aren't as into sports as they used to be.
Going to a game is an experience. If I can't realistically get a hot dog or have a pee without missing action, it's going to make games less fun to be at. I, personally, would hate to watch a run walked in because a pitcher took 22 seconds to deliver a pitch. The proceduralization of games is not necessarily making them any more entertaining - just more predictable and consistent. Video replay is a bore live but decent TV on key plays.
Again - effective is better than efficient. Baseball is never going to be a high-action thriller. It's not the point. Like golf, the whole romance has been getting out of the hustle-and-bustle and enjoying a few hours of peanuts, cracker jacks, and never going back to real life.
posted by dfleming at 11:01 AM on October 02
Yeah, add me to the list of people who think shaving 15 minutes off the length of game and adding in a bunch of procedural penalties and rules isn't exactly making the game sexier.
A more efficient game is not necessarily a more entertaining one.
posted by dfleming at 09:43 PM on October 01
KC hit the fewest home runs in the league this year (by 10) and had the fewest walks in the league. They're middle of the road in OBP and in the bottom third in slugging, and only San Fran (OBP) and St. Louis (SLG) are teams that are left that are worse in either category.
They stole the most bases in the league, and were tied for 1st in steal percentage in the league. In a game where it is pretty clear they are going to need to score some runs, the Royals have to press on the base paths because they don't really have the skill-sets (based on the previous 162 games' history) to do much else.
The double steal was folly (and way too much complexity to put on players who are mostly playing their first playoff game), but perhaps part of the reason Norris dropped the ball on the pitchout was he was getting torched all night and it was getting to him. Pressure cracks, and they pressed all night.
This strategy is boom or bust, but I don't really see what Yost does with his roster otherwise. 3 guys hit more than 9 home runs, and one regular has an OBP over .350. KC isn't a great team hitting their stride - they'll win because they grind it out and get a little luck.
posted by dfleming at 10:23 AM on October 01
An incredible game (and a testament to aggressive base running if there ever was one), but Ned Yost was insane bringing a rookie who got torched on a start on Sunday in as his first reliever out of the bullpen, to inherit two on with nobody out.
I get the Royals have a shaky pen past the big three, but I'd roll the dice on a vet like Frasor a lot earlier than a guy who's hardly ever pitched in relief, is 23, and is in his first playoff action.
posted by dfleming at 07:38 AM on October 01
Jeter isn't going to be remembered for a walk off single in a season where his presence prevented his team from securing a playoff berth, but a nice ending non the less. He will be remembered for clutch performances when the competition was most intense.
You're wrong. Baseball is arguably the most romantic of the major professional sports. The narrative of one of the most clutch hitters in this generation going out on a walk-off single in his last home game is the kind of story arc that lasts. This will be part of the folklore on Jeter.
The playoff moments will certainly be what people recall first, but going out on a game-winning hit is more or less the plot of most sports fiction for a reason. People love to imagine things ending like this.
posted by dfleming at 02:37 AM on September 26
The Red Sox would be foolish to trade Betts at this point - he's an undersized, two-position 21 year old whose ML experience hasn't been good enough to nab an elite starter on his own.
Fourth outfielder, spot starter for Pedroia, maybe he even picks up SS or 3B enough to spell there too. A hedge against injury (Victorino in particular) or Castillo not being as ready as everyone thinks he is.
The Sox need pitching, but Betts isn't going to get them far enough down the road to an ace like Hamels to skip another top prospect or two. They can get the rest of the rotation with other prospects and/or FA without having to deal a flexible tookit like he has.
posted by dfleming at 10:55 AM on September 25
Tulloch pulled the old Vontae Davis.
posted by dfleming at 03:37 PM on September 22
Robert Griffin III is out for at least a few weeks, but if he needs surgery may be done for the year.
If Kirk Cousins plays as well as he did in relief, it's going to put the Redskins in a real pickle - you don't want your franchise QB to lose his job due to injury, but if he is susceptible to the big injury and he's ineffective for long periods as he works his way back to health, maybe the Redskins will be better off with a steadier hand who can stay on the field.
posted by dfleming at 09:13 AM on September 15
I'm not suggesting if someone attacks you that you get to go medieval on their ass way beyond the point of deflecting/stopping the attack, but throwing a punch when someone comes at you is almost instinctual, and provided that's all it is- one punch- it's justifiable even if there's a huge disparity in size.
I am 31. I have, in my life, never thrown a punch. I have taken a couple (both at bars.) The instinct that people feel in this arena seems to congregate over, and over, and over with the same people. The vast, vast majority of the population seems entirely capable of controlling it.
By the way - this is exactly the line of reasoning abusers take with people they abuse. It's my natural instinct baby and I can't help it - you just need to stop doing X, so I don't end up hitting you. It's bullshit blaming the victim. People who can inflict major damage have a greater responsibility to avoid doing so. What they do escalates too quickly.
For example, we have Hope Solo arrested for attacking her sister and underage nephew back in June, and she's still on the playing field, setting records, while she awaits a November trial. So why is that not more of an outrage?
A.J. Jefferson (formerly of the Vikings) strangled a woman this time last year and there wasn't as much play either - suspension was lifted quickly after it was levied. There's a popularity multiplier effect here - the NFL is way more popular than women's soccer, and even within the NFL, players are more well known than others. Further - in this case, the video has been widely shared and it really resonates with a lot of people.
The way you analyze why this situation is so raw for people to me seems like you're trying to validate a foregone conclusion on how "sexism" is affecting men negatively. You want to focus on the minority, or the individual situations like Hope Solo in a vacuum - meanwhile, across the country, the vast, vast majority of assault (based on actual cite-able statistics, and not "studies" which you don't cite) is perpetrated by men. You seem to have very little to say about that - but in a post where the "heart" is about the NFL sticking to punishment in its own arena, you have a whole hell of a lot to say about women's actions and roles in gendered violence.
It doesn't seem like the moderators are censoring you at all, so quit martyring yourself on not getting civil discourse here. Part of civil discourse is ignoring or blocking people whose opinions you don't like, including this MRA bullshit.
posted by dfleming at 07:42 AM on September 11
Domestic abuse isn't solely a male on female problem As much as archaic and sexist people like to pretend otherwise, the apparent truth is that domestic abuse is fairly gender neutral, with each gender having roughly equal splits as offenders. I've seen studies suggesting a 40/60 female/male split, as well as ones that suggest more severe physical violence actually skews towards female perpetrators (indeed, apparently lesbian couples have the highest incidence of domestic abuse). It's certainly not unheard of for a woman to physically attack her mate, or to initiate violence, and I for one think the "but a MAN doesn't EVER hit a WOMAN" moral is old-fashioned and incredibly sexist.
Most people think people shouldn't ever hit people - and there's a bigger onus on people with significant height, weight, and strength advantage to tread lightly. Provocation doesn't excuse everything that comes afterwards. You can't kill someone of ANY gender, for example, because they slapped you. Our court system takes a number of things into consideration when it levies a charge, including the broader context.
Look at the size difference between these two. Do you really think Ray Rice couldn't have held her off in any way without knocking her out?
I don't know where the statistics and "studies" you cite come from, but most conventional sources such as the Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief suggest that 85% of domestic violence (reported and unreported) is against women. Statistics on sexual violence are overwhelmingly with males as the perpetrators (either against women, or other males.)
Rather than focusing on who the victim is, focus on who the perpetrators are - violence of all kinds skews heavily to male-on-someone crime. That a small percentage of this is women-perpetrated is such a perverse place to put your focus - focusing on 1 out of every 6.5 people who are subject to domestic violence and claiming sexism in the process? Good grief. Here's a tissue. When we've solved ANY of the majority's sexism and violence issues, perhaps we'll give you a call.
And yes, in many instances women recant or withdraw their complaints, for a whole host of reasons - people being battered has huge psychological implications in addition to the physical ones. It doesn't negate the fact that it happened, nor does it reflect any less on Ray Rice's public image being an incredibly important part of his job.
Finally, what he does with the ball is only part of his job - considering where revenue comes from in the NFL, it's about being an attraction. The NFL didn't suspend him because they are a court - they suspended him because, as a representative of the NFL (who receives millions of dollars as a result of the NFL's reputation and marketability), he has tarnished their image. People do not want to be associated with a league who willfully employs people who commit violence against women. People don't mind being associated with a league who willfully employs people who commit DUI. The court of public opinion does matter, because the NFL ceases to exist and prosper without it.
You can't separate Ray Rice, the millionaire who profited from the public's opinion on the NFL for decades before he got there, from Ray Rice, the guy who runs with the football today. Thus, the NFL has a duty to keep up with the public's morality because without them, they have absolutely jack shit.
posted by dfleming at 08:21 AM on September 10
Apparently the NFL went only to law enforcement to request the video, not to the Casino, who say they would've gladly shown them the tape.
posted by dfleming at 07:24 AM on September 09
The last couple of years have made me feel bad about loving it - like I'm supporting brain damage, spousal abuse, animal abuse, etc when I'm watching. This two game suspension to indefinite ban thing has knocked the last bit of wind out of me. Yesterday was not a bad opening day, but I think I might take the next few Sundays off. I don't imagine I'm the only person feeling this way.
You're not. I've been there since the initial lacklustre response. Entertaining as it is, there is a tipping point where the bullshit you have to accept gets to be too much. I passed it with Ray Rice.
posted by dfleming at 06:25 PM on September 08
The really shitty side notion out of this is that the NFL needed video evidence to corroborate that spousal abuse really was bad enough to warrant an indefinite suspension. He hit her hard enough to knock her out. Regardless whether she hit him back, he's bigger, stronger and trained for violence.
This should be Goodell's time to get the fuck out. The disciplinary system in the NFL is completely void of any attachment to reality or morality. You set the culture, you deal with the fact the culture is one building bullies on and off the field. You're failing, commish.
posted by dfleming at 04:57 PM on September 08
I really enjoy that series - the content is interesting enough, but the enthusiasm of the writing sells it.
posted by dfleming at 08:39 AM on August 14
You can see Stewart's car fishtail and take a more direct route towards Ward than the previous driver did. It's tough at those speeds to know if it's intentional or not, or just the result of the previous corner.
On the surface, it looks like he throttled up, which given how long he's been driving for would not be a surprise that the car did what it did. It even looks a little like Ward is moving away from the car when he gets hit. But it's so quick it's tough to tell.
There's a lot going on here (i.e., Ward angrily wandering out into a tiny track and getting aggressive with a speeding vehicle), and the tape isn't great, but it kinda looks like Stewart might've done a couple of things to avoid this. I doubt he wanted to hit him, but a hot head leading to someone getting a little too close for comfort and it going awry? Not necessarily out of the question.
I really doubt unless an interview (or the Go Pro that's in all their cars) produces something really substantial that there will be criminal charges stemming from this, but man this just sucks.
posted by dfleming at 12:28 PM on August 10
Are you going to stop watching football because of this?
Sorry - stepped away for a few days - and yes, I'm going to watch less football because of this. I'm not at no football level yet, but this is another step in that direction.
posted by dfleming at 02:02 PM on August 01
You're moving the goalposts a bit by talking about whether men are doing enough about it. Where we started was whether men care.
I consider sitting idle, or not changing your behaviour because you find out a man beats women, as an attribute of a "meh" attitude. You don't care enough to do anything about it. If your definition of caring about things is the words we use, then we've got different definitions of what constitutes caring about something.
The goalposts were that people wouldn't change the channel because Ray Rice has beaten a woman - and that's the only morality the NFL knows. If when Rice comes back, and nothing changes in terms of Ravens viewership - then it's clear a predominantly male audience accepts a person who beats a woman so long as they play football. We can wax poetic about our beliefs, but it's our actions that are more than just smoke.
The suspensions would be longer if there were more $$ consequences for the NFL for employing people who commit domestic violence.
posted by dfleming at 05:39 PM on July 26
All I'm saying is that I question the idea men have a "meh" attitude about this. I don't think you give most men enough credit.
Credit for what? Being aware it's a problem?
posted by dfleming at 09:41 AM on July 26
I don't know any men who'd take a "meh" attitude about domestic violence, going back through my entire adulthood.
1 in 4 women report being the victim of domestic violence in their lifetime. Nearly 1 in 5 women report being the victim on sexual violence in their lifetime. And yet, in protests and organizations working to get those numbers down, the vast, vast majority of people standing up are women.
You don't have to be vocal to show you don't care - not showing up or doing anything about it is enough, particularly when these numbers mean with any kind of social circle you know people who've been a victim - whether you're aware or not.
posted by dfleming at 07:32 PM on July 25
So how does the NFL justify the mentality that smoking pot is worse than beating on a woman?
They're a self-policing entity, for which the majority of fans either embrace or shrug off a massively cultivated violence culture.
The viewership is predominantly male and based on most research I've read, males as a whole tend towards a more 'meh' attitude towards physical and sexual violence towards women. We are perhaps getting to be more enlightened, but there are a metric fuckton of male viewership out there who won't change the channel because a woman-beater is playing.
Why are drugs so unfairly scrutinized? A largely Republican ownership group, surrounded by largely wealthy Republican friends, and the Maud Flanders' of the world who believe that athlete drug activity leads to kid drug activity, and thus smoking pot in your free time is worse than hitting a woman in your free time because ol' Whitey might not buy ad time next year.
There are no morals on what's worse or better - it's all about what brings in viewership and revenue. I find it more challenging every year getting geared up to cheer for a sport so fundamentally morally bankrupt.
posted by dfleming at 04:07 PM on July 24
I was ranting to my wife about the same thing: sometimes soccer players fall to the ground without bracing themselves, but that's because they threw their arms up to indicate sniper fire. Arms down, no brace = unconscious. FIFA needs to offer either a stoppage or some kind of substitution rule for concussions. This World Cup had too many of them to ignore.
I agree. I've thought a third-party doctor running concussion protocol on any player who hits the deck claiming a head injury would do two good things - one, it would get players out of the game who need to be, but two, it might curb the dangerous embellishments to get a foul that lead to these kinds of injuries if they need to sit out 5+ minutes for an assessment.
posted by dfleming at 11:00 AM on July 14
LeBron was well liked until the Decision. His letter admits his mistakes in how that was handled and in his boastful predictions of championships, but it's not like he was breaking a promise by leaving. He didn't owe Cleveland his entire career.
Well, the the thing about words like you are using - loyalty - is that it's about sticking it out through the tough times. It's about promises. Nobody owes anybody anything in the sports business, but if you're going to use hero and loyalty and all these big words - they mean transcending the ego and the business of sport. Otherwise they're meaningless fluff words.
I liked LeBron before the decision, and I think I can go back to liking him, but I and am further away than a one-year with a player option from talking about loyalty and forgetting the last four years. A week ago he was in Vegas with Pat Riley and talking to other teams. If it was such a no-brainer, loyalty-based decision, those meetings were completely pointless and wouldn't have happened.
He's owned up to his mistakes, and I'll give him credit for that, but let's see what happens if Cleveland goes 41-41 this year.
posted by dfleming at 11:27 AM on July 13
Some people don't want to take LeBron at his word, but why would he go to Cleveland if it wasn't primarily about loyalty to the area?
It's about his tarnished image. LeBron is tired of being the villain and wants to be the hero again. He got his championships, so now people can't criticize him for not being a winner, which weighed on him before he left.
He certainly has the right to use the leverage of being Cleveland's only shot at a championship to get more say over the team and to maximize his capacity to earn revenue over the next five years, but I retain the right to think the same guy who orchestrated "The Decision" four years ago is still out for his ego first, finance second, and Cleveland a distant third.
posted by dfleming at 09:40 AM on July 13
Why do you fault him for trying to maximize his salary when the new TV deal arrives in two years?
posted by rcade at 09:44 PM on July 12
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It's not faulting him about his strategy, it's that he's got this strategy while simultaneously writing letters about how he is going to finish his career somewhere and how much he loves Cleveland and blah blah. He's making this out to be about Cleveland above anything else, which it isn't.
posted by dfleming at 01:29 AM on July 13
Let's see if Northeast Ohio truly is bigger than basketball a couple of years down the road if the nucleus around him doesn't result in a championship. LeBron left to play for a dream team, and now plays on a team who've drafted first overall three years in a row.
LeBron isn't a romantic, he's a pragmatist - he sees star level talent in Irving and Wiggins (or Love) and a shot to repair his tarnished legacy. And I've no problem with him being pragmatic, but the Stephen A. Smith's of the world who make this seem like a benevolent act make me ill.
posted by dfleming at 04:36 PM on July 12
He seemed to turn the ball over a lot (particularly in the Belgium game), but I suspect in proportion to his time of possession it wasn't as bad as it seemed.
He didn't seem to get a lot of help, in terms of his teammates' positioning and getting opportunities to feed productive passes, so occasionally he'd end up carrying the ball 2/3 of the pitch before running into a wall of defenders.
posted by dfleming at 08:06 PM on July 02
During one of his runs yesterday, with the ball still moving in front of him, he blazed ahead and flew over a leg tackle as though he were in an equestrian event because he knew he might be able to finish.
To be fair, Robben had pace and room to make that jump. He can't jump with forward momentum on a lot of his challenges where he's speedily dribbling but moving laterally or slowly forward. The foul was a cutback from the goal line with next to no pace. You could jump up, but not forward with the ball intact.
Robben certainly flourishes every contact made with him, but on the Marquez foul he'd have had to contort himself and would've landed into three other Mexican players to avoid it. It was a certain turnover otherwise and Marquez really didn't need to make that challenge.
posted by dfleming at 10:10 AM on June 30
Why do Liverpool pay the big price for a bit of idiocy done in an Uruguay shirt? And why is this punished more harshly than headbutting? FIFA BS, that's why.
Agreed on the former - Liverpool doesn't stand to gain anything via international play, so why should teams take on the risk of injury AND suspension if there's no reward?
The latter - attempts to penetrate (quit it) the body are always treated more severe than to hit it. Think of the penalties for eye gouging vs. punching in most sports. There's something particularly barbaric about it that garners a worse fan response. That and the serial nature of this seems to make it a lot more appropriate.
posted by dfleming at 12:17 PM on June 26
Dascenzo, for the record, was so unremarkable as a position player than his 1991 Score card position/photo ended up pretty confusing.
posted by dfleming at 10:02 AM on June 26
Lince gets a few Smoltz points for doing well out of the bullpen.
Well, Lince's RP resume is only 9 innings more than former utility infielder Doug Dascenzo's sparkling 0.00 ERA resume. Sample sizes and such.
posted by dfleming at 09:57 AM on June 26
I love this - the dream team that has won 2 of the last 3 championships and has been to the finals each year is obsolete and LBJ now needs to be "pitched" on a new plan to win him some championships.
Wade and Bosh now look like the bad guys if they don't opt out, because LeBron leaves and takes all their championship hopes with him if they don't have the flexible cap space to add another star. Great set of coattails to have ridden.
Meanwhile, Duncan gets championship #5 and has nurtured a sustainable core that will survive past him. The mark of a true leader isn't just how many championships you've won, but leaving teams better off than you found them. Cleveland gutted. Miami, on the verge of gutted.
Legacies are earned, not crafted, and the subtlety seems totally lost on LeBron.
posted by dfleming at 09:36 AM on June 25
Oh, by the way, if there are bite marks on the Italian, check them against Suarez's dental records. It would not surprise me if there might have been a nip or two taken in the locker room in order to prove the case.
So you're purporting that every player on the Italian team bit each other in the locker room on the off-chance that Suarez might bite them? Did they do it before the game, and then again at halftime, to ensure they have fresh marks?
I just want to be clear how far the lunacy of this statement goes.
posted by dfleming at 09:10 PM on June 24
Style-wise, it's a big of a step back from John Olerud's field helmet. I'd think convincing people to wear a low-profile helmet vs. what effectively looks like an overstuffed couch would be easier.
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Iain Dowie – Robin van Persie v Fulham
From a technical point of view, this goal is the best one so far. It is what he is about. It's a really difficult skill. It's like a brush stroke from a master painter. He just caresses the ball away from the keeper. It's sublime and is just a brilliant finish.
Alan Curbishley – Hatem Ben Arfa v Aston Villa
There have been so many exceptional goals but I am going to have to go for this one as it was just a stunning strike.
Don Hutchison – Luis Suarez v Newcastle United
The way he took the goal was absolutely fantastic. His touch and his technique inside a crowded area and to go around the goalkeeper as well, it was brilliant.
Craig Burley – Andreas Weimann v Liverpool
There was good movement, good passing and it was a fantastically worked goal.
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Iain Dowie - Chris Hughton (Norwich City)
He had an unenviable task to take over there. It started with a couple of disappointing results but he put together a tremendous run and for a club of that stature to be where they are, he deserves a huge amount of credit. Chris has gone about his business nice and quietly and he has done an excellent job. They have beaten Manchester United and Arsenal at home and no one wants to play at Norwich at the moment.
Alan Curbishley – David Moyes (Everton)
He generally threatens the top-four places but this might be the season he does it. He has bought well and has got a squad that looks like that it can compete. Moyes' squads over the years have played the same way so whoever comes into the team, whoever he buys, they know what they are doing. They are very organised, they make it very, very difficult and they have got players that can change games.
John Scales – Steve Clarke (West Bromwich Albion)
He has shown that he has a good blend in the team, they are strong, they play some great football and in Shane Long, Peter Odemwingie and Romelu Lukaku they have got some great attacking options. I have been really impressed with West Brom and that comes from Steve Clarke setting them up well and managing the club in a great way.
Don Hutchison – Hughton
I thought Chris may struggle after the job Paul Lambert did there but he has done a great job in guiding them to where they are now.
Craig Burley - Hughton
After such a disastrous start to the season following on from Paul Lambert it seemed only one way for Chris, and that was down. But they went on a superb run including wins against Arsenal and Manchester United. It's a fantastic turnaround and I am really pleased for him because he just seems such a genuine guy.
Iain Dowie – Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
I am going to go for Van Persie, given that he has gone to a club where there's huge expectation. He has taken to it and coped with it really well. People don't realise the pressure you are under when you sign for that sort of money at a club like that. It's massive. He knows he has got good players around him and the understanding between him and Wayne Rooney is almost telepathic and as a result, that could be the difference between United winning the title or not.
Alan Curbishley – Juan Mata (Chelsea)
Whenever he picks the ball up, I expect something to happen, a bit like David Silva last season. I don't think Chelsea have been firing on all cylinders but he has been excellent all season. The mark of a player like that is when he is not playing how much a top side miss him and that has been the case with Mata.
Don Hutchison – Van Persie
We all know he can score goals but going into a new club, new environment and manager - he has been brilliant. Sir Alex Ferguson said last season that he was not going to lose the title to City on goal difference again and that's the main reason they got Van Persie in. Some players who go to Old Trafford struggle because of the expectation. It's a huge club. You need to have something special and a certain character when you play for the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool and Van Persie has got that.
John Scales – Van Persie
He has had a big move to a big, big club and the pressure is instant but he has taken to it as if he just loves playing on the big stage, playing with that quality of players. To settle in and score the goals he has scored and perform like he has, he has been the outstanding performer of the season so far. He knew what playing at a big club was about but still he has got to go there and prove himself, fit in and deliver the goods. That's what makes those people stand that much more than maybe some others that don't quite have the same burden of pressure upon them.
Craig Burley – Van Persie
He was the big headline summer signing and he has carried on from where he has left off last season. There's always the expectation whenever you go to a big club and that's the one thing that weighs on players shoulders quite a lot. I never thought it would be a drama for him moving there and he seems to have linked up very nicely with his team-mates, especially about Wayne Rooney, and that could be the sole difference between who picks up the title this season.
Iain Dowie - Christian Benteke (Aston Villa)
He has been brilliant and has almost carried Villa singlehandedly. Benteke has gone to side that is very low on confidence and he found a way to drag them up. He has been top class and the back-heel he produced against Liverpool was out of the top drawer. His game is developing on all fronts.
Alan Curbishley – Michu (Swansea City)
Everybody is desperate for that midfield player that can become the extra striker and he has done it fantastically well. It is difficult for players to come into the Premier League and hit the ground running and he has done that. I have been impressed with his finishing. When he plays in the middle of the park or just off the striker he arrives late, he arrives unmarked, he is powerful in the air, he has got a great left foot and when he is in a goalscoring opportunity, you expect him to score.
Don Hutchison – Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion)
He has been a terrific signing and has done a great job for West Brom. He lets the flair players play. West Brom are a great side going forward but they need that bit of stability at the back just to hold it up and he sits in there and protects the two centre-halves.
John Scales – Michu
The signing was a masterstroke. He has delivered. It's remarkable that they have picked him up for £2m. He is an outstanding player. He's got composure and skill and he has got it in abundance. Michu has adapted straight away to the Premier League and to be able to do that and score that number of goals really is testament to his ability and his character.
Craig Burley – Michu
He has been absolutely fantastic. What a player he is. Physically and technically he is very good and he has got all the attributes for the Premier League. He is big and strong and is relatively quick as you need to be in the modern game. He can play up front and in midfield, just behind the striker, and his best quality for me is the timing of his runs when he arrives in the box.
Iain Dowie – Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United
It was an amazing match. In terms of what it meant for the season, you've got to say that the Manchester derby tops it all. It had absolutely everything. It was incredible. It had drama, great goals, great counter-attacking and it was a stunning game.
Alan Curbishley - Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United
Sir Alex Ferguson picked a side that was going to cause Manchester City problems. They dominated the first half, went two up, and for Man City to come back showed a lot of character and then there was the turnaround in the last minute, it was the best game and sums up the Barclays Premier League.
John Scales - Manchester United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur
They hadn't won there in 23 years, way back when Gary Linkeker scored in 1989. Spurs came firing out of the blocks and went at United brilliantly in the first half and then had to withstand the fightback. The performance from Spurs was fantastic. It was a massive result for Andre Villas-Boas to show what he is capable of doing with his team.
Don Hutchison – Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United
It was a superb game of football. For United, stopping City's home record was absolutely brilliant. It will be significant. City did the double over United last year so those two matches proved pivotal and if United do the same this season, they will go on and win the title.
Craig Burley – Reading 3-4 Manchester United
This match encapsulated the Premier League for me. You have got one of the teams that is fighting relegation against the team that is the favourite for the title and they were battering away at each other for 45 minutes. When you get the Readings of this world really competing against the big boys it tells you everything about the competitive nature of the Premier League.
Iain Dowie - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal
United to win it because they have won one derby and they defeated Chelsea away. City will lose Yaya Toure to the Africa Cup of Nations and there's also the Robin van Persie factor.
Alan Curbishley - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal
United have overcome their injury problems at the back and they are going to get stronger. City are strong enough to still challenge so I see the title out of those two.
Don Hutchison - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal
I am going for United because of what Van Persie has done. He is the main difference. I'll go for Arsenal for fourth because the fixtures they have got in January and February are quite kind so they could easily put a decent run together.
John Scales - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal
I've gone for United because of Sir Alex Ferguson, simple as that. He is an incredible manager.
Craig Burley - Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur
A fit Van Persie could be the difference, if you think how close it was last year. Tottenham have got players coming back and if they can keep the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Clint Dempsey and Jermain Defoe fit, potentially they are going to be stronger than Arsenal.


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Q&A: Don Berwick Reflects on Healthcare Reform, Part II
HLM: So how do we reduce costs of end-of-life care if Washington won't go near it anymore?
DB: I think you'll see, or I hope, local communities, states, civil societies pick up this issue and say, "Oh no you won't. If you're too scared to discuss this in Washington, well we're not. We're going to make it real where we live."
The story now is in La Crosse, WI. Nobody is ordering anyone to do anything, like sign advance directives, but the whole community is now embracing the idea that they want control over their own lives. So if you live in La Crosse, the odds are you will have an advance directive, and people will know your wishes and honor them. This was first done by Gundersen Lutheran (Health System), and they did the right thing.
And there's The Conversation Project by Ellen Goodman, the Pulitzer Prize winner, where tens of thousands of people are getting on the website and learning how to have "the conversation" that gives you control of your own life. This is a problem that will be solved by society, more likely than the federal government.
HLM: Now that the Supreme Court has ruled and a presidential candidate's threat to overturn PPACA has passed. Is it full speed ahead to full implementation?
DB: I surely wish we could come together and lay aside our swords. But I think feelings are so raw and debates so angry, it is unlikely people will calm down suddenly and all come together. I suspect there will be legal challenges, but they won't prevail.
But the biggest risk now I think has to do with administrative needs to implement this law correctly, both at the state and federal level, and setting up the exchanges properly. Helping the uninsured become insured is a difficult set of tasks.
And if I were opposed to the ACA, which I am obviously not, and I wanted to continue to be destructive, I would simply starve the administration of resources so that information systems aren't modernized, potential beneficiaries aren't notified, so that people become confused. And I would slow down implementation of payment changes. I would do everything I could on the administrative and funding side to impede the law.
That's short-sighted, and doesn't serve the public well. But I'm a realist.
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RK (12/11/2012 at 4:48 PM)
Where can we learn about how the future story of health care is being told? Of strategies referred to in communities in the US, Singapore, and New Zealand that improve community and individual care.
dr. dre (12/10/2012 at 5:51 PM)
Re: "DB: Right. Right now, with $2.7 trillion in play, the status quo is very, very loud, and very well funded, and heavily connected to campaign finances, because lobbyists have earned entry into the politicians' doors. They speak loudly, and they do not always defend the interests of the poor. The importance of making sure that medical treatment actually works, the toxicity of overtreatment, the need for better valuation of clinical practices[INVALID]all of those things don't have the voice that the status quo has. HLM: Which lobbyists are you referring to? DB: Anyone whose job depends on the status quo, and for whom changes are painful. They would rather see things continue or even get more support for what they do." This is a breath-taking assault on free speech. He would deny stakeholders the right to voice their opinions? Assuming he was correctly quoted, this is frightening.
mike stebbins (12/10/2012 at 1:03 PM)
the VA already makes "death panel" like decisions. They decided that since I was 52 year old diabetic they wouldnt fix a serious stenosis at C5-C6 because, "you arent going to live long enough to enjoy the benefits of the procedure" my terminal illness? Well controlled diabetes and otherwise in good health. If the VA can make those kinds of decisions with impunity, what is to stop CMS for doing the same?
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