How was there not someone in the room at the NCAA offices who would recognize the disparity between the way the men's teams were treated and the women's teams were treated in their respective bubbles and flip out over that? How is there not 1 single person who could point that out?
What happened to Toni Basil?
In 1980 I made a pact with a friend (we call it our Fatwa) that if either of us ever sees the other on a riding lawnmower, we are take the most extreme of measures. I've remained true to this, even though it takes me 75-90 minutes to mow the lawn, and my friend has lived in condos for most of his life...how long can I continue to do this? Dunno, I kind of like the huffing and puffing, aerobic lawnmowing...
My brother gave me his old electric leaf blower a long time ago. I have never used it. Whenever I am out raking leaves (and I have a LOT of leaves) my neighbor tells me, Hey, I have a leaf blower you can borrow. I tell him, I have one, thanks, but this way burns more calories. He says, Yeah, I should do that, too.
We have had this conversation more than once.
I use the leaf blower to clean off my electric lawn mower. Which they advise to not clean with water. I also use it to clean the sidewalks after I've swept and put all the loose debris in my trash can.
There was a New Yorker article a few years ago concerning the Leaf Blower Wars in upscale California neighborhoods...everyone has gardeners who come frequently, so everyone has virtually non stop leaf blower noise at their multi million homes.
Vicious battles fought over town statutes...me, I really dislike unnecessary noise pollution...