A month ago I wrote the first and only story on women’s college basketball to appear on this site. Oklahoma big man woman Courtney Paris was so confident in her team’s ability that she said she would pay back her entire scholarship to the school if the team didn’t win the national championship. On Sunday, the Sooners lost to Louisville in the Final Four, two wins shy of the national championship. Paris’ season and career is over, and now she should be lighter in the wallet if she’ll make good on her promise. Paris intends to do so:
“I will make good on that guarantee – not today, though,” said Courtney Paris, who finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds, “Obviously I don’t have $64,000 waiting, but I do make good on it.
“The real cost is that it’s over. We don’t get to come back. It’s over.”
I’m not exactly one of those investigative reporters who climb through the trash outside a steroids testing lab to see who’s on “the list,” but I actually would want to see Oklahoma’s books the next several years to see if she’s repaying that money. I highly doubt it. I want to see a television conference where she hands over one of them big ass Happy Gilmore sized checks to the university. I also came to find out from the story that her father is a former NFL player. Can’t imagine that has anything to do with her whimsical attitude in making such a ridiculous promise. Then I have clowns in Oklahoma saying she shouldn’t pay it back. Next time she should think before she tries to go Broadway Joe. Would have made for a nice story if her team handed UConn its first loss of the season. Oh well.
