Happy Kuykendahl of Blue Chips

[@JohnSmith-vy7ck]

30 years later, his character was speaking truth to power and was ultimately proven right.

[@teddykgb3865]

1:54 Happy is supposed to be a villain in this movie, but what he says right here is exactly true. Free tuition and free room/board are definitely nothing to sneeze at, but the schools and the coaches make MILLIONS of dollars off of the talents of their athletes.

[@markg.1078]

Well, you pretty much said what I wanted to, but probably in a more articulated way. In order to stay competitive you just about have to cheat. Probably 80% of these young men who are blue chip athletes out of high school come from broken, or poor families. Many of them have probably never seen 20 or $30,000 all at once. Some of these recruiters and "Friends of the program" start waving enough money, and signatures are soon to follow. No matter how good of a coach the coach is, he needs not just race horses, but thoroughbreds.

[@mikeallen5865]

This is why in my opinion thinks that the D-League will eventually overtake College Basketball.

[@glutamin111]

Ye its astonishing how these things are still very relevant almost 3 decades later...this movie has aged very well in my opinion

[@mister_bailey]

Came here to post this EXACTLY! Happy wasn’t lying. RIP JT.

[@sdawg4834]

Yeah there is an argument for both sides. Should players get financial compensation on top of scholarships and room/board? Yes, but to a certain degree. Should schools be able to buy there players? Absolutely NOT, but how do you figure this problem out??

[@andrewgardner5678]

The late great JT Walsh played great villains like this real well. His best work along with backdraft, tequila sunrise, red Rock west, Hoffa, breakdown, good morning Vietnam, etc.

[@jospven]

Also Outbreak & Sling Blade

[@floppabingussled]

If John Glover delivered the most repellent villains in films in the 1980’s, then JT Walsh assumed that mantle in his portrayals of corrupt men in films of the 1990’s.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

He actually plays a good guy in A Few Good Men

[@McGarthur]

Sir, you're incorrect. He is not a villain here. He is the HERO! He does what's right and got the athletes paid.

[@PeteMcCorvey]

​@King Arthur I was just about to comment something like this. Growing up I thought he was the villain, as an adult who has seen how hypocritical the NCAA is, he is the hero.

[@bretztheman]

“WE OWE IT TO EM!”

[@leroymaxwellii2747]

R.I.P. J.T. Walsh

[@jimandannaolson6942]

The" bad guy" is actually right this time.

[@donarthiazi2443]

🙄

[@bobgreen1236]

Happy is actualy 100% right here.....

[@matthewwilliams4785]

Happy is exactly right.

[@sharronbrown8086]

Yep

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

Jack cates would of kicked happys fuckin ass

[@calebwright5721]

Karen is Cheryl Bachman

[@tricia3114]

Happy was spot on.

[@MrMitchelljung]

He's about as mean to Happy as he was when he first met Reggie Hammond, or you'd think Happy was related to the Iceman

[@tomace4898]

Happy was the hero of this movie...

[@dantheman8152]

Exactly 💯

[@davidhazera9851]

Hardly Happy paid the dolphins star player to throw a game.

[@tomace4898]

@@davidhazera9851 They won the game. Just didn't beat the spread. There was heavy action in Vegas.

[@davidhazera9851]

@@tomace4898 still illegal.

[@JJB11]

​@@davidhazera9851But they didn't cover the spread. It's just for the gamblers.

[@drg3915]

Ppl like Coach Bell were the front men for the NC@@ racket that kept athletes from enjoying the fruits of their labor while *everyone* else involved made millions.

[@sicwititdimeful]

great scene encompassing the entire student athlete dilemma

[@josephrome1183]

Happy is absolutely right! Some these coaches salaries are in the millions. A lot of people attend games just to see one player. Universities make millions from tv ads to shoe deals, sponsor ships, etc. Yet these young men can't get paid for working? At the end of the day it's a job. These young men put in countless hours and years of hard work, plus the money parents pay for camps, road trips, trainers, etc to perfect their talent. Most of these young men come from poor backgrounds. Michigan Fab and the O'Bannon brothers were perfect examples. Colleges used their names and likeness to sell video games and jersey but these young men were eating ramen noodles. Smfh.

[@goodee4451]

of cours happy is right. coach makes big money the school makes millions and you get memories because most are not good enough to go pro

[@hankster0878]

Here’s the thing. The kid is getting to go to college for free. Most likely also having his grades “assisted” and all the while he’s a superstar on campus banging perfect 18 year olds 3 at a time. For playing basketball Meanwhile you have the average student.struggling to keep up grades and most likely working a real job to still not be able to afford tuition rent. Etc. Student athletes have it pretty good without being paid. You want to get paid? Go pro

[@andrewgardner8972]

I love that line at 1:50 when Nick nolte tells off the late JT Walsh.

[@CrimsonFury006]

1:49 - 1:53 best quote of the scene.

[@Kruppt808]

If the players make the university that much money they should get a cut otherwise stop paying coaches millions and pretending it's about academics.......

[@lilcourtny08]

@Kevin Stone that is the problem, the football team has to makes enough money to support all of the other teams that will never turn a profit. All of the unwatchable women's sporta especially womens basketball

[@jamesklatt]

Why don't you just go to the tape - I OWN YOU

[@jaynukem1929]

I've researched and researched, but could not find any information on who those two hot blondes are. I espesically like the one on the right the most. Foxxy foxxy women.

[@jaynukem1929]

You know what I'm talking about. I'm talking about their real names. Not the names of the characters they play in the movie.

[@anthonymartinez9145]

EXACTLY I HAVE BEEN DOING RESEARCH TO BUT I CANNOT FIND Karen, Wendy is ugly tho, but Karen is hot af

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

@TMWSITY lol this cracked me up.

[@brandondaniels9471]

@TMWSITY huge dolphin fans 🐬

[@randyayo2846]

LSU doing this right now....and they still can’t beat BAMA 😂😂

[@bassmaster867]

How'd that work out?

[@draneym2003]

And Bama is doing exactly the same thing.

[@seriousmoonlight6302]

who are those ladies in the first scene?

[@brandondaniels9471]

_... aint sayin she a gold digger ... but she aint messin with no broke, no broke!!!_

[@tomace4898]

Wendy and Karen...

[@jamesrubin9079]

@@tomace4898 lol

[@stebbiej]

this the guy that talked to steph curry

[@Ben-cm9nc]

hope he didn't have too many scotches before drivin'

[@reginalbarnes596]

i could find the actresses or models wendy and karen from this movie blue chips

[@pillarsofserpents]

"BIG" Dolphin fans. Get it?

[@kaylonrome]

I'm still wondering how he put his window before he got in his car LOL!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

It's LA man. Too warm to need your windows up.

[@T--pp7do]

This is pretty much the same way I try to rationalize dropping $700 at the local strip club. Lol

[@iec7587]

Happy AKA Sam Gilbert, John Wooden was not clean