I thought the NCAA was essentially dead and toothless

[Extendedcab]

Or are they just really selective?

See link about Memphis. https://www.newsmax.com/us/ncaa-memphis-cheating/2025/07/17/id/1219141/

[Tripp McNeely]

Slap on the wrist...the NCAA is still dead and toothless

[Political Hack]

A flex of momentary morality in a quest to remain relevant...

They should stick to academic scandals and leave the economic part of the game alone.

[Pancho]

That ain't all Penny has going on up in the crime mecca of TN. avoid the area at all costs

[viverlibre]

We would have self imposed the death penalty.

[DawgFromOxford]

That ain't all Penny has going on up in the crime mecca of TN. avoid the area at all costs

Bad take. There?s some cool stuff going on here but that doesn?t sell news headlines

[Tripp McNeely]

Bad take. There?s some cool stuff going on here but that doesn?t sell news headlines

Yeah, it's just a lazy take. The majority of crime in Memphis happens in 2-3 pockets where the majority of us never go.

[Brobi-wan]

Yeah, it's just a lazy take. The majority of crime in Memphis happens in 2-3 pockets where the majority of us never go.

You mean the malls?

[Pancho]

Yeah, it's just a lazy take. The majority of crime in Memphis happens in 2-3 pockets where the majority of us never go.

what causes the crime and who is responsible? I think there are valid reasons for people to avoid the area all together. Cars broken into 7 or 8 times in 2 years in a gated community and these are not the areas you say some folks avoid due to whatever reason.

[Saltydog]

Yeah, Memphis is moving further to the south and east. Even Germantown now isn't that safe. Not as bad as Midtown or downtown but comparable to 10 or 15 years ago it's gotten a lot worse.

[Political Hack]

Inner city pockets are seeing donations and subsidies dry up, which is going to automatically result in higher crime. It's science.

[viverlibre]

Inner city pockets are seeing donations and subsidies dry up, which is going to automatically result in higher crime. It's science.

Result in? Have you not been paying attention? It's been happening for decades and ramped up since the plandemic.

[StarkVegasSteve]

Yeah, Memphis is moving further to the south and east. Even Germantown now isn't that safe. Not as bad as Midtown or downtown but comparable to 10 or 15 years ago it's gotten a lot worse.

I've got a friend who's parents live in the gated neighborhood that backs up to Ridgeway Country Club, extremely nice neighborhood with multimillion dollar homes. His dad's car was stolen FROM THEIR GARAGE during the middle of the day. I mean it used to be that you knew the areas to avoid in Memphis and could avoid them pretty easily. Nowadays, I don't know if the areas where you would feel safe even exist anymore.

[Pancho]

Then Mulroy, the DA turns em back loose the next day if they are arrested. It is an entire trash run city.

[DownwardDawg]

Yeah, it's just a lazy take. The majority of crime in Memphis happens in 2-3 pockets where the majority of us never go.

Pretty much all big cities but people run with it. Nashville has a lot more crime than people realize but it's kept quiet because it's such a tourist attraction. But if you live there you know where/when not to go.

[DownwardDawg]

I've got a friend who's parents live in the gated neighborhood that backs up to Ridgeway Country Club, extremely nice neighborhood with multimillion dollar homes. His dad's car was stolen FROM THEIR GARAGE during the middle of the day. I mean it used to be that you knew the areas to avoid in Memphis and could avoid them pretty easily. Nowadays, I don't know if the areas where you would feel safe even exist anymore.
Wow!! That's pretty damn wild!!

[DawgFromOxford]

I've got a friend who's parents live in the gated neighborhood that backs up to Ridgeway Country Club, extremely nice neighborhood with multimillion dollar homes. His dad's car was stolen FROM THEIR GARAGE during the middle of the day. I mean it used to be that you knew the areas to avoid in Memphis and could avoid them pretty easily. Nowadays, I don't know if the areas where you would feel safe even exist anymore.

Got a Memphis zip code on my address, not a suburb, but a legit Memphis zip code and I feel perfectly safe existing.

I'm not going to pretend Memphis doesn't have it's problems, but it's not just some cess pool with no hope and no value. It's a lot like Mississippi in the fact that to an outsider, why would anyone want to live there? But then you live there and discover it aint half bad.

[Coach34]

Sooooo- who is committing the majority of these crimes in Memphis?

[Pancho]

Got a Memphis zip code on my address, not a suburb, but a legit Memphis zip code and I feel perfectly safe existing.

I'm not going to pretend Memphis doesn't have it's problems, but it's not just some cess pool with no hope and no value. It's a lot like Mississippi in the fact that to an outsider, why would anyone want to live there? But then you live there and discover it aint half bad.

do you pack heat or are you really that relaxed?

[Brobi-wan]

Sooooo- who is committing the majority of these crimes in Memphis?

Is this ban hammer bait?

[BeardoMSU]

Typical shit, this thread has devolved into, lol.

[Coach34]

Is this ban hammer bait?

Why? I asked a simple question

[BeardoMSU]

Why? I asked a simple question


https://youtu.be/JyKt8_ZLxUg?si=jzhhQlF1qBwx434A

[DEDawg]

do you pack heat or are you really that relaxed?

lived here for over 10 years, never once thought I needed a gun or felt unsafe. still live downtown. ppl just either are from the suburbs so they only hear the local news, or out of towners who just go to the airport (which is a bad area) or the liberty bowl which is run down. it's a lazy take

[Pancho]

good luck to you. I know several postal workers there as well as real estate and pest control people. They are uncomfortable daily and are armed due to this criminal element. We used to go to red bird games but the many cars with broken windows has deterred us, same thing with the mall areas as well. My cousin has recently moved from the mud island area due to prowlers after dark. He was attacked in a restaurant parking lot by 3 fine citizens and survived. Then my great aunt who while unloading groceries had a 9 held to her head as her van was stolen by 2 more fine folks there. Both these are in the last 3 years but the mayor say that crime be down and all. be safe brother is all i can say to you and stay lucky

[Tater]

Sooooo- who is committing the majority of these crimes in Memphis?

Poor people. Like hack alluded to - when people can't survive off of "legal" means - minimum wage doesn't provide minimum rent/necessities, programs cut for social funding - then three things happen: People move elsewhere, birth rate slows, people turn to "illegal" means to survive.

Take a sociology course. State offers a great intro course - SO 1003. Honestly you should just go shadow any classes in Bowen.

[viverlibre]

My cousin has recently moved from the mud island area due to prowlers after dark. He was attacked in a restaurant parking lot by 3 fine citizens and survived. Then my great aunt who while unloading groceries had a 9 held to her head as her van was stolen by 2 more fine folks there. Both these are in the last 3 years but the mayor say that crime be down and all. be safe brother is all i can say to you and stay lucky

No offense, but if one is going to work/live/shop/recreate in proximity to high crime areas (like Mem, Jxn, B'ham. NOLA, BR), he/she must have an acute sense of situational awareness and plan. I've worked in DT Jxn for 30 years, between my building and my parking space is a hundred yards in an area frequented by bums, I carefully survey the scene before making that walk.

[Pancho]

good and good thing no thug just appeared from behind a building as they did in both instances that I mentioned. Some poor folk have no idea and no intention of improving their plight and just resort to a normal life of crime and get locked up or shot.

[Political Hack]

Result in? Have you not been paying attention? It's been happening for decades and ramped up since the plandemic.

Not a big social science guy? Crime doesn't stay static. It either goes up or goes down. Like the climate. You know? Just always changing. I know some don't believe in that, but it's just basic common sense. And the policies we put in place help deter or encourage crime. Right now, we're in an "encourage crime" window and we'll see rises in violence and theft.

[mparkerfd20]

Sooooo- who is committing the majority of these crimes in Memphis?

The Usual Suspects.

[somebodyshotmypaw]

Sooooo- who is committing the majority of these crimes in Memphis?

The folks committing the crimes are held down by the system. Otherwise they would be future surgeons, astronauts, scientists, or engineers. Every time some 16 year old gangbanger with his pants below his asscrack, his gun turned sideways, and his pockets full of drugs shoots somebody, I realize there will be another empty seat in medical school.

[Tater]

The folks committing the crimes are held down by the system. Otherwise they would be future surgeons, astronauts, scientists, or engineers. Every time some 16 year old gangbanger with his pants below his asscrack, his gun turned sideways, and his pockets full of drugs shoots somebody, I realize there will be another empty seat in medical school.

Imagine if we set up a better plumber trade school pipeline.

Also while this is elite dawgs, you don't have to whistle so loud.

[Pancho]

plumbing ain't easy