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@WinterSportsLaw These are technicalities. The fundamental problem for the NCAA is nobody understands professional or college sports so they have to refer to lawyers who don't understand it either but can tell them what they can and can't do. The blind are leading the blind.

One thing getting lost in the current debate on college athletics’ operating model is that not all athletic teams/programs are the same. Very few are arguing every college athlete in the US should be an employee. But the all or none framing by many is muddying the debate.

@dpshow More. A college coach is supposed to be an educator. Not a mercenary. A player is free to do what they choose.

Should coaches face as much criticism for transferring as players do? 🤔

@yourscoutteam Good coaches are scumbags. ALL of them.

Will Wade told NC State everything was fine. Then skipped meetings, sent an agent email, and left. At some point, it’s not a situation — it’s a pattern.

@richnprivileged Wade cheats but cheating wins. And Dakich is not relevant because he was not good at it.

Hate to say it but Dan Dakich warned us months ago

@TomFornelli Coach 'em up.

Sonny Dykes' comments on Josh Hoover went viral this week, but the thing is, he didn't say anything I wasn't already wondering about myself. How will Indiana adapt from a turnover averse QB to one who, well, hasn't been? cbssports.com/college-footba…

@rickneaton @heitner Government regulation cannot control price. If you restrict movement, you increase the price of the players that are able to move just as you increase price by limiting eligibility.

@heitner When groups control access to market price signals, there is no free market. CB is just another way to keep market price signals opaque by rigging prices. This is why some govt regulation is needed.

There’s no enforceable cap on payments. It’s reasonable to expect the money spent on college athletes to increase on a YOY basis. Data indicating an increase of roughly 35% in spend is great for players. As payments continue to increase, it could disincentivize players to agree to collectively bargain for hard caps. Schools may want to come around to the concept of collective bargaining sooner rather than later (assuming a large unit of athletes even wants it).

@heitner College sports is completely dependent on cheating. Every other sports league has at least some sense of fair play. There is no way to wrangle schools into not cheating. Collective bargaining could control movement but that is not something the schools actually want.

@DOMOCAPITAL The problem is corruption. Corrupt countries fall and the US is in permanent decline.

I don't understand all of the pushback on the prediction markets. Isn't that the ENTIRE point?? Yes, people have insider information; therefore, the prediction markets should be more accurate than anything else. We're essentially paying experts with insider information to give us the most accurate data possible.

@KobeissiLetter Oh boy. This could be embarrassing.

BREAKING: The DOJ says FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email has been breached by hackers.

@RodneyField7 @davidsirota And Harris.

@davidsirota I thought Obama appoints the DNC nominee... Isn't that what happened with Biden?

It’s not great that Dems feel they need to kiss the ring & make sure their political decisions are blessed by the former president whose decisions to turn hope & change into more of the same for his donors created the backlash conditions for Trump’s ascent to the White House.

@davidsirota Dem voters are Obamanauts.

@James99357 @ESPN_BillC @statsowar Maybe 5.

@AlwaysCallHeads @ESPN_BillC @statsowar I think they'll settle into 6-7 games a year, which is a massive improvement from 2-4 we had eery year. It's so hard to compete in football consistently

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@barnes_law He never was. He is the new Dan Quayle.

The nuclear suicide vest is the #IranWar‌ wrapped around Vance's political future. If troops go in, that will be pulling the string on that vest for his future.

@KobeissiLetter Meanwhile, 95% of the US has been destroyed.

BREAKING: US intelligence has determined that just ~33% of Iran's missile arsenal has been destroyed as the Iran War nears its 1-month mark, per Reuters. Details include: 1. The intelligence assessment shows Iran still has "significant missile inventory" 2. The status of around another third is less clear but bombings likely "damaged, destroyed, or buried" those missiles in underground tunnels and bunkers 3. Sources say US intelligence was similar for Iran's drone capability 4. Iran is expected to recover some buried or ‌damaged missiles once fighting stops Tomorrow is the 1-month mark of the war.

@James99357 @ESPN_BillC @statsowar Diego did give them hope and a lot more commitment so he was a game changer for the program. But not that much. We will see how long it lasts. Probably about as long as Deion did with Colorado.

@AlwaysCallHeads @ESPN_BillC @statsowar Yeah I'm very concerned

@GroupOfFiveGuys The G5 has declined as a result of the portal.

What is a common take that you hate but many others agree with?

@biancoresearch The market is betting on the bailout and has been for some time.

As a follow up, I'm not going to mince words ... If the real reason for the delay is that the military assets needed were not in place, then don't make up shit about 10 tankers going through the Strait (no evidence) or the Iranians asked for the delay (the Pakistanis, who are the intermediaries, said no such request was made). Say you'll keep talking, you're losing patience, and say every day the Iranians don't deal means the Marines are getting closer to the Middle East. The market would understand that, and the crude oil response (fall and stay down) might have been more favorable. This just looks like a TACO mess.

When Trump announced a delay to the bombing on Monday morning, crude oil futures immediately fell 10%. Compare this to the reaction to yesterday afternoon, when he extended the delay another 10 days (red box). It was short-lived, and now, about 12 hours later, prices are meaningfully higher. I believe the market signal is that the Strait must be opened, and the military must do it. The longer we delay starting this process, the higher crude oil prices will go. All Trump did yesterday was add 10 more days to the ongoing supply shock. Any further statements by Trump about a deal are white noise to the markets. Only if the IRANIANS say the talks are going well will it impact markets. Why isn't the crude oil market substantially higher ($150+), like many are asking? I would argue that the market believes the military can open the Strait. But it will be "messy." In other words, there are no good choices, only ones that are less bad.

@James99357 @ESPN_BillC @statsowar The system does not recognize that magic of Diego Pavia. Does not compute.

@ESPN_BillC @statsowar Vanderbilt at 31 ia cool, but is there a reason the system is so confident in their offense? I'm a little confused

@ESPN_BillC This year's version seems more standardized

@100pete_ @WVUFaithful22 @GottliebShow @CBB_Central Because the schools were breaking the law and getting away with it. College sports also did not make very much money in those days. Now they make billions of dollars and most of the players are black so owning their rights is not something a judge will sign off on any more.

@AlwaysCallHeads @WVUFaithful22 @GottliebShow @CBB_Central If it was a free country the how come the players weren’t allowed to make the money people were willing to pay them for 100 years?

It is different. A head coach is responsible for the entire program. A player is not. But, if we want to compare Wade has a buyout of $3m which is $500k more than his all in salary at NC State. So, if we sign players to a multi year deal, and they pay a buy out, are we fair then?