Michael Romano

1: 1980 US Olympic Hockey win over USSR 2: Billy Chapel perfect game 3: MJ and Bugs beat the Monstars

@JUCOadvocate Your bigger point is the important one which is that in a world with no CBA, all of these contracts are essentially 1 of 1 deals. Whether the money is guaranteed or not is going to be for both parties to contract out. I can see a lot of deals that terminate upon portal entry.

No. Why you want is the only way you get your check for those two weeks is you tell the company you’re signing up to come back for another year. Payments should not be contingent on whether you sign up for another season there. Simple.

@MaacTheft @CoachWB33 It’s not hating the 1 and 1. The best part of quarters is that fouls reset halfway through the halves. So teams and officials can adjust and you’re not stuck giving up free throws for 12 minutes because you’re too aggressive for the few minutes of a half.

@CoachWB33 That's my thoughts as well. I dont know why people hate the 1 and 1 so much. Its part of the game to not foul so much that the team gets into the bonus early. And as the offensive team, it punishes you if you can't make your free throws.

TBH, I don't enjoy quarters. Maybe because I coached the men's game at the college level for so long. I do like that you can advance the ball on a timeout in the women's game. I also am a fan on 1 & 1's from the FT line on the 7th foul & 2 shots on the 10th foul in men's game.

@KevinMcNamara33 City and AMP need to put in a bid to be the other opening site aside from Dayton. Won’t be easy but would have a legit chance I would think.

Like it or not, the Tournament is expanding. Good news for the middle, back of the pack teams in the Power Leagues w extra chances of joining the Madness.

@AdamTriggerWT @MaacTheft There’s too much nuance to youth sports for twitter. Travel/AAU has changed a lot. It used to be solely for the good players to get recruited. Now there is literally an AAU program for everyone. Nothing wrong with that. Some kids like playing a sport even if they aren’t elite.

@MaacTheft If you have zero aspirations of playing at the next level yes that’s fine

I hear this argument all the time. Do people realize that only roughly 50 kids play Freshman/JV/Varsity in a whole district? You do not need to spend the thousands on camps, travel teams and AAU to watch your kid get cut from the JV team after getting 5 minutes on freshman.

@JUCOadvocate Fair enough. A lot of challenges to collective bargaining though. Who do you negotiate with? There’s no players union? As far as injuries - I think/hope there is language that players get paid even if they are hurt? Help with making good decisions?

@GoRomano I don’t hate the plan in general. I hate that it’s not collectively bargained. I also hate that if you blow your knee out you just lose out on that year. It’s going to lead to dangerous medical decisions being made.

AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW REDSHIRTS ANYMORE, EVEN MEDICAL ONES. AND WE’RE GOING TO TELL EVERYONE THAT THEY KIND OF ALL HAVE TO GO TO COLLEGE AT THE SAME TIME OR THEY’LL LOSE A YEAR AND MOST OF THIS IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL BUT YOLO AMIRIGHT!?!?!

@MaacTheft @CurryHicksSage Every school has its challenges, but for JHU the academic rigor is a feature not a bug. The Ivy and Patriot can only take so many guys. A portion of borderline Ivy/Patriot kids rather go to elite academic school than play in the NEC. Not coincidence how elite UAA/NESCAC are.

@CurryHicksSage It's the opposite. Theres plenty of D2/Borderline D1 athletes who are smart as fuck, but know they won't go pro in sports. So they'll take the D3 level of sports to get a John Hopkins degree. At D3 level its either be a really smart school, or state school with cheap tuition.

The funny thing is that it’s actually much harder for JHU to win in D3 (lax is a different thing entirely) because they have such a tiny pool of kids they can recruit due to the academics. The ace in the hole they have is that they’re led by maybe the best AD in America

@KDJmedia1 Well when KFC from barstool uses his huge platform for a post that says “punished for being too dominant!!!” It really skews the dialogue lol.

@GoRomano Appreciate that. I'm sure the critics will accuse me of being too lenient on Stepinac and the school will wish I shouted louder in defense. There's been so much of both already and many are not totally informed. I try equip the public with the info to shape their own opinions.

GameDay One "In Studio" Special Podcast: Diving into the proposed penalties on Stepinac basketball. Sat down today with David Resnick and went through the many layers of Stepinac's potential sanctions, the various factors and how justified it all is: youtu.be/Lal7mF_XU5o

@ModernDad @JoePompliano Also if my memory serves me correctly a bunch of CrossFit influencers left the space when a CrossFit athlete passed away during competition and it was handled very poorly.

@JoePompliano I wonder what they tapped into that allowed them to overtake CrossFit in popularity

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@CurryHicksSage Everybody liking this tweet needs to read the below thread. Learn something new everyday. Apparently the name of “KU” is actually The University of Kansas.

@CurryHicksSage Does the University of Kansas play in the same conference as Kansas University?

Who is advising this kid? This is brutal.

@realDonJunk @CurryHicksSage You’re absolutely right. My mistake.

@GoRomano @CurryHicksSage The majority of people absolutely know that it's The University of Kansas, aka KU. You don't know what the kid knew. I tend to think he knows a lot more about the school he's going to than you do.

@realDonJunk @CurryHicksSage I think it is an exaggeration to say that the “majority of people” knew that. However I definitely learned something new. My whole life UK has been Kentucky and KU is Kansas. Thanks for educating me on that. PS. The kid didn’t know it either and made an innocent mistake.

@realDonJunk @CurryHicksSage Do you think he knew that or he just made an innocent mistake that we are poking fun at? I’d say it an innocent mistake since nobody in the sports world refers to it as University of Kansas. But thanks for being the “well, technically…” guy.

@GoRomano @CurryHicksSage What's the problem? He said both University of Kansas and Kansas University, the latter of which it is referred to as casually. He actually gets it a lot better than you do.

@Brad_Wachtel Can you do a bracketology so we can see what the resume of the last couple of at-large teams would be? We are going to see some real mediocre high-majors, aren’t we?

A lot more pressure now on power conference coaches to make the NCAA Tournament on a yearly basis.

@JUCOadvocate Trying to make everybody happy. Go sell ice cream. I do Love what you’re trying to do Well thought out. Trying to address a lot of niche individual situations. Can’t do whatever is later 19/grad. You’ll have kids purposely graduating from high school/PG years at 21 years old.

Thoughts….. I feel like I should do a podcast with various voices to discuss options…… ACTUALLY pursue collective bargaining. The “nobody wants it” people don’t realize there are MORE athletes that would benefit from bargaining than not. Most aren’t Barry Bonds and the MLBPA. Most are “normal” athletes and members. 5 years to play No regular redshirts Yes medical redshirts Medical redshirt for less than 33% of the season played 1 year of JUCO doesn’t count, any other level does Reduce the PTD requirements to be in line with 5 years of education If you take a transfer, you are guaranteeing a scholarship until graduation even after eligibility exhausts (subject to academic requirements). Post eligibility scholarships do not count against scholarship limits. No limit on transfers, just understand if you take one that you can’t get graduated, you’re on the hook to pay for the degree. Cap rev share from school and rev sport (subject to bargaining. Example, $10mil for basketball, 25mil for football.) Unlimited 3rd party contribution beyond rev share. Yes the rich ARE richer, like they always have been. Clock begins 1 year after HS graduation+ post grad year or 19yo, whichever is LATER. Basketball is global and circumstances are different. Don’t try and put everyone in the same box. Standardize multi year contracts with buyouts on both sides. Buyouts are subject to the cap. Buyouts will subsidize lower level non cap programs Standardize contract language. Create agent certification program with standardized commission ex. NBA but more in line with FIBA % given additional complexities. Yes, lots of schools will be the minor leagues for high level schools. But it’s a sustainable eco system that through buyouts can elevate lower level programs in limited timeframe windows. Recruit well and develop, you can lift your program.

@WinterSportsLaw @scot_wolf Exactly. You just compared high major, Olympic athlete producing big ten/SEC programs to D3 athletics. Funding programs that way is not a conversation admin at Power 5 colleges are even willing to entertain.

@GoRomano @scot_wolf It’s not an issue of not having enough money to have the sports. Look at D3.

This viewpoint and the one that was retweeted has good intentions but is also misguided. Colleges have already increased student fees, bled donors dry (so many saying they are “tapped out”). How many more sponsors can you get? This idea money is unlimited just isn’t true.

@SethDavisHoops For the record I think athletes should be able to transfer as much as they want. But for devil’s advocate sake - shouldn’t adults and admin help students make better decisions? Protect them from themselves? These are 18-22 year olds. Perpetually bad decision makers.

When people say they want to limit transferring because the players make too many mistakes, my answer is usually, "I have enough problems raising my own kids." The question isn't what's the best decision for these players, the question is who should have the authority to make them?