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@BYUbluThru The Supreme Court found placing restrictions like these on student athletes to be illegal. Does the president have the authority to compel university to violate law or lose funding? I doubt it.

I keep seeing this argument that Trump has no authority to mandate a private organization like the NCAA via executive order or action. That's true. But that's also not what he's done. He hasn't signed an executive order mandating what the NCAA has to do. It's a lot more subtle and clever than that. Congress appropriates funds, and the executive branch then spends the money accordingly, but is able to exercise significant discretion. The order has said things the NCAA "should" do, and hasn't mandated what it has to do. Instead the order seeks to work by creating leverage over the universities themselves by directing federal agencies to create requirements or measures, ie, conditions, the universities have to comply with in order to receive certain federal funding. It's definitely not obviously unlawful on its face. The Supreme Court has ruled that the executive branch can sometimes add conditions to receiving federal funds (which administrations have been doing for a long time). At most, it's gray and unclear whether he's done anything unlawful. It's certainly not an easy black and white decision.

@emohorseboy @ShaboiUtes @KareyfromDerry @REDMFRAIDER11 @warriorcougar15

@ShaboiUtes @DeruyterStan @KareyfromDerry @REDMFRAIDER11 @warriorcougar15 In this guy’s fantasy world, Big 10 execs walk around scooping up programs at the bottom of the standings

I have to yet to see a graphic of Utah beating BYU in any sport since they joined the Big 12

@ElijahDs_Mimi @RykerJackson97 So you are still doing animal sacrifice then?

@RykerJackson97 God changes his mind and awful lot in the Mormon church..in Christianity God stays constant and doesn't change his mind.

“his role in the Mountain Meadows Massacre”? What role? Him explicitly telling the perpetrators not to do it? That role?

@BryceOnBYU @BoozeCougs It wasn’t last time

@BoozeCougs It’s an Olympics venue. Plain and simple. The state is refreshing facilities for the Olympics.

Question: Why does Utah get the tax dollars to fund a renovation for a venue that only gets a few hundred fans every game instead of other state schools like Utah State that gets 10x the attendance? 🤔

@drob801 @utes_big12 @RossDellenger More likely their lawyers told the they didn’t have a case.

@utes_big12 @RossDellenger The amount of people pointing out what Harlan did wrong here is baffling to me. I think Utah did more than their part, Whitt gave them the middle finger, and Utah still paid him as agreed. It was time to turn the page, as much as many don’t want to agree.

Documents outline Kyle Whittingham’s final days at Utah, when the school offered him a 1-year deal to remain as coach if he ceded some responsibilities - and then agreed to pay him $13.5M in a separation agreement that, the university contends, he violated yhoo.it/4bDEuuG

@peterdragon33 @LindsayOnAir @American686 The irony is the state legislature put this mechanism into law because they thought it would help them defeat citizens initiatives. It failed with the teachers union bill but burned them with their own initiative

@LindsayOnAir @American686 They also had 6 months to tell people not to sign but then they get how ever long to try and get people to back out??? But pro people can't keep adding names.... I'm calling foul Violation of the 14 amendment

PROP 4 REPEAL UPDATE: Another notable knock off of signatures in the Cottonwood Heights Senate District 15 from yesterday. There are now only 115 signatures left to remove in that district before the ballot measure wouldn't qualify. At this pace, that could happen by week's end. Opponents of @RepealProp4 removed 118 signatures since yesterday. @abc4utah #utpol

@NoblestCalling @byzantinetx @ritalouise Anecdotally, I have two friends who investigated joining an Orthodox Church. One ended up leading a nun astray with his Kavorka while the other lost interest as he read their texts.

@byzantinetx @ritalouise How are those orthodox baptism and retention numbers

The one group I consistently get calls from? Mormons. The number of men and women coming from there to Orthodoxy is an unexpected surprise.

@Coach_Runyan @Big12Conference After 3 full days of games

I usually don’t do the negativity post, but @Big12Conference lets the Women’s tournament completely play out through complaints. (Migraines, issues w/slipping-traction) but do nothing. 2 days into Men’s tourn. & 5 min ago they announce “back to normal floor.” Be better Big12…wow

@CheNorth11 @WorldWideWob Coming back from a bruise

@WorldWideWob On a announced mins restriction. And just coming back from injury.

And this right here, what just happened in Indiana, is why making an example of the Jazz was a short-sighted decision/slippery slope. 1) Zubac returns to action from extended time off, plays heavy 1H minutes. Looks good scoring 8 PTS (4-6 FG). 2) Nembhard drops 23 PTS (!) in the 1H in just 17 mins. They both disappear at halftime, and dont play a single 2H second in what was a respectably close game for a majority of it. Pacers (a team with losing incentive) lose. Sound familiar? The franchise comms team will likely issue an injury management explanation to avoid the eye of Secaucus Sauron/refute the imminent tanking allegations. Is it possible both players got sore in the locker room/hurt in the first half? Sure, I guess. The point here is that by fining the Jazz for conduct detrimental to the league, NOT (⬅️) a Player Participation Policy violation, your games are now going to be under the microscope in the event this type of starter rotation activity occurs again. You can’t just fine one franchise and hang their reputation from a tree to scare the other citizens from replicating the same behavior. That selective enforcement is what put you in the spotlight originally, because Jaren Jackson Jr./Lauri Markkanen ended up either getting surgery or having a legitimate hip injury keeping them out for the foreseeable future. Nembhard/Zubac may end up experiencing something similar to JJJ/Markkanen, they may not, but the inconsistent enforcement WITHOUT knowing their personal medical records is reflective of a business that only steps in when the seat gets hot. The Jazz ended up winning some of those games they were so highly scrutinized for. The Pacers lost tonight. This alone does not justify penalizing the Pacers, because Micah Potter was trying to win just as much as Brice Sensabaugh was for Utah. Players dont tank. If you’re not going to fine the Pacers for this tonight, then just give the Jazz governors their $500,000 back, because this hypocrisy is what’s damaging the league reputation more than the integrity of the game.

@SpencerKeele A game in which a recent All Star did not play in the 4th quarter of a close game

Adam Silver fines the Utah Jazz $800k for tanking in their win over the Wizards.

@HPbasketball @NBA Take a look at Trae Young’s substitutions yesterday. No 4th quarter in a game that was close.

@nihilists4jesus The state of Utah also has a law that requires land in its trust to be used in the most profitable way possible. Much of this land will be sold off to the highest bidder. It’s hard to manage for conservation when the law says this.

@kendalbhunter @TheCougChron I thought Pahoran disagreed with Moroni’s accusations extremely well in those chapters

Fore non-essential issues, we can disagree better. But for big ones there is no compromise. During the War In Heaven, or during Captain Moroni's battles, there was no way to "disagree better." The friction is about fundamental facts: 1) Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. 2) Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. 3) Charlie Kirk's murder 4) Somali Daycare Fraud 5) "The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens. Not illegal aliens." There is no way to "disagree better" about these three.

As we celebrate the second half of the second century at BYU, why are we promoting the practice of "disagreeing better" as part of the culture?

@goutes94 @tvheidihatch @grok if a student commits a crime hundreds of miles away from campus, at a private residence, and is not traveling on official university business does the Clery act reporting apply

@tvheidihatch BYU put themselves between a rock and a hard place. If the police knew but failed to share information that is a Clery act violation. It’s what Utah was accused of in the lead up to the Lauren Mccluskey murder and was a contributing factor in the 13.5 million dollar settlement

BYU policies, federal law raise questions about info sharing after Parker Kingston arrest kutv.com/news/local/byu…

@goutes94 @tvheidihatch Are you sure? Clery is triggered when university property is part of the alleged crime.

@TheGrandeTop10 @GovCox Bottom half? usnews.com/news/best-stat…

Mike, I appreciate you attempting this with a straight face, but I don’t remember the CFTC having authority over the “derivative market” of LeBron James rebounds. These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling—pure and simple. They are destroying the lives of families and countless Americans, especially young men. They have no place in Utah. Let me be clear, I will use every resource within my disposal as governor of the sovereign state of Utah, and under the Constitution of the United States to beat you in court.

@LindsayOnAir @abc4utah

The long-awaited gas tax proposal is public, and it includes a notable change: refineries will no longer be taxed to fund Utah's gas tax reduction. So who will pay for the cut? House leaders say they're planning to allocate $10-12M in state funds for it. @abc4utah #utpol

@thorton_throck @Cougarvoice Like being a #2 pick and never even sniffing an all star game?

@Cougarvoice Celebrating an NBA bust is a choice.

18,000 Jimmer jerseys. I have it on good authority that these were paid for from Utah fan's tithing donations.

@Chace_THFC @9788677345a @Ralph_MasonJr @bosnianbeast27 @statmuse nba.com/game/uta-vs-in…

@9788677345a @Ralph_MasonJr @bosnianbeast27 @statmuse Siakam is playing 4th quarters

Now do his @statmuse

@Chace_THFC @9788677345a @Ralph_MasonJr @bosnianbeast27 @statmuse But then he doesn’t play at all