Mr. Pronghorn

Bediako’s team argued the cost of attendance at The University of Alabama was “prohibitive” and that he wouldn’t be able to education without a scholarship The NCAA countered by arguing that he is only playing for one semester anyways and academics are clearly not the priority

Yup, right back at it tomorrow. Working remote, going to get absolutely surgical

Players Era co-founder Seth Berger addressed the media earlier. He indicated that the pre-set matchups and point differential model are here to stay for next year's 32-team event. Here's part of his explanation as to why:

I have a story that I think hits to the center of this. I worked for ESPN for two months as a temporary PA (left to start my writing career) roughly 11 years ago. During the interview process, I was asked by a decision maker at the company what I would change about ESPN. I told him I would want more highlights and more focus on games. He told me I was wrong and that fans don’t care about games once they go final, they only care about storylines. I told him that storylines need the context of games (or highlights of them on sportscenter!) and he told me, again, I was wrong. I think they’ve continued to lose touch with what makes sports fans, sports fans