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@TidalTrump @CoachForGov NFL players can't get out of their contract if a coach is fired, why should the "student-athletes"...their professors didn't leave.

@CoachForGov Should have a carve out for if the coach leaves. There's nothing saying a new coach would want that player the player shouldn't be punished for coaching changes.

The transfer portal has screwed up college sports. My bill is simple: you get 5 consecutive years to play 5 seasons and you get 1 transfer. After that, if you transfer again, you sit out a year. This will fix 80% of the issues in NIL today.

@MarkSeidel Thanks for making my day mentioning @SpiritHockey in this group. For so many years we were on the coaching carousel and we couldn't to get players to come here. Now after 25 years we're mentioned in the same breath as the big dogs in the league! #GreatDay

I don’t disagree that SOME will go there but that has nothing to do with the Rule Change regarding CHL 1st rounders/AHL. CHL Teams MUST have built a Program that NHL Teams & Agents have faith in. Programs like LDN, WSR, OTT, KIT, BAR & SAG are some of the teams already there.

@jrich23 @JoeTipton I thought you went to Nouvel because I was there!?!

@JoeTipton This is a really bad take when you have no idea about the relationship between the Alabama coaching staff and my family. Although Creighton did an amazing job at recruiting Jaxon, Let me give you some background you clearly don’t have insight on. The reason I wore #32 in high school was because of Preston Murphy. He was one of the best players to ever come out of our hometown of Saginaw. In fact, my freshman year I chose to attend the same high school because he went there. Nate Oats and Preston also recruited my son Jase and began building a relationship very early with Jaxon during Jase’s recruitment back in 2023. Most recently, when Jaxon was hospitalized with the flu in January, Nate Oats was calling my wife Jackie and texting me every day checking in on him. So when you talk about “priority,” understand this first, this decision wasn’t based on a moment it’s built on a 30+ year relationship between Preston and me, plus an almost four year recruiting relationship with Jaxon. That’s more than enough for Jaxon to know he was a priority.

@TheCinesthetic Why is Alec Baldwin playing the triangle?

Seeing the Pink Panther main theme performed live is unreal. Henry Mancini conducting, Plas Johnson on sax like the original recording, and the Terry Gibbs Band locking in behind him. Film music history happening in real time.

So happy for proud fellow billet parents Sapher and Lisa!

@DanWetzel nails it: The NCAA needs a skinny bill that sets clear eligibility standards -- 5yrs starting after HS, voided if you declare for the pros. No carve outs. No exemptions. No extra year because of some heartrending story -- illness or injury doesn't add HS eligibility.

@CordCuttersNews Great service, dumb name...everyone thought you needed a playstation to use it. If it was called "Sony Vue" it probably would still be alive today.

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@RyanNPike Is that due to the CHL/NHL transfer agreement? In 2020 Bode Wilde was reassigned to Saginaw from the Islanders (Bridgeport-AHL) the second week of February. He was not in the CHL when drafted so he wasn't subject to the CHL/NHL deal.

Noted by Sheng and would apply to Zayne Parekh, too: Michael Misa would need to report back to the OHL and be on a roster by the Jan. 10 roster deadline to play in the OHL for the remainder of the season.

@tealsharker Not sure if he can continue his rehab assignment in the AHL but he's ineligible to play there long term. He's either in the NHL or back in the OHL... OHL trade deadline is Friday so Saginaw fans are very curious about San Jose's plans for him.

a little bit unrelated to canada loss but when misa comes back what happens? will he go back to the ahl or nhl or will they give him back to the saginaw spirit cause of his contract?? really hope he dosent go back to spirit cause surely it wouldn't help him long term

@Joericono Not sure but it's 100% true...whenever I valet my car I have panic attacks because I don't feel my keys in my pocket. I've had the same things in each pocket for at least 20 years.

Is this the new “Roman Empire???”

@BrianMoler @TKLittles @loyallittlespod @AlexCobb316 Were you just in Marblehead?

I was sure to pronounce it correctly. @TKLittles @loyallittlespod @AlexCobb316

@Johnubacon Can't be worse than the LSU situation and they got the "prize" they wanted. Money talks.

Michigan will likely have to recruit a new coach with an interim president and an athletic director whose status is currently being discussed by the Regents. I'm not sure if that uncertainty would scare a top candidate away, but it could.

@Terry_Doyle @sportsology Ultimate Warrior's unstable is pretty iconic too

@sportsology Generational thing, but to me "Real American" is still top of the list.

More iconic than "Real American", I think that's the one.

@2_Rushed @CordCuttersNews Nope, they're trying to get people to sign up for the new ESPN streaming app...this is going to go on for a while because they're buying subscribers with this shutdown. YouTubeTV is going to eventually give out $20 credits and it will legitimize the new app.

@CordCuttersNews Won’t Disney get slammed by advertisers for not having the viewers they were promised?

Disney Removes Its Movies From Google TV & YouTube Stores as the Fight with Google Continues cordcuttersnews.com/disney-removes…

@JimmyBurnsy @NabeelRehman22 @Hockey_Robinson Correct...Lazary definitely runs an offense-first system but we've attracted some really skilled players through the draft and trades who have found great success in Saginaw.

@NabeelRehman22 @Hockey_Robinson I'd say it's a combo of the two. They are an offense driven side, but have had a number of skill guys to make it happen

We're going to need to get some more hype around Nikita Klepov. Super young for the ’26 class, loaded with skill, smarts, and tenacity... and tracking right around the same pace that some pretty decent NHLers were in their DY

@JoePompliano All this as the NCAA is about to allow student athletes to gamble on pro sports...what a disaster

Here's the full breakdown with more details (and an analysis on how sports leagues created this problem): huddleup.substack.com/p/the-fbi-says…

The FBI is holding a press conference right now on the details around this morning's sports gambling bust. Here are some of the highlights: 1. Current and former NBA players and coaches Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones have been arrested. 2. This was an illegal gambling and sports rigging operation that spanned years across 11 states. In total, 30 individuals have been arrested (13 mafia members). 3. The case involves La Cosa Nostra (the Italian mafia). 4. Charges include illegal gambling, wire fraud, and extortion. 5. There are two separate indictments. The first involves six defendants accused of participating in a sports corruption scheme that exploited insider information involving NBA players and teams. The defendants leveraged their connections to place prop bets based on confidential insider information, winning tens of thousands of dollars per bet. The second indictment involves 31 defendants charged with participating in a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games. The FBI says they used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed. 6. The two cases are separate, but there are three overlapping defendants, including former NBA player and coach Damon Jones. 7. The FBI says that NBA player Terry Rozier told the defendants that he was going to leave a game early on March 23, 2023, with an injury. The defendants then placed more than $200,000 of wagers on the unders for his prop bets, with Rozier leaving the game after nine minutes. Those bets paid out tens of thousands of dollars in profits, and the defendants and Rozier counted the money at his house. 8 The FBI says that former Raptors player Jontay Porter was threatened to participate in the sports gambling scheme because of his gambling debts. 9. Teams that were bet on during the sports gambling scheme include the Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Toronto Raptors. 10. The rigged poker games occurred in the Hamptons, Miami, Las Vegas, and Manhattan. 11. The poker scheme targeted victims who were lured to participate in rigged poker games by the chance to play alongside former professional athletes. These athletes included Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones. 12. The FBI says that the defendants utilized altered shuffling machines to read the cards in the deck and then relayed that information to an off-site operator. The offsite operator — known as the "quarterback" — then sent that information to someone at the table. 13. The FBI also says that the defendants utilized other cheating technologies, including poker chip trays that read cards through hidden cameras, special contact lenses and glasses that could read marked cards, and x-ray poker tables that could read cards face down. 14. The FBI says that the defendants robbed a victim at gunpoint to acquire a rigged shuffling machine. 15. The sports gambling investigation is called "Operation Nothing But Net," while the poker investigation is called "Operation Royal Flush." 16. The FBI has been working on this investigation for four years, with victims losing at least $7 million. 17. One specific victim lost at least $1.8 million. 18. The FBI reviewed thousands of hours of video evidence and executed more than two dozen search warrants. These are just accusations at this point. I am just pointing out details from the FBI's investigation. For more updates, join 135,000 others who read my 3x weekly newsletter: huddleup.substack.com

@SpeakerJohnson @RepJeffries @POTUS My son has been looking forward to his 8th Grade D.C. trip forever. He worked his tail off to pay for his portion and many highlights of the trip are shut down because of the inability of congress to work together. Do better for the kids!!!

Way to go Ryan!!!

Good luck to my dad's next door neighbor Michael Misa as he begins his NHL journey tonight!

@CraigDMauger The exact same letter (although some select words were changed) was sent out two weeks ago from the Saginaw ISD and signed by all the member districts.

Lansing area superintendents issue a letter to parents warning about the potential state government shutdown: