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  1. The message I received was equally as blunt about how this will play out. I get the sense that for my buddy and other dad's with surviving daughters the mindset is going back and forth between incredible sense of relief/feeling lucky and disbelief/anger at the level of negligence involved at all levels including the camp itself.
  2. Based on numbers sent to me that had to be increased significantly based on current camp tuition rates. I'm sure the full numbers will probably come out over time.
  3. One of my best friend's daughter was at the camp when this happened and is safe and I've talked to him about it this week. His wife went to camp there, was a counselor etc. as were other family members. They are also close to the family. But from what I gather the dad's that are not as attached emotionally to the camp and able to look at this a little more objectively are pretty incensed at the situation and don't think it's going to go well once litigators dive into all of this. He sent me a breakdown of projected revenue based on what they pay + number of camps and sessions, etc. There was certainly plenty of profit available to improve safety and risk management and there is certainly a view in hindsight that it was lacking. I'll probably hear more once we're able to grab a beer and discuss in more detail, but just throwing out there to say that criticism started to grow is not limited to those of us reading about it all on the internet. There are some very connected people that lost kids or grandkids that I doubt just write this off as a tragedy that couldn't have been prevented.
  4. If that were to be the case then my next question would be what is the role of the Longhorn Foundation going forward.
  5. I think I'm even more curious now between interplay between Texas One Fund and athletic dept and actual role of Texas One Fund and our donations going forward. I'm sure it's all being figured out in real time in some respect, but to the extent Texas One Fund still needs our money, I don't think they have done a very good job of communicating exactly what our funds will be used for post 7/1. Does anyone on this board that initially help set it all up understand how it's going to work going forward? I have a text chain on this exact topic with people wondering why they shouldn't cancel monthly donation in new world.
  6. Just chiming in to say I think this is dead on. Come for the sports talk but then get your fill of entertainment, food/travel, and in particular, news updates (and on the rare occasion in the mood for politics, I knew where to find it). That is what made the site great for a long time. It was an incredibly efficient way to catch up current events in between calls. I spend a lot less time here than I used to because the 10% of posters are completely incapable of not letting their strong political feelings infect every thread they participate in and I just log out. My personal view is that social media algorithms have completely broken people's brains on both sides of the aisle and it infects everything. Hell, I feel it personally when I start scrolling my phone (and as a moderate my algorithm manages to make me pissed off at both sides). One idea would be that if you decide to post in the Cloak Room, you are just locked out of DT. But then the problem would be DT would just become Fox "news" over time. I don't think there really is a fix. BTW - this isn't unique to this board. I've used my buddy's OB account for like 15 years from time to time. Similarly, there are lot of experts there that make non-sports threads (investments, etc.) good reads, but they have the opposite problem as that board leans heavy MAGA so you can't stop the MAGA idiots from ruining any off topic thread. It's just a societal problem at this point. Politics has completely overwhelmed certain people to the point that it impacts virtually every single aspect of their life. What's funny is, I know several people like that in real life, but when I manage to see them in person they are largely completely capable of having normal conversations. It's social media algorithms and the internet that have turned everyone insane online in particular.
  7. What's hilarious is Delkus (and I'm usually a big fan) posted something to the effect of "it should be clear tonight" about an hour before this all hit. I checked radar right before I left downtown as I saw some clouds to the north east but looked like nothing so took off then was in the middle of it last couple of miles (and I live close to Royal Oaks and know to avoid that Greenville area when it rains like this). It's been raining off and on ever since and we lost power for about 30 minutes. Not that crazy of a storm or anything but bizarre nobody locally really predicted it and it soaked a big chunk of the metroplex. I don't think anyone really knows what to do with whatever the system is - very atypical pattern.
  8. But how does it work going forward? As I understand the original model, players would be paid to essentially do marketing and/or make public appearances (sign autographs, etc.) for non-profits. So players would be paid for showing up and doing the work, charity benefitted via promotions from athletes, and Texas One Fund donations supported the player contracts for these services. So now that contracts are supposed to be "true" 3rd party/corporate NIL - what do the individual donations support? Is it effectively subsidizing a for profit NIL contract? Or are donations effectively paying salaries for marketing agent's who's job it is to go find NIL deals?
  9. Fine with the Faksa signing. It doesn't move the needle but it fills a need. Still currently over the cap so have to have a trade planned for Bushkin and/or Dumba. I kept telling yall we didn't have the $$ for Granlund (even if he would have taken a significant discount) but didn't expect he could net $7MM on the market. That's a big number and probably a sizeable overpay for someone turning 34 in February. Makes that Duchene contract some were questioning look like great value. Guess that's the benefit of being one of the best players available 7/1 in a weak free agency class.
  10. There wasn't a hire out there that was going to "wow" anyone. Most of the coaching carousel had happened before we fired Pete. I still blame Pete for putting us in the position with game 5 during and post game panic/meltdown (for lack of a better word). Obviously none of us know what all was going on behind the scenes so maybe it was a move that needed to happen regardless, but certainly wasn't on anyone's radar when we started the WCF. Hopefully this guy works out - obviously now has a lot more experience since he last shot as a HC.
  11. Got it. So it all comes back to Trump like it always does. Guess I need to go look at Twitter and see what he got all the CR'ers fired up about today. I assume he's acting like a fucking buffoon like he always does. I could give 2 shits what that idiot has to say about anything. That doesn't mean the actual planning, coordination, etc. of the strike itself wasn't impressive. It's ok to appreciate the American military without feeling like you are supporting the administration you know. But yeah - I'll see my way back to the Stars or recruiting threads which can hopefully stay devoid of the rampant TDS that infects every fucking discussion on this board.
  12. Yes, quite the shock that the U.S. is boasting about a complex military operations. Never seen that before. Not like there aren't dozens of Hollywood movies dramatizing damn near every material military accomplishment this country has ever had.
  13. Helobious, of all people, is not impressed. Classic
  14. Agreed. I mean particularly considering the context of what an absolute shitshow and worldwide embarrassment pretty much the entire Ukraine war has been for the Russian military. Israel with their first strike and then the U.S. with this strike still put the world on notice as to what a competent military can look like.
  15. Seriously. Are people on this board serious trying to downplay an outstanding job by our military because of fucking politics. JFC.
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