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Skipper

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  1. No hard at all when the best WR corp in the country is left in man coverage across the board with no safety help. Way too fucking aggressive of a defensive call on 3rd and 11. Great ball though.
  2. Notre Dame just way too aggressive with that blitz call.
  3. Feel like I'm watching a Texas 2nd half right now. Ohio State should have won this by 4TD's and fucked around.
  4. I think the technical legal dispute is whether it's an enforceable contract given that it is conditioned on the house settlement which hasn't happened. Don't think anyone can really weigh in without seeing the contract terms. But that aside, to the extent we assume it is an enforceable contract, I'm team Wisconsin here. If these players want to essentially be treated essentially like professional athletes (and despite what NIL is intended to be, it's obvious that is what their goal is) then they need to understand contracts mean something and are a 2 way street. And if you sign a 2 year deal, another team can't just come over the top and allow you to tear up the paper. If you want an out, negotiate for it (i.e., termination/buyout provisions). And I think we all appreciate there is some level of tampering from lots of schools via agents but if Miami is doing it at an egregious level with blatant disregard for pre-existing contractual relationships, then fuck Miami and I'm glad they are getting called out. It's probably inevitable we get to some kind of CBA eventually and disputes like this will only accelerate that.
  5. My 8 year old son got to be the "stick kid" at the game last night. We went down outside locker room and he got to give the team fist bumps as they came out for warmups, watch warmups from down on the ice, and then Sam Steel signed a stick he got to bring home. Upon closer look it's an old Esa Lindell stick. Was a badass experience and he's still on cloud 9 this AM. It was one of the season ticket holder experience options I signed up for it as soon as it went live. Stars did a great job with the entire thing making him feel important. Really great marketing for them both from a season ticket holder perspective and ensuring young fans for life. He's a huge Sam Steel fan now.
  6. Regardless of the farce that NIL is (which I agree), it is in theory tied to fucking value of your name image and likeness. Which is zero for a bunch of athletes in non-revenue producing sports. I'll dive into the legal arguments once we inevitably get there, but it's absolutely stretch to tie this to Title IX financial assistance, and yeah, I'm sorry, this would only come from a democrat DOE
  7. Not sure where else to put this and sports related but don't want to cloak room up the NIL thread. But the idiotic DOE policy position on Title IX is the kind of dumb shit democrats constantly do that gets people like Trump elected. Taking the position that post settlement funds that schools can pay athletes as NIL is actually "financial assistance" subject to Title IX is so mind numbingly idiotic it's hard to wrap my arms around. Sure DOE, a fucking scholarship rower nobody has or will ever hear of (that is already a material revenue loss due to Title IX) should be paid "equal" to Collin Simmons and the like in fucking "NIL". So fucking stupid and a massive unforced error at the end of the Biden Administration that would literally destroy athletic departments across the country if actually implemented and cost hundreds of female scholarships. This is just the kind of unnecessary 'woke' shit with no basis in reality that liberals in govt positions push through that make headlines and constantly make it harder for D's than it should be as it relates to your average American that has a lick of common sense.
  8. I saw Cruz came out with a strong statement against this idiocy. No CR but probably one of the few things I 100% agree with. This policy by the DOE is a completely unforced error that makes anyone paying attention on this issue assume they are incompetent as it relates to everything else.
  9. Making this a paid service is an interesting strategy that I don't think will go well. Obviously the Stars don't have the same following (or the same level of TV revenue to replace) but I remember when Victory + was announced the stars rep talked about how they discussed and thought it was important to keep it free vs. even a nominal amount in order to build/keep the fanbase engaged. I'll probably end up paying it but I bet a lot of people won't on principle and I don't blame them. Unfortunately for the Rangers and everyone else that were locked into Bally's, a shit ton of fanbases got used to dealing with just watching national games over the past few years.
  10. I don't think I've had any app issues since maybe opening night. Roku here.
  11. I feel like multi-year contracts with liquidated damages should be the solution. Just for illustrative purposes, 5 star locks in a 3 year deal. $500K year 1, $1MM year 2, $1.5MM year 3. Either side can terminate without cause at any time for $350K (so collective also gets 'bust' protection). So if Oregon wants to overpay an all american year 3 that is locked in, they will need to buy out the contract for $350K. Again, just throwing numbers around for sake of an example, but in a world without salary caps or luxury taxes, something like that makes the most sense to me. Essentially no different than coaches and their salaries.
  12. I guess that was the point I was trying to make earlier. How much do we (and others) continue to adjust when recruiting HS players. I mean if we lose Manny for example, we developed him for 2 years and now lose him at the point where he should have his best season. Would we have been better off using all the money we paid him on other rentals? I get there really isn't an easy or correct answer and certainly have to do some of both. And in theory with some players there will be actual loyalty (and/or a loyalty discount) to the program they signed with as long as they are treated 'fairly'. If you could lock players into multi-year deals with material liquidated damages to terminate, it would make this easier to manage and I don't see how we don't get to that point. As it is now, I assume very difficult to manage allocation of funds between recruiting and portal/retention.
  13. Guess let's see who it is. But if you pay, develop and then lose a 5 star in their prime to a higher bidder, do you have to start rethinking how much you allocate to recruiting vs. retaining/poaching? Crazy world to try to manage without a salary cap or multi-year contracts.
  14. Sounds like my question yesterday as to how prepared we are on the NIL front collectively is about to get answered. Do we still have shit participation from both small donors and large donors with a handful picking up way to big a %% of the tab?
  15. What is remotely 'weird' about a guy that has called plays for his entire career, got this job precisely because he was elite at it, not wanting to give that up.
  16. For those that know - how are we doing overall in NIL coffers? Has One Fund participation increased over the course of another successful season? I'm guessing price of success comes with heavy retention costs for numerous future NFL players on our roster that are currently draft ineligible not to mention a raise for guys on the fence we talk into staying.
  17. There was probably a NIL number that made sense for Blue to come back but not sure if that number would have worked for us. On one hand he's only going to have this speed for a limited number of years (and it could all be taken away with one injury) so if you can stay on an NFL roster as a RB, better to start that clock now. On the other hand, unless he improves fumbling, pass pro and running through contact he could be off a roster soon. Best of luck to him. Hope it works out. Definitely has the potential to be a solid pro.
  18. He had a terrible game against OSU but wasn't healthy. He played fantastic at times this past year though. If he actually comes back will have extremely high expectations for him next season.
  19. JFC. This board is going to lose their minds when Arch inevitably throws 3 picks in a game next year. Anything less than a heisman is going to be unacceptable the way you all have built Arch up in your minds.
  20. There are a lot of absolute fucking morons that post on this board and he's at the top. This thread and the Quinn thread is like a magnet to the biggest dumbasses and pure shit fans.
  21. I would add the holding no-call (that could have been called on 3 different OL) on 3rd and 15.
  22. My dumbass friend apparently sucks at reading comprehension and missed when the other friend told him to buy for them. It's $100 at door (100 total available). Is that right? Idiots.
  23. Has definitely been one of the weirder ticket markets I've ever seen with the snowmageddon headfake.
  24. At this point I'm pretty confident drive to game won't be an issue for anyone as it isn't expected to get that cold overnight. But tomorrow night is a different story as temps back in low to mid 20's for whatever is left. Hopefully not much more precipitation tonight and it clears over the course of the day.
  25. When are you cutting off sales? Herding cattle but about to buy 4 or 5 I think.
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