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People are creatures of habit that don't like change. God forbid they have to go to a polling place that is different from the one they've gone to for 30 years.

Besides that, I don't think Roberts will go for it, and he should be able to convince at least one of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or ACB to go along with him. Thomas and Alito, though, would sell out this country for Trump in a heartbeat.

Ur-Fascism? Sounds more like Ur-Aggyism.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/middleeast/israel-pager-attack-hezbollah-lebanon-invs-intl/index.html Yeah, you really need the context to understand how horribly racist and insulting that was.

Time. He's had a full year in the program, and he would have been WR1 but for all the transfers. People forget that Cook came in as a Dude last year. He had to learn some humility to sit behind so much graduating talent as a freshman. I think he will be rewarded for that and that he and will be named starters for the beginning of the season, and that Bond is penciled in for one of the other starter spots. The fight for the last spot and the first spot off the bench will probably be between Golden, Bolden, Moore, and Wingo. Anything can change in fall practice, but that's my guess now.

Here's hoping Coach Choate wrecks shop in the Mountain West with our transfers.

It'll be jumpin' that night at the Holiday Inn!

This is a standard unanimity charge instruction for alternative manners and means. Here is the offense Trump was convicted of: The bolded section is where the alternatives were presented. In Texas, the instruction given in this situation was proper. This does not even consider how or whether error was preserved on this issue.

Fair enough. But by that standard the ceiling for any kicker is 4, which is weird. He's not called Hermanator for nothing.

At the end of the day, there are only 1696 men every year that can call themselves active NFL players, a majority of which do not have guaranteed contracts. In comparison, there are approximately 2400 Navy SEALs currently serving in the US Navy. Texas has approximately 140,000 licensed police officers. Risk isn't just mortality rate, it's also the return on the work you've invested and the likelihood of long-term success versus the chance of losing everything you've put in to making it. There are many, many less risky ways of making a million dollars than playing in the NFL. Playing a pro sport isn't a game to them. Being a professional athlete or entertainer is really hard, and it's a shame more fans don't appreciate that.

I've read it, I just take issue with your focus on the money and comparing these men to average Americans. The players earned the money, and truth be told, it isn't enough compared to the risks they take. Getting fleeced out of the money they actually get to keep is just the tip of the iceberg of the dirtiness of professional sports.

Except that $2M is best case scenario for a vast number of players. The point I was trying to make is that, even in the NFL, you have a bimodal distribution of compensation that is far worse than people realize. By promulgating the idea that every draftee is set for life, the system fucks these players just as much or more than their own financial stupidity, and that's after they survive the gauntlet of challenges just to make it to being drafted. These players also have worked a fuck-ton harder than the average American to get where they are at 21-22. And let's be honest, how many of us didn't just blow everything we had at that age? Billionaire owners are getting rich, the cream of the crop talent gets paid the fuck-you money, and everybody else gets churned out with hopefully a little to save to get them to their pension and a decent interview story.

The average NFL player plays 3.3 years. For every guy that hits a second contract, many more wash out after a couple of years. Once you figure in the agent, taxes, and living expenses, a player taken after the 2nd round would be lucky to have 2 million in the bank at the end of his rookie deal. It's a nice nest egg, but if you're trying to live off of it the rest of your life, you're looking at about 60-80K a year (3-4% of 2 mil) to live on without touching your capital. If you get chosen in the first round or early second round, yes, that's life-changing money if you can hold onto it. But everybody else, unless you hit that second contract, odds are you're going to need an income-producing career after the NFL to live a comfortable middle-class lifestyle.

Will he have to sit a year at LSU?

I heard Bailey is a primadonna anyway and will probably hit transfer portal as soon as it opens.