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  1. College Football 2022

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    If the SEC expanded, maybe Clemson? Probably not Florida State because of the long standing “gentlemen’s agreement” with Florida, but given the TAMU experience with the recent OU/Tx expansion I wouldn’t bet the company car on it. More likely not FSU because they’re not very good for quite some time and don’t have as much television/revenue to offer as they did 15 years ago. But maybe…

     

    Gotta be big name or television markets. That conference isn’t even pretending that’s not the primary motivation.

     

    Hmm. Interesting thought exercise. I don’t see the $EC adding anyone regardless of the moves made by the B1G unless and until it increases individual revenue shares. 

  2. College Football 2022

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    If you put $25k in the pocket of every scholarship player (80 scholarship limit) that’s $2M a year. Chump change for a major program, an incredible barrier to competitiveness for 2nd/3rd tier programs.

     

    Really don’t love NIL. Is only going to accelerate the difference between the “haves” and “have nots” in the sport.

     

    I don’t necessarily object to a more equitable payment system for players who put their bodies on the line for massive University television contracts, but this is pretty much turning into the Wild West.

  3. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    56 minutes ago, Pariah said:

     

    Sadly, this is true only to the degree that the States are willing to follow the Federal government's lead. The last time a group of states decided en masse that they weren't going to let the Feds tell them how to run things, it took the force of the Union army to set things right.

     

     

    Amendment X does indeed assign the bulk of responsibility for governance to the States. This is as it should be, in my humble opinion. Many, or perhaps even most, issues are best solved by the people who are the most directly affected by them. I believe, for example, that issues facing Salt Lake City are best resolved by the city government, perhaps somewhat less effectively by the Utah State government, and even less so by the federal government.

     

    Having said that, when local and State governments fail to protect the rights of their citizens, it is the duty and obligation of the Federal government to make things right. State and local governments, frequently in more conservative areas, will cry day and night about Federal government overreach. But in almost every case, in my experience, the Federal government gets involved simply because the State and local governments won't do the right thing.

    I don’t disagree at all, that’s the function of appropriate oversight by Federal and State authorities within the defined areas of their purview. If the aforementioned shenanigans are at play, one works desperately hope appropriate regulatory authority steps in.

     

    With that said, that cuts both ways. “Rules for thee but not for me” is a favorite hobby of officials from both parties, and Federal Authority to protect civil liberties is as ensconced into law as say (to pick an area that is dear to the other side) protection of the nation’s borders.

     

    It’s important to remember that when it goes against “our team” because a unified nation acknowledges the rule of law even when you disagree with the other party. Even deeply.

     

     Which is why I want local control to whatever extent practicable, and please 8 pounds six ounce baby Jesus… hold elected officials responsible when they commit horrific abuses of power. And maybe change laws when they’re awful.

     

     Crazy, I know. “Where has this guy been for the last twenty years?”

  4. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
     

    As someone who works for local government, I am very much in favor of this. I did not want to work for a recent federal administration, even indirectly, and as a subsidiary of State government there is an indispensable partitioning that exists between the Feds and local government.

     

    Federal government does some things well, some things poorly, and a number of things not at all. Same for State, Local and Private Sector entities. I prefer most decisions occur locally in government, with appropriate oversight from State and Federal entities to ensure no shenanigans occur.

  9. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/14/europe/sweden-finland-nato-next-steps-intl/index.html
     

    So that’s official, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine massively strengthened NATO on their northern border (if approved, which I expect will eventually happen). Article 5 just took on a whole new significance.

     

    On the other hand, this is quite the legacy achievement. Even the Soviet Union didn’t overcome the historic neutrality of those states. Impressive work by Putin in that respect…

  10. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    As someone who lives in California, the heart of progressive political supremacy in the United States, this resonates with me. Goddamn people, I’ve supported the party for the past 28 years in every election. Now I’ve got a Governor who is so untouchable that PG&E can literally plead guilty to manslaughter of our citizenry (84 times in Paradise alone) and they’re untouchable by political fiat. Violence and crime are steadily increasing, and James Carville is derided as insufficient in his political litmus test.

     

    Know how I know we’ve lost our way? Frankly getting destroyed in November is entirely predictable, at a National level. But here our Governor doesn’t even feel the need to campaign.

     

     Depressing.

  14. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    Interesting report on Ukraine’s decision in the 1990s to surrender the nuclear arsenal left behind following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

     

    https://www.npr.org/2022/02/21/1082124528/ukraine-russia-putin-invasion

     

    Unfortunately, the current events are going to be pointed to by any nation in the future. A political “guarantee” to protect your security is apparently not worth as much as having nuclear capacity. Nobody really seems to think Russia would be invading were Ukraine a nuclear capable nation. And it is inherently in the interest of the United States to prevent the emergence of new nuclear powers.

     

    I thought it was interesting to consider in light of the current military situation.

  17. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    49 minutes ago, Tom said:

     

    While I'm inclined to believe the Ukranians scored with missiles, sacking the responsible admiral doesn't prove the argument.  Commanding officers, and commanding flag officers, get sacked and/or disciplined when major losses occur due to accidents which "should not have been possible" if appropriate training and leadership were in place.

    True, but then there’s this.. 

     

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/pentagon-attributes-moskvas-sinking-to-ukraine-missile-strikes-report-01650042236

  18. Political Discussion Thread (With Rules)

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    25 minutes ago, TrickstaPriest said:

    Wonder why I'm still hearing stuff from the dems about Trump, not Abbott or DeSantis.  Or better yet, go for the source, Tucker.

     

    I kept on telling myself "you know, rejecting an ongoing pandemic would have to be the death of the R party, wouldn't it?  people having to bury their dead, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans due to negligence, that should surely end their popularity."

    "you know, inciting massive protests for counting the ballots AS THEY WERE BEING COUNTED would have to be the death of the R party for any sane individual, wouldn't it?" 

    "inciting an attempted revolt in the capital would have to be the..."

     

    The latest seems to be "siding with Russia as it literally murders thousands of Ukranians would have to be the..."

     

    At this point?  I think we have to concede that if these issues aren't heavily advertised, there's no expectation that people will accept 'reality'.

    https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2022/03/15/public-expresses-mixed-views-of-u-s-response-to-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/
     

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/full-list-31-republicans-voted-against-military-aid-ukraine-1687052%3Famp%3D1
     

    The vote was 68-31. Given our domestic politics, that’s an unprecedented show of bipartisanship.

     

    (/sarcasm) 

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