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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

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Mike80 said:
@Premierdrum posted about it on 11W earlier today. It's true.

And what's even better is the Morons and dipshits up north aren't paying attention, because MGoPravda or any of their other propaganda sources aren't putting anything out about it. I don't have a subscription to the The Fart so if it shows up there, maybe someone who does can screen cap the stupidity.
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2025 scUM Shenanigans, Arguments, etc.

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colobuck79 said:
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@Premierdrum posted about it on 11W earlier today. It's true.

And what's even better is the Morons and dipshits up north aren't paying attention, because MGoPravda or any of their other propaganda sources aren't putting anything out about it. I don't have a subscription to the The Fart so if it shows up there, maybe someone who does can screen cap the stupidity.
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Indiana Hoosiers (your shinebox, go f'n get it)

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Zurp said:
Yeah - last year was fun, but they'll be back to "Indiana" soon enough.

Check out this OOC schedule: Old Dominion, Kennesaw State, and Indiana State.

They also play at Oregon and at Penn State. 2025 Oregon probably won't be 2024 Oregon, but I think they will beat Indiana. And Penn State will, too.
If they go 6-1 against the rest of their conference schedule, I'd be shocked.
I think they'll go 9-3, 6-3, at best this year.
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How many of those transfers with 3-4 years of experience in Cignetti’s system do they still have?
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tOSU Recruiting Discussion

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ochre said:
yeah, I was thinking sort of in the terms of buyouts and breaches
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Gotcha. Well, speaking generally I wouldn’t think a number of these kids parents are reading the fine print, or have attorneys to read over such things. Heck, some have random “family members “ advising them(remember former 5star Keon Keeley and his uncle), and many are single parents(mainly moms) just happy their kid is going to school for free and getting paid. They don’t know how much money is involved. I remember saying in the Jakobe Klapper thread that my wife is friends with his mom, and she had no clue how NIL. She was about to set up a gofundme to pay for trips to colleges out of the Midwest region because she didn’t think she could afford The travel costs. I had to tell my wife to tell her that she won’t be worrying about money for a long time when he signs with ND. These single moms are working multiple jobs just to get these kids through HS, and many have multiple kids to worry about as well. Some Of these moms are bartenders, secretary’s, teachers, etc, they have no idea what a buyout or breach is
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Cincinnati Bearcats (Juggalos official thread of Faygo)

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DaddyBigBucks said:
I did not do this

I worked 40 hours a week and took a full load of classes

I had to just to get by. Even though my parents didn’t help me at all, my father made too much for me to get a federal grant in year one. I made too much money to get a federal grant thereafter.

Sound like an easy trap to fall into? It was. That’s why I wasn’t alone. Lots of people were in that boat. All you had to do was tell the truth on your financial aid forms. Then, while you’re walking to work on a Saturday (a car is way outside your budget), you get to hear a frat boy bragging to a sun bathing hottie that he’d just put a car stereo in his BMW with his Pell Grant

Digressions aside, I promise you that no one who was working full time while taking a full load of classes gives a single fig about the History of Art. Education for the sake of education is still an extremely elitist commodity. It’s one of the things that makes elites think they’re better than the rest of us.

Better at what? I’ve never been able to ascertain that. Unless perhaps rigging the system is considered…. They’re running the university system into the ground and pricing it to the point where it is now far more expensive than it’s worth… yeah. That’s a feature. Not a bug

As for learning things “from Google”. There are better ways of learning things from the internet, and some of those can even result in credentials, including the credentials that have made me more money than my BSEE ever did. These alternative sources of education and credentialing are starting to replace the university system, and the people at the helm of the university system have done this to themselves
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Don’t know when you graduated, and I respect your determination. That said, I could work for 8 weeks in one of Dayton’s GM factories and make enough money to pay for a year - apartment, food, utilities, tuition, books. My final two years, Uncle Sam gave $50 a month for ROTC and I picked up more beer and pizza money by reffing intramural and jr hi sports. Tuition was something like 450 per quarter by 1967.
I don’t know where today’s students could work that would keep up with the cost of tuition, let alone room and board.
I understand your position on the arts, but I believe they have added to my enjoyment of life and my understanding of others.
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Columbus Blue Jackets (Official Thread)

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www.nhl.com

Provorov signs 7-year, $59.5 million contract with Blue Jackets | NHL.com

Defenseman had 33 points last season, could have become unrestricted free agent
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Provorov signs 7-year, $59.5 million contract with Blue Jackets​

Ivan Provorov signed a seven-year, $59.5 million contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. It has an average annual value of $8.5 million.

The 28-year-old defenseman had 33 points (seven goals, 26 assists) in 82 games for the Blue Jackets last season. He could have become an unrestricted free agent on Tuesday.

“I think I knew I wanted to stay,” Provorov said. “My understanding was they wanted to keep me. Obviously, I think it’s not a secret they explored and looked at other options. Definitely was a stressful week.

“Definitely didn’t know if I was coming back or not, but I think obviously the want for me was to stay and to re-sign here, and I’m glad we were able to come to an agreement to keep all of us together.”

Selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the first round (No. 7) of the 2015 NHL Draft, Provorov has 282 points (77 goals, 205 assists) in 696 regular-season games for the Flyers and Blue Jackets and 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in 22 Stanley Cup Playoff games.

“Obviously, we really wanted ‘Provy’ to stay here, and I think you heard it (from him) -- he wanted to stay here,” Columbus general manager Don Waddell said. “When you have 2-3 weeks prior there are talks, but you don’t get down to the nuts and bolts as much as in the last 24 hours or so.

“We know, from our end, as of today he could sign with anybody. So, that’s the biggest thing as you approach deadlines, whether it’s the draft or whatever it is, deadlines usually create action.”
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NHL contract grades: Blue Jackets massively overpay Ivan Provorov in confounding 7-year deal

On paper, it feels almost impossible to spin this immediate albatross in any positive light. The problem is the cost, at $8.5 million AAV.
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NHL contract grades: Blue Jackets massively overpay Ivan Provorov in confounding 7-year deal​

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The problem is the cost. An $8.5 million AAV — even in a rising cap world — is a lot of money. The expected Net Rating for that is plus-7.1 for the 2025-26 season, which is what you’d expect for a strong No. 2 defender. It would’ve made sense for an Aaron Ekblad type, but Provorov is not in that stratosphere or, frankly, even close to it. His projected Net Rating for next season is minus-0.8 — right around average. Essentially, the Blue Jackets are paying No. 2 money to a No. 4 defenseman. It doesn’t add up.
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There’s a chance Provorov can be that guy for Columbus — it’s just an extremely low one. When teams sign contracts, they’re making bets on what the 50-50 price is, or they’re adding risk to their cap sheet. In the UFA market, where the player has all the leverage, a 30 or 40 percent bet is fair game and sometimes excusable. This isn’t that. With Provorov, the Blue Jackets basically bought a 1-in-25 ticket where the odds of Provorov living up to this price tag are too low to make any sense. It’s a bet that immediately ranks as one of the league’s absolute worst. Even the absolute best case scenario is probably $1.5 million off.
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Cincinnati Bearcats (Juggalos official thread of Faygo)

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CincyInterloper said:
See, if you had a degree in English Literature, you would have been able to come up with a more elegant ending to finish your post... With... I mean with which to finish your post.
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This critique is something up with which I will not put!
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Cleveland Guardians (2025 Season Thread)

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BuckBackHome said:
www.cleveland.com

Guardians’ Luis Ortiz being investigated by MLB for gambling-related activities

Luis Ortiz, Guardians pitcher, is being investigated by Major League Baseball.
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Sources: Guardians' Ortiz faces gambling inquiry

Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz is under investigation by MLB after a betting-integrity firm flagged a pair of pitches that had received unusual gambling activity, sources told ESPN.
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Sources: Guardians' Luis Ortiz subject of gambling investigation​

Cleveland Guardians right-hander Luis Ortiz is under investigation by Major League Baseball after a betting-integrity firm flagged a pair of pitches that had received unusual gambling activity, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Sources said betting-integrity firm IC360 sent an alert in June to sportsbook operators regarding Ortiz, whom MLB has placed on "non-disciplinary paid leave" through July 17.

The alert, according to sources who reviewed it, referenced action on Ortiz's first pitches in select innings to be a ball or a hit batsman in two games: June 15 against the Seattle Mariners and June 27 against the St. Louis Cardinals. In both the bottom of the second inning against the Mariners and the top of the third inning against the Cardinals, Ortiz threw a first-pitch slider that was well outside the strike zone.

The alert on Ortiz's first pitches flagged bets in Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Betting on the result of first pitches is offered by some sportsbooks, with such wagers commonly referred to as microbets.
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