Captain Buckeye said:

This guy should never play football again let alone this next season. Betting thousands of times and on his own team? That’s ridiculous.

But we all know the NCAA isn’t going to do what’s right.

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pnuts34 said:

For crying out loud Kirby. Do something

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iambrutus said:

that requires an explanation... please tell me it involves what would clearly be an OHSA violation?

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DubCoffman62 said:

It became a punchline for women with unendowed partners

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Thump said:

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48799982/mariners-call-top-prospect-colt-emerson-mlb-debut

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ScriptOhio said:

Just a really interesting article (however, I wonder just how factual it really is):

Ohio State, Oregon, USC, and Michigan are at the center of college sports' most important NIL decision ever

The Ohio State Buckeyes were one of several teams mentioned while Ross Dellenger discussed an imminent landmark NIL decision.

scarletandgame.com

The Ohio State Buckeyes are among the financially well-endowed teams that the College Sports Commission is trying to limit NIL spending for. While explaining the looming potential split between the SEC and Big Ten from the federal government's new enforcement arm, Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger mentioned Ohio State alongside the Oregon Ducks, USC Trojans, and TTUN as teams that could be the most affected.

These programs, plus various SEC juggernauts, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the Miami Hurricanes, and others, have money that doesn't come from institutional rev-share pools but instead from third-party NIL deals that secure millions for top recruits.

"As the NCAA’s seven-year congressional lobbying effort reaches its climax — a vote on legislation is scheduled for this week in the House with momentum building for a bipartisan bill in the Senate, too — college sports is on the brink of more revolutionary decisions," Dellenger prefaced before saying, "At the center of it all is the landmark, multi-billion dollar legal settlement of three antitrust cases (House) that, while moving the enterprise into the age of direct athlete compensation, has failed to deliver the stability that many leaders sought — and now it poses a risk to roster stability.

"The new enforcement entity’s scrutiny of third-party NIL deals from the biggest above-the-cap spenders — many of them here (Ohio State, Oregon, USC, Michigan, etc.) — threatens to cripple the league’s wealthy behemoths by putting at risk tens of millions of dollars they guaranteed to their players."

The Ohio State University and the sport's biggest brands have too much power for the sport to change from being NIL-driven

The current administration may have talked up a big game with NIL reform, but like many other aspects of its governance, it probably won't be able to deliver on nearly any proposed promise. That is probably a good thing for College Football, with collective record ratings and revenue soaring, but it's particularly good for schools like the Ohio State University. Not to mention the various millionaire high school kids and their families who are the product of college sports.

OSU has a shady, powerful network behind the scenes that will keep the school competing with the University of Texas year in and year out in revenue, and, ipso facto, recruiting spending. That doesn't appear to be threatened in any way, since the guy at the top, Les Wexner, is connected to the President through nefarious third parties.
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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:

Will be an interesting series.

As much as SAS gave OKC headaches during the regular season, I have a feeling OKC will win it pretty convincingly.

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