Jaxbuck said:

That was what was done to WR's coming across the middle back then by any team. It's not a Steelers thing.

Look at what our very own Jack Tatum is most famous for.

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I know. And what he did was dirty as hell, too. But the Steelers lived off it, and are still living off it. And getting away with it because that's the identity they got to create way back when.

Ohio State Football Communications Director Jerry Emig Named to CSC Hall of Fame Class of 2026​

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, Jerry Emig.

Emig, who will retire in 2026 after 28 years in athletics communications — including the past 19 at Ohio State — was named as one of six members of the College Sports Communicators Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 on Monday.

“I am thrilled, appreciative and humbled to be recognized as a CSC Hall of Fame member,” Emig said in a statement. “The feeling of pride I have to be included among this distinguished and distinctive group of communicators is real and will be everlasting. I want to thank the CSC Special Awards Committee and current Hall of Fame members for this honor.

"I also want to thank the communications staff at Ohio State University for its spirit, work ethic and leadership that makes every day in this profession a pleasure. Working alongside colleagues, coaches, student-athletes and members of the media has been wonderful, and I will forever be grateful that it has positioned me to receive this honor.”
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Brooks Koepka reinstated by PGA Tour through 'Returning Member Program,' set to play Farmers Insurance Open​

Koepka will pay a $5 million charitable contribution and miss out on $50 million to $85 million in potential earnings in his return to the PGA Tour after departing LIV Golf​

Less than one month after departing LIV Golf following four years with the league, Brooks Koepka has been reinstated by the PGA Tour to play tournaments in 2026. Under the new Returning Member Program, which formally opened Monday following approval from the PGA Tour's Board of Directors, Koepka's return to the PGA Tour has become official.
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Under the Returning Member Program, players who are considered elite due to their performance can take an alternative path back to the PGA Tour rather than serve a suspension. Golfers who have won The Players Championship, Masters, PGA Championship, U.S. Open or The Open Championship during the 2022-25 seasons are eligible to return to the PGA Tour under this program if contractual limitations preventing them from complying with PGA Tour rules and regulations no longer exist.

The program was created as a response to Koepka's unique situation as he departed LIV Golf on Dec. 23, 2025, and formally applied for reinstatement. It is not an indication of what the PGA Tour may decide in the future if additional players wish to return.

As a condition of reinstatement through this program, returning members become ineligible to earn payouts from the Player Equity Program for five years (2026-30), and they will not receive payments from the FedEx Cup bonus program in the 2026 season.

The PGA Tour estimates that Koepka will miss out on $50 million to $85 million in potential earnings. He will also make a $5 million charitable donation at the request of the PGA Tour. In a letter to its membership, the PGA Tour called the potential missed earnings "one of the largest financial repercussions in professional sports history." It also stated that fields would be expanded to include Koepka so that no one would be denied an opportunity to play.

In order to compete in signature events, returning members need to play their way in through qualifying methods, such as the Aon Next 10, Aon Swing 5, winning a tournament in the current year and/or residing inside the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings. Returning members are not eligible for sponsor exemptions into signature events.

The PGA Tour decided that creating the Returning Member Program was a necessary pathway to ensure the game's elite performers had a way to compete without delay while simultaneously ensuring there was a level of restitution that created fairness for members who never departed the organization, CBS Sports has learned.

Players who meet the elite criteria may apply for reinstatement through Feb. 2.

Based on the aforementioned criteria, the only other golfers eligible for reinstatement would be Bryson DeChambeau (winner of the U.S. Open in 2024), Jon Rahm (winner of the 2023 Masters) and Cameron Smith (winners of The Open and The Players in 2022).
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Jaxbuck said:

I'd look at tv contracts and work from what you see in baseball. Why do big markets teams have 2-3x the payroll of small market teams?

Then work forward from that.

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They don't have a crappy owner like the Red's owner Bob Castellini.......

TampaBuckeyes said:

I’m just thinking what are they going to do, run an add on one of the games? How many actual Ohio state fans watch a game? A million maybe. So you run the add and home 1% pull out their phones and scan a qr code to donate $10. That’s $100,000 minus what it cost to create and run the add. Then by the 3rd game everyone who wants to donate has already done it.

I’d leave it to the billionaires.

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I'd look at tv contracts and work from what you see in baseball. Why do big markets teams have 2-3x the payroll of small market teams?

Then work forward from that.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

I know what you're saying, but that's the same shit they do year after year. Cheap shot bullshit while the person they're trying to injure can't defend themselves. The fact that it was within the rules back then is why they still do it and get away with it now. Doesn't change the fact it was unnecessarily dangerous for the sake of looking tough when the "other guy" couldn't do anything about it.

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That was what was done to WR's coming across the middle back then by any team. It's not a Steelers thing.

Look at what our very own Jack Tatum is most famous for.

Jaxbuck said:

I wasn't proposing anything. I simply grabbed a number as a point of reference. Point is they don't seem to do a very good job of engaging the fanbase in any attempts to monetize it.

Maybe that is by design. Who knows? The most any sport monetizes their fanbase is merch and ticket sales really.

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I’m just thinking what are they going to do, run an add on one of the games? How many actual Ohio state fans watch a game? A million maybe. So you run the add and home 1% pull out their phones and scan a qr code to donate $10. That’s $100,000 minus what it cost to create and run the add. Then by the 3rd game everyone who wants to donate has already done it.

I’d leave it to the billionaires.

Maybe shell out for a better coach that doesn't have a coke habit, then.

Jaxbuck said:

It wasn't considered dirty back then or even well into the 80's/early 90's.

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I know what you're saying, but that's the same shit they do year after year. Cheap shot bullshit while the person they're trying to injure can't defend themselves. The fact that it was within the rules back then is why they still do it and get away with it now. Doesn't change the fact it was unnecessarily dangerous for the sake of looking tough when the "other guy" couldn't do anything about it.

OHSportsFan said:

Meanwhile, this sums up the fanbases.

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That might be the truest thing on the internet

Crump's brother said:

The only way he possibly sits for a year is if the market is bad for him. How can Oregon pay him 7 figures to be a backup? Even they dont have unlimited funds.

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Just sayin': For all practical purposes....yes they do.

Phil Knight Is 86 Years Old And Desperately Wants To See A Championship, So He's Providing Oregon With Unlimited NIL Resources​

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With a Net Worth of $36.8 Billion, Phil Knight is Oregon’s Richest Individual​

Phil Knight, born and raised in Portland, Oregon, co-founded Nike in 1964 alongside Bill Bowerman, his former track and field coach at the University of Oregon. Initially operating under the name Blue Ribbon Sports, the company sold Japanese athletic shoes before adopting the Nike brand in 1971.

Knight retired as chairman of Nike in 2016, but he and his family maintain a 20% ownership stake in the company. With a current net worth of $36.8 billion, Knight ranks as the 24th wealthiest individual in the United States and the 51st globally. While his net worth peaked at $49.9 billion in 2021, it has since gradually declined.

Knight and his wife, Penny, have donated over $3.6 billion to various causes. In 2023, they pledged $400 million to revitalize Portland’s historically Black Albina neighborhood. The couple has also made substantial contributions to the University of Oregon, funding the Matthew Knight Arena (named after their late son), the renovation of Hayward Field, and the establishment of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Phase two of the Knight Campus is currently under construction, supported by an additional $500 million donation from the Knights.

Beyond Oregon, their philanthropy extends to Stanford University, where Knight earned his MBA. The couple has donated more than $500 million to the institution. Additionally, the Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute bears their name following a $100 million donation.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

Dirty and legal are 2 different things.

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It wasn't considered dirty back then or even well into the 80's/early 90's.

Jaxbuck said:

That was clean as a whistle in 1975

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Dirty and legal are 2 different things.

BuckeyeNation27 said:

The Steelers benefiting from a dirty cheap shot? Shocking.

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That was clean as a whistle in 1975

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It's fake.

You can tell by the hat. If he was real, that hat would be red with a "C" for cunt on it.

He's not even 50. I can't believe the Reds haven't signed him yet.

The Steelers benefiting from a dirty cheap shot? Shocking.

Great. Now he’ll probably start cosplaying Bo Nix.