BB73 said:

The cheaters may have bought that ruling.

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They absolutely did. The ruling (something like $30 million) IS the buyout. Remember when that ruling came out? "Unprecedented hammering by the NCAA", or something like that. They'd never before given a punishment that high (according to my memory of the news). The only reason it was that high (dollars-wise) is because the cheaters were willing to pay it and keep their wins and championship.

Remember when MLB's umpires talked about "their" strike zones? And no one minded, because they were consistent. Yeah, that pitch was 4 inches outside the plate, but he's been calling that strike all evening, and all season. Fine - I don't like it, but at least be consistent. The NCAA has not been consistent at all.
Who was it that had communications with Deion Sanders ~10 years ago? Some wide receiver. Well, he was ruled ineligible simply for not being truthful with the NCAA.
North Carolina lets its players take bogus classes - "introduction to cartoon-watching". No problem.
Some basketball coach (Utah, maybe?) buys some pizza to share with a player whose father just died. The player loses eligibility.
Miami boosters buy hookers and boats and coke and all the things for their players. We'll let them off with time served after self-imposing 2 years' post-season ban, after it was obvious that they won't make any impressive bowl games.
Chase Young wants to borrow some money from a family friend (not a booster) so his girlfriend can go watch his bowl game (and he paid the friend back), and he lost 2 games of eligibility.
Cheaters up north get caught illegally stealing other teams' signals. Just throw some money at us and you can keep all your shit.
Iowa contacts Cade McNamara the day before they're allowed to, and they have to vacate wins.

What's the thing people are saying, now? "Make it make sense." None of this makes any sense.

Jaxbuck said:

Moon Nazis are no joke.

I mean, now with BOTH Elvis and Chuck Norris retired and back to their home worlds, Willie Nelson is the last Guardian left.

We are wide open for an invasion.

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Cripes. I never thought of that.
Who will defend us, now? Gen Z? The nazis can invade, armed with little more than peanuts and insults, and Gen Z won't be able to cope.
Maybe Powdered Toast Man?

And I got a 3% bump yet….silly job

Buccos go down 5-1 early, in years past i would have shut it off and been done, but i found myself sticking with it, they fought back and though they ended up short, they made it a game. they had a prime chance to walk it off with 2 on 1 out in the bottom 9th, but just fell short. its going to be a fun summer!

The Slidell Tomato Gumbos are playing worse than LSU baseball this year...

I'm willing to bet that many people on this board have either participated, or come damn close to participating, in many of the moral behaviors discussed. I think the problem arises when people put sports people on a pedestal and then expect them to act according to the moral compass that they think people on that pedestal should follow. I want to be clear...Vrabel's behavior suggests that he does not interpret the importance of several values in the same way as many people here do...and further that he is going down a path that will lead ultimately to some serious issues in his life. If this is true, it will probably affect his performance as a coach, at least for a period of time.

We know what wins in the end, almost all of the time.

Thump said:

Bagmen.

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From what I've read Vandy's offer was substantially higher than the others.

Which is cheaper, paying for 2-3 years of development or signing a MAC TE and paying him for a year or two?

It’s just my opinion…..I get it.

Russini has now resigned from her job while Vrabel marches on. I guess it probably impacts her more as a journalist…..the impropriety of it all makes her look terrible.

On the Treyveon situation though……I don’t think Vrabel is now incapable of giving advice or being a team leader…it’s more nuanced though, IMO. He loses credibility in the locker-room when he’s out making shitty decisions.

Again, I’m a huge Vrabel fan…..but he does dumb shit at times and this is the latest occurrence. For those who’ve forgotten, Google “Mike Vrabel snack bar arrest”.

Well that's dumb. That's like saying someone can't help you study for a math test because they failed a science test. Unless Vrable said "you have to listen to me because I'm a perfect person....", one has nothing to do with the other.

95.7%
...hope to finish

Fucking Cleveland 2 run HR in the &th and then Brito boots the 3rd out to score a run for the tie. Then can’t score in the 10th and allow St Louis a wp then sac fly. Most frustrating 2 innings I’ve seen in a while. Just gave them the game

iambrutus said:

still annoys the fuck out of me that those 2 plays from Cruz weren't ruled errors

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Right???

First play in game was fire. Hornets 127 Heat 126 in OT. Enjoy seeing Miami out.

Reportedly there is a 65% increase in price in the basketball portal compared to one year ago (i.e., a player valued at $1M/yr in 2025 is now at $1.65M/yr). An additional insight is that bigs are being paid $1M/yr more than other positions, suggesting perhaps the most plausible way to build a successful roster with limited resources would involve finding a token big man and investing in elite guards/wings instead.

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One last steaming turd to end the season.

Bagmen.

BB73 said:

That period of probation will end within a couple of months of his 2-year show cause penalty.

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Being able to cross state lines and not being barred from working in your industry anymore are big events in some peoples lives.

BuckBackHome said:

Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for misdemeanors

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was sentenced to 18 months' probation Tuesday for misdemeanors related to a confrontation with his executive assistant.

www.espn.com

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That period of probation will end within a couple of months of his 2-year show cause penalty.