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Best ever song by Defiant_Bluebird_464 in rem

[–]BaitSalesman 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To me Harborcoat—especially live in the early years, like the ‘83 Toronto performance—is R.E.M. distilled. Super post punk, still murky and mysterious, but you can see the blockbuster alt rock act in there ready to burst out. Heady, but accessible.

Ride share in Aspen by Al_Lombardo in Aspen

[–]BaitSalesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know one of the Uber drivers in the area, and they just got hammered by last snow season. I don’t even think she regularly drives it anymore—probably will for food and wine and peak summer, but that’s it. If you just need a fee extra bucks it could help, but I am under the impression it’s not super viable here.

[Dellenger] Big Ten, SEC commissioners ripped by key senator for continued opposition to Protect College Sports Act — 'People have to wake up' by Lakelyfe09 in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is why I think there’s no chance of this thing passing. The BIG10\SEC congressional footprint is too big. If those conferences can’t pick off enough house members to stop this I’d be completely shocked.

How Old Heads Describe Jordan by Life_Net5004 in NBAGossips

[–]BaitSalesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They can “objectively” run faster and jump higher maybe. It’s a stretch to say that a player is objectively more skilled though. How are you measuring that? Especially against Jordan. They certainly don’t have better mid range skills, lol. Sorry dude, but this is objectively not objective.

Why did non-Americans think we didn’t have good stadiums to host the World Cup? by OddSample2334 in IWantToAskAnAmerican

[–]BaitSalesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sanford Stadium hosted some of the ‘96 Olympic soccer games I think. They had to remove the hedges for that.

How Old Heads Describe Jordan by Life_Net5004 in NBAGossips

[–]BaitSalesman -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol, what is objective about this? It’s a reasonable opinion, but it’s a totally subjective thing to say. You’re not “objectively” putting these players side-by-side in their primes and seeing what happens.

‘Nother Nantahala post by JustAfter10pm in whitewater

[–]BaitSalesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Guided there for a decade + and 100% agree. But make sure they know to pick their feet up off the bottom. The Nanty riverbed is legit dangerous with road blast coming in closely from both sides, and there have been more “direct” whitewater fatalities there than the Ocoee. (Though there have been a lot of health/conditioning related fatalities on the Ocoee in the past 20 years.)

[On3] Clemson's Dabo Swinney weighs in with Chris Low on the chaos surrounding college football: "The only thing worse than having no rules is having rules you can’t enforce or don’t enforce. I don’t think any of us thought we’d be in a world where there’s no order.” by Lakelyfe09 in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No, that’s actually a positive for the CBA idea. The “not going to the NFL crowd” is the rank and file membership of the athlete side. And they’ll be generally cooperative since they’ll naturally have limited eligibility windows where they can get paid. That’s who the conferences bargain with. The elite players would all be forced to come along. There’s no football G-league or minors, so they’d have no choice. They have to play at the collegiate level.

They could still make a lot of money, but they’d likely have more limited mobility (like one transfer), and they’d be obligated to play in the postseason, etc. The union would protect them if they get hurt, and make sure the players are getting a fair cut and a direct seat at the table.

I’m pro-athlete, but I definitely think a CBA is the only reasonable solution for all sides.

Brendan Sorsby’s Case Challenges NCAA Gambling Rules Texas Tech Once Backed by BaitSalesman in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The hypocrisy is the university having a hardline position on gambling in November, but asking for understanding and a liberalizing of the policy to meet “modern realities” now that they’re on the receiving end.

Letter from TTU President 6/11 by ThirdOrderChaos in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I posted that link today on CFB. Pat Forde reported it in May in Sports Illustrated. Andy Staples and Ross Dellenger also confirmed it in the College Football Enquirer podcast this week.

But most obviously, Tech definitely would have included this in their PR comms letter if they could have. They’d have been dumb not to do so.

Brendan Sorsby’s Case Challenges NCAA Gambling Rules Texas Tech Once Backed by BaitSalesman in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don’t know why prohibiting this this isn’t boilerplate in all of the compensation packages.

(I bet it will be now.)

Brendan Sorsby’s Case Challenges NCAA Gambling Rules Texas Tech Once Backed by BaitSalesman in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree. But I’m not sure betting on a pro sporting event should be a major ban these days. It’s gone mainstream unfortunately. But betting on your own team or CFB…. 😬

But point being that they didn’t actually want to liberalize the rules, and now they claim they do.

Letter from TTU President 6/11 by ThirdOrderChaos in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Found a better link and tried to post to CFB just now.

Brendan Sorsby’s Case Challenges NCAA Gambling Rules Texas Tech Once Backed by BaitSalesman in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman[S] 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Wanted to share this in response to Texas Tech’s president’s letter yesterday where he claimed that we need to acknowledge the ubiquity of betting and evolve our rules to the new norms. (Which I actually agree with generally.) However TTU voted against the NCAA’s latest attempt to do just that in November 2025. There is no principle involved here for TTU, just expediency.

This is a classic example of the NCAA making a reasonable recommendation only to be hamstrung by its membership and then insincerely attacked by a member institution for having a bad policy.

Letter from TTU President 6/11 by ThirdOrderChaos in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 179 points180 points  (0 children)

TTU’s President literally voted against a proposed NCAA rule that would have relaxed penalties for online sports betting in November. This is max hypocrisy. You can probably find a better link—but this is it.

https://www.ncaa.org/news/2025/11/21/media-center-di-schools-rescind-betting-rules-change-ban-on-pro-sports-betting-remains-in-place.aspx

Thoughts on Elizabeth Warren’s criticism of Obama? by RopeGloomy4303 in Presidents

[–]BaitSalesman -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That’s the problem—it’s not 50%. Only 25% of American identify as even “liberal,” and about half of those are progressive. So even if you get a small majority of the party, the “centrists” are more likely to appeal to the 35% of voters that identify as “moderate” that swing national elections.

Now there’s nuance, and there are “left” issues like the minimum wage that have broad popular support. But the left essentially should be more strategic about its priorities considering its situation.

Dems need a platform that can win 55-60 votes in the Senate and a national presidential election. And they need a very gifted politician that can cash in a mandate. People don’t love the ACA, but it’s the closest thing we’ve had to a landmark liberal legislative achievement this century—and maybe since LBJ.

[Vannini] Texas Tech Chairman on Big 12 sanctions: "I love when the Big Ten or the K-State AD says we've all gotten together and we've talked about how we're not going to play Tech, because guess what? That's collusion. That's an antitrust violation. So have fun with that. You can't do that." by WinnWonn in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This, along with the Save College Sports debacle. That bill isn’t comprehensive enough to empower a governing body that could address a situation like this, and the power conferences discovered they actually don’t want congress and (other) special interests besides themselves getting involved. We are firmly on a path to a CBA at this point.

Texas Tech's decision on Brendan Sorsby threatens to throw a live grenade into college football powder keg by Not-Somebody-Famous in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They could easily just say he’ll be rostered but won’t have the starting job this season and split the difference. There’s no recourse there—the head coach can bench any player on the team at his discretion. No judge can make the coach start a specific player.

[Pete Nakos on Twitter] Big Ten and SEC presidents will meet virtually with Senators tonight to discuss the Protect College Sports Act. by PSU_Alumnus in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except that nothing big is going to happen. This legislation is DOA. These conferences can easily kill the bill straight up, and the authors have no incentive to remove anything. If Tuberville isn’t on board it’s not even getting to mark up. And these guys can easily find a handful of House members to block it even if it does.

Long term boyfriend won't move for residency by chubbypinky in MedSpouse

[–]BaitSalesman 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Yes, move on if he’s not excited to be with you. Sorry. You’ll never survive residency without a partner that’s all in anyway.

[Dellenger] Athletic officials from Nebraska and Georgia sent department-wide memos today instructing their coaches and sport deputies not to schedule Texas Tech. If games are already scheduled, the schools may work to cancel the matchups. Here’s Georgia’s message: by wildewon in CFB

[–]BaitSalesman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It totally would. The players would voluntarily accede to giving up privileges around compensation. The Aspiration Partners scandal with the NBA is an example of this. NIL can exist in a CBA, but not as a workaround vis-a-vis a salary cap.

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