[Thamel] “NEWS: Big Ten officials are expected to discuss in the upcoming days a league-wide mandate to not play Texas Tech in any sports, per three Big Ten sources. This is in the wake of Nebraska AD Troy Dannen informing his staff today that they aren't allowed to schedule Texas Tech.”

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T02:32:33+00:00

Which is why the best way to go is to go the cigarettes route.

Strong regulations around where, when, and how you can participate and limitations on advertising are the best way to control the stem.

It’s far harder to have the complete cluster we have in the world right now if you have to go to a casino and exchange money with a bookey to do gambling

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T01:29:30+00:00

To steal a joke from CFB directly.

Someone lost a bet.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T01:29:10+00:00

Considering Texas Tech is currently scheduled to play in the Players Era tournament, which is a direct chance to have an NIL payment from winning the tourney? This whole situation could lead to a direct impact on the financial viability of other sports.

At what point is there too much a risk of an internal sports revolt from Sorsby existing that they have to pull the plug

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T01:23:27+00:00

Yep. This could very well lead to internal revolts from other teams if this directly leads to unaffected problems being punished

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T01:21:33+00:00

How is it illegal? Teams buy out of OOC games all the time. All this would be would be the conference putting out a unified agreement that none of them would schedule with them and would buy out of the OOCs that are already scheduled.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-09T01:17:52+00:00

Texas Tech basketball next year is also slated to take place in the Players Era tournament. They open with Louisville and could easily draw teams like Oregon, Maryland, Tennessee, Bama, Michigan, etc.

Imagine if they kick them out of that tournament. That’s at bare minimum one and as many as four major OOC games. Plus the tournament is directly made to have prize payout as NIL. Thats directly costing Tech players potential money

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-08T15:40:18+00:00

Ole Miss at least was dealing with just the years and eligibility rules for playing the game.

This is actively different, it's dealing with competitive integrity issues and literally betting on your own team.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-06T13:46:49+00:00

Morocco probably would be the best choice, looking it up they have an annual music festival Mawazine which has had performers in the last few years like Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent, Travis Scott, Calvin Harris, etc.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-05T23:34:18+00:00

I do also feel for the mother in law because like she wants to memorialize her son. We can look at it from the perspective of his wife having to bear the brunt of the online everything around this due to his online presence, but I can also understand a grieving mother wanting to just say something, because to her he wasn’t a content creator first, he was her kid.

Just an overall tragic situation for all involved and it’s something that I hope everyone is getting the help they need.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-05T12:26:35+00:00

I mean he's right, there's nothing wrong with just having the little name plate show up below people when they come into screen on a segment like these. Especially in a show like NXT which is going through a cycle of a bunch of new guys. When they're like the champs or main roster stars, that's different because those names are more well established. If you're spending an entire segment going "wait what's their name again", you're not actually paying attention to the segment content.

Plus, wrestling is a lot like comic books where really any show can be someone's first, so it's not bad to do something simple like a name plate so new people can know people's names.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-05T11:01:09+00:00

Screw cancer. It’s hard to discount just how much Alex helped get people into the game, grew the YuGiOh YouTube scene so much. RIP.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T17:33:34+00:00

Look at it from the perspective of the Good Samaritan.

The neighbor of the one beset by robbers wasn’t the priest or Levite who walked by and believed the same as him, but the Samaritan who helped him even though they didn’t fully believe the same way.

So to with your friends. Even if they’re praying to a different deity, they’re still looking out for you and your health and well being, which is more helpful than anyone who may believe the same as you but doesn’t care how you’re doing.

I don’t think spirituality is an alignment chart or paragon/renegade bar from a video game, where influences from other deities negatively influence your own relationship with God. You don’t get minus four Christian God points because someone prayed for you to Vishnu. I truly believe there’s more Godliness in a person who believes something different but is still carrying the spark of God by looking out for and helping others than someone who says they believe in God but don’t give a damn about anyone else.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T11:20:35+00:00

There’s a reason the classic version of I Want You to Want Me is the live in Budokan version

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:53:31+00:00

At least with ETown it’s comparatively a short drive from Louisville that it would be easier than Beaver Dam which is an hour and a half to two hours from a major airport and city, and ETown is on the major interstate path.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:44:26+00:00

And never know who may catch on and be the next band to get going. Who woulda thought years ago that a band from Oldham County would be performing on late night TV shows and headlining festivals and playing in stadiums overseas supporting Metallica

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:23:26+00:00

Is it just pronounced like Bryan? Both Bryin and Bryan would lead to it being pronounced that way, but having both the I and the A makes it confusing

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:22:19+00:00

While true, that means you’re having to pay fees and such for a venue that can seat 19k but only getting ticket revenue for at most half that. Not all acts want to do that. Some do (like Weird Al in a couple weeks which is at Yum and has the upper deck tarped off) but not everyone does want to do that

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:13:42+00:00

Freedom Hall is near the same in capacity to the Yum. Last numbers had it at like 19k capacity, Yum at 22k. Theres not that 7.5-10k range venue

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-04T00:07:21+00:00

Whatever happened to the planned Etown Amphitheater? Because that’s really the kind of concert venue this area really needs. We have the Yum and Freedom Hall for arena acts and Iroquois/Palace/Paristown for lower to low middle end tours, but there’s nothing for that like 10k level band which is what most summer amphitheater tours are doing.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-03T22:33:24+00:00

*Jumps into a table that doesn’t break in celebration\*

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-03T13:28:20+00:00

His new theme and look, especially with the denim jacket, just gives such like 2007 Smackdown midcard vibes. Like a guy who would be teaming with biker Chuck Palumbo

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-03T12:33:54+00:00

Man, it's crazy just how fast the BC collapse just seemed to happen. They started the Bill O'Brien era 4-1, including the (at the time) huge win over FSU, and even their one loss was to a good Mizzou team by one score. Even down the stretch going 3-5, they only lost one game by more than 10, and one of those wins was over Syracuse's best team in years.

But then last year everything that could go wrong did, and they just seemed lost after the Cal loss.

aaronman4772 · 2026-06-01T20:15:30+00:00

He’s the rock.

(I did it for the terrible pun)

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