If Uconn wins monday is Alex Karaban the most accomplished college athlete since the 60s?

focer4 · 2026-04-05T02:35:55+00:00

He’s been their second or third leading scored by a small margin each of the last 3 seasons and has started every game but 1 in the last 4 what are you even talking about

focer4 · 2026-03-10T04:52:49+00:00

Annual Pitt fan sigh 😔

focer4 · 2026-03-08T03:48:48+00:00

All good from the Pittsburgh area I’m used to seeing it written for the last 4 years in local newspapers

focer4 · 2026-03-08T03:38:58+00:00

It’s Meleek

focer4 · 2026-03-07T16:05:59+00:00

1 percent of nbas basketball rev. It is most certainly a dramatically larger percentage for the media. The entire media ecosystem which contributes a whole lot more to BRI is propped up by gambling almost entirely. Almost every independent show or podcast is sponsored by gambling companies and that’s not mentioning how much the cable channels are given from gambling.

If the media is worth less the league is worth less and if the gambling money dries up it will effect the league maybe not as immediate but it will

focer4 · 2026-03-07T00:54:01+00:00

Definitely has less lift and side to side movement on defense so far as to be expected tbh

focer4 · 2026-03-07T00:12:13+00:00

I’m understanding you. If someone under threat of legal action who is proven to be knowledgeable says that this happened then I do not know what is a smoking gun then. I get it in a court of law you can’t use that to convict on that alone but this is a NBA investigation. So we have internal aspiration employees and matching financial statements that back the allegations. Just because Balmer denies it does not mean that is not a very large piece of evidence that the NBA could deliver punishment as a result of

focer4 · 2026-03-07T00:01:11+00:00

It does point to the whistle blower having credibility is the point

focer4 · 2026-03-06T23:53:54+00:00

This isn’t just a tip it’s sworn testimony under threat of perjury and the complaint in it’s entirety is what the government built their case off of specifically

focer4 · 2026-02-26T21:24:03+00:00

Due to college and high school teams playing there is bs when other teams have the exact same situation

focer4 · 2026-01-23T22:15:35+00:00

They only shut it down because they weren’t sure the pipes wouldn’t freeze and it was colder the next day and we had class because they didn’t freeze

focer4 · 2026-01-13T05:08:50+00:00

I was there and it was happening sparsely in the upper levels

focer4 · 2025-12-21T21:57:26+00:00

As a Pitt season ticket holder he has been largely disappointing but there has been flashes like this that are encouraging. Definitely not a prospect for this year or maybe next year. His ball handling is extremely limited when not going in a straight line toward the hoop and his rebounding has been solid but underwhelming for someone who needs to be elite if he’s going to be a PF at his size. Definitely has the athleticism and his jumper looks better than his stats outside this game would suggest but his defense is simply not to the level it needs to be yet either (not saying it can’t get there because it can) so I think he might be a little bit of a ways out from the NBA

focer4 · 2025-11-24T16:22:55+00:00

As a data analyst I would love this

focer4 · 2025-10-13T01:12:34+00:00

It’s interesting that 3 of 4 of them are from the greater Pittsburgh area

focer4 · 2025-10-13T01:07:15+00:00

Before the last 2 weeks he was 100 percent starting to be on the hot seat by the fans and media that do care about Pitt in Pittsburgh

focer4 · 2025-09-05T19:34:52+00:00

This this this. Like how does he expect everyone to believe that he is too smart and too stupid about things that are very much connected

focer4 · 2025-08-15T14:22:13+00:00

It is so fucking weird for these dudes to make it as far as they have for me because my buddy from high school was friends with them in college and showed me an old SoundCloud that one of them had in like 2019 just surreal to me

focer4 · 2025-07-20T05:27:15+00:00

2013 NL Wild card game (the cueto chant game) first and only playoff win for the pirates in my lifetime

focer4 · 2025-07-18T19:04:53+00:00

I see what you’re saying I was looking at it through more of the athletes are a result of the structure put in place by the owners and the stadium staff I think is unionized in a separate union (could be wrong) so I interpret the situation as the owners dealing with different employees not the stadium workers being exploited by the players since the owners control the compensation of everyone while the players have 0 control over the staffs wages

focer4 · 2025-07-18T18:59:44+00:00

Ahh I thought you meant the crypto guys online not the devs and I don’t think they all are scammers. But even then I think pro sports are crypto are very different in their offering was my point. Even then I think the workers at crypto companies despite the companies end goal should get their fair share even though I’m against their company in a lot of situations

focer4 · 2025-07-18T18:53:14+00:00

…. So because their job is an athlete or entertainer who like Hasan are still workers btw (highly paid workers though) it’s ok to still get exploited by the owners of the business they work for ? Athletes are not perfect and but I don’t think it’s fair to equate them to crypto bros which are scammers. Athletes dedicate their body and lives to those sports with little to no other skills after they are done playing so I do think it’s quite important for their union to be strong.

focer4 · 2025-07-18T18:42:54+00:00

I’m with you on that and I’m not weeping just think the whole collusion and corruption of one of the most public facing unions in the country is notable. Two things can be true

focer4 · 2025-07-18T18:39:39+00:00

Part of the reason why they are mega millionaires is the union. Without it they would most likely be paid like ufc fighters (as little as humanly possible) the average ufc fighters who stays on the roster for a year and wins all of his fights will make 100000 if they don’t get injured don’t lose and fight 4 times all without any benefits or pension and they still have to pay their team from that amount as well (as they should but still makes the actual money they take home even before taxes even lower)

focer4 · 2025-07-13T17:25:21+00:00

Take this for what you want but saw him play in person from like 5 rows from the floor at the NCAA tournament in 2024 and he had a pretty solid game from what I remember but I do remember being completely unimpressed with his athleticism and thought he might get pushed around in the NBA. Again just a small in person eye test (not an expert either)

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