That's No Moon

Depends on what the consequences they will permit and how far they will back the teachers. We used to be able to confiscate phones in my school, then kids who had preexisting cracked screens started blaming teachers for breaking the phones and demanding the school replace it. All of a sudden we weren't allowed to take phones anymore. FTR I'm in favor of a 100 percent ban. So much of the bullying and nastiness takes place with the phones not to mention all sorts of other stuff you wouldn't even believe if I told you. Zero benefit to having them. Or you'd be making a lot more trips to the bathroom for "research".

I'm not that read into the exact contract language for that aspect, but I'd guess there is some sort of moral turpitude clause written in to give the company an out. Don't think of them as athletes tied to specific teams, think of them as celebrity endorsers of your product or business. That's the way the relationships work. if you are paying a celebrity to endorse your product and they mess up lots of companies will terminate agreements. It doesn't necessarily mean they get refunds for money already spent though.

I don't think trading Diggs is a good idea but playing devil's advocate. You run the ball more and throw to your TEs and backs a lot more.

Let's not romanticize it. People slow down to look at car crashes hoping to see something grotesque. This isn't that different.

Yes, because the agreement is with the player and the paying organization, not the University. They aren't involved at all in the transaction so where the player plays isn't relevant unless the paying business writes it into the contract. NILs also are not permanent. They are time limited. At least in the ones I know about. Business A gets X from athlete in return for Y dollars. Stetson Bennett for example had his NIL agreements written so they expired on December 31st. His representatives then reached back out to see if you wanted to extend your agreement through the playoffs for a pre-determined dollar amount. Take it away from the Bennett example for a second and assume it's a different player who wasn't finishing their career. The NIL you had would expire on some date. If the athlete transferred you likely be offered the chance to extend your agreement with the athlete at his new school. Depending on your business you may or may not do that because if you are a more locally focused entity to the previous school then it wouldn't make sense. If you were more national and it increased the player's profile you might want to, though in that case it would be more expensive in all likelihood.

Why shouldn't kids be able to decide where they want to play and go to school? Teams can drop their scholarships whenever they want to. Schools can fire coaches that recruited and built relationships with the players whenever they want to. Why shouldn't a kid who has a n opportunity to play at a better program or get more playing time at a different program be able to take it? Why are NILs an issue? Stetson Bennett was a millionaire before he left Georgia. He's not likely going to have a substantial career in the NFL. Why should the University be the only ones to profit from his efforts because I assure you, they do. There are also TONS of athletes in all sorts of sports with low key NILs that help them tremendously. Also, let's not pretend that these sorts of payments weren't already happening. It's not a new issue. Now there's an above board, legitimate business, way to get it done rather than envelopes of cash and mysterious cars.

Wait until people realize that the dad was heavily involved with SETI. The conspiracy almost writes itself.

I think any player up to and including Josh Allen is open to being traded "under the right circumstances" those circumstances may be exceedingly unlikely, but they do exist. If someone walks in the door and blows Beane away with an offer for Diggs he'd be right to take it. That's not going to happen so this is all summer BS. I do chuck this at Ken Dorsey's doorstep though. Man management is part of the gig, not just calling plays and making the gameplan. Under Daboll we didn't hear so much as a peep from Diggs. One year under Dorsey and he's stomping out of locker rooms and missing stuff. The WR coach left after this year in a lateral move. That's odd. Was Chad Hall unhappy with Dorsey also and took a way out when it was offered? Maybe. Maybe not. What I know is the WR room is unnecessarily smoky at the moment so if there's fire it better get dealt with.

Space. Definitely space. Way more time, money, and professional expertise has been spent doing that. We are way better at it as a species. Plus, I think the payoff is better with what you get to see and experience.

Explorers are doing something of merit. These people were tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of a mass graveyard. If they were using the craft for scientific discovery that's one thing and to die in that way is valorous. To die and kill other people while charging $250,000 a ticket isn't "exploration" Also, Dear Terry, No submersibles or rocket ships. Thanks. -Us

Him, and Vontaze Burfict

What was it based on before if not speed? It certainly wasn't size.

Because we, the consumers, demand speed over accuracy and slurp up political nonsense as much as we seem to complain about it. If we didn't do that, the model wouldn't have changed.

That's a shame. I'll see if Leslie Frazier is available since that was his defense and everyone loved it so.

Is the ceremony before or after the gala for useless statistics? I just want to make sure you can be my +1.

If it was a catastrophic hull failure it was quick. Rather that then being stuck sitting on the bottom waiting for your oxygen to run out.

When do they raise the banner for having the #1 DVOA?

Beach chairs would have put up more resistance than his guy Saffold.

Clouse enough

My parents had that album. Listened to it often as a young lad.

Watch out for Italy. They will switch sides in the middle.

TIL way too much about all of your junk.