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There is an abundance of research finding that very small school corporations have worse educational outcomes for students than more modestly sized ones. There are also studies finding very large school corporations shortchange students. These studies find that the size of affected small corporations are under roughly 2,000 students, and large corporations closer to 50,000 students.
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Here in Indiana, 162 out of 290 school corporations enroll fewer than 2,000 students, and none close to 50,000. For Hoosiers, small school corporations are the issue. The challenge is exacerbated by continued shrinking of school corporations. Of the small schools, 120 are smaller now than they were a decade ago. The simple fact is that there are almost no organically growing school corporations under 2,000 students and many more that will shrink to fewer than 2,000 in the coming decade.
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Still, our research, and that of many scholars before us tells a clear story. Very small school corporations, with roughly 2,000 or fewer students, are shortchanging the educational outcomes of a substantial share of their students. This is a tough, yet unambiguous conclusion. Our study made no recommendations on how to address this problem. I can think of four options.
First, school corporations could do nothing. For most communities this is a very, very high-risk strategy. Another two or three generations of declining enrollment aren’t guaranteed. But if I were a betting man, I’d put my life savings on a wager that 90% of Hoosier school corporations with fewer than 2,000 students today being much smaller by 2040. This will be a disaster for many places across the state.
Second, school corporations could structurally consolidate, or merge. Here, the state could help by allowing some flexibility in the size of school boards for a few years after merging. This offers the opportunity for school corporations to divert resources towards the courses they lack and fill the educational gaps they face. The challenge is that smaller corporations tend to cluster, so it may take multiple mergers to make a single ‘average sized’ school corporation.
Third, school corporations could functionally consolidate services. A potential model for this is to extend how schools now offer CTE education through the 49 CTE districts around the state. This service could be offered for AP STEM classes. Corporations could also share more costs from transportation to teaching and administrative staff. I suspect the legislature could take several low-cost steps to help school corporations do this.
Fourth, school corporations could hold school funding referenda. Tax increases are always unpopular, but small school corporations are predominately located in counties with very low effective tax rates. This would be an excess burden in no communities.
Indiana school corporations have been through two consolidation waves. The first accompanied the invention of the automobile, and the second followed the big declines in agricultural employment. Another wave of changes lies in the near future, as population decline continues across much of the state.
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Of course this study focuses on academic matters, and not extracurricular ones like sports, specifically football. But what does such a population decline across much of the state and the subsequent government school consolidations that have to occur hold for the future of the sport in Indiana?
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https://sports.yahoo.com/bears-reportedly-hire-shane-waldron-as-next-oc-180402819.html
QuoteThe Chicago Bears have reportedly locked in on its next offensive coordinator. Shane Waldron and the Bears are reportedly in the final stages of agreeing to a deal to bring Waldron to the Windy City.
According to ESPN's Courtney Cronin, Waldron was the first person Chicago interviewed for its vacancy after firing former offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, after two seasons, on Jan. 10. The Bears interviewed nine candidates in total after cleaning out their offensive coaching staff.
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Waldron has spent the last three seasons as the Seattle Seahawks' offensive coordinator. He coached quarterback Russell Wilson in his final season with the team in 2021, and Geno Smith the last two years.
In his first season as the starter, Waldron helped Smith experience a career renaissance. The journeyman quarterback enjoyed a career-best season, finishing first in completion percentage (69.8), fourth in touchdowns (30), fifth in passer rating (100.9) and eighth in passing yards (4,282).
The Seahawks also reached the playoffs in 2022 as a result of Smith's exceptional year. But Smith went through a sophomore slump in 2023, and the Seattle offense took a step back.
In fact, it resembled some of the numbers for Chicago's offense. The Seahawks finished 17th in points per game (21.4), while the Bears were one spot behind them at 18th (21.2). Seattle was 21st in yards per game (322.9) and Chicago came in one place better at 20th (332.2).
So this is an upgrade in OC? Really?
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What exactly are the advantages to long-distance games like this? Financial? Competition? Promotion?
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1 hour ago, HoopsCoach said:
Goshen Redhawks
Lame.
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1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:
Really hope Kliff Kingbury is just a ploy to drive up the pice on trading #1
HARD PASS
Go AIR RAID!
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We'll start with the biggest story regarding the Colts so far in early 2024, the owner: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/columnists/gregg-doyel/2024/01/18/jim-irsays-ongoing-addiction-fight-means-giving-up-control-of-colts/72270415007/
QuoteJim Irsay is believed to have overdosed again, which would be the second time for the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. It’s too soon to say what comes next, but if he’s headed to rehab, this would be at least his 16th time.
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I’m saying it: Jim Irsay should never again run the Indianapolis Colts.
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Thoughts?
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Posting this here since it occurred during the 2023 season: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2024/01/17/jim-irsay-found-unresponsive-in-home-dec-8/72252882007/
QuoteColts team owner Jim Irsay was found unresponsive, cold to the touch and gasping for air during a suspected overdose on Dec. 8 according to Carmel police documents, TMZ is reporting.
Police were dispatched to Irsay's home around 4:30 a.m. after Irsay was found unconscious on the bathroom floor with a blue skin tone, according to the TMZ article. He was moved to his bed, was struggling to breathe and had a weak pulse. Irsay "responded slightly" to a dose of Narcan — a drug commonly used to revive people after an opiate overdose — and was transported to a nearby hospital, according to the story. Police classified the incident as an "overdose" and "overdose/poisoning," according to TMZ.
"Mr. Irsay continues to recover from his respiratory illness," the Colts said in a statement Wednesday. "We will have no further comment on his personal health, and we continue to ask that Jim and his family's privacy be respected."
IndyStar twice contacted the Colts about Irsay's status in the final month of the season, and team officials declined to comment, citing the privacy of Irsay's personal life.
On Jan. 9, the Colts announced Irsay was dealing with a "severe respiratory illness" and that he would miss an appearance in Los Angeles by the Jim Irsay Band.
"He is receiving excellent care and looks forward to returning to the stage as soon as possible," the team's initial statement said. "We'll have no additional information at this time and we ask that you respect the privacy of Jim and his family as he recovers."
Irsay was at the team's 30-13 win over Pittsburgh on Dec. 16, and he posted video to his social media account documenting that day after the game.
Colts general manager Chris Ballard was asked if he could say anything further about Irsay at his postseason press conference.
"No, other than he’s stable and they’re working through it,” Ballard said.
It's unknown if the Dec. 8 incident is related to Irsay's "severe respiratory illness."
IndyStar requested documents from the Carmel Police Department early Wednesday but had not received a reply to a public records request before publication.
Irsay has publicly shared his battles with addiction, most recently in an interview with Andrea Kremer on HBO's Real Sports in November, where he described a previous overdose.
"I started slurring my words and then code blue, I stopped breathing," Irsay told Kremer. "And they revived me, and the doctor goes, 'Jim, you're one lucky man because I had signed, virtually, the death certificate."
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Nice article from the Lafayette J&C: https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/01/14/blue-chips-comes-to-life-30-years-later-at-frankforts-case-arena/72164569007/
Also some stories and pictures over at Clinton County Daily News: https://clintoncountydailynews.com/blue-chips-celebration-packs-case-arena/
I heard attendance was right at 5,200.
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1 hour ago, Coach Nowlin said:
How bout we stay on topic, that would be exciting wouldn't it?
Where is that @Muda69 Gif of the ping pong playing cats........
For the record, I did not "reprimand" Bash, his post was the last post in that thread, so used it as an example as stated.
Ask and you shall receive:
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Notre Dame just can’t ever seem to elude coaching craziness. Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman was named a replacement candidate for former Alabama head coach Nick Saban on Wednesday.
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19 minutes ago, khayward said:
Rossville will be 'Indiana' and Frankfort the 'Western University Dolphins' for this year's county rivalry game: https://fox59.com/indiana-news/its-been-30-years-since-blue-chips-was-filmed-in-frankfort/
QuoteThis weekend’s regularly scheduled game between the Frankfort Hot Dogs and Rossville Hornets has been turned into a special throwback game, complete with Western University Dolphins jerseys for the Hot Dogs varsity team, Team Indiana jerseys for the Hornets, memorabilia, special guests and even Blue Chips Ice Cream is coming back.
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https://mises.org/wire/americas-fiat-money-gestapo-untold-history-secret-service
QuoteThere is an untold story in American monetary history. Some are reluctant even to discuss it.
I’m referring to the US Secret Service’s very own role in the destruction of sound money in America.
As constitutional, sound money in the form of physical gold and silver coins—whether minted privately or not—became an annoying impediment to expanding the size and power of the federal government, central planners began circulating unbacked paper proxies and formed a Gestapo-like police agency to enforce the scheme.
Founded in 1865, toward the tail end of the American Civil War, the Secret Service originated as a branch of the US Treasury Department.
The primary job of this federal police force was to prevent others from counterfeiting the U.S. currency, which had just been nationalized through acts of Congress via the National Currency Act of 1863 and the Coinage Act of 1864.
Together, these acts formed what are commonly known as the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864.
These Washington, DC laws imposed taxes with a levy court system and implemented direct taxation. This led to the country’s first income tax. The government also strengthened the establishment of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which had conveniently begun operation in 1862. Conjointly, these propped up the new federal fiat currency system.
From around 1837 through part of the Civil War, currency issuance and banking in America had been directed by a more decentralized network of states and free banking institutions. These entities issued banknotes that could be cashed in for standardized gold or silver coins or traded for goods and services.
During the Civil War, however, both sides issued their own banknotes to help fund their respective war efforts, often unbacked by the two monetary metals.
The Union pushed forth greenback fiat currency in Demand Notes and United States Notes. At the same time, the Confederates printed fiat greybacks in the forms of Confederate Dollars and Confederate Treasury Notes.
The number of fiat dollars in a bank and region in the new era would be largely based on population rather than gold and silver reserves, which is one reason the Union continued to encourage immigration both for fiat monetary support and war efforts.
The Union pushed to expand American territories through these Acts to increase population and issuance of government fiat money.
Since the Union and Congress sought to impose a federal fiat legal tender currency system that did not rely on tangible value and voluntarism, they needed enforcement of those laws. Those supporting laws included income taxes and establishing the IRS. The war, economic strife, and competition between currencies created various types of “counterfeit” currency.
Government officials made haughty claims that one in three fractional gold or silver coins at that time were counterfeit and did not contain their original gold or silver weight. By decreasing the amount of gold or silver in a coin, a counterfeiter could turn a profit.
Yet, these government hypocrites had no qualms about mandating that unbacked fiat currency must be considered legally equal to gold and silver coinage. Nor did they object to the illicit profit this enabled the central government to rake in.
Sadly, the US Supreme Court notoriously affirmed this devious scheme when deciding the “Legal Tender Cases,” considered by many legal scholars (including present-day Justices on the high court) to have been wrongly decided.
As such, the government changed the definition of money and citizens could henceforth be compelled to accept non-redeemable paper as equal to gold or silver coins.
On April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation establishing the Secret Service to combat counterfeit money—the non-government type, that is. Later that same day, Lincoln was assassinated, and he died on April 15.
From 1865 to 1901, the Secret Service’s main mission was to bust private counterfeiting operations. In 1881, President James Garfield was assassinated—interestingly, not too long after publicly advocating for a return to the gold standard.
Then, in 1901, with the assassination of President William McKinley, and under the new presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, the Secret Service was given the additional task of defending US presidents. (McKinley's assassination occurred a year after he signed the Gold Standard Act of 1900, which halted bimetallism by diminishing the monetary role of silver.)
The Secret Service grew from its original role of helping to ramrod a new fiat currency standard into a much larger police force that also protects the US presidents.
A full 50 years before the Christmas Eve passage of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, Congress had already set in motion a plan to rob our nation’s monetary system of its gold and silver, slip a fiat currency into circulation, promote fractional reserve banking, stamp out state and private banknotes, strengthen the IRS, and spawn the Secret Service to help enforce it all.
The solution is to return to a free market for money—a system of competition where gold and silver are permitted to circulate alongside other forms of payment—and to remove government force from the equation.
May the best currency win.
Sounds like a plan to me.
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1 hour ago, Bash Riprock said:
"The off-the-field issues, we're innocent and we stood strong and tall because we knew we were innocent. And I'd like to point that out.
"These guys are innocent. Overcome that ... it wasn't that hard because we knew we were innocent."
Mr. Harbaugh doth protest too much, methinks.
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I guessing cheating pays off, for certain individuals.
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Center Grove Community Schools Superintendent Richard Arkanoff retired abruptly from his post last week amid an investigation by the district's school board into his potential wrongdoing.
The board is working with Indiana State Police and the State Board of Accounts to look into inconsistencies with Arkanoff's time off and reimbursement tracking. The investigation is "very early in the process," the school board wrote in a statement last Friday.
Arkanoff filed for retirement Friday, the same day the district's statement was released. He could not be reached for comment.
In a statement, the board said it would not comment further during the ongoing investigation.
IndyStar reached out to the Indiana State Board of Accounts and Indiana State Police about Arkanoff.
Both agencies declined to provide further information.
ISP does not "identify a person who is the target of an investigation or the suspect of a crime until charges are filed or an arrest is made," Sgt. John Perrine wrote in an email.
As of Monday, no charges appear to have been filed against Arkanoff, according to Indiana's courts search.
An SBOA official said in an email the agency is conducting a special examination at Center Grove Community Schools but declined to share details of that investigation until a final report is issued.
"We have no reason to believe the scope of this investigation will extend beyond the superintendent’s personal time off and reimbursements," the school board's statement reads.
The school board will vote to appoint Bill Long, the district's assistant superintendent, as interim superintendent, according to the statement. Long, who began his new role Monday, started at the district in 1998.
The board did not state when that vote will take place but they meet Wednesday publicly and behind closed doors for an executive session to "discuss a job performance evaluation of individual employees."
If that isn't a suspicious retirement I don't know what is.
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We'll start the 2024 Bears season with the hot question: Keep Fields or not?
Deadspin says dump him: https://deadspin.com/justin-fields-caleb-williams-chicago-bears-nfl-draft-1851134896
QuoteNear the end of Justin Fields’ triumphant win over the Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears fans serenaded him with a passionate “We want Justin” chant. The chorus reached a fever pitch on a night when Fields threw for north of 260 yards and one touchdown in a blowout win over the Atlanta Falcons. Throughout Sunday’s win, he made game-changing, highlight plays like this, which had Chicago salivating.
Based on the vibes, the consensus over whether Fields’ potential return as the Chicago Bears quarterback in 2024 has shifted over the past month from ‘hell no’ to a toss-up. ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler dared to report that “Fields has absolutely made Chicago’s decision in the draft difficult by his playmaking and how he has done this year.”
A month ago, moving on from Fields was a no-brainer. However, since December began, Fields has won 4 of 5 games, his best stretch as the Bears quarterback up to that point and convinced enough people to eschew common sense and consider trading the first overall pick. Essentially, they’d be building a palatial roster around a pauper quarterback. It would be the most painful mistake inside the top five since the Washington Commanders thought an edge rusher would propel them into respectability instead of Justin Herbert or Tua Tagovailoa.
During this five-game spell, Fields has generated seven touchdowns, including three on the ground and thrown only a triplet of interceptions. Two of those came in a loss against the Cleveland Browns’ stifling defense. But Bears fans should want better for themselves. I know most of them haven’t seen quality quarterback production in a Bears uniform since the 1980s, but this dead-cat bounce is a continuation of the Justin Fields romanticism that’s distorted how poor his decision-making has been. Chicago doesn’t have to settle for a quarterback whose nadir is Zach Wilson and whose ceiling after three seasons is Jalen Hurts on a bad day. If all things are equal, take the quarterback phenom.
The risk-benefit analysis leans heavily towards keeping the No. 1 overall pick. This isn’t even about Caleb Williams, although you could make a case for a Mahomesian prospect who is infinitely more talented than Fields. Williams isn’t a sure thing. No prospect is, however, recency bias has run amok in Chi-Town.
Here is what we know about Fields: Even after this month of relatively mistake-free football, Fields’ fourth-quarter completion percentage ranked last in the NFL, he finished 25th in yards per attempt, 29th in fourth-quarter interceptions and 30th in QBR this season.
The reality is that a coordinator or scheme change won’t turn Fields into Josh Allen or Cam Newton. To date, Fields’ performances have been more akin to a poor man’s Kyler Murray. He’s somehow both turnover-prone and reluctant to throw. According to ESPN’s Stats & Info department, Fields is last among qualified quarterbacks in average time per pass (3.23 seconds) in 2023 and since his rookie season.
The risk-benefit analysis leans heavily towards keeping the first. The meager salary allotted to No. 1 picks would allow the Bears to shovel millions to free agents that would otherwise be reserved for a quarterback. I get it. NFL fans are obsessed with physical gifts and the No.1 pick is an unknown, but what we know about Fields is that he lives on rock bottom and occasionally comes up for air. Every now and then, he’ll wow you with plays like this, but then he’ll stare down a receiver and hit an MLB right in the chest. Too often, he’s a game-changer quarterback for Bears’ opponents. It would be one thing if there was something tangible to build off of.
Chicago just went through this cycle for a decade with Jay Cutler. They waited for him to turn the corner into elite status, only to watch him do a poor Matt Stafford imitation. Most teams don’t get an opportunity to CTRL+ALT+DEL an underwhelming 11th overall pick. They placed a bet on the Panthers faltering this season and hit the jackpot in a quarterback-rich draft.
Now is not the time to get cute. Fields is only due to receive approximately $4 million next season, but committing to him over the No.1 pick would essentially mean picking up their $23 million fifth-year option for 2025 by May 2024. Not only would Williams allow them to avoid committing two more years to Fields, but it would reset the franchises’ clock on doling out a crippling franchise quarterback salary to a so-so quarterback. A team without the No. 1 pick would be okay with him developing into a middle-of-the-pack starter, but the Bears have an exit ramp.
Different quarterbacks progress at their own pace, but there aren’t many historical precedents for a quarterback throwing as poorly as Fields has, and then suddenly adjusting his trajectory in year four or five. By year three, Hurts was matching Patrick Mahomes pass-for-pass in a Super Bowl. Drew Brees, Alex Smith, Geno Smith and Steve Young are the rare exceptions of quarterbacks whose breakthroughs came during or after their fourth season.
Young and Brees bounced back from wobbly starts with cheap, dysfunctional organizations and their stories will both end up in the Hall of Fame. However, those glow-ups took years to come to come to fruition. Two decades later, the Niners also got stuck with Alex Smith until he began resembling an above-average starter in year seven. Smith’s redemption story began in his ninth season, on his fourth team.
A year ago, Fields opened eyes by recording the third 1,000-yard rushing season in league history from a QB, but the passing attack was grounded by a number of factors including Fields. For three years, Fields has been mediocre, but satiated Windy City on the few occasions where he meets their low expectations. Williams (or Drake Maye) could stumble out of the gates, but it’s cheaper to watch a rookie learn on the fly than a quarterback who should know better by now.
Fields has one more opportunity to end his season on a high note against the Green Bay Packers. It may be the most scrutinized Bears game of the Fields era. In five career matchups against the Packers, Fields has thrown nearly twice as many picks as touchdowns and lost all five contests. Unless the Bears are gluttons for punishment, they’ll send Fields onto the next stage of his NFL journey. With any luck, Fields will eventually hone his elite tools, but the hourglass is running out in Chicago.
Note that this was written a few days before another embarrassing loss to the fudge packers, and Mr. Fields certainly did nothing in that game to end his season on a high note.
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On 1/6/2024 at 6:13 PM, temptation said:
which you have no affiliation or rooting interest in.
Maybe I missed this in an earlier post, but what exactly is your affiliation with the University of Michigan or why do you have rooting interest with the institution? Is it their hideous football helmets, stupid fight song, overbearing school colors, generally insufferable fanbase, etc?
I lived in southeastern Michigan for almost 10 years, so I'm pretty familiar with the UM fanbase and cognoscenti. I even made a couple of pilgrimages to the Big House during my years there. It was an ugly hole in the ground. Big, sure, but an ugly dump just the same.
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17 hours ago, Impartial_Observer said:
Everyone knows wuvs travel in packs. I swear to god they do.
So a football officiating crew is like a pack of wolves. Got it.
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On 1/4/2024 at 7:46 AM, Impartial_Observer said:
Yes it’s a giant conspiracy, I suggest you dig deeper.
Who said anything about a conspiracy?
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On 1/4/2024 at 3:44 AM, IndianaWrestlingGuy1 said:
Miuuuuuudaaaa. Muuuuuda. Where art thou? Eating ice cream in Rossville thinking up ways to weaken the IHSAA and the class warfare no doubt.
#hegemony
? I'm here, and have said my peace on the issue.
And the last time I checked there is no ice cream stand in Rossville. The Milky Way in Frankfort is where it's at.
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15 hours ago, temptation said:
Here’s the rest of the article for anyone wishing to see it.
FTA:
Quote1. Former-Michigan staffer Connor Stalions ran a brazen advanced scouting operation that violated NCAA rules (certainly in spirit) in an effort to gain the Wolverines an unfair edge in competition. Michigan should be punished for that violation.
2. The reaction to the scandal was way over the top and greatly overstated the actual advantage gained by sending people to record opposing signals from the stands.
But there was still an unfair advantage gained, was there not? You and others are just trying to throw shades of grey on a black and white issue: did they cheat or not? The answer is pretty clear.
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2 hours ago, Bobref said:
If it goes that way, it makes the athletes sound a lot like university employees. Can’t wait to go down that rabbit hole: worker’s compensation, disability insurance, unionization, job actions, etc. Exciting times coming!
At least we can probably finally get rid of the fiction that these individuals are also attending college to get an education/degree.
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https://deadspin.com/college-football-bowl-opt-out-kirby-smart-nfl-draft-1851137588
QuoteThe bowl opt-outs are a letdown, but we all saw what happened to Jaylon Smith. During the 2016 Fiesta Bowl — which was not a playoff game — his leg was mangled. A projected top-five pick fell to the second round. Since then, many star players have made the intelligent business decision to not play in games that reward schools, sponsors, and victorious betters, but not them.
Kirby Smart can complain all he wants while wearing that visor, but there is no reason for players to take part in one of the many standalone postseason games.
Orange Bowl, Potato Bowl, Stoneware Bowl — if the game isn’t leading to a national championship, it is meaningless. Pride is not worth risking draft stock, and potentially a professional career, and no scolding from Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo will change that.
The executive director of Bowl Season, Nick Carparelli, has what some might consider a radical suggestion to improve participation in non-playoff postseason games. I think his idea is common sense. Players should get a cut of the money that the bowls generate.
Pay people for working — *insert Miranda Priestly groundbreaking gif*
“The notion that players should be compensated for participating in a bowl game at the end of the season is a very real discussion that needs to be had,” Carparelli said to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger. “I’d love to discuss with the NCAA the notion of student-athletes being compensated to promote the event itself. I’m still not sure what’s wrong with that.”
He is not sure because there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. ESPN and ABC cleared out their sports calendar for bowl season. On Wednesday, the two networks will air their first NBA games since Christmas. Thursday will be TNT’s first NBA game since Dec. 19.
Money is pouring in from the bowl games like cereal, mayonnaise, and eggnog on coaches’ heads. Yet, per usual, the goal of college sports is to keep money away from the people who provide the action. Without a payout, or anything meaningful to compete for, I would advise any potential April NFL draft pick to never put on pads for these holiday-season cash grabs.
Maybe if players received salaries from the school, then they would be contractually obligated to play in the games. A novel thought, but that is still a fantasy world. That being said, college sports can no longer cash in on its players and offer them school, training table, and transportation to and for services rendered.
As for Smith, he was fortunate that Jerry Jones took a chance on him early in the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft, and that he ended up being healthy enough to earn a 5-year, $64 million contract in 2019 — $35.5 million of which was guaranteed. He had an insurance policy that would have paid out a maximum of $5 million if a college injury prevented him from ever playing in the NFL, per Darren Rovell’s reporting at the time.
But say he was drafted in the same spot by the Dallas Cowboys and eventually took the field. Smith plays one season and gets cut. He bounces around the league for a while, but he just isn’t good enough after the injury. All that he would have received was $800,000 from his policy for how far he fell in the draft, and whatever salary he could have scrounged together during a short NFL career.
Does that sound worth playing football in a non-playoff Fiesta Bowl game?
A smart, free-market solution to this growing problem.
Super Bowl LVIII
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It's clear the NFL wants the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, due to the Swift Factor. Millions more swifties watching the SB would be an even greater ratings bonanza!