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Man, You High School Football Coaches Just Can't Stop Doing Espionage, Can You?: https://deadspin.com/man-you-high-school-football-coaches-just-cant-stop-do-1838467220

High School Football Participation Is On A Decade-Long Decline: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2019/08/29/high-school-football-participation-is-on-a-decade-long-decline/#3404ecef33de

https://deadspin.com/columbia-university-wipes-out-its-delightfully-chaotic-1838467749 Athletics withdrew its funding of the band Wednesday, and the school officially banned the band from performing at future athletic events, based upon the band’s inability to gain “recognition as a student group from our undergraduate life student activities/governing boards.” I have no idea what that means, but I know it sucks. Here is a delightful video of these lovable goofs performing at halftime of a game against Yale in 2014, joyfully and enthusiastically sprucing up an athletic event attended by roughly nine people. https://youtu.be/Rz8ePJgQt CUMB has always freely admitted anyone interested in joining into their ranks, without auditions or interviews, and used a portion of its funding to provide music lessons at no cost to its members. Their act was fun and dumb and messy, as befits an organization run by college kids and dedicated to brightening some pretty fucking dismal sporting events. In its place, the university plans to establish “a new spirit organization overseen by a faculty director,” which in this context is pure cop shit, and should be rejected by everyone, everywhere. Deadspin reached out to CUMB for help deciphering the university’s baloney-ass red-tape angle of attack, and will update this post with anything interesting or illuminating they have to say. Hopefully the band’s leadership hasn’t yet responded because they’re busy cartwheeling through some administrative office, playing a tuba loudly and poorly and making off-color dick jokes. They will be sorely missed. Agreed. They will be sorely missed.

Cronyism Yields a Bumper Crop With Farm Bailouts: https://reason.com/2019/09/26/cronyism-yields-a-bumper-crop-with-farm-bailouts/

Kind of hard to detect in a 100% written environment.

I wasn't talking necessarily about extracurricular athletics.

There are many other outlets and "lifelines" in rural areas besides football.

And I don't believe any advocates for contraction here on the GID have stated that W-L should be the only factor considered.

Hmm, so the 'circle game' is now racist as well?:

https://reason.com/2019/09/25/local-man-uses-viral-fame-to-raise-1-million-for-charity-journalist-digs-up-offensive-tweets-he-made-at-age-16/ I really believe social media is now more of a scourge upon American society than a boon.

Then your statement about W-L being insignificant is patently invalid. Are you saying that coaches don't promote/demote players regarding starters or positions after a loss or due to a win?

Not always 10 inches tall:

So no coach has ever been fired at the high school level due to their W-L record?

Process, smoschess. This place would be boring without allowing rampant speculation, aka rumors, to fly around. :)

https://mises.org/library/government-property-not-really-public-property I would love to to sell my shares of the supposed public good. And the author is correct; the term "public property" is a lie.

Perhaps investment in an e-sports team would reap better benefits than a football program at this point. Heck, Rossville, a small school power in basketball and baseball, has an e-sports team but no football program. And there are scholarships to be had: https://www.jconline.com/story/sports/high-school/2019/04/19/rossville-student-nolan-starkey-parlays-gaming-passion-into-esports-opportunity-at-trine-university/3497676002/

Well, at least they tried to get out it. And lost. And now will lose again, big.

Well, at least New Palestine will be able to rest their starters. Heck, they probably won't even need to dress.

Appear to be very few OMG! Athletes on the squad. A lot of those are playing soccer. And many of those "numbers" are playing tackle football for the first time. Not a good combination for a supposed 4A school in a competitive conference like the Sagamore.

I'm thinking Frankfort needs to get out of the Sagamore conference and join the Hoosier Heartland. After all they supposedly "weakened" their schedule by scheduling 1A Clinton Central in the first game of the season instead of Western and the result has been two season opening losses.

https://deadspin.com/nfl-rules-are-just-suggestions-1838409707 Sounds about right. Do referee's get paid good money in the NFL, because I don't know if I could handle such wishy-washy rules.

Exactly. Frightening: This one, not so much:

Be careful what you wish for: Impeachment inquiry poses risks for 2020 Democrats: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-2020/be-careful-what-you-wish-for-impeachment-inquiry-poses-risks-for-2020-democrats-idUSKBN1WA13U Yep, just the distraction the uni-party needs.

I always though the mascot name "Flying Jets" a bit strange. Don't Jets already fly because, well, that is what they are built to do? And what the heck is a "Starfire"? Sounds like a superhero name to me.

I'll take Trader's Point Christian in section #42. 5-0 baby! And don't discount the Clinton Central Bulldogs. If they face the Knights it could be 2007 all over again.