Muda69

https://mises.org/wire/javier-milei-ended-dc-sized-deficit-innine-weeks Spineless goblins is right. And it is interesting that I haven't read about this in the MSM. Has anybody?

And you would be wrong sir. Sure, I think Frankfort should have left the Sagamore, and it actually did. But I still believe the smarter choice of action would have been for the 5 schools to kick out the 3, not some kind of backroom machinations that caused the 5 to leave with their tails between their legs. Then Cascade, North Putnam, and Greencastle would be invited. This new conference, the SDWCIkoAC, IMHO has a mix of schools and programs where hopefully the Hot Dogs will be more competitive. And that doesn't mean I have to like or agree with the name of this new conference.

The TRSAC - The REAL Sagamore Athletic Conference would also be an acceptable name.

SDWCIkoAC Super-Duper West Central Indiana (kind of) Athletic Conference. Just rolls off of the tongue

What is the deal with these gawd awful black/grey uniforms both the IU men and women's teams have sported over the last couple of games? They are hideous, and look like some reject from an AAU team. And the last I checked black/grey wasn't in the IU school color scheme. Gid rid of them. Fast.

Also, anybody able to get to www.mononathleticconference.com ? My browser is telling me that site can't be reached, and I've double checked the URL spelling (it's a mouthful) from the press release. Would be nice to peruse this new conference constitution.

Not everything is 100%, 1st_and_10. Dissension is healthy.

Also from Google Gemini: Why would Gemini be so anti-white? Well:

And as I have said that was the wrong decision. Now we have this frankly stupid conference name, named after a defunct railroad line. Really?

Yuck. Fighting to keep the Sagamore Conference name should have been the first choice.

I attended Mac closer to the Steve Shine era.

Yes, this Maconaquah alum is happy to see it. I was there in the gym in 1998 when the Braves won their first (class) sectional after losing year after year to Kokomo in their sectional (attended quite a few of those heartbreaker games as well).

People live for this:

But it's not about wins and losses, but that you got to play the game. Right? Go Braves. That Josiah Ball is a heckuva shooter.

But those other 49 state's athletic associations obviously don't care as much about the kids as the IHSAA does. Right?

Justin Fields follows Falcons players amid speculation he unfollowed the Bears: https://sports.yahoo.com/justin-fields-follows-falcons-players-184630312.html

For The Love Of The Game?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39563282/cfp-unanimously-approves-5+7-model-new-12-team-playoff

It would depend on the criteria used for a qualifier, and I am not sure I have seen one presented here on the GID that I like or honestly even fully understand.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/20/from-term-limits-to-bus-lanes-indiana-lawmakers-fight-locals-for-control/72481908007/ Government is more effective the more local it is. This is the way it always has been and always will be it. It is simple logic. The Indiana state legislature needs to realize that.

So you are ok with conference memberships in football being a possible victim of a postseason qualification process?

Agreed. I just worry that such a qualification process will change how schools look at a conference title, because now playing those same 6-7 conference schools every season may reduce your chance to qualify for a postseason berth, based on whatever algorithm is used. This could have the very real chance of schools dropping conference memberships, at least in football.

I don't know. For most programs a state title is very much realistically out of their grasp while a conference championship can be a much more achievable goal to strive for.