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Record-breaking NIL contract will have the NCAA pocket-watching again: https://deadspin.com/record-breaking-nil-contract-will-have-the-ncaa-pocket-1848648039

Looks to be true, according the the AP: https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-tampa-bay-buccaneers-tom-brady-nfl-sports-f6d646a9109b591183836fbf593c0f2b Probably got tired of fielding calls from most every other NFL franchise wanting him to play for them.

So the bookie down the street operating out of his garage, or the big weekly poker game in Steve's basement, those are illegal. Got it.

Congrats to the Hoosiers for all but sealing at least an at-large bid in the big dance with a 65-63 win over Illinois.

The $73 Million Settlement Against Gun Manufacturer Remington is Backdoor Gun Control https://mises.org/wire/73-million-settlement-against-gun-manufacturer-remington-backdoor-gun-control Agreed. The left will stop an nothing to prevent law-abiding Americans from exercising their 2nd Amendment rights.

Facebook allows war posts urging violence against Russian invaders https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10/ Violence begets violence. Nice hypocritical move, Meta.

https://deadspin.com/return-of-the-mack-1848638525 Boo. I was really hoping Mr. Mack was going to have a resurgence in 2022 for the Bears.

Mr. Irsay and Mr. Ballard have to at least first attempt to lure the GOAT our of retirement. Going with Mr. Fitzgerald is a bottom of the barrel decision IMHO.

10 Georgia State Senators—All Republicans—Want To Expand Government Control of Private Schools https://reason.com/2022/03/09/10-georgia-state-senators-all-republicans-want-to-expand-government-control-of-private-schools/

The Seahawks went 7-10 and then traded Mr. Wilson. Has anybody here ever heard or read about the lack of his leadership capabilities? And he didn't get vaccinated, which made him public enemy number one with the media. Like Mr. Doyel at the Indy Star.

Are sure that it wasn't Mr. Leonard's public relation manager who posted this?

Biden considers digital dollar—here’s how it could differ from regular money: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/03/biden-considers-digital-dollar-heres-how-it-could-differ-from-regular-money/ Just say No. Also from the article: They forgot to add ", yet." to that sentence.

With Mr. Wentz gone I can't wait to see Ryan Fitzpatrick in a Colts uniform....................

It is. Just waiting for the story to crack about the NFL offices dictating who wins and who loses. How many NFL owners have been caught betting on NFL games?

From the Indy Star: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nfl/colts/2022/03/09/colts-quarterback-carson-wentz-traded-washington/9442629002/

"Be sharp and play hard men, millions of dollars have been wagered on this game." - NFL Head Coach.

NFL = WWE.

Slippery slope Bob. The NFL condoning and promoting "betting partners" is just the tip of an iceberg.

Professional football is just entertainment, nothing more. It's has more and more in common professional wrestling than anything else.

It was bound to happen when every other commercial during an NFL game is for some kind of online sportsbook. But this also kind of begs the question of Brian Flores accusation that Miami Dolphins owners Stephen Ross offered him money to lose games while he was HC of the Dolphins. Doesn't this action, if true, serious compromise the integrity of the game?

Yes. This is what can happen when you simply shift the biggest top-bottom enrollment imbalance from 5A to 4A. And is yet another example of the stupidity of a primarily enrollment based classification system for high school tackle football.

Kokomo Wildkats could dominate 4A.

Didn't know it had already started: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Valley_Ensphere

https://mises.org/wire/progressive-governance-needs-social-credit-state Human Rights Watch, hardly a right-wing entity, is even more scathing in its criticism of China’s system: Other progressive entities, including the New York Times, also have been critical of China’s social credit system but apparently have no problem with the establishment of a similar de facto system here. The Washington Post went even further, openly taking part in a social credit scheme by publicly identifying people who recently contributed to the Canadian truck protesters and demanding to know why they gave money. Understand that the Washington Post accessed an illegally hacked document and then used it as a weapon against people who dared contribute to something with which the newspaper’s staff disagreed, and the purpose was not to be informative but rather to endanger contributors and make them vulnerable to job loss, public shaming, and other kinds of attacks. This is not a rendition of “Democracy Dies in Darkness” but rather an attempt to impose a greater darkness on all of us. Not that long ago, political liberals universally would have agreed that using massive electronic surveillance to monitor speech and political contributions was unthinkable. Today, not one mainstream journalistic entity has raised a question about the actions taken by Canada’s government against dissenters or even questioned the Post’s doxing of those contributors. One surmises that the editors of the Post agree with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, since many protesters do not share the political views of the Post’s staff. The Washington Post is hardly the only entity that has taken the view that supporting the truckers is tantamount to supporting the Nazi Party. The New York Times has denounced the truckers as violent terrorists, in contrast to the demonstrators in 2020 that “peacefully” destroyed huge portions of American cities, killing and looting as they went. Writes Paul Krugman: It is not that Krugman believes that governments always should curtail violent protests. While his attacks on the truckers present them as violent thugs, Krugman changes directions regarding the riots in American cities in 2020, claiming that they were “remarkably nonviolent”: Krugman hardly is alone at the New York Times. Fellow columnist Michelle Goldberg described the demonstrations as “terrifying” and roundly condemned the truckers as nothing more than “right-wing” protesters, which is NYT speak for people who should have no rights. As for the 2020 demonstrations being peaceful, former NYT writer Nellie Bowles wrote about how the NYT withheld her account of the aftermath of the Kenosha riots until after the 2020 election. She had this to say about the mentality behind the NYT’s decision to withhold the truth: But what does this have to do with the American and Canadian views of social credit? First, as noted earlier, there has been no condemnation of the Canadian government’s heavy-handed crackdown on the truckers, just as no one in the mainstream press even has questioned the Washington Post’s attempt to shame and dox the truckers’ donors. When given the opportunity to condemn what clearly are social credit measures, elite American and Canadian politicians, academics, and journalists have been silent. Second, by invoking emergency powers, Trudeau has assumed near-dictatorial powers, which would be antidemocratic in anyone’s book, yet again, the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” crowd has remained silent. I link no articles because there are none to link. Beyond the issue of its classifying people who simply are demonstrating nonviolently as “terrorists,” there is no way that such an order can be limited to one instance. Now that Canada’s progressive government has criminalized even peaceful dissent—with approval by the progressive elites in both Canada and the US—it will be easier for governments to cross those lines when people express dissent against progressive measures in the future. All of this goes well beyond the usual accusations of political hypocrisy. One accuses people of being hypocrites in order to shame them, but the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” crowd is well beyond any capability of being shamed. To them, whatever Trudeau and other progressive regimes do to those that dare dissent against progressive governance is legitimate because there can be no other permissible way of thinking, even while those same people give lip service to constitutional protections such as the First Amendment. Such protections do not and will not apply to people in groups that do not support progressive ideals and, as we have seen in Canada, officials will increasingly resort to a social credit system undergirded by the “woke capitalists” of the technology sectors, who apparently have no problems being primary agents of state-sponsored surveillance. For example, Twitter gladly permitted the doxing of people who contributed money to the truckers via a supposedly secure platform. We can expect more of this. Writes Michael Rectenwald: Likewise, we can expect the same pressures to be placed upon nonbusiness entities like nonprofit advocacy groups and especially conservative churches. As progressives continue breaking down the historical barriers between the state and private life, a social credit system will fill the void. Individuals, business firms, and organizations that promote progressive viewpoints will see minimal disruption in their lives. However, those individuals and entities that hold viewpoints that are “unacceptable” can expect to see daily disruptions, from their finances to simple communications by email. Given the support that American political and economic elites have shown for Trudeau and his crackdowns on “terrorist” truckers, there is little protection left for those that are not in the good graces of progressives. Because progressive governance ultimately clashes with reality, progressives must develop ways to enforce their measures, especially when the inevitable pushback occurs. As we have learned from China, a social credit system is one way to curb dissent and to force some people to the margins. American and Canadian progressives are finding social credit also can figuratively beat people into submission. A truly frightening future for America. I fear for our children and grandchildren.