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Interesting that you’re proud of beating a school out of a few bucks. Not cool.

They have (or at least, had, for a long time) a different mindset than most programs. They did things the “Hobart Way.” That’s what “marching to the beat of a different drummer” means. Which is what we were discussing.

Which has nothing to do with anything under discussion.

Hey, for decades their home field was a landfill in the making. Who does that?

They march to the beat of a different drummer in Hobart.

Yes, that’s why I referenced a mixed metaphor. He conflated “death knell” and “nail in the coffin” and came up with “death nail.”

If it were a child’s game, that would be true. If it were a multi-billion dollar, multinational enterprise … not so much.

We’re not really disagreeing, are we? We both agree that our society values certain types of entertainment more highly than some forms of inarguably vital services. I agree that it’s weird. But the laws of supply and demand don’t care. And I know we’ll you’re no rookie. That’s why I was surprised you made such a rookie mistake. 😆

I find the labeling of one side or another as “greedy” to be laughable. The owners believe they are entitled to maximize profits because they are the ones with all the capital at risk. They’re right. The players feel entitled to a bigger slice of the pie because it is their talents on display that generate the revenue. They are right, too. Both are attempting to achieve their own goals and maneuver for a favorable outcome. How could anyone realistically expect it to be otherwise? How can one side or the other be “at fault,” when both are doing exactly what they are supposed to do? As far as “greed” goes, how much money is enough? The answer is that “enough” is the amount of money the other guy has. It’s never the amount you have.

That argument, while it has populist appeal, misses the mark by a wide margin. In the marketplace, compensation is determined by 2 main factors: the demand for the service and the scarcity of the supply of that service. There are an awful lot of people who, with a bit of educatIon and training, can become a productive teacher, policeman, firefighter, etc. There are far fewer people who can hit a 93 mph slider down and away.

A typical KK anecdote. Lowell is on offense. They run off tackle. The RB bounces it outside, but just runs laterally. The defense strings out the play, and he is taken out of bounds right at the line of scrimmage, going down right at Kennedy’s feet on the Lowell sideline. Coach leans down over the kid and says, “Son, if you keep running in that direction, eventually you’ll hit that fence over there! Run north & south!”

My mind is a treasure trove of largely useless factoids.🤪

Yes, you can recognize them by their resilience.

Perhaps they release the enrollment figures first so that all the GID people can then tell them what the classifications, sectionals, etc., should be. Makes their job a lot easier.

It’s “death knell,” not “nail,” although come to think of it, that sort of works in a mixed metaphor kind of way. But you’re correct. It amazes me that people who have been so successful can be so tone deaf. Like Nero fiddling while Rome burned.

Minor League Baseball.

Well, that ought to liven up the off season for a while. 😂

This guy thinks so. I think it’s “an” answer, but not “the” answer. https://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/sports/article_99b0d308-9173-11ec-b038-77c3f1609b35.html Only way to rectify shortage of officials is pay up ZACK NALLY "Keep Pounding" column Feb 19, 2022 There was already an officials shortage before the coronavirus pandemic, but the last two years haven’t appeared to help the cause. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) reported this week that a survey of state high school associations revealed that approximately 50,000 officials are no longer in the workforce since the 2018-2019 season, the last full season unaffected by the pandemic. An editorial released by NFHS CEO Dr. Karissa L. Niehoff via HighSchoolOT.com detailed a situation wherein officials nearing retirement age were pushed into it by the challenges of the pandemic. To address the issue, the NFHS is planning a first-ever National Officials Consortium Summit in April to address the vacancies and how new officials can be recruited. The summit will also be attended by the NCAA and more than 30 national-level sports organizations including governing bodies for Olympic sports. The issue persists nationally, but we may see a significant impact locally as spring sports prepares for the new season in March. At the conference tournament basketball games at West Carteret on Thursday, baseball coach Brooks Jernigan was on a Zoom call discussing options this spring concerning the umpire shortage. The potential challenges are so great that doubleheaders with four teams at one site was floated as a possible solution. Just before the pandemic started, the N.C. High School Athletic Association reported an 11-percent drop in officials. A 17,000-person survey held by the National Association of Sports Officials (NASO) in 2017 reported that there were “more officials over the age of 60 than under 30.” Low pay, long training with little compensation and poor attitudes toward officials from coaches, players and fans are all primary reasons for the growing shortage. There is also the growth of fledgling sports, such as girls lacrosse and girls wrestling. Like the officials shortage of the 1980s due to a boom in soccer growth, the addition of more matches and games only compounds the already difficult situation. The NFHS has created the #BecomeAnOfficial Program, but the recruitment efforts are falling short. The organization, among others, is calling for improved behavior toward officials to help encourage would be applicants. In this reporter’s opinion, though, the shortage comes down to the almighty dollar. Officials are responsible for their own equipment, their gas and time spent in travel, and pay only ranges from $50 for a volleyball game to $100 for a basketball doubleheader. Like many employers are learning right now, raising the pay is the only sure way to attract new talent. In the same way, winning makes problems go away in sports, money makes all the other challenges of being an official go away. If you want more officials, pay up. That’s the only real solution and one that’s needed right now to avoid a debilitating problem that is only going to grow worse.

I’ve already got Sept. 23 on my calendar: KV at The Inferno.

Somebody woke up even grouchier than usual. 🤣

I worry more about the effect of the sun on punts and passes.

Yes, but you really would prefer a north-south orientation, so players (and officials) don’t have to deal with the sun in the early Fall.

KV has been something of a black hole for coaches in the past. If anyone can change the culture of that program, it would be KK, assuming he hasn’t changed much since we last saw him. One of my favorite coaches, but don’t tell him I said so. Love to get @DE’s take on this.

Shut up!

Griswold was the precursor to Roe v. Wade and the same-sex marriage cases. By any measure, one of the 3 or 4 most significant individual liberties cases in the 20th Century.