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DTs Dandy Dozen - 12 things Id like to see
Bobref replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Title IX doesn’t necessarily require equal numbers of sports. It requires substantially equal opportunities. That’s why many colleges actually do have more women’s sports teams than men’s ... because football is all male and there are so many participants in it. -
IHSAA Board of Director's Meeting/Notes
Bobref replied to johnathanspencer's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Possibly because they realize it’s none of the IHSAA’s business and that schools should be free to make their own decisions on what type of travel experiences they want to afford their student athletes? -
DTs Dandy Dozen - 12 things Id like to see
Bobref replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Which is more likely to happen, schools taking positive dramatic steps to treat officials better - and I’m not talking about a PA announcement before the game encouraging everyone to be nice - or schools doubling their budget for paying officials? -
DTs Dandy Dozen - 12 things Id like to see
Bobref replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Sigh ... I was thinking something more along the lines of recruitment/retention strategies. 😅 -
DTs Dandy Dozen - 12 things Id like to see
Bobref replied to a topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
A little disappointing, DT, that an out-of-the-box thinker like yourself hasn’t mentioned the officiating crisis that is very real at all levels of high school football in Indiana. We are getting to the point where you are going to see more Friday night games shifted to Saturday because of the shortage of officials. -
The New Normal, round 2
Bobref replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
Similar, but the leprechaun is much shorter. 😅😂🤣 -
The New Normal, round 2
Bobref replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
When I was a junior there, and living in the dorm, my next door neighbor was the leprechaun. She’s a lot better looking than he was. -
New Donald Trump thread
Bobref replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
This may well be an issue to be resolved by SCOTUS. But not “directly.” The ability to initiate a lawsuit in the Supreme Court - called “original” jurisdiction - is limited by the Constitution. Article III, Section 2 restricts the Court’s original jurisdiction to suits between states and matters involving foreign diplomats, consuls, and the like. For this matter to get to SCOTUS, it’s going to have to start in a district court, then the Circuit Court of Appeals, and then to SCOTUS ... if they decide to hear it. They don’t have to accept the case ... in which case the ruling in the Circuit Court of Appeals becomes final. -
As originally conceived, the tax system had one purpose: raising operating funds for government-provided services. But then lawmakers realized they could influence behavior by using taxes to incentivize - or disincentivize - economic decision-making. So, we got things like the investment tax credit. Then they went one step further and applied the “incentive” theory of taxation to more social decision-making, e.g., cigarettes, alcohol, etc. Now, taxation policy in this country bears little resemblance to the original system designed to fund government services. Incentivizing decision-making through tax policy is just another way government messes with the free market.
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My concern is that, under modern rules, Bobby would likely be disqualified for targeting.
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Kudos to the Kingsmen. Adding HF and St. X represents a serious upgrade.
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Hoosier Hills Conference
Bobref replied to starbacker's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
Craig Buzea, former HFC at Portage and Michigan City is the head coach at HF. -
The NFL has enacted the rule change, although not all aspects of the coaches’ proposal made it through the approval process. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001024371/article/owners-make-pass-interference-noncalls-reviewable Fans of “slippery slope” arguments — and there are a lot of them on the GID — should start the moaning and gnashing of teeth any time now.
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Jussie Smollett attack - real or staged?
Bobref replied to swordfish's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
I guess the people who were righteously indignant that he was initially charged under a felony statute are feeling a little sheepish at this point. He was basically allowed to plead it down to a low 6-figure fine. -
Bobby Boucher vs. Forrest Gump
Bobref replied to Zonefball's topic in The Indiana High School Football Forum
It long predates either of these greats of both silver screen and gridiron, but the best movie/football player of all time is Oliver “Spearchucker” Jones of MASH fame. Played by none other than Fred “Hammer” Williamson in the movie. Spearchucker would have wasted both of those punks in nothing flat. https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Oliver_Harmon_"Spearchucker"_Jones?file=Spearchucker-pilot.jpg -
There is already a well-established body of law that deals with this type of situation. It’s called “product liability.” There is a huge body of case law, supplemented by statutes in many states, describing the process of making a legal claim against a manufacturer of a product that was defective and made unreasonably dangerous by the defect, resulting in harm to a user or consumer. There’s really nothing new here.
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The Sad Redundancy Of 'Hate' Prosecution
Bobref replied to Muda69's topic in Gridiron Out of Bounds's Out of Bound Forum
Impose a huge tax on skinhead haircuts? Outlaw white sheets? -
A little birdie told me that the IFCA has developed a “mercy rule” proposal that will, in all likelihood, be ready for implementation this Fall. Coaches, what say you?
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No doubt CG’s schedule is a killer. But going on the road to Warren is one thing. But a road trip to Cincinnati is another, let alone 3 of them.
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Man, that is harsh. Nobody needs to be in the meat grinder every week. That would be just stupid, especially in a state like Indiana, where the regular season means very little. Be nice to arrive at tournament time with at least some healthy players.