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1 hour ago, Muda69 said:

Notre Dame's first female leprechaun: 'Who says the Fighting Irish can't fight like a girl?': https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2019/04/17/notre-dame-fighting-irish-picks-first-female-leprechaun-mascot/3496112002/

I'm kind of surprised it took this long.

 

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.

3 hours ago, Muda69 said:

America’s War in Yemen Is Plainly Unconstitutional: https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/04/americas-war-in-yemen-is-plainly-unconstitutional/

Agreed.  This issue needs to go directly to the SCOTUS for resolution.

 

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.

This is a quality Div. 1 program from Ohio. A great measuring stick for CE.  Central lost in the state semifinal to Colerain last season. http://www.pctigerfootball.com/history.html.  I don’t know what they have coming back, but I’d bet the Olympians will have their hands full.

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.

48 minutes ago, DumfriesYMCA said:

Bobby puts Forrest back in the leg braces by the 2nd qtr.  nuff said lol

My concern is that, under modern rules, Bobby would likely be disqualified for targeting.

Kudos to the Kingsmen. Adding HF and St. X represents a serious upgrade.

1 hour ago, boilerfan87 said:

I was going off of the IFCA website. Homewood is a great program. I think a former Indiana high school coach is or was there. I agree with btowncoach that a Louisville or Cincy area team would be a nice addition. 

Craig Buzea, former HFC at Portage and Michigan City is the head coach at HF.

8 hours ago, GB4 said:

From Albert Breer on Twitter, 

"Sources: The 32 head coaches crafted a proposal to add an official in the booth to oversee "clear and obvious" mistakes on DPI, OPI, roughing the passer, defenseless player rules. The HCs then voted 32-0 to present it.

NFL isn't planning a vote on it. Some coaches aren't happy."

I think this would have been a better solution. 

GB 

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.

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.

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

9 hours ago, swordfish said:

SF doesn't speak "legalese" fluently (or at all for that matter) enough to contribute to a debate on this topic, but my first thought is that the user should be the one that assumes all risk when using a product.  Except that when a consumer uses a product in the legal manner it was intended and designed for, then the factory warranty would apply and liability would stem from there.

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.

40 minutes ago, Muda69 said:

https://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/regulation/2019/3/regulation-v42n1-1.pdf

An interesting proposal.   Of course I can see automobile manufacturers fighting this tooth and nail.  

All I can say is “beware the Law of Unintended Consequences.”

3 hours ago, Muda69 said:

How do we effectively ban White supremacists in the USA?

 

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?

1 hour ago, TrojanDad said:

CG plays the MIC and Cathedral and New Pal are their non-conference games.  Its a gauntlet.  CG's first 5 games are Warren, New Pal, Carmel, Ben Davis and North Central.......

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.

14 hours ago, Panther86 said:

I am the furthest thing from a Cathedral fan but I do give them credit for scheduling tough games.  At the same time there are two fairly easy ones as has been the case the last couple years.  They used to schedule the entire season with the best teams.

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.

5 hours ago, Muda69 said:

Who is going?

 

I don’t even know where Springville is. But this seems like something @StinkTownClown would be all over.

4 hours ago, Muda69 said:

Oh the memories of debating/arguing over the multiplier on the older iterations of the GID.   Those were the days.

That said expect legal action, probably by the parochial/Catholic schools, if this should ever pass and be implemented by the IHSAA.

 

Well, lawyers have mortgage payments, too. 😅😂🤣

So, if this passes, will it replace the current “success factor” system, or will both remain in effect?

8 hours ago, Muda69 said:

Here we go: 

 

Stage IV pancreatic cancer. If I were him, I'd eat all of my Easter candy now.

19 hours ago, swordfish said:

For this argument, you are assuming man-made global warming exists.......

FTR - If natural occurring global climate change can happen in a way that melted the glaciers that formed the Great Lakes 15,000 years ago, SF isn't too worried that mankind will have much (if any) influence on the crisis being perpetuated as "global warming" today.  If you want to discuss mankind's mismanagement of worldwide pollution and better ways to handle that - open the door.

This, in a nutshell, is the “global warming” issue for me. The Al Gore disciples, and their ilk, primarily use a “misdirection” argument to support their position. They trot out lots of statistics about temperatures in the Arctic and polar bears swimming in open water. There’s no denying it’s getting warmer. But, in my mind, the link between that and human activity is what is missing. Simply showing that temperatures are on the rise is meaningless, as there have been innumerable such cycles in the earth’s history. 

9 minutes ago, mbennett40 said:

 

So this is still illegal?...hope it formats right when I post (sorry for the depth of the wideouts)

 

                     OOOOO

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Because this is 6 backs?  What is the book definition of a back?

“A back is any A player who has no part of his body breaking the plane of an imaginary line drawn ­parallel to the line of scrimmage through the waist of the nearest teammate who is legally on the line, except for the player under the snapper, who is also considered a back.”

On 3/1/2019 at 10:53 AM, gonzoron said:

If you look at World History, monarchies have been the most successful.

Plato wrote that the best form of government was a “benevolent dictatorship.”

Rule 3-4-6 provides:

“When a team attempts to conserve or consume time illegally, the referee shall order the clock started or stopped.”

1-3-6 seems to restrict the definition of “clock” to the game clock, and not to include the play clock. Does R have the authority under 3-4-6 to manipulate the play clock to “do justice?”

Any officials who answer this question should also address the potential impact of Rule 3-4-6.