LSUtoOmaha

re: Conference Self Governance Will Fail

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/30/26 at 1:19 pm to pelicanpride

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I’ve been trying to think of a scenario where direct competitors within a multi-billion-dollar enterprise, actively police and enforce penalties on one another, and I can’t think of a single one. There’s probably a reason you don’t see this type of thing. The enterprise will self-destruct.

Drug cartels

re: Conference Self Governance Will Fail

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/28/26 at 9:48 am to pelicanpride

Also- you can't just threaten to kick someone out when you do not like what they are doing. That works for a golf club, not a multi-billion dollar cartel.

re: are the days of having athletes academically ineligible over?

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/17/26 at 12:16 pm to nicholastiger

I hope so

re: SEC is in a very uncomfortable legal position and might not have any power over players

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/11/26 at 3:11 pm to Ebridg3

The conferences pretty obviously act as monopsonies for the vast majority of the football labor pool, meaning they are the only real "buyers" of the workforce.

You know what that sounds like to me? A cartel

That is allowed if you have anti-trust protection, which of course the conferences do not.

The other thing that cracks me up is the "country club membership" argument, where members sign up and agree to the bylaws, or they can be kicked out on a 2/3rds whim. How many country club memberships pay their members $70 million a year? Point being, if the conferences are allowed to keep existing in the medium term, which I kind of doubt, then there have to be crystal clear eligibility and behavioral rules, with escalatory punishment guidelines, not just "they don't have institutional control!" It is kind of amazing how that is lacking to be honest.

re: Any chance Auburn start time moves past 11am CT?

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/8/26 at 8:30 am to Valleyoil

LSU is actually good at 11 historically

re: Tiger bait guy implying it is going to be a no go

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 9/4/26 at 12:23 pm to tigerskin

Hate vague posts like this

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re: SEC punishments for playing pro players are out

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 8/26/26 at 12:31 pm to 1999

Is it fair to say these punishments do not apply to international pro basketball players?

re: Ukrainian drone strikes Moscow Oil Depot, lid goes flying during massive explosion

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 6/18/26 at 11:24 am to Fun Bunch

Good. I hope Ukraine keeps the massive drone attacks on Moscow and St. Petersburg coming. That's the only thing that will get the average Russian city dweller's attention.

O-T Lounge

re: The World Cup Starts Today. Mexico v South Africa MSB Edition

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 6/11/26 at 1:56 pm to Pedro

I loved it

Soccer Board

re: MSFT, AMZN, GOOG

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 6/2/26 at 10:38 am to Sabans straw hat

GOOGLE

Money Talk

re: If Wade can go international for a big portion of his roster then why can’t Jay?

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 5/6/26 at 1:58 pm to Nutriaitch

We could hit bombs with a Nagasaki pipeline

re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 5/5/26 at 11:05 am to Bert Macklin FBI

Very impressed by the level of detail Rothstein contributes to these interviews. That naturally makes Wade share more.

Jon- "I remember that (VCU-WISCONSIN) game."

Wade- "I'm sure you do."

:lol:

re: Reports state that LSU has agreed with G/F Saliou Niang!

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 5/1/26 at 2:45 pm to LSU Patrick

quote:
Are people still missing McLoser?

I'd rather watch our two players take the court by themselves than whatever the f last season was

re: MBB Offseason '26 Transfer Portal / HS Tracker

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 4/20/26 at 3:03 pm to BallHawk

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At work and can't link but Seth Trimble, a guard from UNC just entered the portal with a "Do Not Contact" tag.

He is one of the guys who would have to have a waiver.

re: At 23-18, odds we finish <500 this year?

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 4/20/26 at 11:34 am to Meauxjeaux

Might not be a bad thing in the medium term. Sometimes it's best for an elite program to get popped in the mouth after tremendous success.

re: FINRA approved eliminating day trader restrictions

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 4/15/26 at 11:12 am to JoeyP239

Good. Archaic rule

Money Talk

re: LSU Expected To Sign Kansas State G PJ Haggerty | UPDATE: Commited to Texas A&M now

Posted by LSUtoOmaha on 4/10/26 at 1:48 pm to Tigerfan1999

I saw a bit nervous he was just a volume guy but I looked at the stats and his shooting percentage for the past three seasons has been:

49%
48%
49%

Also plays 35 minutes per game and basically does not miss any games.