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Groups steal cultural symbols from other groups when they feel their own culture is lacking.
Louisiana doesn’t need to take cultural symbols from West Virginia. There’s negative things about Louisiana but lacking in culture is not one of them.

You just called the American way of life moronic. In our culture, people want to be compensated for the work that they do with $$.

If your employer offered you:
A: triple your salary
B: free college tuition and a personal trainer to improve your health.

Which would you choose?

Even if your HS recruiting has improved, that is not the benefit it once was. If a 5 or 4 star doesn’t like their playing time or believe they can do better at another school, they transfer.

Appreciate different viewpoints. My response to your responses:

1 and 3. Teams have less practice time than ever before. Realistically, it’s not possible to adequately develop QB prospects 2-3 at a time. It’s why most teams get a young prospect and an older veteran (ie Mendoza and Cousins in LV). By crowding the room with similar talents, you run the high possibility of no one developing. QB development seems to be the secret sauce in the NFL right now. Several QB’s who were “busts” on the team that drafted them are quality starters on other teams. The talent is there for Shough. Just needs patience and support….not competition that causes him to overthink.
2. I’m a mental health professional. Gambling addiction is a real diagnosis as of 2013. You may not believe it but there’s people who still don’t believe clinical depression or ADHD is real. There’s people who think the world is flat or only 6,000 years old. People can choose to not believe scientific, factual evidence. I just hope that the Saints leaders are people who make calculated decisions based on known facts. The facts in this situation are that this young man likely has an untreated addiction and is seeking to be in the middle of temptation. It is highly unlikely that he will not relapse.

I’m going to call foul on Ric Flair (Tennessee). I get that your list was sports icons but let’s not pretend like that form of wrestling is legitimate sport. I get that it’s athletes but they are performing in a scripted drama.

Ole Miss fans probably shouldn’t comment about local judges ruling in favor of QB’s who clearly broke the rules.

Pete Rose was an official employee. College athletes are in a weird position where they are compensated but not employees.
Companies can enforce policies against employees. Quasi-compensated non-employees can go to court to get a friendly judge to rule in their favor.
Unions and collective bargaining is and always has been the solution

Random offseason thoughts- we have quietly accumulated a high number of 1st and 2nd rounders on offense and have few on defense.

Offense
Shough- 2nd
Etienne- 1st
Olave- 1st
Tyson- 1st
McCoy- 2nd
Banks- 1st
Fuaga- 1st
Ruiz- 1st
Fant- 1st
Polk- 2nd

Defense
Young- 1st
Breese- 1st
Wilson- 1st
McKinstry- 2nd
Werner- 2nd
Miller- 2nd

If my count is accurate that is 10 on offense and 6 on defense. If Cam comes back, the defense will have 7. Takeaways-
1. Interesting to consider how teams are constructed. Offensive head coach= talent accumulation on that side.
2. Defense definitely did more with less on defense. Hoping to do the same this year.
3. Free agency and draft next year will likely be heavy on defense.

Definitely not true. Ole Miss has the lowest % in the state of Mississippi by a considerable amount. Less than 10% for a state that is 40+% black.
Football games seem to be a pretty diverse place in general. I’ve been to games at 8 different schools. Been to 3-4 Ole Miss games. They are different than other schools in terms of diversity in the crowd. You literally have to search for a black Ole Miss fan in the stands.

It makes sense that Wade is building the roster this way. The best players in the NBA are international players for the most part ( Jokic, Giannis, Luka, Shia- Gilgeous, Embid, Wemby, etc). The scouting landscape for basketball is literally worldwide. It was a matter of time before college basketball went fully after international players once NIL became possible.
This could really elevate the quality of play in college basketball overall.

I had not heard that about Snead. I just did a google search and didn’t see any news about retirement. It may be the case, but public info says he’s a free agent hoping to sign.

As for the last two points, I said it was a wishlist. Not a prediction. On his Friday podcast, Nick Underhill even mentioned the Carr to Pittsburgh possibility if Rodgers doesn’t come back.