ryanlsu

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Open borders is actually a conservative position. Hell, the godfather of conservative economics, Adam Smith argued that labor is a resource that should not be interfered with and that labor choosing to move to your country just means you won capitalism.

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You are a moron. I can guarantee that Adam Smith would not be in favor of open borders if you were giving those people housing, food, healthcare, and education for free.

and Reese was 6'1" and a quarter in socks. She was not her listed 6'4" or her claim she is 6'3". So 6'3" Morro and 6'5" Anna gives us more height than our championship year. Obviously the same experience is not there but the height is there

and White Collar

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Why didn't people freak out when their teams were paid for wearing Nike Slash?
That's been going on for decades.
What's the difference ?

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Having the logo of a sports apparel company on your team's sports apparel that that company provided is not the same as having a patch for a bank or a chicken finger fast food restaurant.

The anti-trust exemption is the only way forward for college sports to remain or return to something that is viable in the long term. You have to return to at least a facade of amateurism which will allow you to say that you can get all the NIL you want but if you do you can't play in our league. You can limit transfers and bring back a semblance of the sport we grew up watching.

The way the NCAA is losing in courts right now makes them unable to enforce anything. But a salary cap is a non-starter without an anti-trust exemption or collective bargaining. Collective bargaining is almost a non-starter because it usually takes a couple of years to come to an agreement on those types of things. The Juniors and Seniors that start negotiating will be out of college before the agreement is signed and then the freshman will not have been a part of most of the negotiations. A few years into the deal and nobody that was part of the negotiations will still be part of the union.

Both sides played a part in where we are now. The NCAA made billions for years and I have no idea where that money went. They should have to put some in a fund and pay for continuing education and healthcare for any injuries that occured while playing. I don't necessarily agree with it but they could also pay a stipend to the athletes along with all of their other perks.

The players are overplaying their hand at this point. True NIL would effect .1% of college athletes. The rest is pay to play. Some of the big donors are already getting sick of it. This amount of money cannot last forever. I have had a discussion with a former LSU player who talked about jerseys with his name on it. He thought they bought it because of him. I said they bought it because of LSU and that he played for LSU. If he played for Texas there would be no jerseys with his name on it in Baton Rouge. He said he would sell a lot in Austin though. I asked how many he would sell if he went to ULL and had a all american season. He said not that many. So he finally admitted it wasn't because of his name or even how he played. It was because he went to LSU.

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It costs $50k for LSU (in state) and $120k (out of state). That is absurd.

And that doesn’t even account for living expense

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I'm a young gen xer so I don't really care about the boomer hate but it is so out of control in this thread. First I just went back to school to finish up my degree after 20+ in the work force. And tuition was not what you are saying. From LSU's website:

For Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge, undergraduate tuition and fees are roughly \(\$12,886\) per year for in-state residents and \(\$29,562\) per year for out-of-state students. When factoring in estimated room, board, and supplies, the total annual cost of attendance reaches approximately \(\$32,124\) for residents and \(\$48,799\) for non-residents.

Almost every problem yall are attributing to boomers was set in motion way before the boomer generation had any real power.

Education costs skyrocketing - That was started by the government getting involved and starting to guarantee loans for people who had no business going to college. This started in 1965 when not a single boomer was in congress.

Jobs being outsourced and job market declining - Manufacturing peaked in the US in the 70's. The term "rust belt" was first used in 1984. Nafta and the free trade legislation passed in the early 90's. Boomer members made up 1 in 5 members of congress. So roughly 80% were members of earlier generations.

And so on and so on... It was mainly leftist progressive "feel good" policies that have set us on this path. Only rich white people or really smart people get to go to college. Let's loan money to people so that everybody can go to college including to a ton of people who have no business being there.

The American dream of home ownership is unavailable to the poor and people who have made numerous poor decisions so their credit is shite..
Let's guarantee loans and force banks to make loans to people who will probably never pay it back so we can feel good

Watching this as an attorney, her defense attorney was incompetent. I truly think he looked at how little evidence the state had and thought they would never get a conviction and he didn’t put in the work for a competent defense.

No witnesses to what happened in the car and her boyfriend had allegedly grabbed the steering wheel when she was driving a couple of weeks prior. Also she was driving 100 mph towards a building and neither dude could turn the wheel bc the 85 pound girl was too strong?

I think she’s trash and probably was responsible. But I’m not sure about beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Pam Bondi was the slam dunk worst AG this country ever

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Eric Holder was AG so your statement is light years away from being the truth. Bondi could have gone to work every day thinking what is the dumbest thing I can possibly do today and then do it and she would still be a better AG than that evil stupid piece of shite.

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You are talking about a nearly $8 million dollar revenue deficit for women’s basketball. If you funded half that into basketball, not only could you help benefit a team that profits, you can cut revenue deficit.

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Except you can’t cut the deficit from 8 million to 4 million. Alabama spent the least money on women’s basketball in the sec and had a 5 million dollar deficit. And their coach just left them for a mid major job bc they wouldn’t spend any money.

Mulkey also brings in a revenue with this team. The team brought in over 4 million in revenue while bama’s team brought in 750K. If we let mulkey go and hire a cheap coach our expenses will go down but so will our revenue.

If you look at the expenses for a team in the middle of the conference, ole miss for example. They finished 8-8 in the conference and lost 7.4 million dollars. Do you really want to trade a chance at national championships for permanent mediocrity to save 600k?

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