I do not think he's equating them - I think he's just stating that any Arkansas losses are good for us (2-3 losses are better than 1, but 1 is still better than 0).
He’s probably an idiot, but it’s not like he went out and tanked his HoF chances. All of the allegations were from a decade or more ago, long before he would have been sniffing the HoF.
Given the timing, it’s certainly possible that the Ravens were aware previously and waited until he was losing his skills to allow it to leak out.
That was just one possibility that would have led to Luka being the best player on a championship team. My point was exactly what you stated in your next sentence - it seems pretty clear that Luka can win a title as the best player on his team, because Dallas came pretty close to doing it already.
These takes are always ridiculous. They literally beat the 1, 3, and 4 seeds in the West last year and were three wins away from being a championship team in which Luka was the centerpiece. If Tatum hurt himself or something else happened last year, they probably beat the Celtics (or the Pacers) in the finals. And knowing how close they were to winning a championship, we have people saying that it could never happen.
I'm pretty sure the players would be on board with being made employees with collective bargaining rights, but so far the NCAA/schools have not allowed it.
The House settlement prevents boosters from paying players - at least that is what the conferences are attempting to do. We can argue about whether the clearinghouse that has to approve NIL deals will be effective in doing so.
https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/44579716/house-settlement-nears-finalization-amid-judge-last-concerns
I mean - maybe Texas was the wishy-washy ones? If Texas did not offer him until later and he signed with UNC thinking he was not getting an offer, but then immediately thereafter got the Texas offer, the timing might make sense.
My initial guess is that if an SEC team wanted to sign a player and the player was able to challenge the rule in court, the player would win. However, unlike with most of the NCAA rules that players are challenging, no SEC school is likely to be willing to try to sign a player and piss off the SEC and thus no player has standing to challenge the rule.
It probably depends some on who wins on Monday. If UH wins, the Duke game gets elevated to iconic status and no one will remember the Tech collapse against Florida. If Florida wins, the Duke/UH game will still be remembered, but the comeback against Tech will be discussed a lot as well.
My initial plans are to attend tOSU, Florida, and Georgia this year - but that is assuming I can get approval from the wife for three games this year (the kids are still too young for big games that I have to travel to).