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  1. Stanford is unique in valuing Olympic sports as much or maybe more than football. They would utterly dominate any lower level league in those sports to the point of lacking any genuine competition. Academic snobbery is still the primary reason they won’t join the Big XII imo, but it’s also true that the average ACC school sponsors more Olympic sports than the average Big XII school (I think). And while the Big XII sponsors a lot of sports some are weird amalgamations of affiliate schools that feel really odd. That could also have played a role in their decision.

  2. 2 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

    Everyone is a dictator to Democrats that can’t possibly comprehend using their voter approved power to implement change

     

    1 hour ago, Dr. Teeth said:

    Why do you people keep calling this clearly same man a dictator?!?!?

     

     

    1 hour ago, StassneyHorn said:

    I sure as shit hope the President does have more power and sway then mayor of NYC.

    Wait I thought you said the voters get to decide? If NYC elects a democratic socialist as mayor to implement change in that city don’t you support their right to do so? Of course not because you’re a lying sack of shit who only cares what your dear leader says.

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  3. It only seems weird because it’s relatively recent. If the story of Jesus was invented today and people started believing it they’d be considered loons too. A baby born of a virgin is human but also god who’se also his father so he’s his own dad but begs himself to save him from execution and denies his own request, oh and he’s also a sacred ghost, and so on and so forth. Christianity was in fact considered a cult for more than 300 years until Emperor Constantine thought it was cool. 

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  4. 16 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    Not for some schools.

    I think it’s utterly moronic to think who you play sports with says anything about your academics, but that’s 100% how Stanford and Cal think, as well as large swaths of the Big 10.

    The Big 10 only says that because it was already that way not the other way around. The schools that were members for a century were large well funded institutions and had AAU status when shit started blowing up. They proved it’s flexible when they took Nebraska who was already on their way out of the AAU. If a lesser academic institution was in the neighborhood with massive athletics media value they’d take them in a heartbeat that just doesn’t exist up there.

  5. 1 hour ago, thunderlounge said:

    I haven’t seen it mentioned lately, but the “pac” doesn’t expect to be a power conference right? They’ve resigned themselves to the Group, yes?

    Talking from their perspective, not the obvious answer everyone else already knows. 

    They lost that status last season when they only had 2 members and I don't think they'll get it back based on the new additions. So as it sits they are not part of the autonomous (i.e. power) conferences and I doubt they would even try to regain that status.

  6. 5 minutes ago, d2o said:

    Booker still has 3 yrs left on his deal.   SGA only had one yr left.  They started letting teams extend player when they have 3 yrs or less left recently but a player cannot have more than 5 yrs on the books.   Max salary is calculated based on yrs of service.  Booker has been in the league for 10 so his max is 35% of the cap.   SGA has been in the league for only 7 so his max would be 30%.

     

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    Thanks. Stupid complicated but that makes sense. If SGA is still at the top of his game when he hits 10 years would he extend at 35%?

  7. 15 hours ago, Message Board User said:

     

     

    2 hours ago, MrX said:

    SGA supermax done - 4 years 285 mill 

    Can someone explain to me how this works? Why is one max 2 years and another 4? And how is the MVP/World Champ worth less per year than Booker? My only memory of Booker is of him being a pouty little bitch in last years playoffs while getting punked nonstop by Luka.

  8. 22 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

    The reason is their president and AD have never wanted to associate with ULM. But they realize the writing is on the wall this time as the Sun Belt is a better conference with a better TV deal which also limits travel costs.

    The 6 teams in the Sun Belt Western division is basically a bus league for LA Tech while CUSA has maybe 4? teams they could bus to.

    LA Tech would prefer to join the American with UAB/Memphis but has seen programs like UNT, UTSA, FAU, and UNCC pass them by. The Sun Belt with Southern Miss, App State, Georgia Southern, Marshall, and Coastal Carolina are far more attractive than anything left in CUSA.

    Add in Memphis and ECU for 16 and the Sun Belt would be nearly perfect for them (their unrealistic dream would be to drop both the Bama schools and ULM for UAB, Tulane and Rice).

    The first part sounds really stupid, I don't see La Tech turning down more money and prestige in the Sunbelt by voluntarily staying in the zombie Conference USA because of a beef with a nearby rival. Wouldn't it be the other way around that ULM would try and convince its partners to reject a rival? And no way the Sunbelt poaches AAC, especially Memphis. The money is still better in the AAC as is the prestige despite the Sunbelts recent football success. Memphis is staying put unless they can get an ACC or Big 12 invite. The renovated Liberty Bowl stadium might help their cause. 

  9. If it was a setup to harm his football career he should sue back but the lack of evidence and the he-said, she-said nature of these things goes both ways. The more common story is that his football career is harmed, she starts getting threats, and drops the case. It's an unfortunate reality. Nobody except them two will ever know the truth. 

  10. On 6/27/2025 at 11:40 AM, atomheartbevo said:

    Big Government at its finest.  Since they won that victory, they won't stop - we will get feature creep at a massive level. They'll redefine what an "adult" site is, which could easily rope in a lot of online forums, etc. and probably try to expand the scope to mentions of marijuana, etc.

    "To protect the children".

    If I'm a VPN provider

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    They'll expand it first to include any show with a gay character. Then any show that conservatives don't like for any reason. There's no stop to this.

  11. 15 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

    I wish they would just change the name of the conference.  For this shit product to carry the great name of the PAC 8/10/12 is a travesty.

    I mean you and your condom buddies are the ones who destroyed the conference, kind of disingenuous to be bitching about what happens to what you left behind. (no criticism of the decision, money is money).

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  12. 20 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

    It definitely started with money, but I'm starting to wonder if ego is driving the bus.  There are definitely folks who just like the idea of relegation simply out of malevolence.  They want these institutions to suffer.

    I think that's just message board stuff. The administrators making the decisions are just looking at the money. If they can make more by excluding others they'll go that direction. If not, they'll be fine with the status quo.

  13. The FCS games are for early season warmups or for SEC a November rest week. There are other matchups every week for TV purposes. The networks know the ratings will be low for those games, they would be the ones pressing to stop them if it was a problem. 

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