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Satchel

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  1. I don’t think DEI is stupid at all. What is, however, is the demagogic assault on egalitarian ideals of diversity.equity and inclusion. The whole of point of creating an infrastructure that removes impediments to allowing the most competent and deserving people has been turned on its head for reasons that don’t make sense. Inclusion in a DEI rubric ensure physically impaired, those on the spectrum and other challenged but able people are not overlooked. What reasonable person could oppose such efforts? And if we want to keep it completely 100, but for a framework that promoted a desired outcome, 4% of the 52,000 UT students would not be African American. That, btw, is an embarrassingly low number.
  2. I think “ they” would like to value your feedback but in the end, it very seldom matters.
  3. I’m far from being a conspiracy theorist, but there might have been some high stakes hijinks in the vote results last November. It’s also possible that the election was lost when VP Harris was placed at the top of the ticket…and not because she bad. It was some other stuff that made people believe Trump would be the better choice the second time around.
  4. Campbell is doing what any similarly situated Texas Ex would do. That much should not be surprising. And fwiw, Texas would not have the richest and most prosperous athletic department in history if its goal was just to win, especially given how cyclical winning has been over the last 50 years.
  5. The hostility toward the Tech guy is a little surprising. It’s not like he’s some bug eyed Marxist. He’s using The Federalist to make his appeals, for crissakes. What he’s doing IMO, is using his moment in the Sun to help rich people with aligned interests understand that there’s enough money to go around to keep them rolling in it in perpetuity. Jerry Jones did this and made his buddies richer beyond their wildest dreams. Where Campbell may differ from Jerry is in his desire to win. In the money game, winning is gravy to Jerry. Again, those of us posting in this thread don’t concern them and their decision making in the least.
  6. His ability to multitask wouldn’t surprise me.
  7. That shouldn’t surprise anybody. Realistically, what would you expect a relatively young billionaire feeling his oats to do?
  8. Trump wants everybody focused on the plane instead of his bitcoin and meme grift, that would get a POTUS thrown out of office during any other time in our history.
  9. Fans are nothing more than props in this money game and are the absolute last consideration in any decision made by schools and their enablers. Not sure any of this is worth getting worked up over.
  10. Sounds like all the communist billionaire NFL owners. Their greediest impulses had to be reined in so that just their greedy impulses could flourish.
  11. Doesn’t sound like he’s that keen on a presidential commission anymore. Saban probably figured out that his former college lineman co chair wasn’t going to sit back and let him run everything.
  12. The B1G and the Sec don’t get to make those decisions. The media companies with the money do.
  13. Sad but true. She even served as a co chair of the DNC for a time.
  14. All he has to do is give Trump a big bag in appreciation for allowing him to serve on his commission, tell him how smart he is and how good his hair and make up look, and pressure will be placed on ESPN to include Tech. Easy peasy.
  15. I can’t decide if these people are crazy, mean, evil or a combination of all three. It still boggles the mind that people like this guy fancy themselves as Christian: https://www.aol.com/doj-weaponization-group-shame-individuals-205413048.html WASHINGTON — The conservative activist named by President Donald Trump as the head of the Justice Department's "Weaponization Working Group" said Tuesday he planned to "name" and "shame" individuals the department determines it is unable to charge with crimes, in what would amount to a major departure from longstanding Justice Department protocols. Ed Martin described himself at a press conference as the "captain" of the group that is investigating prosecutors who launched past investigations into Trump and his allies. “There are some really bad actors, some people that did some really bad things to the American people. And if they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them," Martin said. "And we will name them, and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. And that’s a fact. That’s the way things work. And so that’s, that’s how I believe the job operates.” During Trump's first tenure, the justification given for Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey was that Comey had given a press conference in which he released "derogatory information" about then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016. "Derogatory information sometimes is disclosed in the course of criminal investigations and prosecutions, but we never release it gratuitously," then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote in a memo, adding that he believed Comey had given a "textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do." Martin's remarks came on his last full day as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia on Tuesday. Trump announced last week that he was naming Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney following Martin's 120-day tenure, instead making Martin the pardon attorney, associate deputy attorney general, and director of the "Weaponization Working Group" that Attorney General Pam Bondi established at the Justice Department in response to one of Trump's executive orders.
  16. My view as an outsider is many in the dominant culture tend support those in whom they can see themselves and find relatable. While Obama may be viewed as the obvious outlier, his affable persona and annoying habit of being far too beseeching of those who hated him, did little to assuage the discomfort of millions. They felt disconnected from the White House culture and longed for time when there was a feeling of belonging. Trump gave them that and more. When the specter of a return to that which made them feel like outsiders was threatening, dominant culture voters opted for the flawed familiar. Given how feckless the voting public can be, it’s hard to predict how receptive the majority would be to well qualified gay Christian, husband and father. There just may be enough of the good stuff that they can see themselves in Pete.
  17. I think Campbell is doing his Jerry Jones imitation - saving rich people from themselves.
  18. Meh. They play at Vandy.
  19. To hear them admit their preference for white people who are a better cultural fit than say, the Afghans who we’re turning our backs on, was shocking in just how clear they are about their immigration plans going forward.
  20. Looks like Saban wants only 40 schools in the super league, which really means ESPN only wants 40: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6351340/2025/05/13/nick-saban-cody-campbell-college-sports/
  21. The corporatists are desperately trying to hold on to power. This is a shitty move: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dnc-subcommittee-recommends-redoing-vice-chair-elections-putting/story?id=121751231 The Democratic National Committee's Credentials subcommittee has recommended that the party should once again hold vice-chair elections over complaints that there were issues with how the balloting was conducted -- a move that places its vice chairs David Hogg and Malcolm Kenyatta in jeopardy of losing their positions. The recommendation, made after the committee's vote on Monday, comes after the party-wide officer races in February. The subcommittee's deliberations were based on a challenge filed by vice chair candidate Kalyn Free on how the election was conducted. Free's counsel argued that the way some of the voting was conducted allowed Hogg and Kenyatta to unfairly receive more votes than Free, who also sought a vice-chair role.
  22. Tribal camps are forming. I don’t think it’s a good thing but I’m not sure, given the political climate, it can be avoided.
  23. Watched part of a fascinating round table on CNN during which the guests candidly discussed Donald Trump’s in your face, unapologetic racism. The experience was both refreshing and disturbing because those on the panel dropped any pretense of trying to explain away Trump’s racist motives in this initiative. The disturbing part was just how normal it sounded.
  24. To what degree does it bother anybody else that the fans are nothing more that props who have become absolute last consideration in any of this money based deal making?
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