Posts posted by immamac
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13 minutes ago, irishtexan said:
You're misunderstanding my point. All of these efforts matter. They've had a major impact in recruiting talent to Austin. They've very good things.
I'm saying that structuring these NIL deals in a way that conforms with existing NCAA regulations doesn't seem to matter to the NCAA. What's going to happen is that boosters are going to give millions to an "NIL collective" which will then have the opportunity to recoup those investments with individual NIL deals. And whether or not those investments are recouped will not matter.
It's not that they don't conform to the rules of NIL. We always knew there was going to be a bit of wild west action. The problem is these well funded boosters seem to think they are buying players and their abilities, when typically if that is the engagement you would have performance based pay, which is not only explicitly excluded from NIL, but has economic impact as well. I have had an offline argument with CTJ about this thing specifically where I don't believe that people are so stupid they are willing to part with millions of dollars with no benefit over an extended period of time. The counter claim is that fanatics turn their brains off and start making purely emotional decisions. I don't think the wealthy types continue to make these types of decisions without at least a little bit of dopamine in return and I don't think we are in store for much dopamine.
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NIL is specifically not a salary or pay for play. This is why some of us who have done things in the NIL arena are pissed about how all this is going down.
comparing what a player makes in salary to play football in a professional league is not what the market is. The market is the endorsement deals those guys are getting, which for some stars is as much or more than their contracts, but for the vast majority it is not all that much. This is the problem in college, people are conflating NIL with market value of skill and contribution on the field.
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15 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:
So by my count, since Spring Game portal entries are:
- Myron Warren DL
- Jaden Hullaby LB/RB
- Jordon Thomas Edge
- Kelvontay Dixon WR
- Dajon Harrison WR
- David Abiara Edge
Still expect Hookfin and Liebrock to be departures or Medical exemptions as well. And there might be 1-2 more DBs that might not return.
Why does everyone keep bringing up liebrock? Serious question.
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10 minutes ago, pops said:
Puttin is a limped dick little shaky bitch that happens to have a huge strap on in his closet. The fact that he rolled out what is essentially stuff we could get at military surplus stores shows he had no fucking clue what the west actually had. He invaded a country that basically read our logistics and tactics for dummies.... gave them 20 to 30 year old tech and they are wrecking his shit the fuck up.
He has nukes. That's it. And who the fuck knows if they could even launch them given the fact they are putting chicken wire and palletts on vehicles to stop javelins. While wearing cardboard helmets. They are a joke. They aren't smart, they have no leadership, they have no plan. They thought they could launch a couple cruise missles and Ukraine would just say ok. Here you go. They had no clue how the western world would unite. They had no clue that 2 months of war they still don't have air superiority, and given all the shit going into Ukraine they never will.
So all they do is steal washing machines and rape women and kill babies and blow shit up and ruin lives for no fucking reason. None. Just because putin can't get it up and turns every glass of milk he holds into a milk shake.
Fuck putin,, fuck Russia and fuck every single one of his soldiers and any other person on the planet that supports him or looks the other way.
I dont want us or nato troops on the ground because that shaking midget will launch nukes and probably kill half the planet. But God damn... this is worse than ten 9/11's on a completely innocent population that has always tried to get the fuck away from Russia.
Rant over. Fuck.
I am starting to wonder if we went first strike and max deterrence if Russia would even land more than a handful of warheads. Something I never want to find out, but I’m starting to think the level of ineptitude could lead to them not actually being able to launch if we went first and tried to stop them from launching.
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4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:
I feel like we have a holistic holier than thou approach to NIL rather than cut throat ruthless. Seems we are going the University of Texas way with our approach. You see it in the fans reactions across various Texas boards “this isn’t what NIL was supposed to be” and similar sayings.
It wasn’t and we lead by far in legitimate nil
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3 minutes ago, Cheeseweasel said:
Is it nefarious or just a way to moderate? (I know you can't answer for Twitter, just curious in general)
Delisting is a way to moderate much like "moderator approval" on surly (which we haven't used since the shadow banning due to politics in the DT spike at the start of covid)
You can still interact with the site and you see your posts, but no one else does because they are actually "hidden" until a mod approves them, but the approval queue sometimes (cough, always, cough) gets ignored due to mods being busy or just not caring.
So I believe Twitter when they say they don't shadowban accounts, but they probably do put accounts on approval moderated delisting and just never end up approving shit so it is basically a shadowban.
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2 minutes ago, Immaculate Vibes said:
He’s building a new Cape Canaveral and also turning out more EVs than anyone on the planet, but the federal government is gonna go after him hard? Cmon.
Theyll attempt to neuter Twitter via regulation, that’s about it.
To be fair he won't be turning out more EVs for very long. Ford has already ramped in far less time.
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27 minutes ago, Homercles said:
He posts shit like a Reddit meme edgelord extraordinaire. I don’t really care all that much, but he needs to be careful as he already has the SEC on him for making false statements.
He's immune to the SEC. The fine they made him pay ended up making him over a billion dollars last time they slapped him non the wrist.
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16 hours ago, Harrison Bergeron said:
Might these be the dots: https://www.kltv.com/2022/04/25/longview-attorney-appointed-court-appeals/
By KLTV Digital Media StaffPublished: Apr. 25, 2022 at 3:33 PM CDTFrom the Office of Governor Greg Abbott
AUSTIN, Texas - Governor Greg Abbott has appointed L. Charles van Cleef to the Sixth Court of Appeals, Place 3, for a term set to expire on December 31, 2022, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.
Charles van Cleef of Longview is an attorney and has 30 years of experience in state and federal courts, including both trial and appellate law. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Bar Association of the Federal Fifth Circuit Court, and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Additionally, he is a former member of the Gregg County Bail Bond Board and the Tyler Planning and Zoning Committee. Van Cleef received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor degree from South Texas College of Law.
why are you trying to doxx people?
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20 minutes ago, Helobious said:
Way to play the race card for no reason. I don’t see why it should matter who reads the board or who played here or not. At all.
There was a thread for speculation and it wasn't somewhere that would make it uncomfortable. So yeah you are just straight wrong here. There's threads with all kinds of death news where the first comments are jokes, what site do you think you are at?
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2 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:
Isn't that exactly how central heat/air works? It's either on or off. Turning your thermostat to 60 doesn't make the air blow any colder, nor does turning it to 90 make your heat blow any hotter.
Incorrect. The new heat pumps with electronic expansion valves have as little as 12 steps and as many as 1000 for power consumption.
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As others have told you - NIL has nothing to do with on field performance and they are being conflated to the point where they are the same.
Endorsement value vs salary value. Some players are worth big endorsement dollars (sometimes even more than salary) others are only worth salary and are untouchable from endorsements.