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  1. I don't think oher was portrayed to be dumb so much as the actor cast to play him was dumb. To be fair, how many giant high school-age kids (or early 20s) are you going to find for a role like this?
  2. Perhaps. Those types of details can only be known by oher and his attorney. The only other possibility I see here is oher is aggravated the royalties split 5 ways. If each member gets between 7k-14k a year, that's 5x that amount (5 family members) per year, x 12-13 years, if those payments continued that whole time, that's not chump change. I question why anything from a book or movie about him would get split by the family in such a way. That is very odd.
  3. Here is my guess about this lawsuit: Oher sees the movie making +$300 million and thinks he is getting screwed over because he is getting peanuts from it. Well, that may be the case but its not by the Tuoys doing it. It was the result of the negotiations for the book / movie rights. Just because the movie made a killing vs. a low budget, doesn't mean the studio then turns around and gives everyone involved bonuses or something. You get what you signed up for.
  4. To answer my own question - it has been reported that everyone in the family got an equal share. So the proceeds were divided by 5. Apparently those proceeds aren't all that much money. Perhaps something else led to a falling out between the family members. I can't help but think that oher is pissed that better terms weren't negotiated for the book and rights for the film. The film grossed +$300 million but the way things were signed and agreed to, it appears the family made very little from it. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38204108/faq-sorting-blind-side-claims-oher-tuohys
  5. TCU based on what, having never won a Big 12 title? They didn't win one last year and you can forget the "title" from 2013 or 2014. They finished with the same record as ISU or baylor or whomever it was that year but lost to that team That is some aggy type shit calling oneself a champ in that situation. Plus the big 12 fixed that problem shortly after by changing the tie break rules. Utah is a 'wait and see'. They won a couple conference titles in the weakest conference in the country. We'll see how that turns out when they move over. KSU. Not sure what to think about these guys. Was last year the peak of the 5 year up swing? Or, is that coach really the guy. I'm not sure who will be the consistently best teams. I think close to all of them will have the 5 year up/down swings as none of the 16 teams are head and shoulders above anyone else in regards to facilities or money. Don't count OSU out. Gundy seems to consistently be in the top half.
  6. The mindset goes back to at least the reconstruction period. Systemic, baked in oppression in the former confederate states. You should check out some of the old textbooks used by public schools in Alabama from the 1920s-1970s. Tons of confederate propaganda. This is a good article on an old public school book, "Know Alabama". It can certainly be assumed the same bs was taught in Mississippi. https://birminghamwatch.org/know-alabama-justified-slavery-praised-confederacy-schoolchildren/
  7. That one caught my eye too. 1 at a time here.
  8. The link above has more info in it, compared to the story put up by espn https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/38199104/tuohy-family-disputes-michael-oher-claims-alleges-shakedown-blind-side-subject Several parts of this (mostly from the UK version) caught my eye "The notion that a couple worth hundreds of millions of dollars would connive to withhold a few thousand dollars in profit participation payments from anyone -- let alone from someone they loved as a son -- defies belief,' Singer said." "'Over the years, the Tuohys have given Mr. Oher an equal cut of every penny received from The Blind Side,' Singer said. " "Singer did acknowledge that the Tuohys 'received a small advance from the production company and a tiny percentage of net profits' from the film, which they either shared with Oher or tried to share with him, according to the attorney." "Oher is asking for the public to respect his privacy during his legal battle" "For his career, Oher earned $34.5 million." Some things come to mind: - I wonder who leaked this filing to the media? - What does "tried to share with him" mean, exactly? - If you wanted privacy, why would you write a book on your life and file a lawsuit when that book is released? - If he earned +$34 million in his NFL career, does this lawsuit mean he blew it all? -What does "an equal cut" mean, exactly? Does each person in the family (so, 5 people including Michael) get a cut? Or is it Tuhys get half and Michael gets half? That aside, why wouldn't Michael get most if not all of it? He was the main subject of this film. I don't get why they would take any of it to be honest. In closing, I love big naturals
  9. Wait a minute. They claim a conference championship in 1997? Didn't they get railroaded by Nebraska in the Big 12 CCG that year? What am I missing here?
  10. So pretend that a woman is someone completely different? Being married, I have been doing that for years.
  11. That's not Sandra Bullock. She never had breast implants / augmentation. This is a recent picture of Sandra
  12. Comes across like he was blindsided by all of this.
  13. She is very pretty to look at, but too thin. Nailing her would be like humping a skeleton.
  14. He didn't say it was a girl with a strap on, did he?
  15. Tell that to my phone's autocorrect feature.
  16. Fox, CBS and NBC did not sign huge contracts with the Big 10 because of it's students SAT scores.
  17. foosball is the root of a lot of bickering in Utah.
  18. CFB isn't that important out there. Not sure how that means their head is up their ass, they would just rather place their money elsewhere.
  19. Give the players a monthly stipend and take it out of coaches salaries.
  20. It's hubris. It's about bragging rights for alumni that are no longer there but want a connection to the school. Out of the 1100 colleges that had athletic departments across the US in 2019, 25 had a net profit. To be fair, I am sure that Title IX has a big part in departments not running in the black.
  21. The vast majority of athletic departments run in the red. Priorities are outta wack..
  22. If for some reason you are driving in Atlanta and have an issue with your vehicle do NOT stop in Mechanicsville.
  23. I remember his interview after leaving the 40 acres and I did not fail to notice something he said. "But right now, I feel like I need to take some time for my wife, kids and grandkids while also looking to see if I can help college football on a larger scale.” Wonder what he had in mind. Maybe it is bouncing around offering services to people he used to work with - like his stop at NMSU.
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