InkStainedWretch
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re: Save college sports act jammed up in Congress
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/13/26 at 5:51 pm to New Money
It provides limited antitrust protection while at the same time it also prohibits, I believe, collusion to keep college players’ salaries down. I can tell you right now that players’ agents, attorneys, etc., are mapping out a strategy to fight this on all possible fronts. I believe the main front is collective bargaining, to get the courts to say the players are employees where this bill doesn’t.
And my .02 is that the courts as was signaled in the 9-0 USSC Supreme Court that’s operative here will find some way to favor the players.
I just hate the craven opportunism of this bill, pushed by people who except for Tuberville who’s a moron couldn’t give six s**ts about college athletics, to get votes in November from pissed off fans who think they’re the most important part of college athletics and are butthurt that the people they view as peons and the help are getting a proper share of the pie and control of their destinies, and think this bill will put them in their place and show them who’s boss.
All that is needed to “fix” college sports right now is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal contractually through collective bargaining.
And my .02 is that the courts as was signaled in the 9-0 USSC Supreme Court that’s operative here will find some way to favor the players.
I just hate the craven opportunism of this bill, pushed by people who except for Tuberville who’s a moron couldn’t give six s**ts about college athletics, to get votes in November from pissed off fans who think they’re the most important part of college athletics and are butthurt that the people they view as peons and the help are getting a proper share of the pie and control of their destinies, and think this bill will put them in their place and show them who’s boss.
All that is needed to “fix” college sports right now is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal contractually through collective bargaining.
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re: Save college sports act jammed up in Congress
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/13/26 at 4:02 pm to Eurocat
This bill is dead, stone cold DOA, when it gets to the courts so all this silliness is irrelevant.
Congress cannot pass laws and presidents cannot sign executive orders that would go against current antitrust laws governing zillion dollar businesses, no matter how many fans whine about it because they think because of its traditions the fact that they love it and have supported it so devotedly, this one is different than other zillion dollar businesses.
It isn’t.
Congress cannot pass laws and presidents cannot sign executive orders that would go against current antitrust laws governing zillion dollar businesses, no matter how many fans whine about it because they think because of its traditions the fact that they love it and have supported it so devotedly, this one is different than other zillion dollar businesses.
It isn’t.
re: Amendments just added to Protect College Sports Act may have just blown up the ACC
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/7/26 at 7:09 pm to TheTideMustRoll
And what are the odds that a law which restrains people, players and apparently now coaches, from freely moving to a new and better position survives judicial scrutiny under restraint of trade and antitrust regulations that have been in place for generations? Zero.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
I will remind you again that the operative Supreme Court case here was decided 9-0, a shutout, liberals and conservatives united.
The people who are pushing this bill don’t give six s**ts about college sports, they’re doing this because it’s an election year and they think they can get some votes from enraged college sports fans who want to go back to the days when room, tuition and board was sufficient for athletes.
That world is gone forever and the only way to fix the new world and ensure that it will continue to exist is to rein in the Wild West transfer portal, and the only way to do that is through a collective agreement between the schools/conferences and the players that is to both sides’ advantage. Period. No knight in shining armor is going to ride in on a white horse from Congress or anywhere else and ordain to these uppity players who’s running things.
re: Amendments just added to Protect College Sports Act may have just blown up the ACC
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/7/26 at 5:40 pm to BreakawayZou83
The US Supreme Court decision that opened the door for where we are was 9-0 and a couple of justices signaled that they were ready to go even farther toward the athletes’ side. Fans can get on message boards and hope and pray all they want to for the old way to return, but it’s not going to return because in the eyes of the law this is a business just like any other business, it’s not different or special, and it is going to be subject to the same laws as any other business.
re: Amendments just added to Protect College Sports Act may have just blown up the ACC
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/7/26 at 4:20 pm to Fun Bunch
That bill is DOA in the courts if it passes so why worry about it?
re: CC Sabathia should not be in the HOF
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/7/26 at 2:18 pm to theballguy
As someone who actually has cast Hall of Fame ballots:
1. He’s in because of 3,000 strikeouts. That’s an exclusive club and there’s no trash on that list. Kershaw will be in and Schilling should be in.
2. For the reasons cited in the OP, I probably would not have voted for him first ballot although I would have voted him in eventually.
1. He’s in because of 3,000 strikeouts. That’s an exclusive club and there’s no trash on that list. Kershaw will be in and Schilling should be in.
2. For the reasons cited in the OP, I probably would not have voted for him first ballot although I would have voted him in eventually.
re: RIP: Dory Funk Jr.
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/5/26 at 5:39 am to InkStainedWretch
I forgot Tommy Rich and Ronnie Garvin are still with us.
re: RIP: Dory Funk Jr.
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 9:40 pm to Tiger Ryno
The outcomes may have been prearranged but those Ric Flair chops to the chest were frickin' real. Some of these guys beat the living s**t out of each other for our entertainment ... when Johnny Valentine and Wahoo McDaniel worked, they were hitting each other so hard the slobber was flying out of their mouths across the ring like those slo-mo shots in "Raging Bull" ... and I damn sure preferred that to people jumping off the top of cages and being acrobats.
re: Kiffin Rule in ProtectCollegeSports Act now has 1 yr suspension if Coach leaves midseason
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 8:42 pm to Fun Bunch
I repeat there is zero … ZERO … chance of this bill surviving a court challenge if it passes and everyone connected with it knows it, this is election year pandering to pissed off college sports fans.
re: RIP: Dory Funk Jr.
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 8:15 pm to SCLibertarian
I guess Ric Flair is the only old school NWA champion left and he’s 77.
re: RIP: Dory Funk Jr.
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 7:30 pm to SCLibertarian
His brother Terry, Stan Hansen, Dusty Rhodes, Dick Murdoch, Bob Backlund, Tully Blanchard, Tito Santana and Ted DiBiase all cut their teeth in Amarillo. And it was a territory where people worked stiff, there weren’t any pulled punches.
RIP: Dory Funk Jr.
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 7:02 pm
The fans of pre-Vince McMahon professional wrestling will know why I’m posting this. Everyone else can Google him. But he was an absolute legend in the ring. And a pretty damn good college football player (two-way tackle) who some say had NFL potential if he hadn’t gone into the family business.
Dory Funk Jr., 1941-2026
Dory Funk Jr., 1941-2026
re: Kiffin Rule in ProtectCollegeSports Act now has 1 yr suspension if Coach leaves midseason
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/4/26 at 6:08 pm to Fun Bunch
If this passes Congress it will be thrown out by the courts faster than s**t through a goose.
re: The national anthem of the women’s pro baseball league went as expected
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/3/26 at 10:37 pm to geauxpurple
Agreed
re: The national anthem of the women’s pro baseball league went as expected
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/3/26 at 3:14 pm to hawgfaninc
That woman in her day was one of the best who ever did it.
2026 is not her day and she should not have been placed in that position at age 85.
This is how she should be remembered (it’s the same woman, a member of the Rock Hall of Fame).
2026 is not her day and she should not have been placed in that position at age 85.
This is how she should be remembered (it’s the same woman, a member of the Rock Hall of Fame).
re: For the pleasure of the Poli-board, I present the National Anthem from the 1st WMLB game..
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/3/26 at 3:09 pm to Placekicker
This is how this woman should be remembered, not for what happened yesterday.
re: For the pleasure of the Poli-board, I present the National Anthem from the 1st WMLB game..
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 8/3/26 at 3:07 pm to Placekicker
In her day Martha Reeves was one of the best who ever did it.
2026 is not her day.
The people who deserve censure are the ones who put her in this position at age 85.
2026 is not her day.
The people who deserve censure are the ones who put her in this position at age 85.
re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 7/29/26 at 8:08 am to Roll Tide Ravens
From Sportskeeda, quoting Adam Stern quoting Steve O’Donnell from Sports Business Journal:
NASCAR is reportedly exploring future Cup Series schedule options beyond its current media rights deal, with discussions including potential international races in Canada, England, Asia, and the Middle East.
NASCAR is reportedly exploring future Cup Series schedule options beyond its current media rights deal, with discussions including potential international races in Canada, England, Asia, and the Middle East.
re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 7/27/26 at 3:12 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
FYI according to some Facebook racing groups Jimmy “Smut” Means had heart bypass surgery today and came through it well.
re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 7/23/26 at 4:59 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
On the heels of the loss of Steve Waid, Rick Houston of Scene Vault Podcast has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer that has spread to his liver.
I had some direct communication with Rick once on a non-racing story that I was working on for my former employer … it was on a local guy who was part of the prime Mission Control crew that landed Apollo 11; Rick is also an massive space geek in addition to his racing endeavors … and he’s just as nice a guy as he sounds on the podcast.
F*** cancer.
He also shared this today in a format I can’t link:
I had my first oncologist's appointment yesterday and the news was not good.
My cancer is in Stage 4. I have surgery Tuesday for a port to be installed and my first chemo treatment is set for a couple of weeks.
Don't be sad for me. I'm going Home, whether it's today, tomorrow or twenty years from now.
Of course, my thoughts are all over the place. It's hard to concentrate on any given topic for more than than a few minutes ... at best.
That said ... what of the digitized Scene archive? Time ran out on Steve and it may run out on me. All I know for sure right now is that when my time comes, this archive will not die with me.
I won't allow it.
The historic record in these papers is too important to be lost.
The extraordinary people who put their personal lives on hold to provide this kind of coverage were too talented to be forgotten.
One way or the other, this has to happen. At this point, I don't care how... just that it does.
Rick
Micah 6:8
I had some direct communication with Rick once on a non-racing story that I was working on for my former employer … it was on a local guy who was part of the prime Mission Control crew that landed Apollo 11; Rick is also an massive space geek in addition to his racing endeavors … and he’s just as nice a guy as he sounds on the podcast.
F*** cancer.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. He also shared this today in a format I can’t link:
I had my first oncologist's appointment yesterday and the news was not good.
My cancer is in Stage 4. I have surgery Tuesday for a port to be installed and my first chemo treatment is set for a couple of weeks.
Don't be sad for me. I'm going Home, whether it's today, tomorrow or twenty years from now.
Of course, my thoughts are all over the place. It's hard to concentrate on any given topic for more than than a few minutes ... at best.
That said ... what of the digitized Scene archive? Time ran out on Steve and it may run out on me. All I know for sure right now is that when my time comes, this archive will not die with me.
I won't allow it.
The historic record in these papers is too important to be lost.
The extraordinary people who put their personal lives on hold to provide this kind of coverage were too talented to be forgotten.
One way or the other, this has to happen. At this point, I don't care how... just that it does.
Rick
Micah 6:8
re: 2026 NASCAR Season Thread
Posted by InkStainedWretch on 6/27/26 at 4:20 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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