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This is hilarious. His feelings of "connection" have nothing to do with the principle involved, which is players can't be permitted to gamble on teams of which they are a member.

Of the eight blue blood football programs (Alabama, Ohio State, Texas, USC, Michigan, Criminal Sooners, Notre Dame and Nebraska), only the criminals, altar boys and corn guys haven't won a title in the last twenty-five years. That's why Nebraska is just as much of a blue blood as the other two.

They are as much of a blue blood as the criminal sooners or Notre Dame altar boys.

Most of the eligibility cases have been in state courts for reasons I won't get into because it would take a while to explain. I haven't looked at the jurisdictional specifics in this case, but I must presume the monetary transactions that constitute at least some of the bets involve interstate commerce and therefore immediately results in federal priority. Epistemically speaking, this is an a priori matter. While there's no specific mention of competitive sports in the Constitution, it's undeniable that allowing players to gamble on games in which the participate would make competitive sports untenable, which is why every sports league or group does not allow it.

This is a federal court, not a state court in which the judge is elected. Even if the judge miraculously made the incorrect ruling, it would immediately be appealed to the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans (the appellant court that has jurisdiction of Texas in federal court) and overturned. Who the lawyer is doesn't matter in this case. There's no legal ground or precedent for Sorsby to legitimately argue. Most lawyers will take a case to make money even if they know they can't win.

I doubt this is true. Every sports league, conference, association, whatever you call it, has rules against players gambling. This is not about the right to make money like all the other cases the NCAA has lost.

Like to see the Spurs win, but not confident Wemby will be consistent enough to pull it off.

A ranking of all time greatest Longhorns by OTF staff. Top ten, by position, however.

Gonna need more offensive consistency from Wemby to win the series against OKC. Hope he's ready.

Not playing to win is playing with fire. You don't want to extend your Regional starting pitchers, but you need to compete to win within reason.

I hope he's around at 25 for the Lakers. They need athletic wings.

I've seen Swain mocked at 11, 13 and 14 now. He's definitely moving on up.

Everybody can dance. Georgian can't.

I don't think it's easily. Titles are five to four. I do think LeBron is the better all around player over the years.