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    The NCAA isn't going to receive immunity from lawsuits. Even if Congress passed something along those lines, the Supreme Court would strike it down because the SC has already said they won't entertain giving the NCAA an anti-trust exemption. Now, having said that, there's nothing in the Constitution that says you can't have a monopoly or trust in late nineteenth century parlance. What needs to happen for some kind of congressional help to occur is some kind of governing entity needs to incorporate market principles into their "rules." Given the NCAA's tainted record, I can't see this legally happening. You need a break away from the NCAA and fresh start.
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    The CSC is not truly independent of the NCAA. They were established by the NCAA to serve an NCAA function. The CSC won't exist much longer because it's a stupid concept. You can't legally tell someone how much a marketing deal is worth. We said as much when this nonsense started last year. If you want to get a "handle" on collegiate athlete compensation, you must negotiate a deal with them. Contrary to uninformed sportscaster opinions, this does not necessitate collective bargaining. There are literally millions of examples of controlled pay structures that don't have collective bargaining.
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    Can we get Arch to hook up with Katie Stewart?
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    Never seen this mentioned as Yacht Rock, but my favorite beach song ever is Nu Shooz, I Can't Wait. Listened to this while surfing in Charleston, SC and Coco Beach, FL in 88-89 as a teenager.
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    If you think Shaq was ever tougher than Kobe you've smoked a lot of dope. Kobe was always the finisher on every team he ever played with Shaq. Your Artest comment is laughable. Kobe played the entire 2010 season with a broken finger. We're living in dream land.
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    Continuing my Marc Cuban pansy theme: Yes, Mark Cuban voted in favor of the 2001 NBA rule changes that legalized zone defense, a package widely acknowledged as an attempt to curb the absolute dominance of Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.
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    Can't see Ujiri being that dumb. As for Luka, as a Lakers fan I wish he'd go back to the Mavs. Never win a title with an injury prone, unathletic, defensive liability as the "franchise" player. The Lakers went just as far without him as they would have with him. That tells you all you need to know.
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    Four rebounds by Wemby won't get it done.
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    When Robbins, Tinney and Pack go 0-11, and you set your pitching rotation to lose, you're not going to have much of a chance. Schloss needs to make it to Omaha.
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    Longhorn fans vastly overrate VY. It's understandable.
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    We're back to inconsistent offensive performance by Wemby. He's great. He not close to the greatest 22 year old ever.
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    Will Roger Clemens ever be elected to the baseball hall of fame?
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    I don't want to get banned or make people upset, but I just learned that Kobe's favorite movie was Gladiator. He said "strength and honor" before every game after seeing that film on 7 May 2000, which coincides when he became the best player in the world at 21.
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    Someone asked me about wrong NBA MVPs. I'll restrict myself to this century. 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2025, 2026.
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    Can't stand the Thunder, but they aren't as obnoxious as Mavs fans. Cuban initiated the transformation of Mavs fans into whining babies, which I call the "Techification" of the Mavs. Most unlikeable pro sports team next to the Eagles.
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    I agree the Spurs are luckier than the Pats. CJ is young.
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    Who is the guy by Cooper?
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    The Spurs are 38-3 in games that Wemby plays at least fifteen minutes, and yet he wasn't MVP. The NBA has a long and notorious history of giving MVP to the wrong guy.
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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.
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    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.
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    They are as much of a blue blood as the criminal sooners or Notre Dame altar boys.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Like to see the Spurs win, but not confident Wemby will be consistent enough to pull it off.
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