Q: But what about the swimmers, they work hard too!

That was my thought too... "so, in the end, after all the ups and downs, I'll just end up in the exact place I started from?" That's not exactly motivating me to go out and build my portfolio.

So what? I have yet to see a convincing argument as to why the efficient market of boosters directly paying players to attend a certain school is less desirable than indirect payment via cushy locker rooms and high priced football staff.

I think the biggest beef against Angelo's right now is the whole MASN fiasco, you know "everyone with cable in the DMV has to pay the Baltimore Orioles $1/month BY LAW!"

it's still 4 hours to play 1 when you're in the stadium, only instead of switching over to Redzone during commercials, you get to watch a guy with a red hatstand on the 20 yard line!

Kinda like the part where you missed the point.

Yep, I'm moving onto year 3 of my $4 sunglasses from Five Below.

Here's a picture I photoshopped up: scale is as accurate as I could figure.

Different circles I guess. Where I am (outside the Beltway that is), its usually bragging along the lines of "You think you got it bad... it takes me an hour and a half to go 15 miles to work and back!"

Ah, I'm in the DC area. No one brags about short commutes here (well, unless they bike or walk). No here it's "Sorry, can't stay five minutes late, I've got to make it before they seal up the Fairfax base camp, or I'll never make it to Centreville before the first snow!

Purdue was a bad choice. They are as likely to win the B1G next year as the Jags are to win the Super Bowl. Yes, the "Power" conferences do better than the SunBelt, but even within them, there are large differences. Realistically, only teams in the top 25 preseason poll even have a sliver of a chance to be national…

rant appreciated. Sports "Science" is the worst. And it is extremely frustrating, because they pose interesting questions, then go ahead and do the equivalent of "hit another golf ball from the tee, so it'll land in the same place as the one you lost, so you'll find it." Honestly, the only show I found more…

Man, I really hate this argument. It pretends the status quo is substantially different than it really is. It is already a fact that most school's can't compete. I just looked up 2015 NC odds for right now, and 60% of FBS teams aren't even on the board (the lowest is Rutgers at 1000/1). Shit, only 30% of the teams…

wait, people bs their commute to be shorter than it actually is?

OC and Outer Banks are pretty different beach experiences, it's not really a geographic separation. OC is high rides, boardwalk and crowds, OBX is houses and a bit more space. It all depends on what kind of beach person you are: like 7 weekends a year getting shitfaced in a bar? Go to ocean city. Like 1-2 weeks…

My favorite part of that video is how they photoshopped a not to scale photo of the worlds fattest man in front of the goal, said he would cover 90% of the goal (I want to see that math) then just left it at that.

I blame angles. We watch hockey on tv from the side, so most people don't realize how wide a 6' goal really is. By my calculations, the worlds fattest man would barely cover half the goal.

It makes a difference, but a difference that could've been overcome by a better on-field product. Nobody is saying that MLS would be outperforming Liga MX if they had used "Washington Nationals" instead of "DC United" (it was available in 1996).

Maybe, but were not talking about how entertaining the events are. Women's tennis is much more entertaining to watch than men's tennis - but men's players are better. If you don't like the NASCAR example, there is still the giant popularity of College Football and College Basketball that prove "Americans won't stand…

I'm 32. The only piece of technology that let me down more than the original GameBoy was the Power Glove. I'm on the children's side for this one.