Not surprised by this at all — and this will be hugely successful. Pardon My Take has probably the most loyal followers of any sports program in the country, and with a big platform it can turn into something huge. The guys are legitimately funny and while they’re not afraid of controversy, they aren’t at all like the…

All this seems to mean to me is that the bilateral buyout clauses essentially make schools and coaches honor the contracts that they sign. You want Coach O for 5 years? You got Coach O for five years.

Lol there you go, even more intelligent and mature comments. Tomi Lahren isn’t a “Nazi” and its incredulous to call her that. Can’t even make a point without jumping straight to swearing and Nazi comparisons.

If school players were allowed to get paid (either by sponsors or by schools), there would be much more visibility into the recruiting process, particularly (1) who is making payments, (2) who is benefiting from payments and (3) what incentives those individuals have. Honestly, there are 2 sides to this investigation;…

It’s a mix of things — visibility from NBA scouts and coming through the system people know is important. It also increases visibility for endorsements/fans once you make it to the NBA.

Wouldn’t be a Deadspin article without some random moral crusade that’s completely unrelated to the topic that drew readers in!

What a smug douche. Just because you disagree with someone, you think its OK to walk up to the on the street, start filming them unsolicited and swear at them? Have some damn decorum and act like adults.

Highly recommend reading “Where Men Win Glory,” which provides a full-length, nuanced and nonpoliticized look at Tillman’s life, decision to enlist, and death. Good read and also puts the man’s life and death in context very well.

Chuck Knoblauch

I think a lot of people are still stuck in a pre-Napster mindset, where the creators controlled the distribution of content and therefore the revenue streams. The moral compass is based on this business model, but things are different now. Artists have had to change how they distribute their creative content and how…

Joe Flacco won a Supr Bowl

A counter point — I spent some time looking at Week 2 and Week 1 results to try to see if these low-scoring games are bad offenses, or good defenses. I also watched the games live and saw some terrible offensive play.

I don’t think sports cannot be beat, I assume that for myself (I have a fairly busy job and don’t have time or a statistical background to really dig in to odds and find an edge), I cannot beat bookmakers over the long term. I make my bets based on gut feelings because it makes games more fun to watch, and try to…

Why would players who play in the same league matter for team chemistry and continuity? I don’t think that England benefits at all from the fact that the national team players are spread out around 5-6 clubs. There are only really 3 countries that have (1) a high number of world class players, (2) a high…

The only year of Messi’s prime that he has had a national team capable of winning the World Cup was 2014. He was by far Argentina’s best player and took them to the finals, where they lost 1-0 to a Germany team. It’s not realistic to say that not winning the World Cup is a failure by Messi — it has been many, many…

I know that parlaying a bunch of heavy favorites is a bad bet, but yet again, every bet is a bad bet, so I make it anyway because it makes it fun to watch some of those blow out games.

National team success is overrated as a metric for an individual player’s success. An individual player has relatively little influence at the national team level — most national teams are a hastily thrown together collective of players with very little experience playing together and limited practice time. Relevant…

How is that possible when Deadspin only has 1 talented writer?

Exactly, parlays work when there is correlation, but it is very rare to find a meaningful edge in multiple games.

Why no love for color rush?