Probably was so upset he messed up all his neat lines on the desk.

I don’t agree. Blanket rules (aka 0 tolerance) are a way for people to abstain from thinking. The two core objectives behind “no gift” laws are 1) Prevent government from shaking down citizens (pay to play) and 2) Prevent individuals and corporations from buying special treatment. It doesn’t seem either thing was…

It is very hard to stop real corruption carried out by high ranking officials and super shady corporations. It is much easier to screw low ranking employees and pretend like the other stuff isn’t happening.

Another point worth considering is that if you take the Annuity option you have to trust the power-ball folks to keep paying. While it might seem like a guarantee that they will, there’s a difference between “money promised to you” and “money you have.”

This old article from the National Football Post goes into detail about how scouts are badly underpaid and how NFL teams, on average, don’t spend as much on scouting as they ought to

Am I the only one who wants to see the psychotic beautiful mind spreadsheet??? Share that stuff man.