That is one POV (and the school’s, which is what matters). On the other hand, the HC obviously felt like he was protecting his players from a shady guy. If a guy is good enough to be recruited by Alabama he is good enough to be recruited by lots of teams.

That is only true if you believe that they are being fair/ethical when doing the recruiting. If you think they are doing more harm than good by stringing players along with pseudo-offers while they look for better alternatives, then you are doing your players a favor.

Don’t you have a Paul Finebaum rant to prepare?

Who besides you said there is another conference that needs to be held up as the last bastion of integrity?

TBF, this guy is actually qualified for the job. He was a P5 or NFL position coach for 15 years.

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Joe Biden should invite all the players that are not attending over dinner and video games.

I know it’s not a fun answer but he’s basically a replacement-level player. Not many teams want to give 1B/DH at-bats to someone who can’t OPS .800

Thanks for stopping by, Bill!

So the Ringer does no politics whatsoever, and Deadspin does about 90% politics now. Where is the happy medium? Oh yeah, that was Deadspin when it was awesome.

So, um, who are the people who worked for him at Grantland and aren’t at the Ringer? Zach Lowe, Bill Barnwell, and Jonah Keri? He’s saying he wouldn’t want to have the best basketball, football, and baseball writers currently slinging copy still working for him?

I love when people double down on bad takes.

I think that’s a low estimate.

I can.

Even in this current mess of a political environment we now live in, I find an unhealthy amount of happiness knowing that Bill Simmons is out there somewhere trying to convince himself that anyone would know who he was if not for ESPN.

“Julia, tonight for your date with Bill, you’ll be helicoptered to Jack-O’s house along with Jalen Rose where you will watch a Survivor marathon and argue about whether or not the 2012 Miami Heat are properly rated.”

If you put a 15-round-a-year guy on the course at Oakmont he would be thrilled to shoot a 180.

You could even call it “the entertaining as hell tournament.”

“Some cans of Skyline Chili?”

We don’t eat Skyline in Cleveland