And be cranky in the process.  I thought I would like Ratto at Deadspin but I find his schtick to be a little predictable and boring.

It’s odd how the confluence of solving homelessness and paying college athletes are both blocked by the same problem; people unwilling to give others money for something they feel they haven’t earned. 

Do you complain about this when players get 3000 hits, 300 wins and 500 home runs when they had playoff appearances?

As somebody who grew up in Pennsylvania, here is what I have heard about Joe Paterno for 40 years.

Simmons: Right.

In Gladwell’s defense, the Penn State coaching staff and administration probably spent more than 10,000 hours raping children and ignoring it, so he’d have to reject the entire premise of one of his own books if he didn’t recognize their expertise in the field.

They should have told the Kent State administration to fuck off and kept playing. I mean, what are they gonna do about it, call in the National Guard?

This is great insight on how teams deal with difficult people. Happens in all walk of life. All great managers, be it in team sports or a restaurant know their people and what makes them tick. Knowing how to keep everyone happy is good for business.

Sometimes these things just happen, entirely naturally...

I think it's more about consistency - don't say everything is cool, we have your back, then two weeks later act like it was beyond the pale. Even at the last minute Gruden was acting like being secretly recorded was cool and funny, right before they fined him. 

“How I can tell you’ve never managed adults before.”

I think any team can reach a breaking point with someone like AB but he makes a very good point that the Raiders said they supported him and then after all the drama and him finally seeming set to go week one, they drop a fine on him for some shit that was weeks ago and say it voids his guaranteed money. It was a very…

“No, it’s bullshit. Treat everybody the same. If you’re not gonna show up for work ...”

And that is how we turn a bull into a steer in Colorado.

That is somehow ten times funnier than I could have imagined. The way he just crumples to the ground. It even looks like the facial expression changes. I want a gif of this, but the sound adds so much to it as well. The dull thud, the guy in the crowd yelling “ooohhhh,” the PA guy drolling on about pancakes being 10…

If I learned anything about Oregon as a kid, it’s that it’s not over until someone dies of dysentery.

He did register as a sex offender, and followed the terms of his probation.  The failure to register charge was dismissed because the DA realized the sheriff erred in demanding an additional check-in on his 21st birthday.  It was a mistake on the sheriff’s part because they were basing their interpretation on Oregon…

I agree with all of what you said. That said, I still don’t understand the point of this article and it has a clear biased agenda.

First of all, if I remember correctly, Laremy Tunsil’s pot video came out the night before the draft or even day of. That’s a lot of information for a team to process, so he fell down. The…

Innocent people plead guilty to get out of jail all the time.