Yeah, in the music department there was nothing stopping anyone from going down to the bar district on weekends and using our talents (and note a lot of us had scholarships) to play some gigs and make money. In fact I had friends that did just that! Now if a few basketball players were to stage a 3 on 3 tournament…

Yep, and some of those paid positions get tuition, too. I know, I had one: I worked in the systems engineering group of the IT department at a certain Big-10 university while attending law school. My boss, who was awesome, classified me as a “Project Assistant”, which meant I got tuition remission. Because the TAs…

This guy has an estimated net worth of around $50,000,000 and he thinks he already has brain damage from his job but thinks he just has to accept it instead of retiring.

Yeah, this is absolutely absurd. ESS was definitely on a cheap contract. Nobody knew who he was until the Warriors exploded into an elite team two years ago. And after that ESS became popular because he’s a damn good sportswriter. Outside of Zach Lowe, I can’t think of someone better covering basketball. I’m sure…

The Strauss firing floored me for all the reasons you listed. The Warriors are arguably the hottest ticket in sports, and he covered them better than just about anybody.

Meanwhile, good writers and reporters like Doug Padilla, Mike Goodman, Ethan Sherwood Strauss, and many others—people who were not on million-dollar contracts but nevertheless did quality work on important beats

Ahhh.... That one. “Why does he need me to give money so he’ll donate? Seriously, if you don’t manage to get a single donation, he’s not going to donate it? What a dick.” I’ve actually said this.

I mean, players lose part or all of their eligibility even if they got paid for sports in the past—Enes Kanter didn’t play a single minute because teenagers play for pro teams in Turkey, Mallory Pugh couldn’t get paid for appearing in USWNT’s cash-raking tour, and LeBron likely would’ve faced eligibility questions…

There should be no athletic scholarships of any sort at any university.

This is a lovely mental picture that brings me much joy.

This dude shot them out of a series when he had Kevin Freakin Durant. I am through with the apologists.

I think the criticism is warranted to a degree. Obviously the front office bears a great deal of the blame for failing to put better offensive players around RW, but it’s important to remember that he displayed many of the same “selfish”* decisionmaking tendencies when playing alongside one of the best scorers the…

“maybe you think the Thunder could have actually won more games and been more prepared to meet the Rockets in the playoffs if Westbrook had spent less time gathering triple-doubles and more time enabling Andre Roberson, Steven Adams, Victor Oladipo, and Enes Kanter. Maybe you should think a little harder about that.”

Not only a limit to marginal benefit, but a rapidly increasing negative return from going to one player. Especially when viewing the 4th quarter, the play style made it impossible to win games that they should have easily won. I wasn’t very impressed with Houston this series. They gave the Thunder every chance to…

Don’t get me wrong, you’re right, but as in my response, there are some caveats.

Is Law suggesting that baseball is evolving? If so, I hope he enjoys his suspension.

family is complicated, and the very structure of the family is influenced by the Oedipal/arboreal character of capitalism, but that it is in turn reappropriated by the structure of capitalism is incredible to see. it’s all about your family...until it’s about your job! which is about your family! who are there to help…

I swear in a modern world where men never have to test themselves fighting bears or battles capitalism has stepped in as a kind of artificial masculinity. It’s funny because these are just the kind of over emotional guys who would have run in and been eaten or killed immediately.

It’s mainly a cultural thing. Most countries haved a mixed economy with both capitalist and socialist ideals but you won’t see this attitude in Europe, for example.

It’s the same mindset that causes idiots to voluntarily not use their vacation days because they have such a better work ethic than you, bro.