I'm not sure what their rules are but I'd imagine the biggest fear is that scouts won't believe the competition is high enough. Drafted players tend to look like men among boys in college and if you can't stand out as a boy among men (physically) there is some risk there. Also CFL teams may not be willing to invest in…

I think the prevalence of rugby may hinder that, but maybe JuCo programs could be spun off into semi-pro teams. Sadly I think a lot of the interest in college football is tied too much to school affiliation rather than on-field product, otherwise Notre Dame wouldn’t have the sweetheart TV deal that they do.

The NHL also has the benefit of drafting players and holding onto their rights for up to 3 years without signing them, so players don’t have to worry about choosing between staying in college/juniors or risk not making the top club and toiling away in a minor league system that favors bigger, more physical players.

Yeah I don’t get that part. Other successful business on a subscription model that cannot be accessed through the internet (gyms, makerspaces, etc.) almost universally give you the option to suspend your plan and in some cases indefinitely put on hold.

She’s crazy for calling it light black, but charcoal and slate are definitely not just dark gray.

Fuck off with your #alllivesmatter bullshit. As a member of almost the highest privileged class of people (straight/white/male with only minor points off for being middle class), I know my obligation is to sit down, shut up, and listen, until such a point where I can be an active participant in leveling the playing…

Or received their pension and sick time before heading to prison...

It is a little unclear who gets the naming rights revenue though. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bucks get a large portion of the revenue in addition to their crazy stadium deal.

Might be a last ditch effort at voter suppression if they are beefing up voter ID and registration. This might also line up with a bunch of states dumping voter registrations and forcing them to reregister.

Against the shift in general I agree, but in this situation I think the relievers job is to not give up a dinger. Presumably the closer can handle the bottom third of the lineup and they just didn’t like the lefty-lefty matchup on a guy that hits for power or flyballs. Obviously the intentional walk would be more…

I know this could come off as mansplaining, but I don’t think this is true of most adult hockey leagues at the right level. I regularly play in tournaments and leagues with my girlfriend and her former college teammates, but it also helps that the almost all adult leagues are non-contact and the woman I play with are…

I think it’s also worth noting that the population density in Japan is much higher since many Americans consider cities to have a much higher crime rate and therefore higher likelihood of police involved shootings.

and of course numerous deployments of THE word, the big one, the queen-mother of dirty words, the “N-dash-dash-dash-dash-dash” word

Yes it is similar in many states, but the fact of the matter is that many college students don’t vote because of it and absentee ballots should be used as a means to make sure more people vote, not an excuse to make it harder for them.

Also:

Posted this elsewhere, but I’ll be stuck in the greys here.

Don’t forget that he’s a massive fucking liar:

Except (at least in NH) you generally register your car in your birth month. For me if I chose to vote in my NH college town while I was there rather than my home town (like I did because I wanted a say in the local stuff, son of a teacher and all), I would have to pay ~$3 to get a new license (pretty cheap, though…

You don’t have to tell me twice. NH elected an all-Dem, all-women senate and house representation, now it is time for them to start pushing progressive ideas. After the way Hassan and Shaheen have voted, they both should be primaried. I know my state is generally considered purple (we elected a republican governor…

As a Bernie supporter (for the Primary, don’t blame me for the general because I voted with the only vote that made sense), I like Ocasio-Cortez a whole lot more. Bernie speaks in academic and economic terms that do very little to humanize issues to people that might not get the economic principles. Yes socialist…