We very nearly had a Charlie Hebdo level attack on a group of GOP congressmen only a year and change ago, and look how useful that’s been in tamping down violent #resistance rhetoric. 

In the absence of the NCAA rules, however, wouldn’t we assume Nike would have included a prohibition on resale as part of the sponsorship agreement? It does them no promotional good to give away a bunch of free swag to athletes who then turn it around for a quick buck rather than actually, y’know, promote the product.

I’m generally in favor of giving NCAA athletes greater freedom of contract to actually earn a share of the economic value they generate, but in this particular example, it’s not clear to me how such freedom would have changed the outcome (beyond limiting these mind-boggling penalties).

Nah--hunt them down and host a cookout as a warning to the others. 

You do realize those assholes use that land for cattle grazing, right?

As a descriptive matter, no reputable dictionary in history has included systemic oppression as an element of “racism.”

See, I’m cool with a definition of racism that says “Prejudice + Power = Racism”.

On the other hand, the Caps were looking like a dysfunctional mess about to fire their coach halfway through the season.

Who could have possibly predicted that thrusting a rookie manager into the midst of a bunch of hyper-competitive veterans egos would end poorly?

But when it comes to jogging around on a field for 6 seconds at a time, typically, it’s a non-starter.

Most men are absolutely worthless, unless you need to kill a bear or carry your heavy shit.

In terms of rec sports where the whole point is to have fun, and often get as drunk as possible, take a chill pill weekend warrior.

I think the co-ed leagues are to foster dating or meeting people, but these leagues should be avoided by anyone who is competitive. They are for getting drunk and hanging out. If you want to compete stay in your own gendered leagues.

Couldn’t that question be turned right around on you? Why do you give a shit whether this guy wants to play in a competitive league where his teammates and opponents are also trying to compete?

Quinn quit playing after three seasons of playing in an “open gender” basketball league (where both genders can play, but there are no requirements for getting women into the game). Quinn and her co-captain Giobbi got sick of being on the only team in the league that consistently played women. “I didn’t like that the…

Because you’re obtusely missing the point--these outlets were not sustainable as constituted, so if it wasn’t Tronc or Thiel or whatever, it would have just been something else. 

The culling of perfectly reasonable dissenting opinions from even the grays is how you know Drew and co. have finally seen the light and decided to commit to honest, good-faith debate rather than snarky tribalism. 

I’ll never forget the time Drew went on an anti-gun screed in which he implored police to divert their attention from stop-and-frisk to confiscating guns, completely oblivious to stop-and-frisk’s origin as an anti-gun tactic.

My fiancee basically never uses a knife larger than our paring knives, because the slicer and santoku scare the shit out of her. Watching her try to prep meals can be agonizing sometimes, especially when I’m already hungry.

Because the Lerners probably figured if they’re going to flame out in the NLDS anyway, there’s no reason to pay for quality management.