I don’t want to tell anyone what their skills are worth and how much they should make, but college football and basketball coaches being the highest paid state employees in nearly every state is fucking ridiculous. Especially because the kids aren’t getting paid.

On the second point, no one who knew a wit about physical conditioning and motivation would think that these methods increase your chances of winning. Just look at two of the examples of their conduct:

And remember, DJ is making $2.5MM this year, while they players are making DON’T YOU EVEN SPEAK OF MONEY YOU UPPITY GOONS. YOU GET AN “EDUCATION.”

There’s two factors to this. One, is the neverending parallels between football and military. In boot camp, they break you down so you lose individual characteristics and instead work as one unit, following the lead of the authority. So, football coaches do the same thing. The difference is, football isn’t life or…

I am constantly looking down on my shoes. 

“I was one of the first generation with anorexia”... wut? Congrats on living for centuries - what’s your secret?  

I know! The irrationality of it is part of the abuse. It’s the same as with abusive domestic relationships, where the irrationality and unpredictability of the abuse is part of what removes a sense of autonomy from the victim over time. 

Huh, the NCAA seems a lot more concerned with protecting student athletes from being paid than protecting them from being abused by staff.

Daaaaammmmmmn!!!! 0 followers, 0 following, AND this is their only post!!!

Hey, look, everybody, Lauren Gussis is on Jezebel!

Maybe this is just me speaking for myself, but I think dating someone less than half your age is intrinsically creepy.

If I fell off it I would fucking die.

When the steroids make you confrontational, but the soy protein makes you weepy. - How I assume the deadlift cop arrived at his emotional state. 

The whole Skarsgard family might be the largest family of decent actors around. 

Obligatory fuck Luke Heimlich.

I can’t believe this Taiwanese baseball league is just going to act like the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them.

Wait. I thought method acting was just an excuse to act like a raging, belligerent asshole to all your costars and film crew and to beg for everyone else to think you’re so deep and edgy, especially during awards season.

You are all lucky he didn’t drive you way the hell to his dungeon.

If this was in Wichita about three years ago, one of you actually paid me twenty bucks.

A better question would be why was this movie made in the first place? Yet another movie about black history with a white guy as protagonist?