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  1. buddha
    i know pre season means nothing but when i saw the leafs play all i could think of was that they looked slow without marner. dude is really good. i am unimpressed with toronto.
  2. buddha
    get rid of one of the best players in the league, rely more heavily on an aging defense and a flash-in-the-pan no name goalie = stanley cup. gotta love leafs fans.
  3. buddha
    it is relevant when and how they spend it. if they blow through 100 million in a year to patch up debt ir pay players who arent going to change the overall trajectory of the program - and not every team in the big ten or will be indiana - and dont change the infrastructure or spending in their programs, gheyre going to be right back where they started in two or three years except now they get 10% less revenue each year.
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    or it shows you the people in charge are dealing with a shorter time line and want the money now. there is a political element to those spots. and let us not forget before we praise michigan's sudden fit of principle pique, their former president was leading the committee that was in charge of seeking new revenue ideas from where this proposal initially came. typical if michigan, it decided to get all snooty and principled about it after the fact. 😉
  5. buddha
    im not sure about psu's status. but i do know that if money making machines like ohio state and michigan are operating at deficits (of differing size), the system is not working. unless the schools are willing to permanently operate with deficits of varying size and justify it as a marketing tool or some mumbo jumbo about how "sports buikds character" type line in order to take money from the university's general fund, etc. the solution to that is not taking out a short term loan to make payroll while lowering your future revenues. again, extending the grant of rights has to be key for all the schools other than michigan, osu, psu, and usc. not sure why osu is going along with that just for $190 million.
  6. buddha
    the standings seem ridiculously close this year. its 1/4 through the season and too early, but seeing the wings at the top and the leafs (almost) at the bottom is very nice indeed.
  7. buddha
    theyre going to spend all of that in year one or two buying players and coaches and balancing budgets. its taking a loan to pay off short term operational costs. only a couple are in debt for making capital investments like penn state with their stadium.
  8. buddha
    jalen duren is going to get paid.
  9. buddha
    its an incredibly bad deal. it undervalues the product. it is a payday loan. michigan is right. this should be the canary in the coalmine for college sports. if the big ten - the biggest and richest conference in america - cannot reliably make a profit under the current system, then the current system is not sustainable.
  10. buddha
    the california pension fund has decided to step back and re-assess its offer to the big ten in light of michigan and usc's resistance. if its not unanimous, they dont want it. but some other company will.
  11. buddha
    starting to be a pattern for him.
  12. buddha
    i know the season just started, and it pains me to say this, but how is michigan a top 10 team and michigan state isnt? state actually beat a good team. michigan survived two bad teams and looked like crap doing it.
  13. buddha
    grant hill and isiah are the only ones, i think.
  14. buddha
    well sure, but those two arent getting traded.
  15. buddha
    The great chicago bulls started 5-0 and are now 6-6. they gave up 150 to utah last night (in 2 ot).
  16. buddha
    the bottom of the nba is ridiculously bad this year.
  17. buddha
    quick left the bench and should be suspended.
  18. buddha
    raymond! finally. on shot 41. now dont go blow it. and the rangers are due for a PP so watch out for the eaay whistle.
  19. buddha
    one of these days theyre going to start a g league team and actually lose.
  20. buddha
    outshooting them 38-17. 4 minute power play. multiple open nets. cant score.
  21. buddha
    1-1 with the blue shirts. wings outplaying them but cant score. took a stupid penalty and gave up a goal. rinse. repeat.
  22. buddha
    asp and mbn arent exactly ripping it up either. but unlike kasper, their timelines have been fast tracked. kasper needs to be back on line one, imo. he thrived up there.
  23. buddha
    private equity is salivating to get into american college sports the same way theyve gotten into european soccer teams. there is a lot of growth potential there. when is the last time an american sports league's television contract went DOWN? never.
  24. buddha
    yes, its almost as if you need to prudently manage your books! like a real business! (as an aside, when i sit through a financial aid talk at michigan and hear its $85k all in for out of state despite their billions in endowment and non-profit tax status, i have very little sympathy for their football budget concerns) they need to finally face the fact that theyre a minor professional league. unionize, get some rules, and then guarantee a set return. the other sports other than men's bball can and should remain amateur.
  25. buddha
    we all want these guys in the nhl and when they get here we are reminded that they are rookies. and rookies usually suck.
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