Thomas Beck

from my experience, for what little it may be worth, they should choose the one they most want to go to, that choice being subject to lots of criteria. if they’re motivated, they can get a great education wherever they end up. good luck!

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i went to school all over the world. fortunately my family stayed put through most of my travels.

but that happens to everyone in a generational sport.

below that. because otherwise they might just as well accept the owners’ best last offer.

at some point in the future, probably the next time they negotiate a CBA, the strength will have flowed mostly to the players. they can be strategic now, tactical then. yes, they won’t all still be playing,

i don’t think the league offer is that bad. it includes substantial increases in minimum, average, and top salaries and projected growth each season. major improvement over previous. if the players turn it down, i hope they have some fallbacks in mind between their most recent offer and something

things will be different next time. if league keeps growing, league will eventually have to start sharing more with the players. at some point, players will begin to have the upper hand.

time cash in big.

but what do i know? they’re having a moment they may feel is too good and too rare, too fleeting not to grasp. but any deal will substantially raise minimums, averages, and maximums which will benefit all the players. they need to follow up the excitement of Unrivaled with more.

i think the players should accept whatever the last best offer is, then go out and make the league even bigger and better. franchise sales and expansion fees are where the real big money is (until the tv rights fees explode). keep building the momentum, then recant from the new deal early and this

my dad wrote about her

why not just get rid of the draft? strict limits on roster size and salary along with total transparency should keep top teams from trying to monopolize talent.

or have them fight to the death like pantomime horses.

as in, the pervcentage of billionaires in the epstein files?

America: “Yeah, no, that’s not gonna happen, lol.”’

my problem isn’t finding new books. it’s reading all the ones i’ve already found.

not that i don’t look for good new books. 😉

Russia committed crimes against humanity through deportation of Ukrainian children, UN inquiry finds The forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children by Russia throughout its full-scale war in Ukraine amounts to crimes against humanity, a United Nations (UN) investigation published on March ...

⚡️Russia committed crimes against humanity through deportation of Ukrainian children, UN inquiry finds.

The forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children by Russia throughout its full-scale war in Ukraine amounts to crimes against humanity, a UN investigation published on March 10 found.

thanks for the rec!

what makes you think this mad king would realize it?

not just men. i know lots of women sports fans. more and more these days with the phenomenal growth of women’s sports.

the Israel connection is somewhat influenced by the fact his son-in-law is Jewish and is majorly involved in business dealings in the region. Plus, the lunatic Christian community in the US has bizarre notions about the role of Israel and the Jews in Christ coming back.

also, from a materialist point of view, you want to look beyond just the personal and momentary to discern the interests being served and how they developed. Trump is a dumbass and so are his voters, but the money behind him is mostly shrewd if valueless. can’t ignore them.

real manly warfighters fight real manly wars!

so then why not just make things worse?

“If I catch it, the game’s over!”

difficult to accept anyone could really be that blitheringly clueless, solipsistic, shallow, impulsive, incurious, vain, etc. it’s scary to think the world is capricious, random, and subject to fits. more comforting to imagine it as comprehensible.

Generative AI will never be able to do research like a PhD student. It will never have that level of self doubt or the urge to take up unrelated hobbies.

“He’s a Holy Idiot!”

or their pants really would catch on fire

eventually they go to bed to sew something

In fairness every one of them deserves to wear shitty uncomfortable shoes