If you want to understand the history behind the changing landscape of NCAA sports this is a WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL piece

The NCAA’s greatest asset — essentially free labor generating billions — has become its greatest liability. My latest Substack: The ROI of Amateurism open.substack.com/pub/truthinn...

Stephen Colbert, when he played a right-wing host, joked that March Madness has: “corporate sponsorship, blind allegiance, and unpaid labor.” It’s funny. It’s also the business model. My first Substack article 👇

Vince Carter credits Dean Smith with encouraging he and Antawn Jamison to get into golf to improve their business opportunities as seen on Evan Thompson’s YouTube golf channel.

I liked it when the Republican Party knew how to be capitalists. If you’re scoring at home, this is fascism

“As corporate buyers move in.”

Brian Kelly vs Tarkanian… Kelly: let’s all be ethical, let’s follow the rules, yadda yadda Tark: “9 out of 10 schools cheat. The other one is in last place.” Which quote more accurately represents reality? 🤔

“Very few people can afford to be poor.” —George Bernard Shaw 😢🇺🇸 ⤵️

“Nobody does anything without help. People open doors for me and I work hard to open doors for you. It doesn’t make you any less of a man to work through them.” —Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air RIP James Avery

Grok Hitler was one step too far for X CEO Linda Yaccarino, apparently. Was she shocked that the Nazi salute guy sired fascist A.I.? Better late than never. More defections, please. www.axios.com/2025/07/09/x...

“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.” —Leonardo da Vinci

Life gems in literature 💎

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So cool and deserved.

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“Nobody does anything without help. People open doors for me and I work hard to open doors for you. It doesn’t make you any less of a man to work through them.” —Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air RIP James Avery

Quick guide to the House settlement: The NCAA now has a soft salary cap and shortfalls between what schools are allowed to pay and what athletes are worth gets kicked to the underground economy.

Mavs make an allegedly terrible trade sending Luka to the Lakers, slide into the draft lottery, and get rewarded with Cooper Flagg. Reminder about NBA punditry: Nobody knows sh*t 🤪🤪🤪

Down goes another crypto scammer. Good work @coffeezilla.bsky.social 👏👏

We need less punditry, more ties that bind us. @meiselasb.bsky.social nails it…

We need less punditry, more ties that bind us. @meiselasb.bsky.social nails it…

Tuberville, Saban and Trump Will Make College Sports Unfair Again 🤦‍♂️🤬

Trump is staking our economy on Peter Navarro (or is it Ron Vera?) and saying GOP god Milton Friedman was wrong about free markets. Appreciate @justinwolfers.bsky.social anger level 😬🤬

I think veteran Bay Area columnist Art Spander is reflecting Warriors fans feelings pretty well here… www.artspander.com/articles/nba...

This book is wild! My guy @marcisenberg.bsky.social lent it to me and WHEW!!! No clue what goes wrong in a person’s soul that makes them so willing to wreck families lives so they can feast off that wreckage.

Financial news for the 98% who 1) aren’t worth millions 2) don’t earn $300,000/yr 🤣😬

Make financial crimes great again: FBI disbands crypto enforcement team. Good time for crypto criminals to up their game 😰 (from @coffeezilla.bsky.social)

Autofill magic…I googled “Cory Booker” and the first option was “take a bathroom break” so apparently that question was trending. 🤣🤣Answer: No, he didn’t eat, mostly didn’t drink starting 24 hours before the filibuster! He apologized to his doctor 🤣🤣 Legendary 🐐

“Drink deeply from good books, make each day your masterpiece, don’t complain.” —Coach John R. Wooden

Typical Trump…abusing his Presidential powers, assisting a scammer, screwing investors, pocketing $1.8mil. Rinse, repeat.

Typical Trump…abusing his Presidential powers, assisting a scammer, screwing investors, pocketing $1.8mil. Rinse, repeat.

One of my favorites…for those who enjoy persuasive speech wrapped in sarcasm. Marc Antony performed by Damian Lewis 🤯

If anyone believes Jackie Robinson’s contributions to OUR military and to humanity is anything other than inspirational and exemplifying what can be accomplished when we don’t discriminate, they are telling on their racist selves🖕😢😡🇺🇸

Jackie Robinson will always be remembered (at least by decent humans) as an American treasure. 👑

John Feinstein was not a fan of the NCAA and Mark Emmert 🤣🤣 WAPO article from 2014… www.washingtonpost.com/sports/ncaa-...

So awesome. She nailed it this time!!!!

AI company founded by Musk knows MAGA is full of sh*t 🤣🤣

Halliburton!! Not sure I’ve ever seen a 4-point game-winner (still 3 secs left) 😳

“MAGA is the celebration of male grievance. It’s this cult of manhood. In fact, the people around Trump are cowardly, contemptible people. They’re soft, they steal, they get rich in corrupt ways.” —David Frump 💯

Start your day with Vivaldi at the mall 🎼🎹🎻

We need a great simplifier right about now

MAGA would rather engage in “drained pool politics” than work cooperatively. 😡

As always, two sets of rules: One for Republicans One for everyone else

Tonight, I re-read parts of “The Sum of Us” by Heather McGhee, which expertly documents the societal costs of racism to all of us, not just to black communities. This is the way forward for America…but sadly 77 million voters were like hell no. 🧵

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Fascinating Scamfluencer podcast on Brian Wansink, who was once a respected food researcher at Cornell. Turns out his studies on eating healthier that made him an academic rainmaker and food influencer, were the result of manipulated data. @scaachi.bsky.social

Programming note: The role of “leader of free world” is now being played by a Russian asset 🤯

My new favorite descriptor, courtesy of Jon Stewart… “Profit seeking psychopaths” I don’t have any musical talent, but I do have the name of my band. 🤣

The Statue of Liberty inscription: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” Today: we’ll take your grifters and alleged sex traffickers…as long as they have money and promise to use their bro network to promote Trump 🤡