As the men’s final four starts Friday night, not only has Cinderella left the building, the step sisters have gone with her. Four number one seeds left.
And this is largely because NIL money means top teams can just fill in their rosters by offering money to players from small market teams to join them.
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Remember those days when one-and-done made the NCAA feel like an NBA minor league?
Now the whole thing feels like major league baseball.
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And speaking of the Dodgers
Meanwhile over in baseball, the half billion dollar payroll Los Angeles Dodgers put Freddie Freeman on the IL after his ankle injury from falling in the shower. So what high-priced star from a small-market team will the Dodgers trade for to replace him?
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Remember how Trump ordered all federal employees back to office and said no more remote work? Then he hightails it out of DC Thursday after instituting Trump Tariff Tax, and after his Saudi golf event will be at his resort Friday. Though maybe he isn’t even pretending to work?
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For all those who cheer at the idea of privatizing social security… How’s your 401K doing today?
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If your 401k is invested in a stock market index, you lost about 5% of it Thursday. And it’s down about 8% since President Biden left office. Are we great yet?
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“Lululemon produces around 3.5 percent of its goods in the US.” You never know what might be the tipping point for suburban women who voted for Trump to regret their decision….
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Agriculture Secretary Rollins -We understand there may be a “A short time of uncertainty.” Well the Great Depression “only” lasted 10 years.
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So supposedly because a few trans girls play sports in Maine and because Governor Janet Mills won’t apologize to Donold, Trump has decided to freeze social security contracts and child nutrition for the whole state. Pro life my ass.
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Remember being in college and couldn’t imagine how Jim Jones got 900 people to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. I don’t wonder anymore. Cults are cults.
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