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Nick Sprague
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I reached out to Dan Hurley for a quote about Baylor adding a former NBA pick/in-season roster adds. He left me a voice memo tonight with a thought on the state of CBB. Hurley understandably catches flack about his sideline antics, but IMO he cares about the sport as much as any coach out there.
“I would just say with the players, obviously with all the G League (guys), I just had no idea that that was even an option. I thought it was actually a joke when I saw it. I just assumed that when you stay in the draft or you get drafted that you would forgo your college eligibility. I was not aware of the loopholes in it. My biggest thing I would say is, listen, player empowerment’s great. Players have to do what they can to make sure that they're doing what's in their best interest. They're taking advantage of those opportunities now with NIL and the portal. The coaches are obviously always gonna do what’s in their best interest if they can grab a player from somewhere. It's gone on forever. Coaches have cheated in recruiting for years. They’ve paid players. I mean, the coaches are gonna find ways to make their team the best they can be. But I would say my biggest thing is: who’s looking out for the shield, the college basketball (shield)? Who’s protecting college basketball, one of the most special things we have in sports. College basketball, March Madness, the second biggest annual sporting event every year. We need a commissioner. We need rules, we need guidelines. The frustrating part is we all are willing to adapt and play this new game in this new era of, I guess college sports, or whether it's G League — I don't know what we're in exactly right now — but it's a frustrating game to play when you don't know the rules and rules are being made up as you go and there's no communication and there's no leadership. So, I think college basketball needs a commissioner. A (Roger) Goodell. A David Stern. Somebody that's gonna make decisions and start making moves that are in the best interest of college basketball, not just having coaches and players do what's in the best interest of them.”
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Here is a gift link to the NYT article about Weiss killing a fact-checked story because it was not sympathetic enough to an presidential administration in the midst of deciding about another corporate merger that CBS's owners are trying to win.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
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December 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Atalanta posted an incredible €59m pre-tax profit last season, which means that they have been profitable 10 years in a row, making a hefty €351m in this period.
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Much more in today's blog, including revenue decrease, impact of Champions League & Club World Cup, large operating loss, importance of player trading, transfer spend, wages reduction, commercials, PSR and comparisons with other clubs #MCFC

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Manchester City Finances 2024/25
Anyways How You Been?
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December 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM