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Thanks to Napoleon Goodell's bureaucratic rules explosion, even referees don't know what a catch is.

Media pressure causes Ohio State to revoke Barretts' summer aid. That's just piling on a poor student. If he was rich, he wouldn't need that aid. They should have stuck with the one-game suspension only. The media shouldn't decide punishments.

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Division 1A college football had lowest attendance in 12 years.

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Oregon versus Ohio State on pace for most bets ever.

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A couple inches of snow knocks out power to thousands.

Car crash lowers power lines into path of train, which knocks them down.

Head-on crash kills one in Fairborn. Crashes and slide-offs because of slippery roads. More crashes and school closings. Fairborn crash. I-75 crash.

Tow truck drivers busy.

"As of 4 p.m. Monday, AAA Roadside Assistance had already helped 400 stranded motorists in the Miami Valley. Meteorologists said 2 to 4 inches of snow fell in the region."

This is ridiculous.

Record snow in Dayton is still not much snow.

Oakwood closes street because of ice.

Fairborn is short of salt.

NCAA keeps First Four in Dayton through 2018.

Police State

Court documents scratch the surface, showing how former FBI director Freeh corrupted his investigation of Penn State, just as I predicted.

ISP's stripping encryption direction from email.

Number of police killings highest in two decades.

"The number of felony suspects fatally shot by police last year — 461— was the most in two decades, according to a new FBI report."

Yet crime is going down.

Auto-makers pretend they care about privacy.

"Nineteen automakers accounting for most of the passenger cars and trucks sold in the U.S. have signed onto a set of principles they say will protect motorists' privacy in an era when computerized cars pass along more information about their drivers than many motorists realize."

That sounds like collusion.

"The principles were delivered in a letter Wednesday to the Federal Trade Commission, which has the authority to force corporations to live up to their promises to consumers. Industry officials say they want to assure their customers that the information that their cars stream back to automakers or that is downloaded from the vehicle's computers won't be handed over to authorities without a court order, sold to insurance companies or used to bombard them with ads for pizza parlors, gas stations or other businesses they drive past, without their permission."

Baloney. So the FTC promotes this kind of collusion, but not others.

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NCAA says Gurley, and every other player, cannot use their likenesses to make money.

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The corrupt NCAA.

"behind this facade the National Collegiate Athletic Association and university athletic programs are simultaneously running two seemingly diametrically opposed rackets; one taking advantage of the players and the other ostensibly giving them unfair benefits. The NCAA is a tax-exempt, non-profit association that oversees the athletics of just under 1,300 universities. While the NCAA is not technically a government organization, it might as well be. It’s a burdensome bureaucracy that regulates the athletics of public universities, which are substantially funded and strictly regulated by the government. And like any government, the NCAA regulates in an attempt to restrict competition. As Lawrence Kahn noted, “Most economists who have studied the NCAA view it as a cartel that attempts to produce rents by restricting output and limiting payments for inputs such as player compensation.”"

The bureaucrats get rich while the athletes get next to nothing.

"And don’t let the term “non-profit” fool you. Some non-profits can be quite profitable. Indeed, the NCAA recently agreed to a $10.8 billion, fourteen-year contract with CBS and Turner Broadcasting to televise games. NCAA chairman Mark Emmert was rewarded for his efforts with a cool $1.7 million last year."

Travesty.

Police State

More on Freeh's crash.

"A still unidentified FBI agent was one of the first people to arrive at the accident scene, according to police. He was apparently from out of state. What he was doing there is still not clear. Police believed him to be off-duty, but could not say with certainty."

I wonder if it's a coincidence that the NCAA suddenly and unexpectedly lifted the Penn State penalties right after this crash.

Cell phones and smart watches as NSA tracking devices. They shouldn't single out Apple.

Less than one percent of domestic violence abusers get the deal Ray Rice got.

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The crooks running the NCAA won't give up stealing money from college athletes without an appeal.

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Judge rules against NCAA oppression.

"A federal judge ruled that the NCAA can't stop players from selling the rights to their names, images and likenesses, striking down NCAA regulations that prohibit players from getting anything other than scholarships and the cost of attendance at schools."

Good for her.

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NCAA allows power five conferences to write their own rules. How generous. The rest of the conferences should demand the same and the NCAA should be abolished.

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Big Twelve commissioner rips NCAA's ubiquitous corruption.

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After the NCAA has bullied and stolen from college athletes for decades, never allowing them to enjoy the fruits of their labor, NCAA president claims unionizing is grossly inappropriate. I hope this crook ends up destitute.

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Anti-trust lawsuit against the NCAA over player compensation.

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The NCAA punishes three Oklahoma athletes for eating too much pasta. Abolish that evil organization now.

I wondered about Michael Sam's motivation for announcing he was gay before the NFL draft, thinking there was a financial aspect behind it. Now we know it got him a autographed trading card deal.

""We normally focus on defensive players that are most likely to get drafted in the first two rounds, so Michael was originally one of our alternates," said Nick Matijevich, vice president of operations for Press Pass, which has signed 70 players to autograph deals, including Johnny Manziel, Jadeveon Clowney and Teddy Bridgewater. "But the news made his inclusion a no-brainer.""

I thought so.

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Northwestern football players file to become a union. This is going to scare the crap out of the NCAA.

"It's become clear that relying on NCAA policymakers won't work, that they are never going to protect college athletes, and you can see that with their actions over the past decade. Look at their position on concussions. "

That's for sure.

MLB approves padded caps for pitchers. Why not for everybody who wants to wear one? I doubt anybody else would, but some might.

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One article says the NCAA won't allow pay for play while another says the NCAA may allow the five big conferences more autonomy. Why is the NCAA in any position to allow or not allow anything? The big conferences should pull out and do what they want.

MLB follows NFL with stupid rule banning collisions at the plate.

"• Catchers will not be allowed to block home plate.
• Runners will not be permitted to target the catchers.
• The question of whether or not the plate was blocked or the runner targeted the catcher will be reviewable, with an immediate remedy available to the umpires.
• Catchers or runners who violate the new rules will be subject to disciplinary action."

It's up to players and teams to protect players, not bureaucrats. This is going to create a bunch of problems.

The NFL is now a platform for the elitist agenda.

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Because the NCAA is a coercive organization, an Alabama coach was fired for giving a loan to a needy player.

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The NCAA is investigating Johnny Manziel for the imaginary crime of signing autographs in return for payment. These NCAA rules are outrageous, but you can bet talking heads will condemn Manziel, not the rules. Can we please abolish the parasitic-predatory NCAA now? My issue with Manziel is he seems oblivious to reality - what made him think he could show up a UT frat party without repercussions, or did he want them? - and that's not conducive to winning.