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But how many programs have the resources, infrastructure, and coaching expertise to do all three of those things?

Not many, teams that do that well consistently are called blue bloods.

247 VT portal is listing Noah Jenkins, but I haven't seen any announcement

We may disagree on Wondrous, but I also don't like the "come to Blacksburg" gif

That's a very fair question that I don't think has an answer yet. The other factor in that equation is culture (I'm interpreting "coaching expertise" as technical development coaching skill). Is you culture good enough that kids both buy in to the process and stay even if they're not receiving top dollar?

Notre Dame LB Bodie Kahoun from Roanoke in the portal. Was the 9th ranked player in VA in the 2024 composite.

Yeah agreed, let Belichick stay at UNC please; don't bail them out of their disastrous hire.
Matt Campbell however - yes please hire him away so Penn State is searching for a coach again (seems very unlikely he would leave for one of the worst job in the NFL)

Are we sure we dont want unc to continue to smolder? I have zero confidence of Ol Bill turning around a college program (or really any program at this juncture)

Is that the solution, though? I'm not sure if you need the antitrust exemption to have some sort of collective bargaining. Only MLB has one.

AI Overview: Only Major League Baseball (MLB) has a broad antitrust exemption in the U.S., stemming from a 1922 Supreme Court ruling that baseball wasn't interstate commerce, though Congress later limited it regarding player contracts with the 1998 Curt Flood Act. Other major leagues, like the NFL, NBA, and NHL, lack a general exemption but often defend coordinated activities under a "rule of reason" as necessary for competitive balance, not subject to strict antitrust laws.

I've not been in favor of an antitrust exemption for CFB, because I can see the NCAA taking advantage of that in ways that rises the boats of the schools at the expense of the players. There does have to be some collective bargaining, though, and you're right that it will come with some longer-term costs that will need to be borne.

If football players become employees then Title IX will no longer apply...

Is that true? I haven't seen that anywhere. Granted, I think that as the major revenue foundation that all other sports' scholarships derive from, there should be some relief from Title IX for football, but I haven't given a lot of thought to how much, because I wasn't sure how they would get out from under Title IX.

This is who I hope the Browns go after. Just the revenge chip on his shoulder in division would be amazing.

Low key this whole entire arc is one of my favorite things in the show

The more interesting part of that (I don't have the link in front of me) is the reporter also noted at the time, there were only 6 job openings.