The Protect College Sports Act Shows How Much the GOP Doesn't Care About Limited Government Anymore

Nothing says “small government” like having politicians run college sports.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! If you're on a football field this week, keep an eye out for pickup trucks.

It could be a landmark in college sports history if major legislation passes the Senate this week. We'll talk about that and much more, plus some thoughts on Ted Lasso season four and the current state of Formula 1.

Locker Room Links

• Alexander Ovechkin appeared in a campaign video for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's political party.
• Football suffered a huge drop in popularity, as measured by the percentage of Americans who say it's their favorite sport to watch. Soccer surged and is now the second-most popular among the 35–54 age range.
• Even with higher tax revenue, German cities lost hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars euros on costs for hosting the EURO 2024 soccer tournament.
• You can calculate jock taxes paid by any NFL player in this brand new calculator—you and even move players to different teams to find out if they'd owe more or less.
• Soccer club Paris Saint-Germain must pay a $3 million fine because of a French gender equality wage law. All of the team's top 10 highest earners are, unsurprisingly, players on the club's men's soccer team.
• All football games in Big Ten venues will now give broadcasters access to audio and video of replay reviews. (Yes, I am taking full credit for this.)
• Elsewhere in Reason: "Is AI Really an Existential Threat?" The Reason Roundtable gang discusses.
• America is winning the global culture war with the awesomeness of sports.
  

  Many of them may very well be American citizens. Why are people assuming they aren't?

  And even if many are foreign students, isn't assimilation exactly what the American melting pot is supposed to be about?

  This makes me sad for so many reasons, but especially for my American… https://t.co/2ostPqK3kR

  — Beverly Hallberg (@BeverlyHallberg) September 13, 2026

Why Are Republicans Backing a Big-Government Sports Bill?

ESPN's College GameDay is not meant to be watched intently and without distraction. It's what you throw on as you fold into your couch cushions on a cold Saturday morning to look at your phone for two hours, or as you stand over a stove making overcooked scrambled eggs to nurse your hangover. You perk up and watch when some pimply kid from Iowa tries to make a field goal and win a jillion dollars of Pat McAfee's loudly earned money, or when the celebrity picker shares a prophecy for the day's MACtion.

So when a morning full of distracted college football fans looked up at some point and saw Sen. Ted Cruz (R–Texas) on their TV for 10 minutes, they probably thought, "What the hell is going on here?"

Cruz was there to root for Texas, get booed continuously, and make the case for the Protect College Sports Act, a bill to overhaul the NCAA and college sports. The bill will get a Senate vote this week if it has enough support to pass. (It would still need to pass the House before the end of the year, but after this week the House is out until after the midterm elections.)

ESPN had Ted Cruz on 'College GameDay' in a conversation with Rece Davis for nearly 10 minutes.

Cruz was heavily booed by the crowd -- and heard "Ted, you suck!" chants -- in Austin. pic.twitter.com/npQesiYMsG

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 12, 2026

The bill is sponsored by Cruz, three other Republicans, and four Democrats. Democrats backing a big-government bill that decides how college sports ought to be run is largely unsurprising. But Republicans backing the bill show that the GOP has little to no semblance of a party that's interested in limiting the size and scope of government anymore.

The backers of the bill believe politicians, not the NCAA, should decide how many transfers are allowed. They think politicians, not conferences, should set a compensation cap on how much schools can pay athletes. They think politicians, not athletes and businesses, should get to decide what is a legitimate private contract. They think politicians, not the colleges, should decide how many schools are in the Big Ten and SEC. They think politicians, not coaches, should decide when a coach is allowed to leave a job (thanks for nothing, Lane Kiffin). They think politicians, not athletes or agents, should get to decide what agent fees are. They think politicians should empower medical personnel, not athletes or coaches, to have "autonomous, unchallengeable" power to decide if an athlete plays or sits. They even think politicians, not the NFL or broadcasters, should get to decide when professional football games are on TV. They think politicians should have a say in the length of the college football season.

The bill is not entirely bad, but the good parts are mainly codifying things that were already happening anyway, like the right to hire an agent and receive name, image and likeness (NIL) payments. It would be one thing if the law granted the NCAA, conferences, and schools an antitrust exemption to then set their own rules as they see fit—instead, the politicians writing the law want to play commissioner and set the rules themselves.

We are told that college sports must be "saved" when they seem to be more popular than ever, and when fans and boosters are more willing than ever to part ways with their money to support their team. Many schools are still losing money on athletics anyway—they should either spend less, or be prepared to lose whatever amount they feel is necessary for the marketing boost that sports provide. Oddly, the push to regulate college sports from the outside comes when the sport has shown it can actually regulate itself quite well when it wants to, as shown by the successful effort to shame and threaten LSU into giving up on fielding football players who previously practiced with NFL teams.

It would be nice to have a major political party interested in safeguarding liberty and limiting government intrusion on our lives, or at least one that recognizes regulating college sports is not what the Founding Fathers had in mind as the proper role of government when they wrote the Constitution. The Republican Party as recently as 15 years ago had at least a surface-level interest in these things. Instead, the voters who once backed Republicans to push back on big government are watching GOP politicians today and saying, "What the hell is going on here?"

Defying Expectations, Ted Lasso Is Great Again

Since a bunch of my recent thoughts on sports TV shows and movies have been "I guess it's fine if you have nothing better to watch," I am happy to share that season four of Ted Lasso is quite delightful.

Given the three-year gap between seasons three and four, it feels more like a reboot than a continuation—but the good kind of reboot that actually builds on the show's foundation instead of just rehashing the past for easy laughs and fan service. Ted takes over as coach of AFC Richmond's women's team, and club leadership (Rebecca, Higgins, and Keeley) deal with the very real financial headwinds facing a women's soccer team without hitting viewers over the head with complaints about sexism. There's a great mix of old friends and new people.

We're now six of 10 episodes in, and most of the episodes are great. Some don't move the plot forward much but are full of laughs and hijinks. I could go for a slightly faster pace and some deeper character development (the first couple seasons did a great job balancing in-depth character-building episodes with big-picture plot development), but I think more of that will come as the season goes on. There hasn't been much competitive soccer yet, but that seems likely to be a focus of the remaining episodes. The best sports shows and movies don't just get you invested in the characters, but in their competitive success.

With episodes dropping once a week, Ted Lasso is still appointment viewing in my household. Anyone who enjoyed the show's first season, even if they quit during seasons two and three, should pick the show back up.

What's Happening in Formula 1?

Where are my fellow Formula 1 fans at? I don't have time to lay out all my thoughts about the season right now, but email me if you want to chat.

Is Kimi Antonelli going to be the luckiest champion ever? Why was there so much money and hype surrounding a new circuit in Madrid that had fewer on-track overtakes than Monaco? If Charles Leclerc almost made it through the whole race without a pit stop, shouldn't Pirelli have chosen the softest tire combo for the weekend? It feels like the new regulations have led to more early-race battles and excitement, but at the expense of late-race theatrics. Lance Stroll is still an absolute joke. Will poor old Haas or poor young Cadillac manage to score any more points this season? Do you have any conspiracy theories about what really happened to Isack Hadjar's wrist?

Anyway, if you have thoughts about any or all of the above, feel free to email me at [e-mail].

Replay of the Week

I had planned to put the NFL here, but there's nothing quite like a scoop and score touchback followed immediately by a scoop and score. (Honorable mention to an unbelievably clutch putt from 90 feet.)

ODU FUMBLES VT GETS A SCOOP AND SCORE BUT THEY FUMBLE BEFORE THE GOALINE AND ODU RECOVERS

ON THE VERY NEXT PLAY ODU FUMBLES AND VT GETS A SCOOP AND SCORE

Just had to make this combined clip and Video via @TheCW_Sports pic.twitter.com/diKoUDna58

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) September 12, 2026

That's all for this week. Enjoy watching the real game of the week, Cal Lutheran against Cal State Fullerton in men's water polo.

Comments

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

NCAA has government anti trust exemptions. They are already in bed with government.

What is with reasons new government benefit no responsibilities takes?

Remove the benefits and they can do what they want.

[But SkyNet is a Private Company]

The problem now is not that it is elected politicians, not conferences, teams, coaches etc deciding, - it is that unelected unaccountable judges are deciding to overturn the rules everyone has agreed by on a whim whenever someone wants to forum shop.

Local judges who are also boosters of schools seeking an advantage issuing nationwide injunctions is in no way "limited government".

We have a real problem with the tyranny of the judiciary

[damikesc]

And NCAA is NOT making many of the new bad decisions. Judges are. If it has to be run by somebody, I'd prefer somebody at least a little accountable.

[JesseAz (RIP CK)]

But judges are sacred arbiter of truth if you listen to reason.

[Stupid Government Tricks]

The backers of the bill believe politicians, not the NCAA, should decide ...

No, they know that (1) they don't want to get into anything serious and contentious when they can palm it off on the President and whine about it, and (2) they have to do something lest the voters think they're doing nothing; the last thing any bureaucrat or politician wants is to look less than busy, because that means they aren't needed any more.

[JFree]

Soccer surged and is now the second-most popular among the 35–54 age range.

This is proof that we need to stop immigration yesterday before that age group starts voting. They probably even call it football. The biggest problem though is that for all age groups the question is about what sports we WATCH (and mostly on TV). Not about what sports we PLAY.

[charliehall]

It is called football in most of the world. And if you ever want the US to have a good football team, we need more immigrants.

[mad.casual]

All football games in Big Ten venues will now give broadcasters access to audio and video of replay reviews. (Yes, I am taking full credit for this.)

Purdue vs. Wake Forest this was the worst possible thing ever. Not only did the officiating take the overtime win away from Purdue on review, the "behind the scenes" appeal(s, more than once) didn't appear to work, as the only view available was the one that was already shown on replay. All the cameras and this is the *only* footage that reversed the call on the field.

More time in the broadcast of athletes not playing football and officiates conjecturing (Now from the press box!) about what they would've seen with camera angles they don't have.

[mad.casual]

this is the *only* footage that reversed the call on the field

Sorry, timestamped at the actual play reviewed.

[JFree]

Ii is no surprise that a consequence of our passivity re sports is that we let the Senate (two senators who never played one minute of college or even high school sports) is playing a direct micromanaging role in governing college sports.

Rather than simply setting up a governing body for each sport (not micromanaging a multisports cartel for 1000 or so institutions that do not even have a sports mission and get much of their funding from states or private sector). Letting it be structured as an interstate compact (so governed by the states not by DC). And letting that governing body serve the needs of fans, players, teams, venues/facilities, media, etc - accountable to them not to some fat old elected career politician fucks

[JFree]

America is winning the global culture war with the awesomeness of sports.

Irony is a guy named French hoisting the xenophobic rant for the KKK vote against immigrants. Go back home!!

[TrickyVic (old school)]

Was that like the arm band wearing Nazis in NYC chanting free Palestine?

[charliehall]

A KKK guy won a Democratic primary for a congressional seat in California in 1980. Every prominent Democrat in the state, including Jerry Brown and Alan Cranston, immediately endorsed his Republican opponent, who won easily.

Note that the Republicans in Texas refuse to endorse French's Democratic opponent, even though he is much better qualified, having been a petroleum engineer for decades. (The Texas Railroad Commission doesn't regulate railroads, it regulates the oil and gas industry.)

[mtrueman]

This isn't related to the article but I found it astounding enough to bear repeating.

The salary of a highly paid president or top administrator in a private university is about a million $.

The salary of a highly paid professor in a private university is about $200,000.

The salary of Kalen DeBoer, head coach of the Crimson Tide, football team of the public University of Alabama is $12,000,000.

DeBoer is not the richest. There are apparently 6 other college football coaches who make more.

In summary, the highest paid man in American academia is a football coach. He will make 60 times the salary of a Nobel prize winning professor of medicine, physics, chemistry... anything but coaching football.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

I stopped giving a shit about the Nobel prize when they gave one to Obama.

I don't have a problem with Obama per se, I have a problem with prize when they give it to someone in hopes of what he does, and then does not rescind it when he droned a wedding party and defended signature strikes.

[mad.casual]

I have a problem with prize when they give it to someone in hopes of what he does

Proactive Nobels, retroactive blanket pardons. Fuck 'em.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

When Trump pardons friends and what not on his way out. Watch the left scream. It was fine when Biden did it.

[mtrueman]

"It was fine when Biden did it."

One of the few acts of Biden that deserves credit is his release of Leonard Peltier, on his last day in office. Biden apparently received no financial award from Peltier in return for his release. Appeals for clemency for Mr Peltier to Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump were all turned down.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

Don't sell Biden short, he deserves all the credit for his preemptive pardons.

Also, Biden did not pardon Peltier, he just commuted the sentence. It got him out of jail anyway.

[mtrueman]

" he deserves all the credit for his preemptive pardons."

I haven't followed Biden's pardons so closely.

" Biden did not pardon Peltier, "

I'm aware of that. My apologies if I mistakenly led you or any of my readers to believe otherwise.

Biden also deserves credit for ordering the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and Trump also, for so far resisting the impulse to re-invade Afghanistan, take Bagram Airbase and the adjacent golf course.

[damikesc]

Imagine how nice it would have been if Biden followed the agreement Trump did with the Taliban. Many fewer deaths and many billions in equipment not left behind.

[mtrueman]

Imagine how nice it would have been had Trump withdrawn when he had the chance. Or Obama or Bush. Imagine how awful it would have been if Trump decided to re-invade Afghanistan and her neighboring countries including Iran.

The fact remains that it was Biden and no other president who ordered the withdrawal from Afghanistan. I think this is worthy of some praise. I get that you don't, presumably out of an entirely predictable narrow partisan perspective.

[damikesc]

Trump gave him the specific roadmap, but Biden wanted a political "moment" "and, as usual for his career, fucked things up beyond all repair.

I'm sure the dead Marines and Americans Biden left behind applauded his sheer courage.

[mtrueman]

The war was irretrievably lost long before Trump or Biden took the oath of office. Biden wasn't going to 'repair' Afghanistan no matter what he did, and you're a fool if you think otherwise.

"I'm sure the dead Marines and Americans Biden left behind applauded his sheer courage"

True, it took a certain amount of courage to withdraw, a certain expenditure of political capital that none of his predecessors were willing to spend. This is why people who aren't disingenuous partisan hacks give him the credit for the pullout.

[damikesc]

Could have left when Trump had an agreement to leave, when Afghan weather made massive offensive operations exceptionally difficult.

But we had a vegetable as a President and an incompetent vegetable as Sec of Defense, so that did not happen.

That Austin kept his job after they abandoned Bagram FIRST is criminal. He should have shown some honor and resigned himself, but the cunt lacks honor.

I give Biden full credit for giving the Taliban billions in aid, killing Marines and leaving Americans behind.

[mtrueman]

"I give Biden full credit for giving the Taliban billions in aid, killing Marines and leaving Americans behind."

Believe it or not, there's a cost for losing a war. It's unfair, I know. And the war was lost before Biden assumed office, The losses under Biden could have been avoided had his predecessors had the stones to withdraw while they were in command.

If anyone deserves credit for the Taliban victory, it has to be the Taliban, don't you think? Your trying to put all the blame on Biden doesn't do your credibility as an objective observer any favors. It's the argument a partisan hack would put out.

[mtrueman]

As POTUS Obama made $400,000 yearly. As Nobel Laureate, he won $1,400,000 which he supposedly donated to various charities. Targeting weddings and murdering civilians is a time honored American military tradition. Obama deserves some credit for not supporting the Iraq invasion as Senator. As president conducting the deal with Iran and the rest of the world, carrying through Bush's de-escalation in Iraq, the decision not to escalate in Syria, arranging the international effort to eliminate ISIS in Iraq, and initiating talks with Taliban in Doha which Trump continued.

In 2025 I stopped paying attention to the FIFA Peace Prize which was awarded to Trump. No prize money, but a certificate and some free soccer tickets from his friend, FIFA president, Gianni Infantino.

I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss the Nobel Prize. As a lover of literature, surely you pay attention to the awarding of the prize. I find it a great way to be introduced to authors whom I'd not been aware of. In 2018 the award went to Olga Tokarczuk, a Polish novelist whose works I've since downloaded and read or listened to as audiobooks.
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The Books of Jacob. It's a historical novel about the existence (and non-existence) of Poland and a messianic fictional character.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

Ha! so the prize was a payoff. Now it makes more sense. The payoff doesn't have to go directly to you. It can be used to your pay off your non-profit friends.

[mtrueman]

"Ha! so the prize was a payoff."

All Nobel Prizes include a payoff in addition to the gold medal. Obama probably kept the gold medal unless Trump persuaded him to hand it over.

[JFree]

You're a little late. Here's a map of the highest paid state employee in each state.. If you drill down to the top-10 highest paid in each state, it is still mostly coaches and athletic directors.

[TrickyVic (old school)]

If you can't be an athlete, you can be an athletic supporter.

[mtrueman]

Truly amazing. Most state employees make do with a yearly 2 week vacation, maybe a month for veteran workers. College football season is barely 4 months long, 12 games in total, maybe a few more with playoffs etc.

[JFree]

Well I don't think most state employees are worth a shit even if they work all year

[mtrueman]

How many shits are worth $12,000,000?

[damikesc]

The football coach also generates way more money than scientists do. It is the market.

[mtrueman]

I was surprised that a public employee could make almost as much as a top flight fentanyl importer who truly has the market to thank for his wealth.

[damikesc]

Have you seen how much money football programs in major conferences generate? Their TV deals alone are insane.

[JFree]

Why is State U in the business of professional sports? Very little of that money goes to anything but the athletic department and the sports facilities. Some goes to other non-revenue sports but even then mostly to improve a low-value facility for sports which isn't central to anything related to why the college exists.

It does not change tuition - or reduce taxes - or improve non-sports facilities.

[damikesc]

...and?

His pay comes from the athletic department budget.

All of those non-profit sports colleges have --- football (and, to a lesser degree, men's basketball) is why they exist.

Why would athletic dept reduce tuition? They do not charge tuition. That is the university itself. They are free to reduce tuition.

[mtrueman]

"Have you seen how much money football programs in major conferences generate?"

Most of it apparently going to the coach whether or not we enjoy his games either playing or watching. At least the fentanyl dealer traffics in a product we can all enjoy or not, according to the decisions we make in the (not so) free market.

[damikesc]

Yes, he can sell products that costs me money to save the life of a junkie who'd we would be better off allowing nature to take its course with him.

[mtrueman]

I get it. You're the victim. Congrats.

[charliehall]

In most US States, the highest paid state employee is either a football coach or a basketball coach.

[mtrueman]

Not if they coach in high school. Google tells me the average salary of the high school coach is a paltry $60,000, one two hundredth of the college counterpart.

[mad.casual]

Football suffered a huge drop in popularity, as measured by the percentage of Americans who say it's their favorite sport to watch. Soccer surged and is now the second-most popular among the 35–54 age range.

This is also a bad take.

First, baseball suffered the huge drop. Football fell from record levels of popularity back to 2000-era levels.

Second, in line with the first, baseball appears to be less popular than soccer, with basketball still narrowly ahead. With all 3 together being less popular than football. To wit, after the NFL's success...

100% of the number of "lost" football fans turning up watch soccer would absolutely dwarf basketball *and* baseball and it would still be ~1/2 as popular as football. The framing of "Football is losing popularity while soccer is surging." is grossly misunderstood or contrived.

[JFree]

Baseball suffered the huge drop a long long time ago. It is why it is by far the oldest viewing audience among major TV team sports. It is why there is no possibility that the military could play gotcha hunting out enemies with an obscure baseball question. The young don't care about baseball and haven't for decades.

[JFree]

Looking at that linked graph of popularity of sports - baseball lost out to football in the 1960's and the battle for #1 is the only one that matters.

IMO MLB killed off the competition of semi-pro teams who might play baseball (see Mickey Mantle) and turned that part of the sport into their plantation. Baseball is a summer sport so never had the inroads of HS games. When there is nothing to do but watch someone else play the sport, it's just not very interesting.

[damikesc]

The NFL is working hard to alienate their fans and the NIL stuff is irritating college fans significantly. Soccer, though, is just bullshit.

[Think It Through]

As an avid college sports fan and a libertarian, this is an abominably awful take.

The colleges and the NCAA can't do anything because Mississippi and Alabma and California judges are bossing them around. Right now, it's a frickin free for all. We need someone who can boss the judges around and bring some sanity back to college football and basketball. Unfortunately the only option is federal legislation.

[JFree]

The option is a governing body for the sport itself. Not a cartel of institutions that totally dominate the 17-22 age group of athletes for all sports.

[Think It Through]

For what sport? Football? Basketball? Swimming? Lacrosse? There are multitudes of organizations already "governing" those sports. But they have nothing to do with college athletes and college-branded teams, especially NCAA Division 1 profit-making competition.

In short I am failing to see the relationship of your suggestion, with the real world.

[JFree]

That is the whole point. You even put 'governing' in quotes. Most 'governing bodies' in the US only have one function - to select for the Olympic team. The current exceptions are golf (USGA) and tennis (USTA) which are real governing bodies. They also do not abandon governance to the NCAA for college age. Neither golf nor tennis have a draft so there are no rules forcing players to get a degree or even attend college. For those sports it is truly a free market and the NCAA has little power.

That is not the case for other sports. Ignore the sports with no money. The NFL and NBA both collude with the NCAA cartel to prevent competition in that age group. The NCAA is their talent plantation. NFL draft requires three years beyond HS and no more college eligibility. NBA draft requires one year beyond HS and draft entrants have to forfeit future college eligibility. That gives the NCAA a ton of cartel power. In similar vein, because there is no real governing body for either sport, HS football/basketball is governed by the NFHS. Everything in those two sports is stovepiped by different governing bodies.

That lack of a governing body for football is why CTE is still ignored.

[JFree]

To see how a governing body changes things for golf and tennis.

For tennis, a player can qualify for the US Open at age 14. There are tons of local/regional tournaments - and 11 national tournaments - where players can get ranked. They even have leagues for kids 10 and under. HS and NCAA are just irrelevant unless that is what the kid wants to do.

For golf, almost every course in the US is handicapped and has a club professional (the origin of the PGA). There is no age limit for the US Open. There are 110 courses that do local qualifying tournaments - and a dozen that then do sectional qualifying. Again HS and NCAA are irrelevant.

Team sports are obviously different - but every other country on earth knows how to create a governing body for a team sport. In those countries, a HS or college team/league is part of that governing body structure. Not some stovepiped cartel that 'owns' athletes.

[mtrueman]

Chess has FIDE, an international governing body that awards titles, oversees tournaments, make rulings on controversies and international issues like war or transgender players. There are team events and mixed doubles but most play is one on one. 12 year olds can play Magnus Carlsen if they earn the position.

[Medulla Oblongata]

"The backers of the bill believe politicians, not the NCAA, should decide how many transfers are allowed. "

Currently, it's the courts that decide. Every time an athlete wants something, even if it's against NCAA rules, they find a court to hand it to them. SCOTUS erred badly when it allowed employment law to apply to athletes who are not employees.

Congress does need to pass an antitrust exemption along the lines of "Any association, institution, or organization that operates athletic contests may solely determine eligibility and rules-of-play for those contests and any rules or policies that subordinate organizations (teams) must follow. This may include, but not be limited to, defining amateur status as a condition of eligibility. Athletes may not be deemed to be employees absent contractual agreement, even if they receive remuneration (scholarships, stipends) from the organization or subordinate organizations. No judicial review of eligibility decisions, rules-of-play, or organizational policies is permitted."

[damikesc]

They also tend to find judges who are quite prejudicially supportive of the college who is filing the suit. This is a measured response to things by no rational measure.

[Medulla Oblongata]

That's why I added "No judicial review of eligibility decisions, rules-of-play, or organizational policies is permitted."

[charliehall]

Why not add, "No rule of law. No ban on slavery."

[charliehall]

The athletes are employees.
And any antitrust exemption is corporate welfare.

[Medulla Oblongata]

So the USGA cannot run the US Amateur golf tournament and determine what constitutes amateur eligibility? Member golfers are employees of the USGA? In what world?

Thousands and thousands of NCAA athletes are completely voluntary and received zero remuneration of any sort: walk on football players, swimmers, baseball players, cross country runners, volleyball players, etc; they receive no scholarships, and they pay their own way for school. How are they employees?

Athletics is a voluntary endeavor, if you don't like the rules, go play somewhere else.

Next thing we know, some judge will say his alma mater cannot be excluded from the CFP, despite being 4-8, because that's unfair restraint of trade.

[mad.casual]

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I must say, after all the "The WNBA just needs better advertising." and for all the "The GOP doesn't care about limited government." the radio silence around Cunningham, Clark, Freedom, and White is deafening.

[Eeyore]

Government has never been for limited government. That's like asking a parasite to be for limited parasite.

[I, Woodchipper]

"anymore" ha. Just fucking haha

[TJJ2000]

Yes. Republicans are still sick of the endless Gov Dictation and Power.
Thus why Cruz was just 'booed' in TX no less.

[creech]

The NFL should set up 32 "Triple A" farm teams, 32 "Double A", etc. and decide which academic institutions - if any - to affiliate with. [Steelers and Eagles can fight over Penn State; Browns and Bengals over tOSU, etc.] Dump the "student athlete" fiction. Colleges not picked for the NFL minor leagues can organize football conferences as they wish, with whatever rules they want. Each NFL minor league associate club can promote, trade, dFA, or whatever minor league baseball teams do with their players under contract. Then NFL team fans can brag about the academic prowess of the school they are affiliated with.