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- We had a hard freeze yesterday morning following a fair bit of springlike weather, and there was the requisite bitching, but it wasn’t nearly late enough. We need it in another two to three weeks to make a significant difference with the mosquitoes.
- IndyCar 2014 is here! I’ve been watching the St. Petersburg weather carefully. Looks sloppy here and there right up until race day, but Sunday has looked consistently good. Hope it holds.
- On another IndyCar note, this will be the final year Jim Nabors sings “Back Home Again in Indiana” just before the command at the Indianapolis 500. I’m delighted we got to see/hear him in person last year. Thank you and God bless, sir.
- Just past halfway through Breaking Bad. It’s a really good show, but as of now I have not elevated it to the ranks of the all-time greats.
- Did you know that suspending yourself with metal hooks driven directly through your raw flesh is a thing? Did you know a wacky, fun-loving bunch partook of this activity at the Von Braun Center this past weekend? Aren’t you disappointed you didn’t hear about it sooner so you could have taken the kids?
- The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Northwestern football players are not student athletes but employees of the university, and can therefore unionize. Barring a successful appeal from the school, which seems unlikely, massive changes in college football and basketball have just moved from possible to inevitable.
- You’d think steak or cheeseburgers would be giving me the most trepidation when considering giving up red meat forever, and though I would miss them, they’re manageable. It’s breakfast meats, cold cuts, and pizza that really have me thinking.
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<— requisite bitcher
Yeah…I’m done with winter. This one has been incredibly long.
Re suspension @ the VBC:
A) That’s misrepresenting the event a bit…there was quite a bit more to it than that.
B) If it doesn’t hurt you and all parties involved are consenting adults than why the snark?
Amanda, that someone has a right to do something doesn’t compel me to admire it.
I think the Northwestern case will eventually be overturned (my opinion, I have nothing to back that up). The NLRB has no jurisdiction over public universities, so even if it doesn’t get overturned don’t look for big changes anytime soon.
Better college football players are going to continue to get illegal “benefits” no matter what the outcome of all of this is. Anyone that thinks AU and UA (and any major university) are not paying players is delusional. These benefits that student-athletes are fighting for are for the gymnastics teams and all other non-revenue generating college sports.