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College football map (circa 1938)
Click on the map above for a better look. Hat tip to Tarene for finding this beautiful map.
How easy is it to fix an NFL game?
Match fixing has occurred in soccer leagues around the world, so why should the NFL (or college football, for that matter) be any different? In fact, according to this devious report by Brian “The-Fix-Is-In” Touhy, it is much easier to “fix” or … Continue reading
Posted in Deception, Economics, Law, Questions Rarely Asked, Sports
Tagged bets, Match-fixing
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#LetGurleyPlay
The University of Georgia Athletic Association made $98.9 million in revenues during the 2013 fiscal year, according to this revealing report in the Athens Banner-Herald. The University of Georgia Athletic Association’s main income sources included $21.2 million in direct football revenue, $23.2 million in ticket contributions … Continue reading
Questions for Roger Goodell
Where are you hiding? (Your last tweet was two weeks ago; see below.) Have you replied yet to this letter dated Sept. 10 from several members of Congress? Also, what are you waiting for in the Adrian Peterson case? A video? I had a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Deception, Sports
Tagged Adrian Peterson, House Judiciary Committee, NFL, Roger Goodell
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In defense of Ray Rice’s legal rights
We offer the following three-part commentary in response to the Ray Rice witch-hunt: 1. Self-righteous TV news anchors and the news media generally have now milked the unfortunate Ray Rice affair for all it’s worth by airing the infamous elevator surveillance video countless times. … Continue reading
Jadeveon Clowney and the future of forecasting
Sportswriter David Levin identified three reasons why defensive end Jadeveon Clowney might turn out to be a “bust” or bad draft pick for the Houston Texans. Although it remains to be seen at this early stage how Clowney’s pro-football career will … Continue reading
100-metre dash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WthurYPjI64 Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is still the fastest man on the planet.
Fair or foul?
According to our friends at ESPN, a federal judge in Northern California has ruled that the NCAA can’t prevent college athletes from selling the rights to their names. Judge Claudia Wilken, in a landmark 99-page decision, has ruled in favor of former UCLA … Continue reading
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