billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:56 amSo true
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna101266
"Andrew Coats, the lawyer who convinced the Supreme Court in 1984 to allow universities to maximize football revenue, leading to a sweeping upheaval today, looks back with regret on the landmark case he successfully argued."
... The court of 1984 ruled, 7-2, in favor of Oklahoma and Georgia with dissent from Justices Byron “Whizzer” White and William Rehnquist.
Coats recalled running into White, himself a former college football star at Colorado, during a social function months after the decision and the associate justice uttering prescient words to him.
“He said to me, ‘Andy, you might have won that case, but you’ll regret it.’”
The article discusses the impact of cross-country travel on students and families. There will be the same impact on coaches and staff, though most of them other than student volunteers and interns are at least getting paid. Then, there's the greenhouse gas impact. Counting families and fans how many people fly for each game? Hundreds, thousands at times?
It's a shame for Ireland that they're stuck with such a likely noncompetitive game. This is not the way to build the sport.
Irishtrotters vs Admirals, though even the Harlem games weren't so lopsided. ND has scored a TD with each possession. Vegas was way too cautious, 28-0 at the half. The capacity (I think) crowd seems to be enjoying it.
. Those WDE concussions are catching up with you. 
