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It is even worse than that. China is gathering allies in the fight against the US. Just a few short months ago it was the opposite. China was the economic bully that other countries in the region were aligning themselves with the US to fight. There was someone on here warning about how the BRICS currency was going to replace the dollar as the world's reserve currency. Trump's actions are making that a more realistic threat.

The last available data shows that half the cars produced in China were for export to other countries, mostly in Europe. Think of the balance of trade benefits for Trump when Musk starts producing everything in the US and exports them to China and Europe. Come on Elon, you spent >$250mm to get your boy elected, you are trying to buy judicial elections in Wisconsin, now is the time to re-patriate Tesla production. No more bowing to communist regimes. You know, because you are a patriot.

That's 32,000 jobs coming back to the US in the next few days. Can I get an amen?

Or the one in Germany? Surely those will be the first factories re-patriated to the US. Certainly he and Trump wont be hypocrites on this one, right?

The hearing recessed for the day. The judge has open questions. How will existing rostered athletes be treated if cap is in place? Cuts? Or grandfathered in? What are the rights of future athletes? Can you make the settlement binding on someone not born yet? How does the settlement interact with existing state laws? And others? The two sides are in agreement and have a week to respond to questions. So no settlement today.

It is thought that schools will follow a similar formula for direct payments as for the restitution payments, so figure between 0% and 5% for Olympic and non-revenue sports. For these guys it really will still be only NIL. As for raising extra money to make direct payments, schools will experiment with all manner of creative solutions. Whatever works will be adopted by others. Tennessee is already adding a "talent fee" to ticket prices to raise money.

Yep, there were only ever 4 or 5 court watchers in the crowd.

My dad, my daughter, and my money all went to Villanova, so I am very familiar. He went nowhere in the pros, so you would have to be a college basketball fan to know him. There are a lot of college basketball fans and "The Shot" is pretty iconic and videos of it from the NCAA are loaded with ads.

Former Villanova basketball player Kris Jenkins has opted out of the settlement and filed his own lawsuit against the Power 5, Big East, and NCAA. His suit claims that videos of him hitting the game winner in the 2016 NCAA final is the first and third most viewed video on the NCAA's March Madness Youtube page.

The $600 is a different pot

yep. and 5% may be optimistic. and the damage payments are made over 10 years. and it covers athletes who were in those sports from 2016 to 2025.

Amen. I usually do, but then I did all that color coding and I think I got too excited. I will do better next time.

Parris is a surname, not who he wrestles for.

All of the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, and Pac 12 schools are automatically opted in. That is something like 25 schools. The Ivies (6 schools) have said they will opt out. I am not aware of what the other schools have said. The settlement does not impact D1 membership or access to D1 championships.

If a school pays even a single athlete any of the enhanced benefits allowed in the settlement, then the entire school has opted in. No picking and choosing.

Edinboro - third in 2015

I believe so. Ackerman went to Simpson.

Based on this year I think it is Lehigh and Penn in a tie, followed by Pittsburgh and Lock Haven. Based on the last 6 years (33 seeds), Penn drops a couple slots:

The non-Power 5 schools will also be monitored by the same body as the P5. No, if you pay a single athlete then you are effectively an opt in. It is an annual decision, though. So a team that opts in one year can opt out the next.

Today is the next hearing in the proposed House Settlement. If approved: Damages - the settlement allows for $2.8 billion in damages to be paid to former athletes from 2016 to present. 95% of that will go to football, men's basketball, and women's basketball. Only 5% is earmarked for Olympic and non-revenue sports. This is funded by the NCAA insurance and withholding revenue from the men's basketball tournament. Effectively the Power 5 will pay 40% and other conferences will pay 60%. There may be some legal action over that split. Direct payments to athletes - initially capped at $20.5 million, there is no minimum. To pay athletes schools must opt in to the settlement. Power 5 schools are required to opt in, everyone else is optional. Roster limits - will replace scholarship limits for schools opting in. For wrestling the limit is 30. If subject to a roster limit, schools can give out as many scholarships as they choose/can fund. NIL - national guidelines will be put in place mandating reporting to a clearinghouse and approval of any deals greater than $600 to ensure they reflect fair market value. Enforcement - the Power 5 schools will create an enforcement mechanism, meaning it will no longer be up to the NCAA. The NCAA will only be in charge of eligibility rules, playing and administrative rules, and running championships. Deloitte has been contracted to make fair value assessments of proposed deals.

Ackman's new statements on tariffs: "I have a lot of respect for our president and what he has accomplished so far, but I don’t think he is infallible, which is why I am stating loud and clear that I strongly believe launching tariffs on April 9th against the entire world — massively in excess of what we are being charged — is a mistake."

Let's set the record straight. Skutt Catholic poached him from grade school before Iowa poached him from Skutt before Penn State poached him from Iowa before Oklahoma State poached him from Penn State before Penn State poached him from Oklahoma State. Oh, and his wife poached him from his mother.