Michael Saks

I tweet about: sports, music, politics & life. Marketing. Former Sports TV Producer.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

A pathetic display. Every golfer plays the same exact course.

[Fried Egg Golf @fried_egg_golf]

Scottie Scheffler on today's pin positions:

"Most of the pins today were kind of absurd."
"The one on 14 is the hardest pin I've seen in a long time."

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@NickMillerrrrr beat AU and UT and don't lose to anyone terrible. That's the minimum.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

Bad

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

In a joint meeting today at ACC spring meetings, athletic directors and head football coaches discussed at length the future of the College Football Playoff, swinging support behind a 24-team field.

“There is consensus,” said one.

“The room isn’t split,” said another.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

This is analogous to government as well. At all levels. We don't need more taxes, we need less spending, and more importantly, less wasteful spending and all out fraud.

[SkinsHoops86 @SkinsHoops86]

Wetzel preaching. Don't need private equity. These departments don't have a revenue problem, they have a spending problem

"College sports spends too much money. The facilities are too nice, the teams are too big, the staffs are too bloated, the buyouts are too big"

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

Yes to all of this. Furthermore, this tax kills entrepreneurship & innovation. That is: the backbone of the American economy. This tax is one of the worst ideas ever floated by American politicians. Which is saying an awful lot.

[Graham Stephan @GrahamStephan]

Roughly 220 billionaires reside in California. They employ roughly 10 million people. If a wealth tax passes, everyone with a billion-dollar idea will think twice about whether they want to build that business in California. But that isn’t even the most dangerous part.

When this turns out to raise less money than expected, the bar will be lowered to $100 million. Then $50 million. Then $10 million. Then $1 million. They’ll call it “the millionaire tax.” And since ~80% of the California population isn’t a millionaire, they’ll vote it into existence because “it doesn’t affect them.”

But many of those “millionaires” are providing jobs. Housing. Innovation. Buying products and services. They’re a net economic benefit. If you discourage them from living in California, they will leave. Then it becomes a downward spiral where they have to tax everyone else to stay afloat.

Not saying the system is perfect. But a simpler solution might simply be: spend less money and encourage more people to move back / create a billion dollar idea.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

Lot of focus on how the @NBA needs to fix the tanking problem, which it does. But the rampant injury problem is a much bigger. Way too many guys are going down with serious injuries. It really ruins the product. They need to shorten the regular season. But of course, they won't.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@mlbbowman Iglesias had a full warmup last night and was coming in for the save before the Braves tacked on 2 runs in the 9th. I was there and watched him warmup closely. He was throwing full tilt and looked great. Did not look injured at all.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

It's crazy to me that some don't think @Money23Green isn't a Hall of Famer. Draymond is closer to being an "all-time great" in the history of basketball than he is to being a Hall of Famer. He's an incredibly great & unique player who should be a no doubt, 1st ballot HOFer.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@travisreier similar to how I always feel about the NFL/NBA draft. Just show me the USA Today sports page on Monday when it's over (RIP USA Today sports page!)

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@BeaneaterB agree. So awful

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@TheBearsBurner pretty much spot on.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

This is it, right here @friedberg

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

Amazing.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@CaseyAPratt It's always been this way. The only change is, as time has gone on, business owners have become more and more savvy and ruthless.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@BrandonGaudin you were so good on the Nebraska v Vanderbilt game. Just an awesome game and you crushed it.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

Watching the SOTU, one thing that's clear to me: this hyper-partisan political environment America is in really sucks. Plenty of blame to go around on both sides. This isn't what America is supposed to be about. No end in sight, sadly.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@mlbbowman did Schwellenbach show up to spring training with bone spurs and the team didn't know till he arrived? If so, how does that happen?

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@JayMir1 @FrozenOrangeFan @WildhackJ correct. This has been the case for at least 5 years.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@Steve_Neikam @00jcf00 Totally agree. Hop's departure was the beginning of the end. Significantly hurt recruiting and game prep (film study). It coincided with the move to the ACC, but Hop leaving was the line in the sand. Other things have gone poorly since then too...

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@Steve_Neikam this is partially correct. But you also have to mention how poorly Wildhack and the Trustees handled NIL those first few years, and by some accounts, still are. So the blame lies on Boeheim, Wildhack and the SU Board of Trustees. All, pretty equally.

[Michael Saks @MichaelSaks]

@joelpollak It isnt the entire issue - but its a big part of it. It really is amazing how the two issues are conflated into one.