@dirk_fasshauer In general? For sure American Football! There is a reason there is a popular World Baseball Classic! Much of the NBA is not from the USA
@nicksortor He is allowed all of his political opinions. And those opinions may or may not be right. And he can of course advocate for them. But his job is to interpret the constitution by the letter of the law. If he wants to advocate to change those words, he of course can someday.
@JMUSportsNews@fitzalltheway Honestly, those are the tiers we want to play. If we had a few of them each year, and consistently won 1/2, we would be in the convo and that loss would be excused.
@MIdem95@ChristianHeiens Or we could have a system that doesn’t need to be tethered to districts, and avoid the entire problem. A proportional system is more representative, and any conflict scholar will tell you tends to decrease risks for violence. People feel more represented because they are.
@MrShermichael This type of proportional representation is successfully done in many counties around the world. Conflict researchers have strong evidence that it encourages collaboration (and is more durable to conflict) than majoritarian, all or nothing systems.
@ninaturner@MDSenate I appreciate your integrity Nina. Unfortunately, I think we have learned that Republicans will only learn from defeat. The risky and less-democratic game of escalatory gerrymandering until pain is equally felt is likely the terrible and best solution.
@JMUSportsNews JMU lost a lot of talent in the portal, obviously. Players to the Big10, SEC, etc. What does it say about how good the top 5 or so teams are that the players that got cooked against Oregon (like our talented DBs), are off to good P4s?
@PimJagerRVA My feeling is: while this stinks, the incentive structure is in place. The new guys know they are only one year maybe from a payday. It stinks to lose players, but good young talent knows this is a great path to success and money. This was maybe less clear right after Cig left.