John Keyes

[Houston Astros @astros]

From one hit to 2,500, a moment 16 seasons in the making.

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@Longhornfrenzy1 I am pretty sure that breaking SEC rules is not—albeit understandably surprising to some—a prerequisite for expulsion; then there's this:

[Brennon Chapman @BrennonChapman]

The SEC accusing LSU of “lack of institutional control” hits differently when you look at the timeline:

2011-12 — NCAA major-infractions case. Recruiting violations. LSU put on probation.

2012-17 — Booster John Paul Funes provides $180K in impermissible benefits to a football player’s family using money embezzled from a hospital foundation.

2013 — Les Miles investigation intentionally stored offsite. AD Joe Alleva recommends firing him. LSU keeps him.

2017-19 — Will Wade caught on FBI wiretap discussing a “strong-ass offer.”

2019 — LSU suspends Wade after he refuses to meet with LSU/NCAA officials. Reinstates him 5 weeks later.

2020 — LSU’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations exposed.

2020 — Odell Beckham Jr. hands LSU players cash after the national title.

2020 — LSU self-imposes scholarship cuts, recruiting restrictions and a bowl ban amid the NCAA investigation.

LSU’s statement:

“This decision reflects LSU’s commitment to compliance with NCAA regulations and maintenance of institutional control.”

2021 — Independent review finds systemic Title IX failures. Verge Ausberry suspended 30 days without pay.

2022 — LSU fires Wade after an NCAA Notice of Allegations containing multiple Level I allegations.

2022 — Separate NCAA case: Football commits COVID dead-period recruiting violations. One year probation.

2023 — IARP resolves the football/basketball case: multiple violations, failure to monitor, 37 football wins vacated and 3 more years probation, beginning when the prior probation ended Sept. 21, 2023.

The NCAA also alleged lack of institutional control. The IARP did not sustain that allegation.

2024 — LSU pays $1.9M to settle Title IX claims. No admission of liability.

2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade.

The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.

2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.

2026 — LSU pursues outside capital tied to future SEC media revenue.

2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.

Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.

LSU ultimately leaves the former NFL players off its final roster.

The SEC presses forward anyway.

Its amended complaint says LSU’s actions “confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution.”

At the informal direction of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors, Sankey calls a Special Meeting for Sept. 10 to consider terminating LSU’s membership — whether LSU backs off the professional players or not.

And LSU is still on NCAA probation.

It expires Sept. 21.

Twelve days from now.

Different coaches. Different scandals.

Same institution. And in some cases, the same people.

[Brennon Chapman @BrennonChapman]

The SEC accusing LSU of “lack of institutional control” hits differently when you look at the timeline:

2011-12 — NCAA major-infractions case. Recruiting violations. LSU put on probation.

2012-17 — Booster John Paul Funes provides $180K in impermissible benefits to a football player’s family using money embezzled from a hospital foundation.

2013 — Les Miles investigation intentionally stored offsite. AD Joe Alleva recommends firing him. LSU keeps him.

2017-19 — Will Wade caught on FBI wiretap discussing a “strong-ass offer.”

2019 — LSU suspends Wade after he refuses to meet with LSU/NCAA officials. Reinstates him 5 weeks later.

2020 — LSU’s handling of sexual misconduct allegations exposed.

2020 — Odell Beckham Jr. hands LSU players cash after the national title.

2020 — LSU self-imposes scholarship cuts, recruiting restrictions and a bowl ban amid the NCAA investigation.

LSU’s statement:

“This decision reflects LSU’s commitment to compliance with NCAA regulations and maintenance of institutional control.”

2021 — Independent review finds systemic Title IX failures. Verge Ausberry suspended 30 days without pay.

2022 — LSU fires Wade after an NCAA Notice of Allegations containing multiple Level I allegations.

2022 — Separate NCAA case: Football commits COVID dead-period recruiting violations. One year probation.

2023 — IARP resolves the football/basketball case: multiple violations, failure to monitor, 37 football wins vacated and 3 more years probation, beginning when the prior probation ended Sept. 21, 2023.

The NCAA also alleged lack of institutional control. The IARP did not sustain that allegation.

2024 — LSU pays $1.9M to settle Title IX claims. No admission of liability.

2026 — LSU rehires Will Wade.

The AD announcing the hire? Verge Ausberry.

2026 — Wade pursues international pros, an NBA draft pick and players with professional basketball experience.

2026 — LSU pursues outside capital tied to future SEC media revenue.

2026 — LSU pushes to add players who signed NFL contracts and went through NFL camps.

Sept. 2026 — The SEC sues LSU. Ausberry is a named defendant.

LSU ultimately leaves the former NFL players off its final roster.

The SEC presses forward anyway.

Its amended complaint says LSU’s actions “confirm the lack of institutional control over the athletics program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of the SEC Constitution.”

At the informal direction of the other 15 SEC presidents and chancellors, Sankey calls a Special Meeting for Sept. 10 to consider terminating LSU’s membership — whether LSU backs off the professional players or not.

And LSU is still on NCAA probation.

It expires Sept. 21.

Twelve days from now.

Different coaches. Different scandals.

Same institution. And in some cases, the same people.

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@BerryTramadol @AnwarRichardson That posts says far more about you—how you would know and that that's where your mind goes in memory association—than it does Cole Hutson. Not a good look for you, Berry.

[Coach Collins @CoachCollins]

If Texas beats Ohio State next weekend, it is going to be because of this guy...

@TexasFootball #HornsUp

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@Longhornfrenzy1 Go ahead and give 'em the Low Level Week One Champs t-shirts and cups. They earned it.

[Jake Olson @JakeOlson61]

To express just how dangerous this is, in theory, it could go both ways.
Imagine a coach calling a timeout with one second left to attempt a game winning field goal only for the league to call down and inform everybody their special clock actually ran out and the game is over.
Sorry coach. You weren’t basing decisions on the scoreboard clock were you?

[dunc 🌎 @SpartyWRLD]

No matter what Michigan football does for the rest of eternity, they’ll legit forever only be known for:

- Appalachian State loss
- Cheating their way to a championship
- Fans storming the field against a MAC team after the most blatant rigging in the history of the sport

[Barstool MACtion @MACBarstool]

EVERYONE READ THIS

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@Longhornfrenzy1 That last guy: "I don't think they pulled their starters." 🤣 Moron.

[Drew (NTE) @NotTheExpertYT]

I used to be a camera operator for Auburn Athletics and worked many college football games for ESPN and SEC network. The Big Ten is lying to you and fabricated evidence for Michigan to have an extra play at the end of the game against Western Michigan. The stadium clock is the standard. Not whatever the replay booth decides it is.

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@Longhornfrenzy1 🤘

[Nash @NashTalksTexas]

WAKE UP LONGHORN NATION 🤘

IT'S GAMEDAY!!!!!! 🥳

[Nash @NashTalksTexas]

WAKE UP LONGHORN NATION 🤘

IT'S GAMEDAY!!!!!! 🥳

[Pablo Torre Finds Out @pablofindsout]

Mark Walter, who made his fortune re-investing your life insurance, flipped the Lakers for $2.5B that could help fend off the feds.

Did everyday Americans get screwed, in driving up the price of sports teams? And is the bubble about to burst?

[Mission Valley Mafia @MissionVlyMafia]

Let’s break this down simply:

Sportsnet was going to be insolvent and the Dodgers were going to lose their 1 of 1 TV deal that has enabled all their financial cheating.

To solve this problem the Dodgers ownership gave improper loans and self dealt to keep it solvent and maintain their unfair financial advantage

This was illegal

They put retail investors at risk to be able to spend lavishly on free agent contracts and buy championships

This is MUCH worse than the Astros scandal

It’s also something no other team could do

Their championships should be vacated along with their contracts that they never would’ve been able to afford without likely illegal activity

[Jake @EconomPic]

Buckle up...

It is reported by @PabloTorre today that the huge $8.35B Dodgers TV deal was negotiated directly by Walter (owner of the regional media company, American Media Productions)… to Walter (owner of the Dodgers), reportedly before he acquired the Dodgers and seemingly contingent on him doing so. This let Walter bid ~$700M above the next-highest offer, despite it being reported at the time that he had no secured media deal in hand.

Time Warner Cable was the counterparty that agreed to pay AMP $8.35B over 25 years for the rights to distribute SportsNet LA, a deal that backed the whole structure. It was brokered by David Rone, then President of Time Warner Cable Networks. Industry experts questioned the logic of that inflated price for years, it drove the local blackouts, and it became a real risk on Time Warner's books ahead of its eventual sale to Charter Communications. Rone was later hired by... Walter into Guggenheim as a managing partner, a role he still holds today.

The deal required such high fees to be charged to local cable that roughly 70% of Dodgers fans were blacked out for years because providers wouldn't pay it. Then in 2015, Walter sold Magic Johnson a controlling stake in an insurance company (EquiTrust), reportedly as repayment for Johnson's help winning the 2012 Dodgers bid... an insurance company that then helped fund the payments to the Dodgers through a loan under the deal Walter negotiated with himself.

[Archie 👑 @Archie_XRPL]

$XRP just got painted on the Florida Gators’ field.

@Ripple signed a multi year deal.

The XRP logo hits the 25-yard lines starting this Saturday in front of 90,000 fans and a national TV audience.

College football.

National TV.

Prime-time branding.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

This is how XRP walks into living rooms that have never heard of it.

Mass adoption just got a home stadium.

You cannot fade this. 🐊

[Chad Fisher DNP @ChadFisher]

“It will be a great sport! And we’ll call it ‘College Football’.

“And it will be played by college kids?”

“No. It will be played by NFL rejects.”

“Why sir?”

“Because a 51 year old man named Lane Kiffin wants to pound sorority girls.”

[John Keyes @jkeyes78]

@LAGovJeffLandry You are so corrupt.

[SEC Shorts @SECShorts]

LSU releases video welcoming NFL players to campus.

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