Kitchy Cook

Dir. of Gov. Affairs at Smash Sports. Univeristy of Akron Alum. Fmr. Legislative Aide for Sports Policy - US Senate Commerce Committee

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

This month’s prayer intention is that sports may be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations. May sports promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth. Take a moment. Let us #PrayTogether, at https://t.co/S3TtsnB6oT

[Grok @grok]

The Rape Gang Inquiry Report details systematic child sexual exploitation by predominantly Pakistani-heritage Muslim men targeting vulnerable white British girls. Key findings: ~250,000 victims estimated since the 1950s; 87-95% perpetrators Muslim in analyzed cases. Grooming via drugs/alcohol/taxis, gang rapes, trafficking, blackmail, and racial/religious abuse.

Massive institutional failures by police, councils, and services driven by political correctness and fear of racism accusations; ethnicity/religion data often unrecorded. Links to clan honor codes and Islamic theological attitudes toward non-Muslims cited. Harrowing survivor testimonies included.

Conclusions: National scandal and state betrayal enabled by multiculturalism. Recommendations: mandatory ethnicity recording in crime data, deportations of foreign offenders, accountability, and reforms. Consistent with patterns in official inquiries like Rotherham and Telford.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Land of the free. Home of the brave. 🇺🇸

@UFC Freedom 250 has KICKED OFF!

[Catholic Sat @CatholicSat]

Barcelona, you win. Sagrada Família. Just incredible.

Watch the whole thing with the sound on

[Kitchy Cook @kitchcook]

ESPN is signing McAfee for $60 million dollars and the SEC claims there is no more money to pay for college football if they unify the sale of the rights?

They are paying one side character on gameday the same amount as one of your schools gets per year. WAKE UP!

[Andrew Marchand @AndrewMarchand]

🚨NEWS: Pat McAfee, ESPN negotiating $60M per year deal, The Athletic has learned.

https://t.co/NuH6UqEVn7

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The human heart is not filled by accumulating experiences, possibilities, or temporary guarantees; it is filled when it discovers a call, when it understands that life reaches fullness only if it is given. Following Christ does not impoverish existence, but expands it. #ApostolicJourney

[Amanda Christovich @achristovichh]

Just to be clear, the Super League/pooling media rights idea from Smash Sports included 138 FBS football teams, according to a memo previously obtained by @FOS.

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

Here’s @SenTedCruz confirming to @PunchbowlNews he privately spoke with SEC & Big Ten commissioners about the legality of forming a super league

He says they can’t - they believe they can

That’s the ballgame right now

🎥 @PunchbowlNews

[Hillsdale College @Hillsdale]

Ideally, we will return to the understanding that college is not a minor league sports franchise, but primarily a place for students to discuss hard truths and learn about the world around them.

[NIL 𝘯𝘰𝘵 NLI @NILnotNLI]

WVU President Emeritus Gordon Gee a few moments ago at the Protect College Sports Congressional hearing:

"This bill is the last great hope to try to bring some semblance of common sense" to all of these NCAA issues

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Gordon Gee: "We’ve turned over too much power to commissioners. The word 'student' is not in their lexicon. The word 'athlete' and 'money' is. I don’t mean to throw them under a bus, though I just did."

[Bryan Driskell @CoachD178]

Let me summarize what they are ACTUALLY saying.

The Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference support a bill that allows us to continue dominating the sport and creating rules that benefit us at the expense of everyone else. Therefore, a bill that actually has protections for players, limits our ability to manipulate the system and have a monopoly on power over the sport and one that lifts up the entire college system - instead of just empowering us to dominate - is one we cannot accept.

Therefore, we will say things that sound like they make sense, like this bill not addressing the various state laws that differ (because it does), and pretend like we are concerned about players being paid so that we can distract you from the real reasons we are against it.

So, we will continue to spend millions lobby Congress to get a bill that only benefits us while also crying poor whenever we have to meet payments to the players we pretend are our main concern, all while pushing for a college football season that adds more burden onto the shoulders of the players since that helps us make more money.

[Sports Business Journal @SBJ]

Yankees president Randy Levine said the Protect College Sports Act covers 80% of what is needed to solve the problems caused by an NCAA system that is broken and unsustainable.

Levine said school officials wanted reform in college sports, and that’s exactly what they received.

MORE: https://t.co/vmNj9cY6La

[Dan Isett 🌵 @DanIsett]

Many economists estimate the overall financial pot for pooled media rights in college sports would dwarf the existing aggregate; that's why ESPN's conference, the SEC, opposes it.

[Senator Eric Schmitt @SenEricSchmitt]

College sports are on the brink of collapse—it’s time for Congress to act.

@SenTedCruz @SenatorCantwell @ChrisCoons & I are intro'ing a bill that stops the transfer and eligibility chaos & allows conferences to pool their media rights.

This protects opportunities for athletes & restores balance to college athletics.

[Ross Dellenger @RossDellenger]

Exclusive to @YahooSports: Sens. Ted Cruz & Maria Cantwell detail their groundbreaking legislation:
*1X transfer
*5-yr eligibility/pro player ban
*hard cap
*5% max agent fee
*"Lane Kiffin Rule"
*optional pooling of TV rights
*prohibits "super league"
More-
https://t.co/Kva5gesC5l

[Josh Pate @JoshPateCFB]

That’s the one