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[SEC Shorts @SECShorts]

Ole Miss derails the Lane Train.

presented by: @renasant

[Hector Resendez - Trade School Secrets @TS_Secrets]

I'm sorry that this will piss off half the parents reading this:

Your 11 year old probably doesn’t need a $8,000-a-year travel team.

Meanwhile, mom and dad haven’t had a weekend alone in 8 months because every Friday afternoon the SUV is packed for another tournament 4 hours away.

They need to just play sports (if they want).

There’s a difference.

$3,000 team fee.
$2,500 hotels.
$1,500 eating out.
$500 uniforms.
$500 entrance fees

Every weekend gone, and somehow we convince ourselves this makes us better parents.

Then we wonder why marriages struggle. Put the kid in rec ball and let them play with their buddies.

Take your wife to dinner. Take a family vacation that doesn’t involve a Marriott next to a sports complex.

If your kid is truly THAT good, you’ll eventually know.

But I think a lot of parents are sacrificing their marriage, money and entire family calendar chasing a scholarship that probably isn’t coming.

I agree that most kids need sports.

I’m just not convinced they need travel sports.

That's me - the one who forgot their $5 hat for picture day on a team that cost $20 for the season.

[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

A bride in New York wanted to reserve a presidential suite for the morning of her wedding in October, but it was reserved for the #Cardinals, who play the Giants that week.

She asked the team, not expecting it to go anywhere, but it got to owner Michael Bidwill.

Here’s how it unfolded… 👏👏👏

(via OliviaMarie256/TikTok)

[Coach Vint @coachvint]

I talked a dad who told me he spent $10k a year on travel baseball between tourneys, travel, and gear for his son. He got a partial scholarship to D-2 school. If he had put the $10k in a mutual fund each year, he would have had about $190,000. The scholarship was $5k a year.

[College Basketball Content @CBBcontent]

College basketball reporter Jeff Goodman takes a shot at LSU head coach Will Wade:

"Will Wade, I wish you didn't come back to college basketball. Honestly, I mean that. I like Will. I've known Will since he was an assistant at Harvard back in 2007... 2008. But man, you suck for college basketball. You're making it into a mockery. Look in the mirror and understand it's not just about you... Don't try to ruin this sport."

[Robert Sterling @RobertMSterling]

I just had the craziest experience at the airport.

We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.

Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”

Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.

The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”

He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”

Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…

Start clapping.

I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.

All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.

It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.

@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright says if you want more food in your bowl or burrito just ask, they’ll give you more for free

Bookmark this to show chipotle employees next time you go

“If you want more, you should ask for a little more. Promise you, there's never a team member on that line's gonna say no to you. We will continue to put heaping spoonfuls of food and bowls and burritos — want the consumer to tell you it's too big. We're about abundance. We're about value. Value equals benefit over a price.”

This comes after a massive social media backlash for drastically decreasing portion sizes and increasing prices

[Eric Pratt @ByEricPratt]

My dad is 75 and lives in Iowa. He got the MLB Extra Innings package to watch the Tigers again this year - something he plans his whole day around.

Tonight, Detroit (664 miles from his house) hosted Milwaukee (360 miles from his house). Couldn't watch. Blacked out. (1/2)

[Scott Bell @sbell021]

🚨GIVEAWAY🚨

I'm teaming up with @PlaybookProduct to give away a mug to celebrate Michigan's hoops National Championship.

To enter:
- Like and retweet this post
- Be following me and @PlaybookProduct
- I'll select a winner Sunday night

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[J.R. Boudouris @JBoudouris]

For anyone who uses StubHub to buy/sell tickets, a cautionary post...

I purchased four tickets to all three sessions of March Madness in St Louis on March 20 and 22 for $2000 total. When Illinois did not end up in the STL bracket, I sold the tickets on Stubhub on March 15...

[Pitless @pitlessball]

2026 Yaxel Lendeborg

[Luke D'Mello @mello2189]

LOCK IN.... TOGETHER!!!!

#GoBlue
#MichiganBasketball
#FinalFour
#MarchMadness

[ᗩᑎT ᗯᖇIGᕼT @itsAntWright]

It’s easy to stay at a program when everything is going well

These dudes won eight total games three seasons ago and hung around

They’ll leave Michigan with at minimum a BTT championship, Big Ten championship, and a Final Four

[Michigan Men's Basketball @umichbball]

It's all ours. 🏆

The Michigan Wolverines are the 𝙊𝙐𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 champions of the Big Ten.

[Anthony Bradley @drantbradley]

They spend $16K on their son’s travel baseball career. The kid has a nutritionist. Parents are spending $16k a year on travel baseball and calling it ‘opportunity.’ It’s not opportunity. It’s parental foolishness & idolatry dressed up as ambition & success. #WormwoodFTW

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

RT if you 🫶 Colston Loveland

[Tracy Wolfson @tracywolfson]

Just watched this commercial from @chevrolet
So well done, tears are flowing. Hits right at home when for those of us who constantly feel like time is flying by

[Viralfizz @Viralfizz]

Football jersey epoxy flooring

[Josh Henschke @JoshHenschke]

Merry Christmas to all! It’s the season of giving so I’d like to give away ONE year of access to M&BR on me.

Retweet this tweet to enter. Winner will be announced tonight! Must be following and have DMs open so I can contact the winner.

Good luck!

[Boomer Beamer @ImDerBatman]

Imagine being a senior without a future in the NFL and learning out of nowhere that you played your last game ever last week