Thomas Huffman

Pitt ‘23 #H2P

[No Laying Up @NoLayingUp]

Absolutely incredible show title

[Will Miles @WillMilesSEC]

Re: Sorsby, the NCAA is reaping what it’s sown. In ‘14/‘15, Northwestern players tried to unionize and the NCAA objected, stating that unionization would “create significant instability in college sports.” The case was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds, but the key issue of whether players are employees has remained. Now Sorsby is challenging NCAA rules as being arbitrarily harsh for what his team is calling a “mental health condition.”

The NCAA disagrees. Heck, I disagree with that framing. But it is indisputable that the NCAA has drug its feet at every turn when it comes to any sort of collectively bargained solution.

Remember when Tom Brady got suspended for deflategate? The US Court of Appeals said that the NFL commissioner had broad authority as part of the collective bargaining agreement. Basically, they said Goodell’s ruling might be unfair but it didn’t matter because he followed the collectively bargained rules.

It’s bad that Sorsby can gamble on his own team and play. But I actually think the judge in this case is right. Were Sorsby to win his case, the damage to his career would be irreparable when he finally got reinstated. That is the point of an injunction. The only question to me is whether the NCAA could make up that harm with monetary damages.

But now the powers that be in the NCAA will wring their hands at “instability” with the full irony that those hands are full of money they’ve made because they’ve delayed at every turn operating like all other legal entities.

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

Sidney Crosby in 7.

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

For Pittsburgh. 🖤💛

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

I'll always remember Chuck Norris as the man who changed the course of dodgeball history by casting the deciding vote that allowed Average Joes to play in the championship of the Las Vegas International Dodgeball Open where they upset the heavily favored Globo Gym Purple Cobras.

RIP. 🙏

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

@TheDegenWeekly Yep — great arena, games generally draw a great crowd, go to The Pine Club for a steak pregame and The Dublin Pub for a Guinness after and you’ll leave Dayton a happy man

[Darren Heitner @heitner]

The White House college sports gathering was more pathetic than anticipated.

No current athletes present. More than half of the participants didn’t get a word in. It was a ploy to push the SCORE Act, which is NCAA-friendly legislation that has no shot in the Senate (for good reason).

Politicians long for the days when athletes had no rights. They actually, laughably, think they can strip away athletes’ ability to be paid above cost of attendance.

Trump plans to sign an executive order that he anticipates will be rejected by the courts. His cohort complains about lawyers filing eligibility lawsuits in state court with athlete-friendly judges while Trump suggests he will try to find a judge who will comply with whatever he concocts.

Trump completely misunderstands how and why athletes have become empowered over the past 5 years. He awkwardly and repeatedly blamed a judge (not by name) and was later advised that the Supreme Court ruled 9-0 against the NCAA in a seminal case (Alston), and even that case had nothing to do with NIL (many states signed laws to supersede blanket NCAA prohibitions).

Charlie Baker, Greg Sankey, and others have been pressing Congress for a lifeline. I think this meeting set them back in a big way.

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

@PageKpage @TronCarterNLU A couple of camera cuts later and he was a scorecard length away from the fairway. Disgraceful!

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

@TronCarterNLU going to need a statement on the egregious TIO relief granted to the Scheffler camp on #8 whilst straddling the cut line. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

@SpiethLegion Golf Channel has placed him in Witness Protection.

[That Guy Rocked @ThatGuyRocked]

DeJuan Blair.

That guy rocked.

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

HAIL TO PITT!

[Pitt Volleyball @Pitt_VB]

WE'RE HEADED TO OUR FIFTH STRAIGHT NATIONAL SEMIFINAL!!!

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

Aaron Donald is returning to Pitt to be this week's guest picker and have his jersey retired 😤

@AaronDonald97

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

COLLEGE GAMEDAY IS HEADED TO PITTSBURGH AND PAT IS HEADED HOME‼️

We’ll be outside Acrisure Stadium for our first Saturday show in the Steel City in 20 years!

@PatMcAfeeShow

[Pitt Football @Pitt_FB]

Hard work pays off‼️

Aaron Donald’s No. 97 jersey will officially be retired this fall.

https://t.co/eeneFMhkJQ

[NCAA Women's Volleyball @NCAAVolleyball]

PITT FOR THE WIN 😼

No. 5 @Pitt_VB defeats No. 13 Penn State in four sets!

#NCAAWVB

[Pitt Football @Pitt_FB]

THE SCRIPT: Pitt vs. West Virginia 🔵🟡

[Thomas Huffman @t_huffy13]

@hoffy8121 What if — definitely hypothetically, of course — you did both?

[Chris Vannini @ChrisVannini]

Really interesting stuff in here.

- Nearly 2/3 of first-round picks are blue-chip recruits. Stars matter

- The four best NFL-producing teams won every national title

- Pitt is doing the best at NFL talent outperforming recruiting rankings

[MLB @MLB]

Paul Skenes will take the mound for Team USA in the 2026 #WorldBaseballClassic 🔥