Owen Good's discussions
This is all true, but like the comparison to the legalization of marijuana (or other drugs) — why should the NCAA give a shit that this case shows people don’t care about paying players if they’ve ignored reams upon hours of evidence and testimonial in the past that people don’t care about paying players. Their… Read more
This may go in a direction you didn’t intend but the only problem I have with metrics is that they never come with some kind of a frame of reference attached. You see this site and others throw off WAR in baseball or DVOA or conversion or something assuming the reader knows already what a good figure is from a… Read more
I keep waiting for someone to give a reason — any reason — why I should care what a baseball player makes. Don’t mistake me, I’m not hostile to the idea of ballplayers making huge money, I just don’t care what the sum is. I don’t give a shit what a director is paid for making The Avengers, I don’t care what a tennis… Read more
The simple truth of the NCAA is this: It punishes — and hard — schools that don’t embody the noble vision of itself that it puts out in this kind of marketing. (Miami, Memphis or reconditioned teachers colleges) If your university props up the NCAA’s bullshit self-image of meritocracy and opportunity (a noble state… Read more
Yangervis-y Reminder:
I notice that I — I, Gawker OG alumnus, Kotaku sports columnist — have been grayed. That doesn’t change the fact that there is no sports publication more out of step with its readership than this one is on the question of Anthony Davis. Every take Deadspin has offered here has been pure shit. Read more