Site-Wide Activity

Given the 20th Century’s history, it’s shocking to a lot of Americans that, before WWII, this is how people would pledge allegiance.

I disagree. I get what you are saying, but in this case it wasn’t walk like duck is a duck. That’s ridiculous. And perception is not reality. There is no “my” truth or relative reality.

Bellamy salute

Since you ask I’ll give my opinion. Perception is reality. Whether he meant it as a Nazi salute or not the only thing that matters is what people believe. I watched the speech and when he did that I was like uh oh because of how aggressive it was. I personally don’t think he’s that way but when it comes to anything close to Nazism people shoul…[Read more]

Well, I guess what I would say is that once the IRS closes the loophole of having athletic donations count as tax write-offs, then the money will dry up. I for one am, well, I guess I shouldn’t really be shocked, that all of these collectives are, at the moment, considered to be 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. It’s one thing to give money to…[Read more]

What aren’t billionaires buying? From my perch it looks like we are entering the era of the robber barons circa 1880’s.

As a Miami guy, I’m obviously not a Bills’ fan but I really wish Cole and Dalton nothing but the best come Sunday.

At the end of the day who cares? Give me guys who want to be a Ute! If Snowden wants to go to BYU for extra money then so be it! Snowden won’t fix their O line or D line which is by far their biggest area of need going into next year.

With or without Snowden, Utah will have a top 25 defense …

The issues for Utah falls completely on their hea…[Read more]

The interesting part of the story is that I had to make the decision on a Monday. On the Saturday night before, the wife and I did an analysis of Stay vs Go. We wrote in the margin everything we could think of, house, neighborhood, job, church, friends, town, money, etc. etc. We ranked them all 1-10, and at the end of the list when we totaled…[Read more]

I have had two similar experiences. Both times I left a company strictly for an increase in pay. Both times I didn’t care if the working conditions and responsibilities would make me happier. Both times I was miserable and regretted the decision.

On another occasion, I left a company that included a nice salary increase, but that wasn’t the…[Read more]

Ever so true. The lessons we learn at the school of hard knocks but we all know you can talk to a kid until you are blue in the face and they will do just the opposite.

I did that once in my career, wasn’t quite double but it was nearly a 70% increase, and within one year I was on the cusp of cracking 6 figures. I wasn’t even 30 years old yet, so it was pretty exciting. But after 18 months, I left to return to my prior company for a different, not nearly as good of a position for a 20% pay cut because I was…[Read more]

Good points. Isn’t there an independent source that sets player values based on position and past performance? If I have 5 employees doing the same job and one makes double the other 4 that creates issues.

Utah pays market value. They have a policy of not overpaying and it not because they don’t have it. Utah’s NIL fund is in the top half of the Big12.

BYU on the other hand will way over pay to get players especially if they come from Utah.

Over paying players creates discord between players and between players and coaches and boosters.

U…[Read more]

Go after LJ Martin and even if you don’t get him they will have to pay up to keep him. Good point steel. As my dad would “give them a taste of their own medicine”

Yeah, if this isn’t resolved in some meaningful way soon then I’m gonna bail. I’m quickly losing interest in college sports.

Why not go after their guys?! They want to play dirty- let’s out dirty them. Go after their biggest playmaker? Or raise the prices on their nil donors.