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I’ve talked about this with my best friend, who went to Cal and his wife Stanford. Both institutions could be monsters with alumni, but they struggle with understanding the ROI. Other than just wanting to see your team win, you get nothing in return from an individual standpoint. At some point, like you said, it’s just too much money to give away if it doesn’t work out as planned. A lot of the people from Cal and Stanford, with the money to contribute, do have their eye on something other than distributing it to football. These schools in the South are different; it’s all they have. Their fan bases start tailgating on Wednesday afternoon in the SEC. That’s an unreal concept in places like Cal, Stanford, pretty much anywhere outside the South.

BYU does have the religion factor, which I feel plays to their advantage being a reflection of their religion. I agree with your points though, if it’s a single or small individual donor base, that won’t last because there truly is no ROI. Especially when they’re suspending college kids for doing college-aged activities.

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That would be most welcome….

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The Lyons kid makes more sense considering his family background. Plus, if NIL is what it’s cracked up to be, why not attend your family’s school, where they all went to? BYU has the advantage now with LDS kids, who were a likely lean but now with NIL and willingness to pay top $$. It is what it is….

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Over a 1/2 million in the winning share payout. Not bad.

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Anytime I see this happen to any team, school, or even a campus shooting, I think about hearing the news about Ty and Aaron, which both took my breath away for some time and made me kind of sick for a couple of days. Knowing the story about how it affected players, coaches, and their families, knowing the story more than most, I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy. Wishing the best for all those associated with Baylor’s young teammate. It’s awful no matter the circumstance.

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You all should post a pic or two if possible. I love seeing where people go on vacation, gives me new ideas for future plans.

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My summer started a week ago with a trip to Chicago to see the Giants play the Cubs at Wrigley. Pretty sweet, spent 2 1/2 hours on an eBike up and down Lakeshore trail and through Grant Park before my pals showed up for the games. Twin Anchors BBQ and too many Old Styles. Was pretty wiped out when I had to work last Thursday but that’s what weekends are for, recovery.

I tend to do 3 to 4 day trips mixed in with Red Butte shows and other live concerts over the summer. Camping up in the Unitas, lots of hiking after work kind of stuff.

The highlights are planned so far. Torrey over Memorial Day (Capitol Reef lodge mostly for the hot tub), backpacking in the Wind Rivers over Pioneer Day, SF for the Giants home series versus the Cubs in August (one pal is from Chicago so it makes the home and away series a no-brainer). This will be the big fun one because we’ve booked a hotel across from AT&T, and seeing the Pixies in Berkeley one night.

Concerts for Red Butte: Trampled by Turtles (5/29), Ryan Bingham (6/8), Houndmouth (7/14), My Morning Jacket in August. VIP tickets for Wilco in Odgen (8/20). Those are the ones with tickets in hand, I’m sure I’ll find others.

Planting the garden this weekend so that’ll keep me busy over the summer too. I don’t do anything fancy, a variety of cherry tomatoes and Armenian cucumbers, both tend to do really well and end up being a staple for sides when they become ready.

San Rafael Swell starting in September (unless the football team looks really good, ;).

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I’m jealous, beyond the spam, that sounds awesome!

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I don’t think GS ever tanked. Steph was #7, Klay #11, and Draymond was #35 in their respective drafts, plus most of their role players are late 2nd-rounders. I’d be more worried about the Jazz’s last two drafts, where they had 5 1st-round picks and multiple 2nd-round picks, with only Collier and Flip appearing to be decent role players. The OKC model works with developmental genius and hitting on your 1st rounders. So far, the Jazz have done neither and by far, this is the biggest concern because they have to hit on every pick, free agency is not an option for them. If they don’t, the Mitchell and Gobert trades will send them into an NBA wasteland.

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It’s been a few years since I looked over the CB. I’ve located all the Provo Incel’s….. no doubt.

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