[TheNuschler]

^^^^

IMO experience (and I’ve had a ton at this), alcohol is a complete disaster and can quickly overtake your day-to-day life. As I’ve grown older I’ve tried to maintain my active lifestyle, last check-up with blood work my doctor asks “I see you drink a lot, your counts show it. You’re going to want to cut waaay back if you want to keep playing sports, riding the road bike and functioning into your 70s, or you can have a stroke if you want.” I’ll admit, wfh + covid got to me. So I cut it out about 8 months ago. Productivity, test results since, activity levels all shot back up to my early 30’s. I’m mid 50s, look and feel better while doing everything I did at 30, like great sleep, stronger physically and mentally. Glad I realized it and took steps to cut it out. I admit, I miss a glass of High West on a Friday evening and it was difficult at first not to drink during football season. It is/was really worth it to me to be more engaged socially and with my adult sons (both do not drink but partake). I do use marijuana but not on a regular daily basis. I have some for sleep if needed (I don’t now that I’m booze free) and small doses for Red Butte or State Room shows. Just enough to feel a good vibe and not wreck a del taco drive through at 12:30 am. It works for me and booze is not the first thing I think of during a game or after work anymore.

Also, I think there is a real tax loss states lose out on this. It’s like the lotto, why send Utah’s lost tax revenue to Wyoming or Idaho? You can better regulate and control it on top of that. It’s not a mystery of what you are getting and it can be very specific and safe for a person’s need. Just my opinion, I’ve just seen alcohol ruin way more lives than people that choose to partake in weed.

[TheNuschler]

NIL

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It’s sustainable through having 1 billionaire donor that is crazy about hoops and wants to create a mini G league at his Alma mater. For BYU, not for most public institutions. I still am confused as to how the donors monetize their donations but when money doesn’t matter (essentially they are throwing it into a raging fire with no monetary return), then I guess its good for them, personally?

[TheNuschler]

100% agree

I maintain NIL benefits schools like BYU, Notre Dame, USC more than public institutions. They avoid being audited by a state legislature that gets p**sed that their school somehow got left out of a conference.

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My prediction is that Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter will not be playing in any bowl.

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Thanks for posting that link. No doubt Cal fans should be more p**sed than Ute fans over that. My Best friend’s hate burns for the ACC refs, Miami, anyone associated with that conference with the power of a thousand suns… still. Plus, being from Cal and a science grad he wants to use their patented Cyclotron to level the ACC athletics office.

“naw, that was me…”

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My best friend went to Cal and has a family full of BYU fans. He pays attention to the Y/Utah rivalry. He hates both equally but has always been pretty objective and opinions are spot on because he’s an outsider looking into it. After the game he mentioned the hold in the context of the Cal v. Miami game where the Miami defender clearly hit with the crown and launched at Cal’s QB during their late drive to win the game. Even the announcers were like “well, that’s clear cut targeting…” but even a booth review dismissed it. The conversation all week didn’t really focus on the game but the refs non-call. He texted me the following after “you shouldn’t make that call at that moment unless its obvious and extended through the entire play. This is a common deal when your conference has an undefeated team in the current landscape, Miami literally should have 2 losses but now only has one. It makes fun games unwatchable cause there is a feeling something wasn’t right. Was it a hold? Probably. Was the same play called before or during the game? Nope.”

I’ll never blame the refs and the Utes had plenty of chances to finish the game to win. I thought the game was a great reflection of what the rivalry should be, even after when the fans were losing it, the players for the most part kept their composure. Arguing over a subjective detail sucks for everyone.

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Brynn chose birth partners wisely.

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It’s reality, now…. Kinda like Bitcoin when people called it fake money.

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I guess that’s what the kids call it now…. I do know she raked over Blake Griffin pretty well.

I’d heard a little about Cole but nothing really jumping out. Interested in seeing how he fares in the crazy world of portal QB’s.

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