"Chuba Hubbard's protest marks a major power shift where college players finally realized their leverage" — Big Cat

Take Slip·Jun 17, 2020·Hot Seat/Cool Throne

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Chuba Hubbard's protest marks a major power shift where college players finally realized their leverage

When [Chuba] came out and said that I'm not going to play... that to me was a major major shift in power in college football. Because he said that his team was lined up behind him. And if enough players were to say something like that... they have a shitload of power.

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This was prescient, as the ensuing years saw massive increases in player power via NIL and the transfer portal.

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MLB owners should take a financial loss this season to save the sport's long-term future

The owners will be making money forever. If they had any kind of foresight, the idea here would be take a loss this season but save the baseball season and dominate the ratings. This is the Long play: lose some money this year, but keep baseball going... instead they're taking the short-term approach, the dumb approach.

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A 50-game MLB season will result in an asterisk for whoever wins the World Series

I think we're all resigned to the fact that it's going to be 50 Game season, which will result in an asterisk on whoever wins this world series unless it's the Nationals or the Cubs or the Red Sox.

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The season ended up being 60 games. While fans of rival teams often joke about the asterisk for the 2020 Dodgers, it is officially recognized as a full championship.

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I want to buy a Wiffle ball league and become the Vince McMahon of Wiffle ball

I want to buy a wiffle ball leak and I watched probably three hours of this Wiffle ball league in Michigan... I want to be the Vince McMahon and Wiffle ball and and bring them all together and make a national Wiffle ball league because you know what? I actually think Wiffle ball could just be the new sport.

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While he didn't start a national professional league, Barstool did eventually host several successful Wiffle Ball tournaments/content series.