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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz

@andyhre.bsky.social
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Dorky antitrust economist with an interest in sports economics, athletes' rights, and way too many boardgames.

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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 3h
Chat, draw me what a MAGA doll might look like if it were also Satan's second cousin. Oh and throw Trump into the picture, but asleep.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 3h
on the other hand, the other 14 are just standoffish.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 6h
I feel like I'd take mina as OL coach over half the NFL but she's not going to score any fatguy TDs any time soon! Sort of reminds me of the skit where Paul Simon played Connie Hawkins 1-on-1.
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Wouf @zeseadog1966.bsky.social · 14h
"on truth social I saw AI tits and tantrums and fits I got a digital hit of Ivermectin I saw a meme of the king in the arms of Jesus I'll admit it was a strange direction All caps, no breaks, and some real hot takes And they really only like the whites" jessewellesworld.com/song/truth-s...
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Jesse Welles - Truth Social
"Truth Social" by Jesse Welles
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 6h
I know but I still harbor the (vain?) hope that politicians remember the number line and how it works.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 6h
I have a new favorite Italian sentence. Io sono un vero pantofolaio. I am a true coach potato (literally slipper-wearer)!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 7h
They are price fixing our beer! Antitrust enforcement now!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
is your address even a secret to "dox"?
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
i hope this is true.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22h
A naked, gold-covered Trump statue has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It’s called “Orange Plague,” also known as “King of Injustice,” and shows him sitting on another man’s shoulders holding an enormous golf club. Covered in reportedly 23-karat gold, of course.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
The only way high schoolers get crowded out if if the NCAA were to grant all athletes 5 years rather than 4... which they did on their own. Transfers don't change the number of spots for high schoolers, just which school they go to. And if you really want more spots, RAISE THE ROSTER CAP. Voila.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
Every athlete who transfers out of School X to go to School Y leaves an opening at School X. Even if they fill the spot via a transfer from School Z, then Z has an opening. And if somehow Z gets the athlete from X, then no high school spots got taken -- we just have the 3 different guys at X,Y,Z.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
here's the thing about the "no one is recruiting high schoolers anymore" canard. Every transfer athlete had to be a high school recruit before. Do we think they are just skipping football for 2 years and then suddently being recruited as juniors? Plus...
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
the update iself is: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Skybirds! Project Update: Two Hiccups and a Recovery
Greetings fellow (card) Aviators! Things remain on track for (a) having games available for sale at the San Diego HistCon Night Market on Saturday, November 7 and (b) shipping ...
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
I posted a new updates re: Skybirds today: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Skybirds!
Skybirds 2-4 players fight for dominance in the skies of the Great War (World War I). Aerial combat is simulated by –and this is a little weird but work with us– winning rounds of a ladder-climbing ca...
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 10h
EVerybody's Broke (and College Sports are dying):
“We've generated 56% … revenue growth without a new television deal. It's unheard of. We're going to be near a billion dollars in distribution next year. We've won 36 championships over the last four-plus years. Now we need to win it in hoops. Men’s basketball.”
Jim Phillips
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 12h
I've got my mind set....
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Kodiak149 @kodiak149.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the Bracket City game on the Atlantic is fun but I hate how it punishes you for mistyping a word even if you delete the stray character before hitting enter. Ableist! Nonetheless I managed to avoid typos today.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i might even have to change my plans and drive to work just for an excuse to listen!
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Board Game Hot Takes Podcast @boardgamehottakes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In today's podcast episode we feature the route-building, time travel game, Bus. We also discuss recent plays of Ostia, Jisogi: Anime Studio Tycoon, and Gunsen: Battle for Toshi Ranbo. Listen here: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/VUuDWRMPY6b #boardgames
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
he has several brothers, so i bet some of them would vote for him.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
when in doubt, lower demand!
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026
The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Septimius Severus supposedly had a "punic" accent, where S's came out more like SH's. So his own name was sort of lilke Daffy Duck. Of course, "Africa" to a Roman could have a more specific meaning than the whol continent. Often meant modern Tunisia + some of Libya.
Map of Roman provinces in the time of Augustus. 

By Cristiano64 - Lavoro proprio, self-made, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2452303
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And that's when Rocket Money joined the "The Rent is Too Damn High" party.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
oh gosh, I was in St Albans in July and thought it was charming. Now this. I may have to move there. (but alas, not there today)
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eventually I’ll make the trek
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I once had an intersector flux, and bow howdy, that was a real gut grinder
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
we could check his stomach afterwards
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@andrewbucholtz.bsky.social when I see you in November, it's going to be "high-spinach diet" every time we meet.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@alexkirshner.com i just sent you an email about PCSA.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bingo!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
feel free to crib from me!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
his budget for pale-pink liquid paper must be skyhigh
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Or alternatively, that having the second tier of FBS compete with FCS in a larger subdivision would involve less of a spending cliff.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
btw @mattbrown.bsky.social these data sort of tie into your FBS/FCS newsletter today. they provide some evidence that there is room for something b/w FBS and FCS.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
hey he plans to Defen Uture!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bullish = bullshitting
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this is why people have adopted the "sneeze and scatter" approach.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BGA has a new camapign, but I think I've improved it.
Sign saying Board Game Afterwork, changed to Board Game At work.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
he went from angry to "how you doin, babe?"
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
all data taken from this public filing: drive.google.com/file/d/1OTmr...
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1166-003. (10-01-2026) Exhibit A (Redacted Public Version of House Settlement Benefits Report).pdf
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New NCAA redacted filing (no school or conference info) shows 2025-26 Rev Share+Alston+GIA for 307 unidentified D1 schools. 65 of them paid $20mm or more. Wonder which schools those are. 234 spent less than $10mm (gradually declining downward). Only 8 schools fell in between $10mm and $20mm.
graph showing the same data described in the post: 65 schools over $20, 234 spent less than $10mm (gradually declining downward). Only 8 schools fell in between $10mm and $20mm.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
it's because he's an uncle fucker who believes in nepotism.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
congrats!
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
/agree
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am very happy to announce that California now has a much stronger antitrust law vis-a-vis monopolist conduct. I hope the federal system sees the benefits and follows suit. But obviously not until Republicans aren't in charge. www.skadden.com/insights/pub...
What’s new: On September 30, 2026, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1776 (the COMPETE Act) into law, which amends the Cartwright Act, California’s principal antitrust statute.
Why it matters: The new law authorizes the California attorney general and district attorneys to bring claims against individual businesses for alleged monopolizing or monopsonizing conduct, a significant expansion from the Cartwright Act’s historical focus on multifirm conduct. These new provisions of the Cartwright Act will take effect on January 1, 2027.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have become the baddies, for sure. Some might say "become" is an overly optimistic verb and should be "are and have been" but I think not.
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Andy "Andyfa" Schwarz @andyhre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
shipping will be charged in the pledge manager.
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