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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It’s insane that Moody isn’t getting JT clobbered for alleged complicity in the siphoning of millions, too

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

No one doing better work on this than Kartik

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Kartik Krishnaiyer @kkfla737.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Fantastic! When the media is in the tank for the GOP and moderators cannot be trusted to actually moderate debates and fact check there’s no need to get on a debate stage with a pathological liar like Byron Donalds

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Racism has to thrive on something, after all! Difference is bad! They’re taking over? Now we are afraid!

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

What’s funny is for years the complaint was “they don’t assimilate.” Now some brown guys go have fun at a football game and we’re … mad?

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hasn’t occurred yet and the NCAA tends to win the merits in most singular antitrust cases.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Even if an oversimplification— not at all an exception. Kentucky just bought out Stoops with revenue. Kelly bought out with revenues which exceed the cap proposed by the PCSA! It doesn’t matter much, though. The bill won’t pass the house

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The NCAA argument is empirically untrue— a weird Cruz/PCSA talking point but the reality is college sports areexpanding in the NIL era.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Also false. See, FSU’s issues as a recent example

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Federal law would have to change for bargaining to occur either way. Football players and basketball players would seek their own agreements. This is sensible given they generate the revenue and they receive almost all the revenue share (over 98%, per a recent study cited in Blythe v NCAA).

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The relevant question is why Congress would preserve an uncapped compensation market for coaches while protecting a cap on compensation flowing from institutions and associated entities to the athletes actually competing in the games. Athletes are aware this is the key query.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I’m not at all missing the point. The PCSA caps their compensation. If it passes and there’s no collective bargaining, they have zero recourse (especially given the law has an antitrust exemption).

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just not true. The revenue share money goes almost exclusively back into the other two sports. If you cap compensation, by the way- you impair a legal limit in any actual “sharing” that does occur with non-revenue sports. Of course players would want to bargain about that!

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The moral case is simple. Athletes are the only people whose compensation would be restricted, whose playing careers are fleeting, and whose bodies bear the risks of concussions,long term injuries, and lifelong impairment. If we don’t let them bargain, what are we even doing?

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The bulk of revenue share money only goes to 2 sports.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

As for the PCSA, if the law passes w/o a viable collective bargaining mechanism , it’s both morally wrong & woefully insufficient practically. The quid pro quo for any federally authorized cap on athlete compensation must be an enforceable mechanism allowing athletes to bargain collectively.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If Dave Doreen’s empire to mediocre white football coaches finally crumbles, it will all be worth it, though as a Tar Heel I hope Dave stays forever.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Point 2 is not a significant issue, especially post revenue share. A CBA would almost certainly be required separately for football and basketball.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you want to give the NCAA an antitrust exemption, you have to provide a framework for collective bargaining.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Capping revenue off labor while providing no bargaining mechanism for the athletes is absolutely a restraint on the accumulation of black wealth. Full stop.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Meanwhile, the best writer the league employed was a casualty of poorly thought out cost-cutting measures, so there’s not a great writer(who isn’t still covering the World Cup) to set the table on league tactical trends

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The US can still play in the quarterfinals if Mike Pence has the courage.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Playing a road game in the loudest soccer venue in America wasn’t going to do that already?

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The best thing to come out of Trump’s FIFA peace prize is a birthright citizen getting to play a World Cup match despite a red card suspension.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Wild for anyone to think that Infantino and FIFA would need a phone call from Trump to do the corrupt thing that simultaneously could help them make money and further curry favor with a wannbe dictator.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

When FIFA corruption benefits me I also pretend everything is normal

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Happy Vicksburg Surrenders Day! Don’t forget to leave the cigars and bourbon out tonight for General Grant. It’s important to celebrate the surrender of the traitorous South’s most vital fort properly!

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

When the algorithm hits almost perfectly but one day early 😂

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Argentina-Cape Verde > All Too Well (10 minute version) (Taylor’s version).

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thoughts on Argentina-Cape Verde, the indomitable Leo Messi, and missing Grant Wahl on an all-time World Cup classic on a magical night in Miami Gardens. My latest (in video form) 👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/beyondth...

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Thoughts on an all-time World Cup Classic between Argentina-Cape Verde

The World Cup always delivers. Even in the most unlikely of contests.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I celebrate it and love my country very much, which is why I feel so compelled to express my sadness, too. And I think of men like Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Joshua Chamberlain, Medgar Evers, John Lewis, Muhammad Ali and many others who saw seeds of greatness and possibility amidst injustice.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Weston McKennie heat map. 10,236 meters covered. Get my man some ranch dressing stat.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Not saying the US will win. But… Belgium are an aging golden generation that isn’t great defensively and the US will be playing in about as good a home field advantage as they could hope to have. No Flo sucks. But if not now, when?

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There aren’t many words for how great Weston McKennie has been at this World Cup. A joy to watch. He’s just an incredible player.

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Jason Davis @davisjason.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

he's incredible

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

*American men. American Women play after July 4 all the time

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The United States won 2-0 tonight, with goals by a birthright citizen and a German-born dual citizen player. Both young men chose to play for the United States. As a result, Americans will play World Cup soccer after July 4th for the first time ever. What America is all about!

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Most these clowns are too ignorant to care

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Clinical counter and finish by Julian Quiñones and El Tri lead. Azteca is a living and breathing place. Imagine the fourth quarter in a rivalry game in the loudest SEC Stadium you’ve been to on a Saturday night. Then imagine it’s 8,000 feet above sea level. Pandemonium.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

And was intended to represent the founding promise of all Americans being endowed with “certain inalienable rights” after the end of chattel slavery. The doctrine is a massive reason our country became the most powerful and prosperous free nation in world history.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The MAGA right meltdown over the birthright citizenship decision ignores that birthright citizenship has existed since the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868, is central to the Lincoln led vision of the Reconstruction amendments as an anticaste reset for the nation…

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Small sample size theater is the story of international soccer but Miggy Almiron being the best player on the field in a knockout stage match with Germany is a tough blow for the “mLs SucKs” crowd

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Panama 🇵🇦 are the hard luck story of this World Cup to date. Canaleros have played beautifully for most of 2 games. Could easily be sitting on 6 points. Soccer can be a cruel mistress.

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Neil W. Blackmon @nwblackmon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

You don’t see a lot of 3.1-.5 xG World Cup matches that end 0-0 but Curaçao will take the point. A big moment in history for a country the size of Tallahassee, Florida.

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