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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Western Michigan leads in the NCAA hockey championship game 4 to 2

Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Welcome to March. Today it is “one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.". Dickens.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The mountains are calling and I must go.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. Planet of the Apes

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Vonnegut states a granfalloon is a proud and meaningless association of human beings including any nation, anytime, anywhere.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Google has no backbone. They change the name of the Gulf of Mexico then turn of the comments so people can’t hurt their feelings.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The WNBA needs a rival league. Salaries in the WNBA are way too low.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

WTF. Trade war with Canada? Canada? And Mexico too? What do a tell my Principle students without saying Trump is dumb as a box of rocks and mean as a rattle snake?

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Sunset over Lake Michigan last summer.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I’ve been calling MAGA brain, although it actually predates Trump. I’d define it as the belief that effective governance comes from being harsh and unfeeling, putting aside namby-pamby, dare I say woke, concerns about stuff like protecting the environment or respecting civil liberties.—Krugman

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind. —Kurt Vonnegut

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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

People seem to just say stuff on social media without a willingness or ability to provide explanation.

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Katie Davis, CPA @katiedaviscpa.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The IRS denies 501c3 status to another NIL collective, citing case law and reasoning that the organization’s primary purpose was to further student-athletes’ compensatory opportunities, which is a substantial non-exempt purpose. 🧵 www.irs.gov/pub/irs-wd/2...

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

But it doesn’t matter how clever your R and Python calculations are or how sophisticated your model is if the data you’re using sucks. Matt Brown Publisher of Extra Points, a D1.ticker publication. Formerly of SB Nation. Chicago.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Some questions for sports economists: Will NIL payments raise or lower College Coaches salaries? Will Group of five conferences be a minor league for power four conferences with the current transfer rules? Will conference realignment continue as media contracts become more lucrative?

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Rodney Fort 🐀 @rodneyfort.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

The score that counts most since ultimately about revenue: BiG 4 SEC 3 ACC 2 Big12 1 G5 1 So Super 2 clearly clearly still dominate. BiG alone has as many as ACC+Big12+G5.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Hahahahaha YES! It’s happening! A college football coach may have his salary cut and reallocated to players. We told you that outlandish coaching salaries were a direct product of player exploitation. www.on3.com/college/okla...

On3’s Pete Nakos reported shortly after that Oklahoma State is planning to cut Gundy’s base salary and rededicate those funds to going all-in on NIL, should he agree. If Gundy doesn’t, they will terminate his contract, Nakos added.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Credit goes squarely here on this one 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Danny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

46 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot. WKRP's Les Nessman was on the scene that fateful day.

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Pete Groothuis @petegroothuis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

What a difference two days make. Winter is coming.

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James Reade @jjreade.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

For the last 4 years and 8 months I've been running an online seminar series: ROSES = Reading Online Sport Economic Seminars. It's brought me a huge amount of joy - new connections, fascinating people, great opportunities. I've been posting about it on Twitter up to now. Time now to start here...

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