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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    You hit the nail on the head. A 17- or 18-year-old who suddenly gets huge checks every month usually doesn't have the worldly experience where he can handle the situation, and having the right people doing it for you is important. An inexperienced agent or one who'd steal from you could destroy...
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    2026-27 projection is only 24-25 wins

    I disagree with this assessment. The Bucks have a young roster and will play aggressively. They're going to get whipped a lot of times but they're also going to run the legs off the opposition because of youth as well. I have estimated up to 40 wins, but realistically probably 35 or 36 will be...
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    Why I Love The 2026-2027 Green Bay Packers

    He spent his post-football days living in Auburn, CA. I know the area well. In fact that area was my second stop as a cop. I had a cousin living there in Meadow Vista, which is just up Highway 80 into the foothills. He knew Jim, and his daughter and one of his sons worked in one of his...
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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    From what I gather, some schools supply accountants to handle the taxes for the athletes to ensure they don't screw it up. They're even keeping an eye open to ensure no unscrupulous agents are getting involved, stealing the money and leaving the athletes with nothing but a tax debt and no way to...
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    2026 Draft Rd 6 #35 K Trey Smack Florida

    I think you're absolutely right about experience and having off days. Over the years, the best of them have had days where they couldn't get the job done. If you held every player on the roster up to those criteria of getting it right every time, you'd run out of players in a couple of games...
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    Why I Love The 2026-2027 Green Bay Packers

    I think Belton is going to surprise people this year. As for Banks, I agree with the philosophy that he benefited from the guys who played beside him. They made his game look better than it was. Zach Tom is the real deal. I see him as a lot like Jim Otto, who was the Raiders center for a long...
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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    They hire the athletes to work for them. It's no different than athletes getting opportunities to be headliners at memorabilia sales, where they get show up money and additional cash for signing their name and allowing pictures to be taken with them. The difference is, the athlete will sign an...
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    2026 Draft Rd 6 #35 K Trey Smack Florida

    Lucas Havrisik's missed extra-points vs NY Giants Lucas Havrisik’s two missed extra points in the Week 11 game against the New York Giants were the result of a combination of challenging game conditions and his own in-game struggles, rather than a single isolated error. Windy field conditions...
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    Giannis and Portis gone?

    I've gotten the impression that Herro would actually like to stay in Milwaukee if things could be worked out for him to stay long term. His roots in the area are deep, and I think he could make the kind of community connections that Portis and Connaughton did. Embracing the community and them...
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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    Good question. This might answer your question. Generally, donors who give money to Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) collectives cannot deduct the payments on their taxes as charitable contributions. The IRS ruled that because NIL payments primarily benefit specific private student-athletes...
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    Fantasy Football League

    We need to get a 2026 fantasy league going. It's fun competing against each other out here. I'm in for sure!
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    Giannis and Portis gone?

    Yes. It was a good trade getting LeVert. It frees up being able to trade Kuzma who doesn't fit into the future plans of youth. I think keeping or trading Herro at this point is 50/50. They could sign him to a lucrative long-term contract and still keep themselves out of the penalty stages of...
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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    Your last sentence covers it. It's like I said way back when it began. I was told by a friend a U Texas that they had donors that were ready to hand out $50k for every lineman they brought in under scholarship. It wasn't one or two good ones; it was to stock the shelves 3 deep by position if...
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    Giannis and Portis gone?

    There are some interesting talents that came to the Bucks through this trade. Jacquez is a prime example. He was the #2 man in the league for 6th-man in voting. That has to make you smile considering he averaged over 15 a game last year. He's a swing player at 6-6 and can move freely around the...
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    Badgers Football 2025-2026

    There are two levels of NIL. The direct payments from school and collective and on the other hand, the national brand advertising which falls into the hands of super star athletes who go to the "right school" where they will gain more national exposure than they would at a school that draws less...
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