August 20th, 2020 at 9:28 PM ^
B1G Commissioner is screwed , either - a) don't play season and parents sue, or b) play season and kids get the 'rona and parents sue.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:41 PM ^
Something tells me he’ll manage just fine with option #1
August 20th, 2020 at 10:29 PM ^
I'm not arguing for or against the decision, but if the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 pull off a full football season this fall, the Big Ten commissioner and many others associated with this decision may not "manage fine" in their current positions for very long.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:47 PM ^
Given the current trends on those campuses, I don’t think warren will worry too much about this
August 20th, 2020 at 11:02 PM ^
I’m expecting those schools to go online and keep the players together like they have been doing so minimize the chances of them getting sick.
August 21st, 2020 at 12:11 AM ^
Warren and anyone else who thinks it's a given SEC/ACC schools are shutting down football are complete morons.
There IS a possibility the 3 remaining Power conferences can't hold out, but with major league baseball continuing to plug away, MLS starting its non-bubble phase, NFL training camps opening, and European soccer successfully completing their seasons (including Champions League), sports are happening all over the world. The Big-10 and Pac-10 are the outliers. And closing in-person education to go 100% online makes the campuses that much safer for the remaining players and staff.
August 21st, 2020 at 9:12 AM ^
Of course going online would make it safer, that essentially creates a bubble for the athletes. However, didn't Manuel already say they won't be playing if there are no other students on campus?
August 21st, 2020 at 7:22 AM ^
The fact he didn't even allow it to try and start and there are students on campus combined with the fact he feels safe enough to lost his son to play all added up doesn't look good for him. there is no way his reputation is better after all this
August 20th, 2020 at 10:17 PM ^
Um, anyone can sue anyone. But the parents' suit would have absolutely zero legal merit. What a bunch of selfish, small-minded rubes.
August 20th, 2020 at 11:50 PM ^
They probably hired Larry Klayman as their lawyer--the choice of the foolish and desperate.
August 21st, 2020 at 5:02 AM ^
Aren't they suing the wrong person, or people? He's just the mouth piece for the Presidents and Chancellors. It was their decision not to play.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:29 PM ^
What will they pay their lawyer with....corn?
August 20th, 2020 at 9:38 PM ^
It'll be a combination of corn and pizza. There's pizza hyperinflation in East Landfill right now and some Nebraska types scored 2000 pizzas for 8 ears of corn and a can of creamed corn.
Edit: my bad. The exchange rate is actually 200 pizzas for 8 ears of corn and a can of creamed corn. The spartan in the exchange did give up 2000 pizzas though 'cuz sparty can't count.
August 21st, 2020 at 9:46 AM ^
At least Nebraska and Ohio State had the balls to stand up and demand answers. Michigan just laid down and played dead. Of course, they get a lot of practice doing that every November.
August 21st, 2020 at 9:53 AM ^
Disgruntled Michigan fan or troll?
August 21st, 2020 at 10:10 AM ^
Or Michigan just understood already and didn't need to participate in this foolishness.
August 21st, 2020 at 1:04 PM ^
Government subsidies.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:30 PM ^
Imagine where we’d be in this world without “billable law hours”
August 20th, 2020 at 9:40 PM ^
We're stuck with billable hours unless they build some high rises in the Ninth Circle of Hell.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:45 PM ^
Here’s a hint: lawyers dread billable hours too. I am actively avoiding entering my time for the last two days as we speak. Why did I leave in-house to go back to a firm?
August 20th, 2020 at 10:42 PM ^
I've never understood this. I worked in industry before professional services and I craved a way, a metric - something that would prove what I've done for you (Revenue, Margin, Hours Charged). Billable hours gave me numbers I could add to the story I was telling and I've been a happier person for it 15+ years into a career where 5 days per week I am entering time.
Also - dreading time entry is a big effing mistake. People who enter time daily have, on average, 20% stronger hours / revenue than people who don't; you miss the onsey twoseys if you wait and that shit adds up.
Man up - time in daily, yo!
August 20th, 2020 at 11:04 PM ^
I track it as I go in short hand in my time keeping system or I dictate it if I’m not at my desk. I just have to go in and fix the entries, which I sometimes let pile up. Trust me, I don’t miss time.
August 21st, 2020 at 4:30 PM ^
Except those numbers are often bullshit; e.g. answer an email that takes 30 sec. is billed as 0.25 hours. Don't know of bigger legal consumer scams than "billable hours."
August 20th, 2020 at 9:52 PM ^
Not just lawyers - those of us in professional services, too (which is more than just “consultants” if you squint really hard). It totally sucks.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:05 PM ^
It’s very different for lawyers from what I gather talking to my friends in those fields. The hours requirements, if they exist at all, are significantly lower and you end up with a lot more flat fee projects assignments where you’re trying to see how profitable you are. Also, even the biggest law firms are still really bad things like PTO or paternity leaves where I think the other professional services world is more in line with the norm.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:44 PM ^
Lawyers also tend to be noted numberphobes / math-averse. Timekeeping implicates both.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:51 PM ^
I do a fair amount with numbers as a lot of my work involves business disputes and have picked up a lot from the accountants and experts I’ve worked with over the years. It’s just a pain in my ass. I have started to stay away from clients that don’t pay full rates or don’t allow block billing. I don’t have time to sit there and track every 0.1.
August 20th, 2020 at 11:00 PM ^
Well done. Gotta avoid those time sucks.
August 21st, 2020 at 10:16 AM ^
Yep. I'm really bad about this, always have been. I don't know why, but the longer I put it off, the worse it gets. I do lose a fair amount of money because of it, and it's 100% my own fault.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:33 PM ^
If Ole Red wanna play, just hold some scrimmages.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:36 PM ^
Focused on the most important things: keeping lawyers employed.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:37 PM ^
I'm exhausted by all this back and forth.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:38 PM ^
TWSS
August 20th, 2020 at 9:41 PM ^
I honestly had to look that up... Fuck, when did I get old?
August 20th, 2020 at 9:56 PM ^
2015 was 30 years ago.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:28 PM ^
2015? March was a hundred years ago.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:38 PM ^
That determined to go 0-10 eh?
August 20th, 2020 at 9:43 PM ^
Telling that they can only hire some small town yokel and that he doesn’t cite any legal basis for the request. “I hereby demand you give me new Ferrari!” Has about the same effect and level of success. The only upside is that it puts the Big Ten in a defensive posture, but I’m not sure they really care about the bad press.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:45 PM ^
What happened to the parents who handed out juice boxes and rice crispies after the games?
August 20th, 2020 at 10:41 PM ^
I'm sure that's covered in one of the Governor's executive orders.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:56 PM ^
These parents need to shut the hell up. We don’t like the outcome, so let’s throw a fit. Let me know when one of them is a doctor.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:54 PM ^
In Michigan’s case Steve Hutchinson is a doctor and agrees that college football should be played.
August 20th, 2020 at 11:22 PM ^
Steve Hutchinson isn’t a doctor. Chris is, and he’s not threatening a lawsuit either.
August 21st, 2020 at 4:51 PM ^
Yep I meant Chris. It’s what I get for typing while mostly sleeping. Point stands though. There are doctors who feel the decision was wrong and football should still be played. I would venture there is at least one Nebraska player who has a parent that is a doctor as well.
August 20th, 2020 at 9:57 PM ^
Let nebraska leave, who cares
August 20th, 2020 at 9:58 PM ^
All of this reminds me of the annoying parents who would berate coaches and referees/umpires during Little League. I guess the kids have to grow up, even if the parents won't.
Also, shouldn't parents be happy their kids could focus more on their studies FOR FREE?
Also (x2), didn't Nebraska parents look at the schedule? They're looking at another mediocre season. They should do like the MSU parents and site quiet now that their sons have been spared an embarrassing fall on the field.
August 20th, 2020 at 10:00 PM ^
I’ve said it before on here, but I agree with other posters, let Nebraska leave. They’re a much better fit in the Big 12 anyway.
August 20th, 2020 at 11:59 PM ^
They have no true rival. There's that contrived one with iowa but nothing else. Would've been a huge addition in 1994 but unless they fall ass backwards into an amazing coach I don't see them ever being what they once were again.
Again who the hell wants to live in Nebraska?
August 21st, 2020 at 8:49 AM ^
I live in Nebraska, and can tell you that most people here want to leave, or at least say they do. My wife and I are actually planning on leaving in the very near future. I agree with everything else you wrote. The Nebraska-Iowa rivalry feels pretty natural (there’s a ton of Iowa fans in eastern Nebraska, especially around Omaha. And there’s a lot of Husker fans in western Iowa). Aside from that, yeah. Definitely a much better fit in the big 12, historically with all of their rivalries, culturally and academically.