Sorsby to enter supplemental draft

No, but they could have simply owned the reason they weren't letting him in. I'm guessing that using the timing was a legal cover, not the actual reason they aren't holding the draft.

 

You are correct

No fantasy conspiracy narrative here

 

They did, so why even bring up that he submitted his request close to the deadline? Do you actually buy the notion that they couldn't move fast enough? Of course not, but it does provide some legal cover for the tearing of the new *******.

 

At the risk of making this a political thread...[MODS...feel free to delete this]

Today is more evidence that the "6" on SCOTUS don't vote like a block, despite what the fear mongering talking heads say. I think the "3" are in lock step far more...maybe that wouldn't be the case if they were in the majority?

FWIW, I think this was a bad result, but it might be more that the constitution says that states run the elections...so they're apparently allowed to do them in a way that's at best atrocious for public confidence in the results. As someone who moved here from another functional democracy (Canada), I think the way that the US does voting is insane.

We should just adopt the Canadian system, which I think would satisfy basically everyone reasonable.

• Significantly more polling stations. I don't know if the number of people / polling station is determined by law, but I think it should be.
• Same number of "scrutineers" from each party are present when votes are physically counted.
• You can mail absentee, but need to arrange it before hand (and show ID when you do).
• You show your ID when you vote. For people who wear religious face coverings, you go into a private space with someone of the same gender to show your face.
• If you don't have ID, you need someone from the district who does have ID to sign and vouch that you are who you say you are. There is a limit to how many people someone can vouch for (I think it's like 3-5).
• Canada doesn't use voting machines because we only vote on one thing (you vote for your local representative and the leader of the party that gets the most reps - chosen by something like a primary before the election - becomes the prime minister (like the president).
• We probably need something like voting machines in the US since (1) we have an elected senate (Canada just appoints them, which is very stupid IMO), and (2) the US does combine other questions into elections.

The US should also adopt how Canada does elections IMO.

• Very short campaigns (one to two months).
• Very strict campaign contribution rules (no contributions from corporations or unions, max individual contribution is $1,750 / year (to each party...there are 4 main parties...but one of them only runs in Quebec)

The problem is that Canada still has things like PACs, so the contribution limit thing gets worked around in the same way it would here. But at least shorter / cheaper campaigns would make politicians less indebted to their donors. And since those donation limits are still in play outside of elections, politicians probably wouldn't need to spend 75% (or whatever) of their time fundraising. As someone who moved here (and I'm happy that I did), the US system seems specifically designed to maximize corruption of elected officials.

 

why is this in
STEELERS FORUM

NFL GENERAL Forum be like
"Damn, No Love."

 

I don't agree with all of this, but it is well explained, and I appreciate the perspective. Unfortunately, it is very political because the voting process has become such a political battle, mostly because one side keeps crying about fraud despite never being able to prove it exists.

 

Sorsby is screwed, period.
I have no idea what he does next.

 

That is Funny.

Since he is banned from all these leagues, would he be OK to sign a contract with one of the Gambling Websites to pay down some of his legal bills???

 

Tough when even the Canadians won't take you.

We loved Ben Johnson...when I left, he was the spokesperson for an energy drink called "Cheetah", which I thought was a great double-meaning. There's got to be a Canadian gambling outfit that could have given Soresby the same treatment if he was in the CFL

 

The UFL seems to be his only option.

 

UFL or JUCO.

I think UFL would take him because they need the publicity.

 

The states run elections. That law should not ever change. Why it wasn’t 9-0 is still scary IMO.

The issue is one side is screaming corruption even though they control all 3 branches of government. Every accusation is a confession IMO. The same person who wants to stop mail in voting just voted by mail.

Make it make sense.

 

I thought I heard they will not allow him in?

 

Do you only believe this when the accusations come from one side?

Again...it's likely at least some endowment bias, but I think the US should just more or less adopt Canada's election rules. Would likely be very popular with like 80% of the country. All except the hard cores on each side probably.

 

YES!!
CHLAMYDIA DOES SOUND GOOD ABOUT NOW!!!!!

 

Election Fraud is a solution is search of a problem.

 

Today:

• Sounds like women's sports is defined by sex and not chosen identity....my original summary here is wrong. It's that states who define women's sports by gender do not violate title IX, not that all states have to...sounds like it's 27 states who define by sex currently, 23 that don't [I suppose this is a partisan with for the Reps, but this is an 80/20 issue with the people]
• Sounds like more spending in US elections. Because if a lot of corruption of politicians isn't bad, might as well have even more I guess. [my guess is that this one isn't partisan because politicians in both parties love being bought]
• No word on birth right citizenship yet (I guess they are dropping it soon). My guess is that they eliminate the birth tourism but don't do anything to change how children of illegal immigrants (who live here) get citizenship. [Thought they would "thread the needle" here. Technically 5-4 against, but it sounds like it's really 6-3 with Kavanaugh saying that he agrees with the result, but not the reasoning for it. This was the most political opinion they had to give this session. And it went against the Reps even though the breakdown of the court is 6-3 "for" republicans. Hopefully, SCOTUS always works this way. Where the results are about the law and not the party that appointed the judges.]

ETA: Looks like I was wrong about the birth tourism. It's legal.

More evidence that the argument that SCOTUS is hyper-partisan is incorrect.

 

IF ONLY

 

I'll try and turn this discussion back to the Sorsby situation. Is it possible that he could play Division 2 this season? The competition isn't top of the line but it is good enough to keep him sharp this year, it would be better than just sitting out the season. I know some have mentioned the JUCO route and that would be better than nothing but not as good as D2.

 

I don't think so, but this is an interesting question IMO.

My understanding (not a lawyer) is that he gave up on his bid to rejoin the NCAA. Which I assume means all NCAA?

I think this is why JUCO would be OK? The internet says that playing in JUCO doesn't cost NCAA eligibility because it isn't part of the NCAA.

So I don't think he can play in D2 (or D3) in the NCAA. But I think he could play in JUCO (as long as JUCO doesn't reject him like the NCAA, NFL, and CFL have).

Although the NFL didn't fully reject him. Just said he can't enter the supplemental draft.

And reading about that answered another one of my questions. Apparently, you can't enter the NFL without going through the draft once. So I think if some superstar rugby player tried to come over and play (or soccer star for kickers), they'd have to go through a draft. I assumed that there would be some age where this wouldn't be the case, but that wasn't talked about re: Soresby because he's obviously normal NFL prospect age.

 

The Dallas Renegades owner reached out to him allegedly

 

That explains it very well. I was thinking when back before the transfer portal a player had to sit out a year if transferring from one D1 school to the other but could play immediately if he transferred to D2. I thought maybe Sorsby would be allowed to go that route.