Christopher R Davis
@christopherdavis67.bsky.social
PhD Historian. Modern America, History of Sport, Desegregation of College Football
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Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
3. And perhaps most fundamental of all, it changes the basic power dynamic between programs and players. The one-year scholarship instituted by the NCAA in 1972 gave coaches and programs complete control and now college athletes have almost complete free agency.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
3. And perhaps most fundamental of all, it changes the basic power dynamic between programs and players. The one-year scholarship instituted by the NCAA in 1972 gave coaches and programs complete control and now college athletes have almost complete free agency.
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2. More importantly, it finally allows the athletes critical to the industry's product to break the NCAA and its member universities' monopoly and join in on the massive revenues produced by the college sports industry.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
2. More importantly, it finally allows the athletes critical to the industry's product to break the NCAA and its member universities' monopoly and join in on the massive revenues produced by the college sports industry.
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Say what you will about the new pay-for-play era in college sports, but
1. It certainly has elevated competition as more and more schools field strong teams despite fears that the opposite would happen.
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1. It certainly has elevated competition as more and more schools field strong teams despite fears that the opposite would happen.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Say what you will about the new pay-for-play era in college sports, but
1. It certainly has elevated competition as more and more schools field strong teams despite fears that the opposite would happen.
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1. It certainly has elevated competition as more and more schools field strong teams despite fears that the opposite would happen.
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I was born in TX and have lived large parts of my life in TX. Moving to places outside of TX, I always took a lot of flack about being a Texan, but until now I've never been embarrassed to be a Texan.
We are a huge diverse state. Texas we must do better.
We are a huge diverse state. Texas we must do better.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I was born in TX and have lived large parts of my life in TX. Moving to places outside of TX, I always took a lot of flack about being a Texan, but until now I've never been embarrassed to be a Texan.
We are a huge diverse state. Texas we must do better.
We are a huge diverse state. Texas we must do better.
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Low-skilled labor does the really hard work; that's the huge benefit for all of us.
My normative position is that a society should be governed to the benefit of its citizens. I do not believe low skilled immigration is to the benefit of existing citizens. I am pro you skilled immigration because they are beneficial to existing citizens.
November 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Low-skilled labor does the really hard work; that's the huge benefit for all of us.
I'm glad to hear this. I find it ironic, however, that we already started to address the problem with President Obama's ACA and that his party has done, and is doing, everything in its power to destroy it and cripple healthcare for average working Americans.
Stark warning from Mississippi's Republican Insurance Commissioner: “I don’t know where America’s headed, but we've got to redefine how we address health insurance and health care in this country. If not, we will not have health care in the state of Mississippi in some areas, especially the Delta.”
Health Costs Will Soar for Many in Mississippi Without Action
About 331,000 Mississippians who rely on the Affordable Care Act could see their health insurance premiums jump by 37% on average unless Congress acts to extend COVID-19-era tax credits.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm glad to hear this. I find it ironic, however, that we already started to address the problem with President Obama's ACA and that his party has done, and is doing, everything in its power to destroy it and cripple healthcare for average working Americans.
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The responsibility to govern lies with the party in power. It doesn't matter what Democrats do. The shutdown is necessarily the fault of the Republicans because they are in power, they hold the majority, and it's their job to fix this.
Democrats are winning the shutdown messaging war www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Americans blame Trump and GOP more than Democrats for shutdown, poll finds
Independents hold Trump and Republicans responsible for the shutdown by a 2-1 margin, according to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, ABC News and Ipsos.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The responsibility to govern lies with the party in power. It doesn't matter what Democrats do. The shutdown is necessarily the fault of the Republicans because they are in power, they hold the majority, and it's their job to fix this.
People not having enough food to eat isn't a reflection of their personal behavior and discipline (or least they are as badly behaved as the rich are) it's a reflection of a country and an economy that isn't meeting the needs of many of its people.
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
People not having enough food to eat isn't a reflection of their personal behavior and discipline (or least they are as badly behaved as the rich are) it's a reflection of a country and an economy that isn't meeting the needs of many of its people.
I humbly disagree. Education gave me the context and taught me how to think. Memorization is the lowest level of education. There are many other things that are important for sure (street smarts, hard work, luck, a rich daddy) but a quality education makes people more difficult to brainwash.
Education,in my most humble opinion,is BS:what is being taught is so old and outdated,we learn by memory,just like quoting the Bible or Koran,just because you can memorize and write,this does not give you intelligence,our memories are brainwashed,starting 6000years ago; what????
October 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I humbly disagree. Education gave me the context and taught me how to think. Memorization is the lowest level of education. There are many other things that are important for sure (street smarts, hard work, luck, a rich daddy) but a quality education makes people more difficult to brainwash.
Sounds to me like another age-old example of the older generation not connecting with the younger generation. And why even bring Obama's name into the discussion.
This is an absolutely incredible thing to say. As someone in Ivy-ish (Duke) classrooms from 2016-2022… I call bull.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
Or she was saying offensive shit.
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sounds to me like another age-old example of the older generation not connecting with the younger generation. And why even bring Obama's name into the discussion.
And in my experience anybody who spends a lot of time telling everybody how tough they are usually isn't all that tough.
It's common for bullies to confuse pacifism for cowardice.
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
And in my experience anybody who spends a lot of time telling everybody how tough they are usually isn't all that tough.
Very true. My big fear though is that fascists don't give up easily. The last time fascism advanced this far 60-80 million people were killed and a lot of European and Asian cities were burned to the ground before fascism was finally defeated.
The many monarchs of Europe, the slaver's Confederacy, the Kaiser, the Nazis, the Italian fascists, Imperial Japan and many more all assumed that because liberals value peace and human life, that they were weak and feckless and easily beaten.
Go look for them now.
Go look for them now.
I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.
October 31, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Very true. My big fear though is that fascists don't give up easily. The last time fascism advanced this far 60-80 million people were killed and a lot of European and Asian cities were burned to the ground before fascism was finally defeated.
If they offer enough $$$ to host, I wouldn't be surprised. At least professionalism is out in the open now and many poor and working class families get a cut. But I do wonder if the pursuit of profit above all else is a sustainable, long-term strategy for big-time college sports (& the pros too).
Putting the Holiday Bowl in a country that doesn't have a public holiday for months on either end. What's next? Putting the Liberty Bowl in a country that doesn't offer basic civil liberties anymore?
October 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If they offer enough $$$ to host, I wouldn't be surprised. At least professionalism is out in the open now and many poor and working class families get a cut. But I do wonder if the pursuit of profit above all else is a sustainable, long-term strategy for big-time college sports (& the pros too).
Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
Mike Johnson on No Kings: "We refer to it by its more accurate description -- the Hate America Rally. You're gonna bring together the Marxists, the socialists, the antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the far left Democrat Party. That is the modern Democratic Party."
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
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Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
AI makes it so quasi-religious prophets/leaders (Messiahs in an earlier millennium) don't even have to rise again.
Way too many people seem convinced that the day Trump dies all this somehow goes away.
People will snap out of it. No one will be able to harness his base.
I think this is simply wrong. But I also think Trump will still be “speaking” to MAGA after he’s gone.
People will snap out of it. No one will be able to harness his base.
I think this is simply wrong. But I also think Trump will still be “speaking” to MAGA after he’s gone.
October 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
AI makes it so quasi-religious prophets/leaders (Messiahs in an earlier millennium) don't even have to rise again.
Look, I believe Russia is a bad actor and I'm happy to hear that their US lackeys (the current administration) are finally changing their tune and going to push back on Putin. But shouldn't somebody point of that military escalation is dangerous for the future of the entire human race?
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Look, I believe Russia is a bad actor and I'm happy to hear that their US lackeys (the current administration) are finally changing their tune and going to push back on Putin. But shouldn't somebody point of that military escalation is dangerous for the future of the entire human race?
Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
October 17, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Keep the faith all you No Kings protesters. The BS machine is kicking into full gear trying to confuse your thoughts, create doubt, and paint you as a bunch of pinko commies. But you are the TRUE AMERICANS. The Founding Fathers feared people like our House Speaker and his ilk more than anything.
Excellent point. And, in the long run, most of those efforts have failed and ultimately contributed to strengthening the idea of academic freedom.
No guarantees that will happen this time though ...
No guarantees that will happen this time though ...
One of the constant strands in the history of the university, dating back to its medieval origins, is the attempt of authorities - especially religious authorities but not exclusively - to control what can and cannot be taught.
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excellent point. And, in the long run, most of those efforts have failed and ultimately contributed to strengthening the idea of academic freedom.
No guarantees that will happen this time though ...
No guarantees that will happen this time though ...
Or at least enough people to convince 20 Republican Senators to do the right thing for their country and its posterity.
The United States is a fascist state but its level of control is still brittle and not entirely firm.
The only way it stops is if people, all people, draw a line and say no more.
The only way it stops is if people, all people, draw a line and say no more.
September 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Or at least enough people to convince 20 Republican Senators to do the right thing for their country and its posterity.
Ironically, he might have benefited from a good 4-yr liberal arts education.
Stephen Miller’s wife says Utah State University is to blame.
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Ironically, he might have benefited from a good 4-yr liberal arts education.
Once, while interviewing 2 candidates with online degrees, we asked each one to name their most influential grad school professor. Neither candidate could name a single one. Telling ...
This is my experience with people who have online degrees: the lack of in-person discussion and debate leaves huge deficits in the end result. It’s embarrassing how low the standards for online degrees are. A big part of learning is hearing different perspectives and experiences
September 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Once, while interviewing 2 candidates with online degrees, we asked each one to name their most influential grad school professor. Neither candidate could name a single one. Telling ...
If you work for the American people and refuse to swear an oath to tell the truth, you should be immediately fired from your position.
September 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you work for the American people and refuse to swear an oath to tell the truth, you should be immediately fired from your position.