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That sounds like the episode of Friends where Ross decides to play a rugby game. I always enjoy watching the Olympics. I don’t watch a whole lot else when they are going on. US Men’s soccer is just in a rough place.

I also heard him mention how TJD was on the Lakers. I switched to the game that was on after and caught twine of the end. The guy on that game said he thought this was the most pure tournament with guys playing for love of the game. He said pros were all about money, college has NIL, and high school wasn’t as important anymore. I think he forgot that they market (and mention every game) that the winning team gets $1million. One of the sponsors is Zelle because they will transfer the money to the winners. There is literally a stat on how much money each player gets if their team wins.

Once the access increased and the antics didn’t go away it was obvious something like this would happen. The biggest issue I have is they still needing attention by putting out a private conversation and causing more arguing online which will accomplish nothing positive.

They tried to be insiders, run an NIL collective, unite the fan base with a podcast, give raw unfiltered opinions with the same podcast, and be fans all at the same time. This was never going to work out long term. They were great interviewing players, but they decided to keep expanding. They mention not wanting to make the podcast (they didn’t have to) and always trying to help IU while actively putting out something they know is going to hurt.

I’ve wondered about this, too. IU does a decent job recruiting the state, but for some reason they don’t have the same success in Hamilton county. I really thought Matheny snuck in 2nd watching live.

I saw those results but didn’t see any actual races. I hope Cody Miller rebounds in the 200 and makes a team.

I caught some of the Olympic Trial prelims this morning. 1. Lucas Oil looks awesome with this setup. I was ready to go until I saw the ticket prices. 2. Lily King looked like Lily King. In control the whole race in the 100. 3. Blake Pieroni retired and is back like he didn’t miss a single practice. 4. Anna Peplowski swam a great 200 fr. She stuck close to Ledecky and finished strong. 5. Brendan Burns had great underwaters in the 200 fr. I was surprised to see him entered there. A quick check looks like he’s also in the 100fl/200ba.

That was interesting. I’m not sure I’ve seen an adticle before. I didn’t realize she had done that either. I don’t think I’ve seen her mentioned in any predictions to make the team. On the men’s side there is another big time transfer coming in. https://swimswam.com/ncaa-champion-zalan-sarkany-announces-transfer-to-indiana-for-2024-2025-season-not-nc-state/

Another big time transfer coming in for the guys. https://t.co/dycKSyGo7z

I didn’t listen to the Rabby episode, but the Tom Crean one was really good. I think Crean is a really good interview.

That sounds like an awesome addition. Does anyone know much about the beach to indoor transition?

It seems like these Hafnaoui stories aren’t going away and are somehow getting stranger. https://swimswam.com/defending-400-freestyle-olympic-champion-ahmed-hafnaoui-will-miss-paris-olympics/

I thought I liked bringing in 1 big time transfer. Turns out getting 2 in the same year is even better.

You have to love bringing in a big time transfer. This is the second (to Zach Apple) that I can remember recently.

It seems like they haven’t had a great offseason. I wonder if they thought they had some transfers lined up. I heard so much about how young their biggest contributors were and how great their future looked that I kept forgetting they were at the bottom of the B10.