Recent content by UConnJim

Little League tries to balance the regions by Little League participants. For example, the number of LL players in Massachusetts is greater than the total number of LL participants in CT and Rhode Island. And, in various parts of the country, there are a number of other youth baseball leagues...

Usually, the lower divisions of Little League will have a rule that allows the ball to be thrown to the pitcher on the mound with the result a dead ball and the runners must return to their base. In majors Little League the ball is live until the pitcher is on the mound and the catcher is...

I think with the portal, it's hard to tell how good teams will be each year, especially G5 teams. The over/under for wins is 7.5, so going 7-5 is reasonable. Personally, I think 8 wins which would be a successful season.

I think this is how he is thinking about it. Start with the $144 million budget today. First, you have to add $20.5 million for revenue share. Next, VT's football head coach makes ~$4.8 million and the top coaches in the ACC are making $11 million and $10 million. So add $5 million for the...

Belichick is doing things differently at UNC. Look at 2026 recruiting. UNC currently has 36 commits for 2026 (most of any college) as it seems he is going to develop players using his full 105 roster. Will it work? It could, especially since you can churn the roster if players don't work out.

Unequal revenue sharing will pressure the ability of the lower tier ACC schools to compete. Is that a good for the conference? Probably not long term, but the conference is only focused on holding together until 2030/2031 when the exit fee drops to $75 million.

I think there is a strong possibility that a P3 happens even if the SEC/Big 10 raid the ACC. And, private equity can help make that happen. You take the best remaining schools of both the ACC and the Big 12 and create a strong football and basketball conference.

The economics of a trade don't work for the ACC. The ACCN can't lose California and Texas for Florida (already there) and West Virginia and Ohio. And, Cal/Stanford/SMU are all getting either reduced payouts and WVU/Cincy/UCF are going to accept less than they are making in the Big 12? If the...

Not a crazy idea, but the ACC would have to offer a spot to the school that paid the buyout which isn't a given.

Playing OL is about scheme and fit. He'll find a spot somewhere if it doesn't work out in Seattle.

If you look at the schools that the P2 have added since 1990, virtually all of the schools have been the public flagship or co-flagship of a state: Penn St., Nebraska, Maryland, Rutgers, Oregon, Washington, UCLA, USC (one exception) in the Big 10 and Arkansas, South Carolina, Missouri, Texas...

This won't be a holdup as there are many solutions. In men's lacrosse and men's and women's fencing, the ACC has only 5 schools playing the sport. You lose UNC and Virginia and those sports are down to 3 or 4 members. So, the ACC would need/want UNC and UVA to continue playing in the...

During conference season, a conference with an uneven number of schools will either have one school taking an off week or trying to find an OOC opponent almost every week. It's not easy to find a quality OOC opponent once October starts.

The ACC schools play 5 games against Notre Dame each year which helps make scheduling easier. You don't have to have an even number of schools, but it makes scheduling easier.

The SECN in North Carolina and Virginia alone will pay for the additions of UNC and UVA.