I laughed

A bigger problem is that kids don't play baseball /stickball / wiffleball.

Basketball is the only American sport insulated from that problem since it's so incredibly cheap to take up and 'only' takes one competitor and one backboard/rim to play.

Soccer is also cheap and available. Hell you don't even need the hoop just the ball

There is truth to this, but even my kids who play baseball have no interest in the professional game.

Too much troll. Hits roo close to home. As long as we land in the B1G or ACC all is well tho.

I can attest to this. I've taught Middle School for 20 years. During my first year KU lost to Syracuse in the National Championship game. I live in PA. Not close enough to upstate New York and of course KU to make those kids care. They still left an orange on my desk the next day at school. Sports mattered to them.

For years kids would give me shit when any of my teams would lose any game. Because it mattered to them.

After we lost to the Patriots in the AFCCG at home, I braced myself for the typical "CHIEFS SUCK DURRRR" unimaginative nonsense and...nothing. It's like I was invisible. No one said a word. It was great, but also sad because the time had come when sports didn't matter to kids.

Used to be a lot of kids wearing Phillies, Yankees, Penn State, Eagles, and Steelers gear with a few Giants fans mixed in and the typical Patriots and Broncos front runners. Now I still see Steelers and Penn State but not nearly at the same high frequency.

They really only care about instagram, snapchat, youtube, and gaming.

I am a retail manager and the younger kids I have working for me don't care much about sports except for the Chiefs (and that is mainly because of Mahomes) and most of them go to KU. You can add Marvel movies to the list of things they care about.

One of the other factors could be that more parents shy away from encouraging their kids from participating in things that have the "win/lose" outcome. No one wants to hurt their kids psyche by having someone tell them they lost and need to get better.

Humor is important, even self deprecating humor. Besides there’s nothing we can do to change things anyway. Plus, if the Big MAC backfllls with a few schools like BYU or Cinci, hoops isn’t really affected anyway.

Obv the rest of the league is FB centered and really hurt by this. Esp if we can’t keep the playoff auto bid

Mizzou getting ready to hire an AD.

Desiree Reed-Francois is the rumor.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We’ve confirmed the multiple reports that Desiree Reed-Francois will be named the next <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mizzou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mizzou</a> AD. Announmcement could come as soon as today, but not sure on that.</p>&mdash; Power Mizzou (@PowerMizzoucom) <a href="https://twitter.com/PowerMizzoucom/status/1424478555854024714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

https://unlvrebels.com/staff-directo...d-francois/271

The Cuonzo haters are going to hate her. She helped hire him at Tennessee.

Her job is to raise money and hire his replacement in a few years.

CunzNO sucks.

Probs BS, my Oregon buddy claims the PAC is looking to add KU, Tech, Houston, and a “mystery school” who’s name hasn’t leaked.