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Affiliates can choose to show whatever they want in the time slot.

ABC, however, has more distribution channels than just the affiliates. So they can continue to produce the show and make it available to other affiliates as well as on streaming (Hulu/Disney+) and YouTube etc and continue to generate revenue from it.

I may not have this right but I think the way it works is that a show like Kimmel’s comes with national advertising revenue that is shared with affiliates when they air it. So Sinclair is choosing to decline that rev-share. It’s probably a relatively small amount.

This was a good win and the best part was that it was not Jalen’s best game and still a dominant performance. We also bucked the trend of the final-two-minutes-scourge.

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Impossible to know how accurate, but I saw a documentary on the making of the show. There was extensive original research coupled with years of myriad news outlets’ reporting.

One of the advantages of the show being done 25-30 years after the incident is that there was time to gather lots of details and sort through the conflicting accounts (both the deliberate and the mistaken).

Need a team win today. Let’s hope the new stadium holds its own “phog” magic. Looking for every natural and supernatural advantage we can get.

It is the doomiest and gloomiest. But really well done.

Part of my appreciation was due to the fact that I had huge holes in my understanding of the story. I followed the story during the initial event, but, of course, the Soviets had a tight lid on information so it was limited info and in some cases not accurate (disinformation). As years went by (after the wall came down), more info was released but it wasn’t in my news cycle so I missed it.

Chernobyl is underrated. Really an incredible series.

If you have (as I do) at least a faint trepidation that this thread could be mined in the future to be used against you, and choosing words very carefully, then you should be able to appreciate the chilling effect of these actions by the FCC and current administration.

It’s a bit hard to get my head around why the President of the United States is engaging even one brain cell on late night TV. Let alone targeting American comedians (he tweeted that Fallon should be cancelled next). His tweet low-key sounded like the Emperor in Star Wars: “Do it NBC!!!”

Why he is targeting Jimmy Fallon like he’s Saddam Hussein?

Fallon is an anodyne comedian but the President is acting like there’s a stash of WMD at 30 Rock… maybe hidden behind his desk??

Insane.

@FarmerJayhawk Thx-- got mixed up with something else

@FarmerJayhawk said in Not paying for ESPN this year:

Murthy v. Missouri

The decision on this was 24 hours before the announcement. Possibly emboldened the key players (FCC chair, NextStar, etc.)

Correct me if I’m wrong, but Alitio wrote the dissenting opinion.

This group is counting on the public to focus on the trees and not the forest.

It has nothing to do with ratings. It has little to do with Kirk except that it’s a useful (opportunistic) narrative.

@approxinfinity said in Not paying for ESPN this year:

encourage you to watch the clip of Kimmel. Theres nothing there.

Not only is there nothing there, but I’ve seen different clips used as the example. Exactly what is the offensive quote? I have not seen the text specified from ABC, NextStar, etc.

Lots of speculation and fervor which seems invited and encouraged by those that need a smokescreen.

A brain substitute is how it is being marketed. Definitely not the right way to use it.

This is classic wag the dog.

This is not really about Kimmel and Kirk. However, the focus on them is really helpful to those want to continue to concentrate power.

Regardless of how you feel about Kirk, or really any person, it’s not right for their death and memory to be exploited and manipulated in this manner (for profit).

This whole thing is a business deal wrapped in political ideology.

There’s a long-standing FCC law that prevents the accumulation of media properties that reach in excess of 39% of all US households.

Nexstar (a media group owning and operating many ABC stations) is interested in buying another company that would result in a violation of this FCC rule. The rule exists to limit concentration of media influence.

The announcement to preempt Kimmel was a tactic to ingratiate themselves with the FCC chair so that he will make an exception to the rule. Hey, it worked for CBS (see, Colbert).

If you think the media conglomerates are already too big and have too much influence, then you should be pretty concerned about what is really going down behind all of this hand-waving about comedians.

Oachi would be indisputably #1 if his final four performance would have been closer to Brandon Rush’s. It’s the only chink in his record, which still wasn’t enough to keep him from earning MVP honors.

I think #1 on the list has to be the proper placement.

I assume this list is bill self era only. I think there have been some deserving guards from prior eras

Not sure how good Oregon state is and remains to be seen where Missouri stacks up. Their QB was impressive at key moments and made few mistakes.

Historically they are somewhere in the middle of the SEC. Never in the top 25% and rarely in the bottom 25%. Did we lose to a team that is exceptionally good or another mid SEC team?

The rest of season awaits, including the entire conference. Plenty of opportunities in front. But improvement needs to be urgent and immediate. And BOTH sides — offense and defense — have equal need to improve.

@wissox said in Hate Missouri Week. Game chat here!:

@patoh3 said in Hate Missouri Week. Game chat here!:

@wissox 3-1?

Oh yes, we’re already 2-1

Yeah. Good to keep it in perspective.

Would never want a home loss, but hard not to wish we had gone from 1-1 to 2-1 this time rather than going from 2-0 to 2-1.

Go Army.

This team is over reliant on Jalen Daniels.

Pretty sure Mizzou only punted one time in the game.

+/- in the final 2 minutes is epically bad

@nuleafjhawk lol I see what you did there

I’d hate to see our +/- in the final 2 min of the last year or so.

Offense needs to learn 2 things: how to play with a lead and how to play well without having momentum or rhythm.

And the whole squad has to play better in the final 2 minutes. By better I just mean don’t collapse.

Four offensive plays in the 2nd quarter, right?

You’d think that someone would be looking at the obvious pattern of catastrophe in the final 2 minutes of 1st and 2nd halves. Last year and now this year

Gonna be a looong day if we use our ‘explosive’ QB for run play handoffs and our defense can’t stop them.

Chiefs are rusty. Officials see no evil on Chargers side.

Last year’s team was not lacking athletes or ability. But they performed/executed well below their abilities. For a Bill Self team, this was anomalous. We are used to Bill Self teams performing at or beyond their individual ceilings.

So, I’m going to posit that the players this year are, collectively, more or less similar in ability to previous years’. What will need to be different is how they perform throughout the season.

That leads me to the question: is the 2025 Bill Self and staff greater than the 2024 Bill Self and staff?

Well, on the historical topic, here’s one of those mom’s-father’s-brother things…

I recently learned of a connection to Quantrill’s Raid on my mom’s side. Most of the raiders were killed or got away, but one was captured by my mom’s paternal grandmother’s father. Apparently the rifle used to seize the raider was passed down to her uncle who gave it to her father and she inherited it when he died.

There are many accounts of the raid with conflicting details, so I take this with a bit of a grain of salt. Like anything, I figure there are some bits of truth in all of the accounts.

@BShark I hope you and your family find solace in this time of loss.

I am reminded of this quote, which has helped me process intense emotions during loss: “What is grief, if not love persevering?”

Nadir Tharpe?

@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2025 Chiefs:

Not a good spot to post this, but I see two former Jayhawk receivers were waived today.

Quentin Skinner was released by the Jets today.

Luke Grimm released by the Chargers.

Any others?

God how I wish they could come back. Difference makers. Here’s hoping some guys this year can step up to make me not long to hear the names Skinner and Grimes.

Dallas wants Archie Manning

Either Frank Mason or Occhi Abaji?

If they had the 3 pt line in 1986, Ron Kellogg would have been on the list. Somewhat overshadowed by the rules and stats like Wilt vis a vis blocks.

Ok. Wow. (I am surprised.) Who am I missing? Do I have those right?

Maybe a lot more in the ABA than I realized. When you give the answer, it would be interesting to see the ABA/NBA breakdown.

Also, in the 20 years from 1970 - 1989 I’d be surprised if there were more than 10 Jayhawks in the pros. Wilt was still playing at the front-end of that period and Danny Manning was a rookie at the back-end. That’s two. You’ve got Jo-Jo and Robisch, Valentine, Dreiling, Prichard, Chris Piper and maybe even Scooter Barry made it into the league. That’s 9 maybe. Most had short careers in the pros.

As a fan, it seemed like a desert in that period.

I’m guessing 40-45

Wilt had a long run in the NBA. If it’s not Wilt, probably Pierce given all the years and playoffs (and the seasons were longer too).

1st guess: Kirk Heinrich

2nd guess: Mario Chalmers

Clyde Lovellette?

I’m expecting an NCAA berth; it’s not guaranteed but should be the baseline. The conference is brutally tough and that will actually help. But team has to be greater than the sum of the parts. It has to be.

Sweet 16 would be great. A bit of an aspirational goal.

Moving my son into his apt before the first week of class and will stay in town for the Fresno State game. Looking forward to attending and experiencing the new / upgraded stadium.

@wissox Ditto on the prostate cancer. As some may know, I was diagnosed 9 years ago when I was 51 (officially oligometastatic, aka stage 4).

I’ve been lucky to have state-of-the-art care. And every year, there are advances in the treatment which keeps me hopeful.

The diagnosis has certainly given me perspective… as well as vast new domain of knowledge. To survive with it, I’ve learned more about prostate cancer and its treatments than I ever would have imagined. Open invite to anyone who has need for info – I’m happy to share what I’ve learned.

We’ve already had an episode where the assistant coach had to take over for Coach Self for health reasons. And it happened during the tournament, not that long ago.

A hypothetical: recollect to that time and imagine if the team goes on a tear and ends with a championship with the assistant at the helm and Self then announces retirement.

How would things go? The assistant would certainly have a strong case at that point. I do think there would be a search, but I think it would be a more of a ceremonial search rather than the thorough approach we’ve had previously. Not saying it’s right or wrong – but that seem’s pretty plausible. I also feel like there’s a difference between imagining this scenario with KT finishing the season with hardware vs Jacque Vaughn finishing the season with hardware – it feels like when I imagine this with JV it’s easier to see the job being handed over rather than if it was KT. That’s just me and it’s clearly and completely infused with nostalgic subjectivity.

Of course, this is a pretty extreme hypothetical. So take the hypothetical down a notch, where the team finishes short of the championship – they get to the final four and lose… or they get to the Sweet 16, then lose. Etc… Now how does the search go?

In my opinion, there’s less scrutiny as the team advances, and more scrutiny the shorter the run.

This will be interesting to watch as it helps provide a window into what really drives expansion.

There’s a photo of that dunk that is destined to be a poster and/or meme. The video while impressive, simply cannot do it justice.