OlDawg

Kind of cool to see the old, throw back triple option veer offense from NB.

!score 0-30 HALF

!score 0-30 Q2

!score 0-23 Q2

!score 0-16 Q2 12:00

Just move to a flat tax. Make it easier and fairer all the way around. No favorites. Our taxes should take minutes--not days/weeks--and no one should have to have a professional assist with their personal taxes because of code complications. [Hidden Content]

One of the 30k eh? Just make sure Atkinson’s hangs around. I’m still a sucker for Chick-O-Sticks and Zebra bars.

The big tax increase you speak of would be a disaster. It would wipe out small business in America. Innovation would be decimated. We would become Europe at best. Maybe that’s what some want. Foolish people. Over 60% of small businesses are sole proprietors and file personal. [Hidden Content]

I think his son still coaches at A&M Kingsville. He might try the college ranks where he doesn’t have to mess with some of this other stuff. Never know.

Something must have been going on before the La Porte game. I saw jawing from both sides on the streams. I don't think that was the main cause of this issue. Maybe, something else brewing for a while and this was the final straw? I don't know. I watched both streams just to see the different viewpoints. Both sets of commentators tried to downplay to a pretty good extent like they were embarrassed as well. I'm not on Facebook, so I don't know if anything else was/is going on there. I know it's the first time in my 45+ years of watching La Porte football that I haven't seen them have a post game handshake. It was probably for the best, because it's also the first time I've seen a player blasted way in the backfield when the team was trying to kneel in a victory formation to end the game, and get the teams off the field. I would guess the La Porte players got a good chewing on as well. I saw Berneathy jumping all over a couple kids near the end. Not a man I would want to be upset with me. He's a pretty large man, and I've seen him pretty animated when players do stupid stuff. La Porte was playing backups from about the end of the 3rd on. So, I don't know a lot of the young men that were on the field in the latter parts of the game.

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Oh no. Prayers up.

Can’t say to your bet. We don’t have all the data. You’d need to parse through UT’s numbers as well. But, if they’re paying more than the benefit they receive, they should do something about it. Goodness. Both are essentially state entities. This is like an internal transfer of funds using public money. UT gets 10% funding from the taxpayer. They—in turn—overcharge UIL for services/offices/etc. UIL then needs to find more revenue to support their mission, and UT still raises tuition. On and on ad nauseum. I know UIL gets a lot of flack, and my initial post about them pressuring people to join in with their preferred broadcast partners wasn’t meant to be a slam. They aren’t forcing anyone to do anything. It’s up to the ISD. With the new linear broadcast approval for 2027, I expect to see some changes in how all this works anyway. I also am waiting to see how new leadership affects things. I know public schools are hurting. I know Harris County raising our property taxes like they did pretty much wiped out many ISD’s attempts at more funding via VATRE proposals. People are just getting tapped out. Harris County’s 12% increase on top of last year’s was horrible timing for ISD’s that had to have their proposals on the ballot before they knew what the County was going to do. Now that I think about it, Morath hasn’t signed off on the linear issue yet has he? I haven’t seen anything after the Legislative Council approval. I believe our new Gov. isn’t too keen on him. Hopefully, this gets finalized beforehand. I do see what the coaches and others were concerned about. College football was on this past Friday in prime time on local TV.

I don’t mean to be argumentative, but UIL does receive taxpayer funding as a state agency operating through the UT Austin system. This gives them no cost office space, research needs, and operating budget money. Granted, it’s probably not a lot. But, taxpayers pay 10% of UT system costs, and UIL is included in that as an extension of their Continuing Ed system. So, they don’t receive DIRECT taxpayer funding. But, they DO receive taxpayer funds from the general fund paid into by the taxpayers just like any other state agency. Just wanted to make sure that was clear.

I wanted to congratulate your Alma mater on making the PO’s. It’s a super accomplishment for them, and I hope you get to see them play.