Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down - ThreadSky

kcrowe.bsky.social • 18 hours ago

Seriously just fucking shut March Madness down

The nations top research universities (R1) are under assault by the Trump administration. Pitts has paused all PhD admissions for next year.

Many R1 schools are also Division 1 NCAA schools.

All SEC, Big 10, ACC, Big 12, Ivy League schools.

Suspend sports and explain it is due to Musk, Trump

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kcrowe.bsky.social•18 hours ago

A whole swath of the US population who has not wanted to know about this would, at minimum, become aware.

No basketball without grant funding, motherfuckers

keepingtherepublic.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Absolutely—every college president in the NCAA should do this (of course they won’t, because their sports-heavy boards would all immediately fire them…)

jotahache.bsky.social•17 hours ago

When all is said and done, these universities will become pro sports teams with no academic functions.

hamptonsliz.bsky.social•17 hours ago

People need some joy. I don't think that is a good idea.

doubtingtommy.bsky.social•17 hours ago

College football would really hurt 'em.

lblakely.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Gotta wait for football season then shut down

lunabrd.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Plus I’d stop losing my parking spot to basketball games.

aicomedyshow.bsky.social•7 hours ago

March Madness Bounces Balls Off Brackets in this absurd interview. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/artificial-intelligence-comedy-show-hlqfe/

eringoburke.bsky.social•17 hours ago

A lot of people around me in 2020 were completely ignoring corona virus news...until basketball stopped.

whitluce.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Unfortunately we value sports more than academics, never gonna happen

coconutlizard.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Good idea

rdm70.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Totally agree with you!! Everything else is being destroyed, but let’s get brackets ready!!

ubiquity75.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Kick em right in the balls.

kootafoot.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Now that's a plan with some real impact! At least verbalize the probability of it not happening next year due to the Trump/Musk carnage if indeed that is the case.

differance.bsky.social•17 hours ago

That would make my month

tamaralbennett.bsky.social•15 hours ago

shutting down a billion $ event to make a point about a multi-billion $ industry makes 0 sense on a good day.

morganescherly.bsky.social•17 hours ago

What a good idea!

schmidtjokes.bsky.social•17 hours ago

I’m a University of Kansas alum. I fully support this idea and basketball is everything there

kcrowe.bsky.social•8 hours ago

Me too (in addition to being an LFK townie). There's a reason I suggested it.

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