Louisiana Demo Gov. threatens GOP: Raise taxes or LSU football may get cancelled...

I am guessing the football program makes money...

Via Fox News:

Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is suggesting the legendary Louisiana State University football team’s 2016 season might be canceled — and other doomsday consequences — unless the GOP-led legislature swiftly passes a package of tax increases to help close a looming $940 million budget shortfall.
Edwards, who took office just last month, made the suggestions Thursday night in a rare, state-wide TV address.
Among the worst-case scenarios, he said, is that college campuses would be forced to close in April, resulting in student-athletes receiving grades of “incomplete” on their report cards, making them ineligible for the fall 2016 season.
“That means you can say farewell to college football next fall,” Edwards said in the address.
The warning about the LSU Tigers football program, which has won three national championships, captured most of the headlines.

NFL: Tom Brady probable knew balls were deflated...

Stating what most people already felt was obvious. Brady has little credibility now.

Via AP:

Tom Brady: Unbelievable.

The 243-report on "Deflategate" came out Wednesday and stopped barely short of calling the Patriots star quarterback a cheater. It did, however, call some of his claims "implausible" and left little doubt that he had a role in having footballs deflated before New England's AFC title game against Indianapolis in January and probably in previous games.

In his report, attorney Ted Wells said the quarterback "was at least generally aware" of all the plans to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch. Wells said it was "more probable than not" that two Patriots employees - officials' locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski - executed the plan.

For his trouble, McNally asked for expensive shoes and signed footballs, jerseys and cash. He brokered the deals over a series of salty text messages with Jastremski that portray Brady as a hard-to-please taskmaster. "F--- Tom," one read.

For the biggest home game of the season, McNally came through, taking the footballs from the officials' locker room into a bathroom before delivering them to the field, the report said.

Obama finally talks to WH Press. Wants the NFL refs back...

Finally, a topic Obama thinks is important...

Via Washington Examiner:

President Obama is very accessible to the White House press corps, if the topic is sufficiently unimportant.

Obama has been criticized at times for avoiding the White House press while trolling entertainment media for positive coverage, but he took a moment to comment again on the National Football League referee fiasco upon his return to the White House today.
“Terrible,” Obama said of last night’s Packers-Seahawks game as he exited his helicopter.  “I’ve been saying for months, we’ve gotta get our refs back.” The NFL is using replacement referees while trying to negotiate a new contract with the referee union.

The press pool noted that Obama stopped to take the question after ABC’s Devin Dwyer shouted “Packers” at him over the sound of the helicopter “and that word alone was enough to make Obama stop to talk to press for a few seconds.”

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Nevada Unemployment is 14.2% and Harry Reid is Talking Football

Congress still hasn't passed a budget, the Bush tax cuts are about to expire and create a huge burden on taxpayers and unemployment is 14.2% in Nevada. How does Nevada Senator Harry Reid respond? He wasted several minutes of the lame duck congressional session talking about the University of Nevada football program. Harry Reid won re-election in November with a 6 point victory over Sharron Angle. The majority of Nevadans must be clueless or completely insane. At least they can talk about University of Nevada football while standing in the unemployment line.

After solving all the country's problems, the Senate turns to how college football bowl games are determined

Now that the economic crisis is solved and the national defect is under control,the Senate has turned to the pressing issue of how the college football bowls are chosen. We can sleep well knowing this countries serious problems have been successfully addressed. They should look into why that crazy woman in Florida couldn't get any Chicken McNuggets at McDonalds next.

Senate Antitrust Panel Investigates Fairness of BCS Process

WASHINGTON (AP) - Everyone from President Barack Obama on down to fans has criticized how college football determines its top team. Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series.

The current system "leaves nearly half of all the teams in college football at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to qualifying for the millions of dollars paid out every year," the Senate Judiciary's subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights said in a statement Wednesday announcing the hearings. (excerpt) read more at breitbart.com