A Football Emergency Has Been Declared By The National Football League

It seems like only yesterday that the NFL was flying high as a kite. Now they are in imminent danger of going out of business. Did you just say to yourself, "Self, how could this have happened so quickly?" 

It's very simple. The NFL must have Football Players to play Football and they are fast running out of Football Players.

Am I going too fast for you? OK, I'll slow down...

• In the past, 99% of the NFL Football Players came from College Football.
• A few years ago, College Football started to change.
• Some people who wanted to make a lot of money started agitating that it was not fair that College Football Players had to practice a lot and really work hard all through their College Careers and all they got was...
  >Free college education.
  >All the free food they could eat.
  >Free accommodations that rivaled the kind of palaces that middle-east Oligarch hang around in. 
  >Beautiful coeds hanging all over them.
  >Lots of mystery money and really nice cars (even though they had no salary).
  >Had to go to a class every so often.

Before we football fans knew what was going on, all that changed...

• It was decided that College Football Players were entitled to make money off of their Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL).
• Since the NCAA approved NIL rules in 2021, athletes have secured agreements with brands, enabling them to monetize their popularity and skill. (Sometimes called their "Personal Brands".)
• Next thing we knew, all rules about transferring schools and tampering with another schools recruited players had been thrown out the window.
• During College Games we began hearing the commentators saying things like, "Bruiser has been to 4 schools during his 3 years in College". 
• We started hearing College Players saying to each other, "What's that song they are singing?" Response: "That's your school's Alma Mater." Response back, "What's an Alma Mater?"

This is near the bottom of this Blog Posting, so here is the Bottom Line...

The NFL is going out of business because it is running out of Football Players coming out of College because the Football Player are retiring rather than go to the NFL because they have all the money they will ever need.

Bruiser said it best: "Why should I go into the NFL? Someone might knock me down and give me a Back Wallet Contusion".

I'll save you having to Google "Back Wallet Contusion"...

A Back Wallet Contusion happens when a person with a very thick wallet falls down, lands on his wallet and causes his Spinal Column to go out of alignment.

In case you are wondering, now that College Football Player are so rich, will they have to pay for their College Educations? The answer is No.

One final point. That last Bullet Point at the top of this Blog Posting that says, "Had to go to a class every so often"...That requirement has been scratched. 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: During a future College Football Trial on something or other, the Sitting and Listening Attorney hears the Pontificating Attorney say something that confuses him, so he says to his Minion Backup Attorney... What was that word he just used? Quick! Google, "unethical"! And while you are Googling, look up, "School Spirit", "Loyalty" and ''Alma Mater"!

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Congress is abuzz about the Members who want to Cut Medicaid Spending.

Is it a Cut to Medicaid if you stop Medicaid Funds from going to people who are not entitled to Medicaid?

I Heard a New York Congresswoman On TV Make These Points:

• In New York State 5 million people are Eligible for Medicaid.
• In New York State 8 million people are Collecting Medicaid.
• That’s 3 million who are Collecting Medicaid who are Not Eligible for Medicaid.
• Medicaid paid $40 Billion for these 3 million Ineligible Recipients of Medicaid Funding.

(Are you saying to yourself New York need not care about the cost of Medicaid because the money for Medicaid comes from the Federal Government...Or does it?)

• Actually, State and Local Governments pay half of the cost of Medicaid Expenditures.
• That means New York paid $20 Billion (its half) and the Federal Government paid $20 Billion (its half).

Now you know. What do you want to bet that some of our representatives in both the States and Federal Governments who are poking holes in the air when they stand up and talk about Medicaid do not know what you now know?

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It’s not Exact Science...

New York’s Medicaid program is funded through a combination of federal, state, and local dollars. The federal government reimburses 50% of most New York Medicaid costs, with higher matching rates for ACA (Obamacare) Medicaid expansion costs and other special circumstances, which is why the visualizations show the federal proportion as greater than 50%. ^*

Click on this link below only if you have burning desire to become confused...

^{*Source: https://uhfnyc.org/our-work/initiatives/medicaid-institute/dashboards/new-york-medicaid-expenditures/}

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Since we are at the Bottom of this Blog Posting, here is The Bottom Line...Many are complaining about the people who want to cut Medicaid. Fella’s question of the day is, Is cutting payments to people who are Not Eligible for Medicaid really “cutting” Medicaid?

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: These are big numbers but these are only one state’s numbers. If we were to try and wrap our heads around all 50 states and all 50 states had the same Ineligible Medicare Recipient Payment Problem, would you not agree that we are talking about some Really Big Numbers!

Cut To The Chase

 

Theodore Roosevelt definitely Cut to the Chase. The College of Cardinals definitely did no cutting until they had lost a lot of weight and they had snow on their hats. 

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Teddy wanted to build the Panama Canal. He knew, if he turned the Build or Not Build Decision over to Congress, it would take a long time and he was not of a mind to wait around for that long a period of time. So, he said this...

“My own part in it may perhaps be explained by the fact that I deemed it better not to have half a century of debate prior to starting in on the canal; I thought that instead of debating for half a century before building the canal it would be better to build the canal first and debate me for a half-century afterward.”

Do you not agree that not waiting for Congress to act was the right decision?

It’s been more than 100 years. Do you not agree that our Congress has not changed?

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An Interesting Fella Sidetrack... The 1268–71 papal election (from November 1268 to September 1271), following the death of Pope Clement IV, was the longest papal election in the history of the Catholic Church.

Politics ruled and the Cardinals could not agree on a Pope for almost 3 years.

The selection process still continued to drag on for more than a year after the magistrates of Viterbo locked the cardinals in, reduced their rations to bread and water and had the roof of the room they were in removed (exposing the Cardinals to the elements) while they continued to poke holes in the air with their collective fingers.

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Maybe it was easier back in 1370 because there were only 18 Cardinals involved in the selection of the Pope...maybe.

Today there are 252 cardinals in total, but only those under the age of 80 can take part in the conclave.

While that means that 135 cardinals are eligible to vote, two have announced they will not travel to Rome, leaving 133 cardinals to participate in the conclave.

Let’s get back to December 29, 1370...

• On the first ballot in the morning Pierre Roger de Beaufort was unanimously elected Pope.
• He initially opposed his own election but eventually accepted and took the name of Gregory XI.
• On January 2, he was ordained to the priesthood.
• On January 3, he was consecrated Bishop of Rome by the Dean of the College of Cardinals.

Wham bam, thank you, ma'am!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

Lagniappe: Let’s hope there is not a spoil sport out there somewhere who points out that, Canon law stipulates that any baptized, unmarried man is technically eligible to become pope. Someone better close all the windows because Planet Earth has a lot of unemployed baptized unmarried men who just might throw their hats into the ring and then this conclave too might drag on and on.