Last week @CharlieBakerMA made an equivocal statement and failed to endorse the bipartisan Cruz/Cantwell bill, that is aimed at and will be effective in bringing order to chaos. This week Charlie and the NCAA are begging for Congressional support and intervention. Blame Texas Tech, blame agents, blame plaintiffs attorneys, blame me and other boosters…hell, blame whoever you want...But if you want to know why college sports are in such a mess, look no further than right here.

@sentuberville (aka “Coach”). Sent this letter to a bunch of college athletic directors, apparently in attempt to undercut the great progress on and momentum behind the bi-partisan Protect College Sports Act. According to his letter, Coach sees eligibility exemptions for Military Service, Religious Missions, and Pregnancy as a bad thing? I thought he was pro military, pro faith, and pro family?? Instead of running a subversive and sneaky campaign (probably at someone else’s behest - you obviously hasn’t even read the thing), wherein you misrepresent and confuse the contents of the bill, and try to get a bunch of AD’s worked up, why don’t you just walk down the hall, share your experience with your colleagues, and offer some constructive ways to make the bill even better? Your wisdom and experience would be welcomed in the conversation. Inform yourself, read the bill, and stop trying to play political games. You know, as well as anyone, that the lives and futures of hundreds of thousands of young athletes hang in the balance.

Yahoo boys sure think there’s a much greater chance of super league coming after this bill fails. While it’s been a valiant effort, I sure hope @joshheird @PhysicalTherapy , Dr Bradley & gang at UofL/City of Lou are working on a backup plan for 2030ish for 🏈 & Non Rev sports

Greg Sankey says those advocating for pooling media rights have “no idea how hard those conversations will be. No idea.”

University of Louisville leaders told a national commission that college athletics is facing a financial crisis — and that Congress may need to step in. Stephen P. Schmidt has the story. bizjournals.com/louisville/n…

Nick Kahn says it best: college sports are at a breaking point. The current media rights system is fragmented and athletic programs are paying the price. Congress can fix that by giving schools the tools to grow. Senator Cantwell and I have a bill to do just that.

The greatest problem in healthcare ? Hospitals, even market dominant hospitals, won’t walk away from the big ins companies that underpay, late pay, clawback, deny claims, waste their time in denial appeals, and require them to pay up to 8 pct of revenue to RCM consultants so they think they are getting what they are owed. Here is the crazy part. The ins companies ARE NOT THE ONES ACTUALLY PAYING THEM on commercial plans. Employers are. 60 pct of employees get their insurance from their self insured employers. The ins carrier is just a middleman that pretends to add value. All the clinical “value” they add, the hospital could do better, for both medical and pharmacy. Most hospitals have no idea whether they make or lose money with their big ins contracts. They are just afraid to lose patient flow. But. They actually know which companies their patients are coming from. They actually know or can find out, how much more the employers are paying the ins company, than what the ins company pays them (the spread, just like in pharmacy ) And to make it worse, those ins companies negotiate their rates as a discount from the “charge master “, which is like WAC in pharmacy. Just a made up list price. Because the hospitals are afraid or too uninformed to walk away from these deals, the hospitals use the inflated charge master prices as the basis to charge uninsured , or out of network , or insured but not covered for their care, at charge master rates. Which of course the patients can’t afford. And it crushes their finances or they go without care I’ll summarize. Employers , and their members , are paying far more than they should to companies they don’t like working with , that effectively rip off both the employer and hospital , and they could eliminate the middlemen if they went directly to to the employer. It’s so simple. Sell your services to the employers that use your services at a price that is less than what nine companies charge for your services and you will make MORE money and employers will save a ton And if they did this, they could dump the chargemaster and reduce the price they bill patients when they are at their most vulnerable But they don’t want to change. And don’t get me started on how much hospitals over pay for drugs and devices because of the GPO deals they do. It’s just stupid. Which in turn leads to the hospital being a bad actor with 340b , facilities fees and afraid of their doctors who demand they pay more for things like glue and implants so they can get vacations. If you are a politician and reading this. Now you know why this is so fucked up and it’s not about capping rates. The insurance companies are smarter than you. They will just move the money to other places. It’s not about giving money to patients. You can’t shop for care from hospitals that are too gutless to walk away from the ins companies that distort all of healthcare economics Go to your local hospitals , particularly those at risk of closing and ask for their profitability by carrier. Fully burdened. Ask how much they spend on RCM and consultants. In many cases they could survive if they ran like a real business and hired execs that could do the work rather than just manage consultants. They could work out contracts in their communities rather than with ins companies and benefit everyone. The middlemen are not needed. Get rid of them

Points of clarification on the 09/19 Friday Night @TexasTechFB and @UHCougarFB game: 1. I will re-iterate that Friday nights are sacred in Texas, and high school football is an integral part of our proud culture. It’s different here than it is in other states. 2. Texas Tech’s alumni base is largely centered in the DFW area, which is 300 miles from Lubbock. A Friday game puts enormous strain on their ability to attend the game. 3. Tech plays a late road game in Corvallis, Oregon prior Saturday -will arrive back in Lubbock at about 4am on Sunday. While we are technically inside the “window” that allows this game to be played, it’s only by a few hours, and will put significant strain on our team, staff - even the equipment managers. 4. @brettyormark and I are friends and have a good relationship. We work well together on many fronts, and Texas Tech is very committed to the Big 12. Brett and I have had our disagreements, but I like the guy and respect his hustle. However, I do stand by a quote I made: the Commissioners work for the Presidents, and the Presidents work for the Boards. The commissioners have not been vested in unilateral authority to do whatever they want. This is an issue throughout college athletics.

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