CFB Analyst, Stanford Grad & Football/Baseball. Law School UC Berkeley, practicing business law. Tweets r my own & retweets r not endorsements.
California, USA
Joined July 2010
- Tweets15.2K
- Following366
- Followers6.2K
- Likes25.6K
RodGilmore retweeted
So now you think Donald Trump called Stephen A Smith to discuss the “needs of Black community?” That’s what you think this dinner was about? Come on, now. I’m supposed to believe something serious is going to be accomplished at a dinner Kid Rock — who started cosplaying as a southern racist to save his career — and Bill Maher?
If you’re trying to find common ground with someone on the opposite side, both sides have to come into it with honest intentions. Has that EVER been Donald Trump? No. We have had six years of Trump and he has never shown any interest in serving anyone but himself. He has put most of his supporters in a worse position than they were previously, but I’m supposed to believe he suddenly cares about the “needs of the Black community?”
And don’t give Trump the excuse of ignorance. He knows exactly how he has screwed over Black folks and he relishes in it. If he cared about the needs of our community — or the American people overall — then Project 2025 doesn’t exist.
You can’t appeal to a bully. They don’t care.
With all due respect, Miss Hill, you know I love you like a little sister. You may be right about Donald Trump. But if he called me, you, or anybody on this app and said, “Let’s sit down and talk about the needs of the Black community,” I believe we have a responsibility to go and make those needs clear. Our people deserve that advocacy.
I don’t just talk on this app. When I went to get $20 million, $16 million, and $5 million for parks and a high school football stadium, along with $3 million for my youth program, I had to work with people in city government, the county, and the school board—including Republicans who love and support Donald Trump. If I refused to have those conversations, what would I have gotten done for my people?
It’s easy to talk on this app. When you’re in these streets seeing how people are suffering, you understand why every opportunity to get resources matters. Having a conversation doesn’t mean giving somebody a pass. It means bringing our needs directly to the people with the power to address them.
And while we’re talking about standing up for our community, I didn’t see that same energy from a lot of y’all when Debbie Wasserman Schultz ran for a historically Black congressional seat. We can have that conversation another time, because I do have a problem with the people who sat back and said nothing.
RodGilmore retweeted
So? You act as if players are irrelevant. They are not. Nobody is arguing for coaches to accept less. They argue for fair market value for players. Why are we lamenting player value right now? Because they are commanding more value than ever, and the system wants them restricted. That means a bigger piece of the ever expanding pie for coaches and administrators. You seem to suggest coaches have value untethered to the brand and players don’t. Again, if the brand is so valuable, offer less money. Simple.
RodGilmore retweeted
Spot on from @bomani_jones here. I filed this amendment—and I'm going to keep pushing for fairness for athletes. The House of Representatives should stand with the players and reject the Protect College Sports Act.
RodGilmore retweeted
Mit Winter wrote on X: "The NCAA self-created the situation where eligibility decisions are left with courts & where some class of 2022 players will be eligible and some won’t." My comment: One would think that has to be addressed soon by the NCAA.
RodGilmore retweeted
👇🎯🎯💯
.@Foxworth24 opened today's episode with thoughts on the Protect College Sports Act and what it's really about 👀
"The core of it is about re-establishing the power the NCAA had in the past – that the court system determined was illegal."
RodGilmore retweeted
The NCAA is looking for an antitrust exemption without giving the players a seat at the table
RodGilmore retweeted
No shit. The market says the players are WAY more valuable than assistant coaches. Why? Because the players play the games. Thats why pro players also make more than assistants.
Thus the point of the PCSA - to end the free market and artificially suppress athlete compensation.
RodGilmore retweeted
What they’re supposed to be and what they are, that’s two different things. Big-time college sports are professional sports.
And by the way, the only reason the term “student athlete” was ever invented is because the NCAA was trying to avoid a lawsuit. It was never rooted in any real ideology other than greed.
RodGilmore retweeted
None of this is a valid reason for capping athlete comp via a federal law (which is the PCSA’s main issue).
If coach pay can just be controlled via contracts, so can athlete pay.
And if coach’s are entitled to their full value, athletes are too unless they agree otherwise.
RodGilmore retweeted
‼️ Stop Hitting Kids in the Head ‼️
And no, I don’t mean stop kids from playing sports. I mean stop putting young athletes in situations where repeated hits to the head are treated as part of the game - and therefore are at risk of getting CTE.
Sports give kids so much: teammates, confidence, discipline, fitness, competition, and joy. I want kids to have all of that. But we can give them those benefits without making head impacts part of the experience.
Flag football instead of tackle football. Soccer without heading. Hockey without checking.
These aren’t anti-sports choices. They’re ways to reduce exposure to repetitive head impacts while keeping kids in the game.
Research continues to show that long-term exposure to repetitive head impacts cause CTE, reducing that exposure is a vital step in CTE prevention.
So when I say Stop Hitting Kids in the Head, I’m not saying take sports away from kids. I’m saying change the rules so they can play without getting CTE.
RodGilmore retweeted
Thank you @rolandsmartin and @bcope51. The Protect College Sports Act is a bad deal for athletes.
RodGilmore retweeted
Gas is $5. We’re at war abroad. Health care costs are soaring. But Congress is focused on college sports and undermining the rights of athletes. It’s wrong.
RodGilmore retweeted
Sen. DURBIN: If Republicans actually want to stand up for women in sports, they should address the real documented threats. Namely, unequal pay, failure to uphold title IX, rampant sexual abuse, and lack of equal resources for men's and women's teams.
RodGilmore retweeted
Even assuming the NCAA’s 2026-2027 rule textually excluded Class of 2022 athletes (it definitively does not), it is worth noting that courts across the country are increasingly rejecting the NCAA’s argument that Class of 2022 athletes received “the benefit of the bargain” by getting the 4 years promised when they enrolled.
The Classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 are not “future athletes” — they are current ones who expected 4 years and now get 5. Only the Class of 2022 is excluded.
RodGilmore retweeted
U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Chris Murphy have filed an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act that would cap college coaching salaries at $5M per year.
It’s one of more than 35 amendments filed to the bill.
Via @RossDellenger | ow.ly/5b6b50ZQM00
RodGilmore retweeted
And suddenly the cries to defend “free market capitalism!” start.
I wonder what changed
Sen. Cory Booker, with Sen. Chris Murphy, has filed an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act to cap coaching salaries at $5 million a year, per a copy obtained by @YahooSports.
It is one of 35+ amendments filed. Most of them have little chance of being accepted.
RodGilmore retweeted
👇
Former NFL players’ association chief DeMaurice Smith and I write about how the Protect College Sports Act protects nothing more than a deeply exploitative system that hurts athletes.
chrismurphyct.com/p/the-prot…
