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very interesting NYT article this AM

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Robert Gates Leading change in the NCAA, worth a read.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/spor ... Position=1


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And another interesting article in the Sunday Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/us/n ... Position=1

For you out-of-towners who haven't been here for a while, this crap is ruining downtown.
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FayetteDore wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:34 am And another interesting article in the Sunday Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/19/us/n ... Position=1

For you out-of-towners who haven't been here for a while, this crap is ruining downtown.
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Funny thing about Robert Gates, the author of that NYT piece. He was a regular poster on a well-known A&M message board: https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/768382.
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MrMemorial wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:20 pm... Now that their river is no longer on fire, their peddle tavern is a boat!
I like it better when the Cuyahoga WAS on fire, but to each heisr own, i guess-
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Go Vandy! wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 6:01 pm
MrMemorial wrote: Mon Sep 20, 2021 2:20 pm... Now that their river is no longer on fire, their peddle tavern is a boat!
I like it better when the Cuyahoga WAS on fire, but to each heisr own, i guess-
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