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Matt Brown

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I write Extra Points, try to make computer games, and post too much

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Kinda wish I could just shit post more tbqh

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NEW EXTRA POINTS:

Forget being good at football. If Oregon State and Wazzu want to get back into a Power League, its time to get weird.

Like, elect a message board weirdo.

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/mostly-kin...

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Homestar Runner your country needs you

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blogged a little bit about how I suspect hundreds of thousands of people are secretly hoping the college football video game makes then 22 again, something I do not think video games can do:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/actual-big...

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I, a half-Brazilian who also served an LDS mission, got a D+ in "Bible as English Literature" and straight up flunked Portuguese 103. I did not cover myself in glory with my college transcript

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its a quick read but worth your time

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Would it be a good idea to just "give" the ol' family Switch to my kids so they can keep it for Animal Crossing and Mario Kart and just get myself a Steam Deck for flights and road trips? Don't think I'd use it very much for AAA type open world games, and I guess they're on sale now?

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Kids: "see dad, this is why it's dangerous for cars to not have a roof"

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Why would anybody wear a leather jacket in costa rica

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Some personal news: gonna watch Jurassic Park for the first time with my oldest.

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Cannot stress this enough: everything js a monopoly play. That’s where and why the VC money flows.

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NEW EXTRA POINTS:

The conventional wisdom is that the NCAA will never get Congress to pass an antitrust exemption or to band athlete employment.

For now, that's probably true. But the GOP might have unified govt control next year. And that changes everything.

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/yes-republ...

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actually, wait. I'll do that next week. I'm gonna shitpost tomorrow.

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Guess I gotta write about private equity again huh

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Its tough to do this when my ADHD-busted ass brain barely works anymore and I feel pulled in so many different directions, but I am legitimately passionate about this issue and want to understand it better.

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Everybody recruits international athletes, from the biggest P5s to the smallest D3s.

But helping those students be successful academically, socially and professionally is HARD. I asked some coaches and professors about how to do it well. And I'll keep asking

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/can-school...

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look, today was the last day of school. anybody that books me for a video podcast or TV interview during regular business hours over the next two months is rolling the dice. I can't promise the girls (or dog) won't crash the party

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Did a fullcast. Recording said fullcast ended up making me so late in picking my children up from school that the principal called me in a panic. Sorry, but I simply had to finish talking about frat bro metal gear. I'm a great dad and a great journalist

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Oh he's still making calls about that now

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Can't wait for these dudes to run college football!

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No. NO! Do NOT call the Waambulance for me. Do you know how fucking expensive they are? Call a Boohoober

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You don't want anything to do with Patreon

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Aaron van Dorn 's avatar Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social
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To the extent the DSA is a glove that would allow people to pull the handle for Dems, it would be useful. That it is not that is nearly as big a condemnation as the fact that it's a powerless, depraved social club for the terminally educated.

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Tons. I'll have updates early next week. Made lots of calls about this

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you know extra points will publish that right

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NEW EXTRA POINTS:

New academic research suggests that no, starting a college football team isnt going to solve all of your problems, especially if those problems are male enrollment related

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/maybe-coll...

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NEW EXTRA POINTS:

Forget throwing more money at the NIL Industrial Complex. Here are the places I think smart entrepreneurs should be focusing in college sports, from ticket data to discount cards to ~*~explaining~*~ advanced stats:

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/want-get-c...

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Okay whew they sent everybody home

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Jury duty?!? In THIS economy?!?!?

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I was today years old when I realized thats the same dude?

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I am too male/straight/dad/stupid to write a "sports under the female gaze" type thinkpiece but I hope somebody else writes it so I can read it and share it

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I've been trying to address this for myself, but you're absolutely right. True for the college game too

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I have a #take that I probably wont actually write but feels safe here

I think a lot of the bananas WNBA/WBB discourse stems from the fact that many male writers don't really understand how women talk to other women or their relationship to sports/athletes won't 100% mirror what MBB looks like

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Talked to the folks behind HOGS+, War Eagle+ and other tea-specific streaming platforms about them dipping their toes into live broadcasts, how they fit with collectives, and where this space is going next.

www.extrapointsmb.com/p/heres-scho...

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It's gotten so much easier since I left in 2022. It used to be a little more of a pain in the ass but there are like, four good competing services now!

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