Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, February 20, 2024

  • Hear me out, if Trump is going to sell these, he should at least wear a pair of them once. I would even suggest, though I don’t know if it breaks any campaign finance laws, that he wears a pair and auction them off for charity.
  • I thought I was being pranked when I saw the news that Jerry Jones is now seeking advice from Jimmy Johnson. The talk has always been that Jerry wants to win one on his own without any help from Jimmy whatsoever. Wow. But as of my writing, which is around midnight, I haven’t seen it reported on any sports news websites, just TwitterX. Well, I know what’s they will be talking about on the Ticket all day today. Funny, football has been over all but what, a week? And it’s all we ever talk about.
  • I don’t watch a lot of the NBA, but I think out of all the major professional sports, they have the most remarkable athletes, and it isn’t even close. Especially when you consider height and weight. Their commissioner, Adam Silver, communicates exceptionally well and when it comes to interviews, is one of the most well-spoken persons I’ve heard. He would make a great politician, which in some ways, he already is.
  • A sports topic I would like to hear discussed is what sport has the most conditioned athletes, that is, who has the most impressive endurance. You have to think it would be athletes in a continuous play sport, so football and baseball players would be out of the mix. That leaves basketball, soccer, and hockey. I’m ruling out basketball because of the size of the court and how often there is a stoppage of play. While soccer has the most continuous play there’s a lot of jogging and walking going on. But, I also claim ignorance when it comes to the sport, so I may be misjudging them. I’m going to have to go with hockey because of all the gear and playing surface. I know you have to factor in line changes. My research tells me the average shift in competitive hockey is 45–90 seconds, with most shifts falling within 30–60 seconds. But when they are on the ice they expel a tremendous amount of energy.
  • The NBA experimented with using an LED basketball court for Saturday’s All-Star Game Weekend activities. The game itself was held on a traditional wooden court. But here’s some footage of a FIBA game played in Madrid last year.
    • Right now, it’s about $500 a square foot, or $2 million for a full court. It’s the future of sports, and I bet the NHL will have some version of it in the future, and 50 years down the road, who knows, maybe even the NFL with some sort of special soft artificial turf.
    • I’m curious to know what the players’ union thinks about it. All sorts of things will have to be addressed regarding player safety, shock absorption, traction or grip, and water/sweat absorption.
    • I can envision a three-point line that changes throughout the game. And, replays will be able to tell exactly where a player’s foot is in case there’s a question if he or she was behind the line.
    • Regarding wooden floors, I’m surprised at how inexpensive they are. We often see a court used literally one time and then tossed out, like the Final Four and the All-Star game. We used to see courts with multiple three-point lines. At least I think they are tossed out, I’d like to think it could be donated to a school or charity. I remember the three-point line painted on my junior high tile floor being a little off.
    • A quick search online tells me that a court will run about $17,200 to $76,000. According to Forbes, each of those special In-Season Tournament court costs between $75,000 to $150,000. You also have to put it together. A full basketball court’s labor costs range from $1,000 to $4,000.

  • That’s 10 RBIs I believe.

  • I was surprised to read that tickets for the University of Texas home football games next season will be going down in price. Supposedly, they didn’t want to get the perception they were jacking up prices just because they were entering the SEC. I also saw they will return to playing on grass starting in the 2026 season. I don’t know what a SEZ video board is, but they are getting a new one for next season. I’m just amazed at how “affordable” technology has become for team sports. I’m almost willing to bet every 4A high school football stadium in Texas has a fancy video board.
  • Oh, I also read that Texas and Oklahoma are working to get the kickoff of the Texas-OU game moved to 2:30 PM. That’s going to change a lot of traditional traveling plans for fans traveling from both Austin and Norman. I’ve lived next to I35 for the last 20 or so years, and it’s always interesting to see all the Sooner students driving through and stopping at local restaurants and gas stations. I’m also curious how statistics for automobile accidents and DUIs/DWIs will be affected.
    • It’s always Army-Navy. It’s known as the Army-Navy football game. It’s never Navy-Army. So, it’s weird to me when I hear the Texas-OU game referred to as the OU-Texas game.
  • I made a post last week about lightning strikes and sporting events. Maybe something like this in the future will allow the games to go on.
  • Yesterday it was BB King dealing with a broken guitar string in a live performance, today it’s Stevie Ray Vaungh.
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