UptownPrivileges said:

Believe it when I see it. Germany & France shut all theirs down. Everyone is scared of nukes & won't let them build near them. Look at the cost, that alone tells me natural gas plants are the future.

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And Germany from an energy standpoint is screwed, have you read the numerous articles about how outrageous their energy bills are?

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Pitt1975 said:

I had a sharkbite fail on my hot water tank. I had 2” of water on my lower level. Water was gushing out of the failed connector.
Came home from golf to water running down my driveway. Tank installed 2019, and failed 2022.
Plumber said they let the tech go who used them, and they do not recommend using them at all.
Over $15k in damage..

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Yeah - that makes sense
I’ve used them replace old turn valves for copper pipes running out to our detached garage .
Having a plumber use them , especially on a water tank line, is malpractice .

We had a filtered water line that was leaking last week , it was all polyvinyl and push-to-connect adapters.
That’s about the extent of my home plumbing skills .
That and garbage disposal replacement . Just picked up one of those plumber third hand things to make it easier

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Sean Miller Fan said:

As I have been saying, the ACC has to do something big. I just hope it's not an actual merger and we only take the high value schools: UConn, Nova, Gtown, SJU.

You can talk me into Marquette and Xavier but if you are going to add Xavier, you might as well add Cincy instead. Definitely NOT DePaul. Don't say it brings Chicago. It does not. No to Butler. No to Creighton. They are a coach, not a program and their market sucks. You also need to downgrade schools like SHU, Prov, and Creighton. Make them stay in a downgraded, 1 bid Big East with Duquesne, VCU, Fordham, etc. SHU, Prov, and Creighton have played a role in the downfall of Pitt, Syr, and BC

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No they don't need to do something "big". Added more basketball schools is a dumb idea.

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HailToPitt725 said:

I think it’s less about caring and more about the fact that they’ll recognize that, as a P5 brand, they could easily break off from NCAA soccer, start their own division/championship, and keep 100% of the money generated.

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There's no money generated from Men's soccer. There is 1 reason and 1 reason only for doing this:

The NCAA allows something like 23 match dates per year but those must be broken up into about 17 in the fall (which count as the "season") and 6 in the spring (which are essentially scrimmages). The big schools want those 23 matches to be played once per week from August to May to allow for proper recovery time. With the amount of running that takes place, soccer players should not be playing matches twice per week, every week but that's what they must do in the condensed fall season. The US Soccer Federation also wants to see this move to a 2 semester sport because it's better for the players and they have a vested interest in college soccer being better. The small schools voted this town primarily because they don't have enough staff to work Spring soccer games when baseball, softball, and other sports are taking place.

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Fredact said:

Lowe will get more than that in the NBA.

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He isn’t getting drafted in the 1st round and if he does go in the 2nd round it isn’t guaranteed money.

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