Not in automotive. Still a substantial amount is here. And yeah, we need to bring it back in other sectors for sure.

If you read the article this took place at their number one supplier and their parts probably made it into your vehicle too. Its one of many reasons that the US should keep manufacturing in country as much as possible.

Subaru’s secret: Marginalized foreign workers power an export boom Subaru has won U.S. drivers with its socially responsible image. But its supply chain relies on hundreds of migrants from poor nations who are far cheaper to employ than Japanese workers.

I’d be inclined to feel some sympathy for consumers here but this is the company that used indentured servants and people who were human trafficked in Japanese factories as late as 2015. www.reuters.com/investigates...

What Biden did in allowing the crisis in Gaza to happen is absolutely on par if not worse than what happened in Trump’s first presidency. Get the fuck off your high horse dipshit

I voted for Harris. I got news for her supporters and Democrats. I would not have voted for her, or Biden before her, if we pretty much had any boilerplate historically normal Republican running for president. The days of Democrats getting my vote just because they’re the lesser evil, is over

Electing Rob Sand to governor is basically electing a pillowcase with a drawn on smileyface. The spitting definition of an empty suit. I realize how appealing that sounds to certain Dems that have lived thru the reddening of this state - but you have no chance of fixing that w/him.

Kim’s an arsonist. Act like it. Or GTFO. Political chivalrousness just makes you look like a fool. She’s leaving behind a fiscal mess that’s going to make us look like Kansas. You should be politely reminding people of that as she hits the door.

Go to the speed art museum for sure. And the Louisville slugger factory. The riverfront near the factory is pretty cool too

They’re not exactly the smartest group, but then you start thinking about what the Democrats have been doing since basically 1980 and you start wondering just how smart you are for sticking by those toxic mfers

The settlement is so fucking stupid for the big conferences its not even funny. I doubt it will hold up even if it legally is workable because the B1G and SEC would be dumb to slit their own throats in the #2 rev sport

Just hit on a 6 team parley. Michigan -2.5 was the last leg. Thought I was going to have a heart attack at the end lol. That’s probably going to be the last parley I let ride like that

Its fine - Indiana put together an absurd offer there. If I were Cignetti though - I’d look at the rev share numbers and GTFO ASAP

Has she? She’s tight with Brad, & is trying to help fundraising, but as far as I know, she’s not taken any direct steps to encourage certain donors to donate to that instead of the AD, & I’m pretty sure Swarm donations don’t count for seat licensing. $6 million NIL is a light number for a B1G school

IMO Iowa’s kept NIL at arm’s length for too long because the administration has long been staffed by goody2shoes instead of SEC killers. Some schools are blessed with billionaires, others are just better at getting slush funds together by redirecting donor funds from facilities into NIL as TV$ rises

I would take solace in knowing that its a good thing for Iowa administrators to get their butt shot off in some of these situations so that they can understand and prepare better for the marketplace next time they have to hire someone. Beth knows next time she’d better have more NIL lined up

I mean, we’re 1 season removed from a Big Ten title appearance and 2 in 4 years. I want great teams too and CFP appearances, but this is Iowa. We’re just not that close to making a change at football HC

I think this season is more about showing proof of concept on Off, bringing the passing game back from the dead, rather than a record referendum, considering the S.O.S. I also have to believe that there’s enough trauma in Iowa’s budget over the MBB job and they want to make sure that isn’t repeated

Bowlsby was okay…but you look at Iowa’s athletic dept back then and it was a committee hell back then for an AD. Zero chance to hire Stoops when 8 people have to sign off on a decision. Jfc

I do not understand this one. A big with limited range that can’t protect the rim is…unaffordable? I think that’s strange, hard to build a roster with a player like that even if he offers you quite a bit on offense. Have a feeling he’s going to come off the bench at the next stop unless his game +++

I mean, keep only as much of the current roster as they think they’ll need. I’d like the new coach to do quite a bit different and remake the team in their image and not Fran’s frankly. Really hoping physical guards and a real rim protector are part of the plan

Thamel saying that was frankly laughable. Read the room. Iowa made $173 million last year in revenue and is guaranteed to make $13 million more this year than last based on the TV deal. Iowa has room to make this happen ffs

Iowa fans seeing Beth changing a coach and having obituary like posts afterwards is some weird trauma shit that only we do. The rest of the sports world just hits the reset button and looks forward and Iowa fans just need to know that is okay lol

Agreed but, really…this is sports, not a referendum on the qualities of a man. It is okay to make a coaching change for any reason. These guys get paid enough to dry their eyes with hundred dollar bills at the end of the day.

There’s a lot of schools in P5 that won’t be able to fully fund the max student athlete benefits from the house settlement, let alone do substantial NIL on top of that. Iowa is one of those schools, and can pay top dollar for coaches on top. More attractive than you realize.

Nice catch

Mississippi has some weird laws that don’t let them guarantee coach contracts for very long. He’s probably at the worst basketball job in the conference. Not a long shot by any means

They’re not on good terms but large donors aren’t stepping up and directing money towards basketball NIL, and that’s just a fact. Brad doesn’t stand in Fran’s way on that - Fran just doesn’t do the relationship building that it takes in that arena.

He’s part of the problem there. He’s not really beating the bushes for NIL support among the few big ones Iowa’s got

NIL is only “killing” college sports because the NCAA refuses to deregulate pay for play. We have a byzantine process for paying players where billionaire donors can pay for rosters but schools can’t use athletic revenue to do the same yet, and there is a mysterious cap that seems illegal next yr

A lot of other schools have done a far better job of turning athletic revenue into NIL than Iowa. The NCAA isn’t even attempting to regulate the space. Iowa should make all their seat license holders contribute to Swarm and they should be working corporate deals together with Swarm and athletes