Washington State FB Coach Fired

There may be an attempt to secure a TRO to block the firing, although the coach has so far not indicated that he is going that route.

I don't think lawsuits will go very far.   Too much precedent the other way

Not everyone would walk away from that kind of money to defend a principle

Looks like I have a new team to root against.

97% of students are vaccinated. How can they protest these firings. If a bus driver got fired for refusing to wear a seat belt or refusing to stop smoking while driving students, are any of his riders going to walk out of school? And a modestly paid bus driver would be a more sympathetic figure, imo.

Also a religious exemption may not work for a Catholic since the Pope is advocating for people to get vaccinated.

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but rather what you can do for your country."

Interesting point.  I don't know about Washington St, but many schools, HC being one,  are requiring students to be vaccinated.   Curious how players would react to this situation.   Reasonable to assume in this climate that some percentage of the players didn't want the vaccine, but, assuming Washington St has a mandate for their students, took one for the team.  If I made a "sacrifice" for the team, I might be annoyed if the coaching staff wasn't as invested as I was

From a public health perspective, the fact that some vaccinated people are contracting Covid and spreading the virus doesn't support an argument for not getting the vaccine. Consider this:

1.  If you don't have the disease, you cannot spread it (including to children too young to get vaccinated, immunocompromised people for whom the vaccine is not as effective, and those who have joined you in not getting vaccinated.)
2. Unvaccinated people are three times as likely to contract Covid as vaccinated people since the Delta variant took hold.
3.  Every person who is vaccinated reduces the possibility of transmission by 75%. 

These numbers aren't exact and there might be other factors to control for, but don't let perfect be the enemy of good--unless you don't like little kids, immunocompromised people, and other vaccine objectors.  In fact, we know that big cats and gorillas can get Covid.  Who doesn't like them?  I don't know about those zebras who are on the run in Maryland.  Maybe they are at risk, too.

Tom beat me to it but I think that was a slow, hanging curve ball thrown intentionally. 

Wow! That link, which I couldn't get through cause I don't care enough, looked like just too, too much overanalysis unless you are a baseball junkie. That's a vice that I kicked years ago after the MLB players' strike which now I couldn't even tell you what year that happened. Sometimes a fading memory is a blessing. 

But, apparently the Red Sox lost so my condolences to all their fans. I'm guessing the Mets and Yankees are out of it already. 

Since this is Crossports, and we are infamous for going off the rails.... here is a question?

How do you pronounce the creature that looks like a horse, with black and white stripes....

Is it Ze-bra or Zeb-ra? i have heard both pronunciations recently. I have been listening to the BBC.🙂

Now back to the mundane....

I think you are mixing two terms

Brits call an elevator a "lift". A "flat" is the Brit term for an apartment.

Brit terms can creep into American English usage, a prominent example is "at the end of the day" has replaced the prior American "when all is said and done"