The BMJ study's range runs from 24.5% to 97.7% because 1,374 of those brains were never examined. That width reflects who donates, not how common the disease is.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence60
A 262-casualty count from 1970 to 2023 explains football's clear-sky lightning delays
A sports meteorologist's census of US football lightning deaths and injuries gives officials who stop play something to cite, though the per-game odds a stadium wants take more than a count of cases.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption78
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives48
- Confidence63
Baker sells certainty to a $14 billion college sports economy before the Senate votes
The NCAA president says he feels "pretty good" about the Senate passing a bill that would fix eligibility, transfer and pay rules. He has already put the House step after the election, and Democrats may filibuster.
Reality
- Evidence42
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives78
- Confidence45
A 60-day visa clock turned one Ohio State layoff into a move back to Peru
Luciana Pereyra had 31 days of notice and 60 days of grace, and most of the useful ones fell while the universities she was applying to were shut. Her employer set the termination date; federal law set the rest.
Reality
- Evidence36
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives55
- Confidence52
A Dallas judge makes college football eligibility a district-by-district question
Dae'Quan Wright left a three-year, $3,125,000 Eagles deal, got waived, and won a restraining order that clears his way to LSU, so the SEC's week-old ban on former professionals now binds only where nobody has sued.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence44
Taxpayers Just Joined the College Sports Payroll Race, and No One Capped Their Share
North Carolina, Wisconsin, Louisiana and Connecticut are routing tax dollars and betting revenue into athletic budgets. The federal bill meant to impose guardrails does not restrain them.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption66
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives55
- Confidence61