To be completely honest, I did not want to write about Green Bay head coach and former Fox Sports radio host Doug Gottlieb in October. I was trying my absolute best to hold out until (at least) the official start of the college basketball season because he and I have something of a history with each other and I want to be as fair as possible in my coverage— or whatever you want to call it. (Hi Doug if you’re reading this!)

And then the 50-year-old picked up his first technical foul of the year just one day after he hung up on his former colleague during a heated argument about his most recent hot take. I can’t not write about.

Even though it sounds like those are two separate incidents, they are related. I actually don’t think Gottlieb was out of line in either situation. The college basketball officiating crew T’d him up for a harmless (and objectively hilarious) quip about eligibility rules, and Rob Parker completely misrepresented his opinion. I’d be mad too!

Lets start with the proposed Protect College Sports Act that is likely going to pass through Congress. Although there are a lot of flaws with the bill, the current state of college sports is a mess and this bipartisan legislation is supposed to help. The goal is to establish consistent rules on the federal level. There are eight key points:

Doug Gottlieb is in support of the Protect College Sports Act. He went on a scathing rant about the ongoing issues during a press conference at the end of September.