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
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence60
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
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
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
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+8
- Incentives55
- Confidence52
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
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