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The Off Duty ADs talk about cheating in sports.  They also discuss Mike alienating all of our listeners, burnout thoughts from a couple long-time ADs, how social media has changed the complaint game, how the Astros scandal affects our programs, self-reporting violations, the line between competing and cheating, a pink-eye related you gotta minute, the diversity of Mark's PBR, Ryan's newest dessert beverage, and continued efforts to prepare for our Massachusettes trip.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their approaches with struggling coaches.  They also discuss college basketball felonies, XFL and minor league football, new Astros identifying themselves, the Globetrottin' ADs, Uncle Bill, how you define a struggling coach, improvement plans, and a trip to Cape Cod.

The Off Duty ADs talk about preventing burn out as an athletic director.  They also discuss the XFL, listener mail, character-building programs for athletes, recruiting new listeners then getting them to immediately leave again, empathy within our profession, adjusting the time frame of our jobs, faking coughs, being ducks, avoiding scotch, hair loss and gain, continued funding issues with new facilities, and public libraries.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their thought processes when deciding to change jobs in the past.  They also discuss the continuation of Stategate, the Super Bowl experience, decisions that led to moving from job to job, the impact of a family on job selection, weighing personal and professional factors in the decision, Ryan's fundraiser found at support.rmhc.org/goto/ryan_walker supporting the Ronald McDonald House, Ryan's Tom Cruise opinion gets censored, and Mike supports a new beverage with a name he can't remember. 

The Off Duty ADs talk about the cons of team bonding activities.  They also discuss Ryan's technical difficulties, the return of Big Ten wrestling, an odd Uncle Bill's Corner, the value of team bonding trips, risk management during those activities, free Frostys from Wendys, first-person shooters in high school esports competitions, PBR hard coffee, the Browns draft room, and Mark's t-shirt game.

The Off Duty ADs talk about their eligibility and suspension policies and procedures for alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse violations.  They also discuss North Dakota tourism efforts, Uncle Bill and Chicken Joe, end of season coaches meetings, guilt by association or proximity penalties, getting asked to solve all problems, a Netflix documentary, and Red Pine Distillery.  

The Off Duty ADs talk about academic eligibility processes and requirements.  They also discuss spelling issues, the best weekend ever for a colleague in MN, a change of opinion about Uncle Bill, the timing of grade checks, our recording locations, coaches and parents collaborating on a you gotta minute, and jumping from skyscraper to skyscraper for a beverage.

The Off Duty ADs talk about how they budget and spend equipment money.  They also discuss the Browns coaching job, getting paid to not work, Husker basketball, Uncle Bill clicking 30, activity funds vs. fundraising funds vs. booster club funds, various ways to budget for expenses, distributing funds throughout programs, unexpected purchases, an IEP scholarship concern, the Backyardigans, and the lack of fireworks at White Sox games.

The Off Duty ADs respond to listener emails.  Throughout the episode, they discuss season overlaps, vaping, a new t-shirt idea, athletic director injuries, resume building, ignoring Joe from Washington, South Dakota, Uncle Bill, and recap the last month of winter break life.

The Off Duty ADs give listeners a throwback episode in order to spend time with their families.  Enjoy Episode 1 as The Off Duty ADs talk about some of the more frustrating aspects of being an athletic director and their favorite interview questions, Ryan suggests that pessimism is the best optimism as a sports fan and relates to the Big Lebowski, Mike vents about the Friday at 5:00 conversation and makes a mess in the recording room, and Mark introduces Stone's Throw from the Fargo Brewing Company and quotes John Calipari's thoughts about putting poop in ice cream.

The Off Duty ADs talk about hosting events in their buildings over the holiday break.  They also discuss Big Ten Minute without Mike, the benefits and detriments of playing games over break, Jan. 1 practices, mandatory or optional holiday practices, Kona Brewing, and wish a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all of our loyal listeners.

The Off Duty ADs talk about youth and middle school feeder programs.  They also discuss Uncle Bill's new slogan for the podcast, rental agreements, the varying structures of youth programs, unicorns dancing on rainbows, pushing your philosophy, and keeping Mike on a timer.

The Off Duty ADs talk about the greatness of the National Athletic Director Conference.  They also lack editing in this episode because of the timing of recording, spend some extended time in Uncle Bill's Corner, listen to Mark correct last week's mistake, heap mountains of praise on the NADC committee, discuss urgency in our email replies, and various burger joints.

The Off Duty ADs talk about all of the stuff that routinely sits around in their vehicles.  They also talk about the best week of the year, feedback about middle school students, scheduling various levels, Uncle Bill's Husker ticket sales, random keys, using our cars as storage units, Ryan's caffeine problem, things freezing in Mark's car, an odd stop at McD's, learning the key rings, port-o-potty issues, Mike avoiding IKEA, Heavyweights, and the purchase of craft breweries.

The Off Duty ADs talk about advancing middle school students to high school teams.  They also discuss the new addition to Mike's family, Mike's technical difficulties, a double dose of Uncle Bill's Corner, varying middle school policies in states, a lengthy and extensive advancement process, the thoughts that come along with an anonymous envelope, coaches getting sued for coaching, winter beverages, and winter facial hair.

The Off Duty ADs bring in two guests to discuss their experience with athletic specific degrees.  They also talk about the continued growth of the pod despite Uncle Bill's disbelief, lots of feedback from last week's episode, Philly fans, learn from Jordan from Maine and Matt from Ohio, different paths to an AD job, differences between some masters programs, lessons learned on the job, and our guests' selections for movies and beverages.

The Off Duty ADs talk about balancing the hours of being an AD while spending time with our family.  They also talk about kicking Mike off of today's episode for understandable reasons, avoiding our own fandom, Uncle Bill's Corner, dragging the family with for game supervision, responding to coaches' texts, trying to trade out some work time, estimating the end of the workday for your spouse, prioritizing some family time, lending equipment to the public, Terrapin Brewery, more from Surly Brewing, and our continued inability to read news articles.

The Off Duty ADs discuss making coaching changes on short notice.  They also talk about the early snow days of the year, limited gym space, Uncle Bill's Husker struggles, an interruption to dissertation work, ERO from Focus 3, pausing to temper an emotional response, managing the domino effect after coaches move on, knowing that our coaching jobs are a small piece of a bigger puzzle, economic problems with Carl's Car Wash, other kids' shows, and Mark gets his OJ coaching suggestions mixed up.

The Off Duty ADs talk about vetting new vendors for their athletic departments.  They also discuss the NIAAA Strategic Plan, experts in our field, tennis tournaments during a blizzard, hiding ineligible athletes, the cream of the crop in the B1G, a lawsuit against a bankrupt company, accepting credit cards in your school, getting agreements on paper, cleaning out portable toilets, good questions to ask your vendors, Tommy Boy, more field shoveling, and physically aging while being mentally well. 

The Off Duty ADs discuss the California Compensation Law set to go into effect in 2023 for college athletes.  They also talk about Mike's rough fandom week, Big 10 Minute replaces Uncle Bill's Corner, Dave from NJ's important events, how compensating college athletes may trickle down into high schools, used car salesmen, how catching touchdowns relates to cleaning toilets, potential upside to paying college athletes, different impacts at private schools without an association affiliation, NCAA revenue, more animal issues at Ryan's new facility, a movie that may have foreshadowed the present, a new offering from Sam Adams that can be ignored, and rescheduling football games around a blizzard.