Fritz Baldauf, Kris Pursiainen and Riley Glenn are three college students, all of whom are avid sports fans. Kris and Riley are both from New Jersey, and are Knicks, Giants, Mets and Rangers fans, and Fritz is from San Francisco and is a Giants, Warriors, 49ers, and FC Bayern Munich fan. The three all work for for news publications at their respective colleges, Kris at Fordham University, Riley at the University of Texas, and Fritz at Connecticut College.

Started during the spring of 2020, To a Tolerable Degree primarily focuses on the NBA and NFL, with occasional forays into baseball, hockey and soccer.