May Day 10

This was exactly it. Late-90s, the lease was expiring and there were some tough negotiations. The team was flailing a bit post-Superbowl years. They needed that whole business backs the bills thing and/or a certain level of commitment for the new premium club seats. Flutie came along and zapped everyone with energy as well as kindled a Canadian interest. They were able to hit their goals and got the new lease agreement. Fast forward to the mid/late 00s. Our owner, Ralph Wilson was at an advanced age. We do not have billionaires here so much. You sense the NFL would rather leave for richer pastures. The Bills outsourced a home game every season to Ted Rogers (basically Comcast of Canada). That was seen as a trial run for the NFL/Bills to eventually sell to Rogers and move to a humungous international city in Toronto. In about 2009, I gave the Bills about a 5% chance to remain in Buffalo for 5 years. Rogers passed away quickly after the deal, and they completely missed the boat on pricing and interest. Mr Wilson continued to plug along! The lease expired and Wilson did not want to sell the team while alive. They signed a new lease with cosmetic renovations with a heavy non-relocation agreement. Mr Wilson passed away before the paint was dry on the new renovations, which would make it very pricey to buy, relocate, pay the Non-relo price, and build a new stadium. Meanwhile, pegula came onto the scene locally, adopted the city, and bought the team basically with cash.

I don't believe that story at all

Assuming whatever addiction/fetish is a thing of the past

People roll their eyes, but often-times, football players feel like they are treated like livestock. They are judged at the combine, drafted without their control, haggled with contracts, trades, franchised, fined, cut, etc. Then you get a player who takes a stand that gets some traction and some owners like Jerry Jones put them down. I believe McDermott's #1 and most important philosophy is that the players and staff are humans with families, thoughts, ideas, etc. A huge turning point was when McCoy chirped Trump. The team had a meeting where Im sure they were allowed to speak their minds and collectively decided what to do. They were allowed to protest while other owners and coaches were trying to stifle their players. Pegula wrote an anti-Trump letter to support the players as well, which probably wasnt easy for him. Another example was they allowed Beasley to speak his mind last year, even though some saw it as a possible distraction. I do not think McDermott (and the organization as a whole) is in the business of censoring players. They allow the leadership in the lockerroom to deal with things if needed. These men are adults. I know they do things together as families. I'm sure McDermott knows every player and staffer's wife/gf and kids' names. I believe they are up-front and professional with players when it comes to contracts and negotiations. All this goes a long way to stand out from many other places.

count me in thinking at first this was Matt Barkley and wondering why such compensation would be necessary

Otto Graham and Jim Brown

Me and a friend got way into fallout 3 years ago. Went to his house awhile back and he had a garbage bag full of bottle caps in his garage

RETURNS CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

there is a youtube video that says it

Agreed on the Patriots one. At that time I had empathy for Boston sports fans and always knew the Patriots as an underdog. I regret never really getting into and savoring the Bulls/Jordan run. I didnt like the NBA due to some phony macho "hockey is better/tougher" thing. Also couldnt stand anyone front-runner who wore Bulls gear, had posters in their locker, etc.

Very low benchmark for a hallowed honor tbh. Sabres hof? Sure. He won't even be in the hhof. No championships. Won the vezina but was only in the top 5 once. The sabres' retired numbers are so gunked up. What's going to happen if they have glory years?

he tried to manslaughter him

The Bills are perfectly relevant.... the Patriots are too. Buffalo is a consensus Superbowl favorite and were placed in numerous prime timeslots. Now if we compare the past 2-4 seasons with the Patriots' 2000-2019 run, then yeah, it pales in comparison. Even if Buffalo wins 2 of the next 4 Superbowls, the Patriots' dynasty will probably reign supreme if someone needs to compare the 2. That 2-decade run is/was a unicorn in current capped revenue sharing sports. If it makes Patriots fans happy to always use the 'rings' trump card like those Yankees fans they hate for that same reason... then let them do it. It was a great run and they are lucky to have taken that ride.

I take a small battery 1-a-day, B Complex with C, green tea extract, and Omega 3 flaxseed oil. I go in and out with probiotics because they are pricey.

I really like Cleveland sports teams as the fans are cut from the same cloth as us. But man, the browns organization deserves all this. what stupidity

I havent done The Show this year yet. I did do a ton of Diamond Dynasty in 2020 though.

If we are going pure drought where bills playoffs disqualifies.... I'd go with Stevie Johnson London Fletcher Marshawn If we are including the beginning of the drought, I'm picking Pat Williams Winfield Fletcher (3 defensive players, odd)

This is the nyg version of xxxxx qb is a gym rat, or xxxxxx qb put on 15 pounds of muscle, or xxxx qb actually throws a pretty ball, etc

ESPN still does live sports better than anybody. ESPN+ is a great step into the 2020's. Lots of content and live sports. They just invented the Manning Cast which is another groundbreaking discovery. As far as channel surfing and watching ESPN? I dont think I have done that since the early 2000s. I haven't had cable television in almost 10 years. I don't really watch anything. I know people complain about Steven A Smith and hot takes and taking a political side and all that... but if you don't watch it, it shouldn't be a problem. The world has moved on from a 6 hour loop of Sportcenter every morning being the most interesting thing in the world. They certainly have lost a lot of market share now that NBC, Fox, CBS, MLB Network, NFL Network, SEC Network, Fox Sports 2, etc have all jumped into the fray. ESPN has had trouble adapting a bit, and have made a number of errors for sure.

I think saul was fine with a few childish pranks to cope with Charles, with the bowling balls and the prostitutes in the restaurant. Kim seems like a psychopath and gets pleasure from this stuff. She kind of dragged saul into going this far. When saul saw that judge with the broken arm, he seemed almost relieved to call off d-day and for Kim to pursue her "professional" dream instead.

I have always accepted all-star games for what they are/were. Meaningless exhibitions, but you get to see all the stars in one place. A little bit of pageantry and the host city gets put in the spotlight for a weekend for the sport. I agree on the 3 on 3 thing for the NHL. I dont think it has been nearly as bad as their other gimmicks... but just give me East vs West. I dont need the game to mean anything, nor do I want to overly incentivize the players to create fake meaning. I also like the pause in the schedule and a 'breather' before the stretch run. The continuous play of hockey and basketball lend itself well to these exhibitions and you get to see the stars do some fun things and score a lot of points. MLB, I just like the history of it. AL vs NL. Its fun. Cool ballpark decked out. whatever. NFL/football as a sport does not lend itself to this sort of exhibition, not to mention most of the players just got through a brutal war of attrition and are either recovering, or mitigating their risks for meaningless injury. Each conference is forced to look deep on the bench for willing participants. The game itself is unwatchable and not fun, even compared to the other 3 major sports leagues. I also thing being played after the season hurts it.

The game is terrible and doesnt work. NHL and NBA can still hold an entertaining enough ASG, and MLB to a point... NFL does not work. These guys do enough. I have always said they should turn it into a program/special. Name an all-pro team and maybe a 2nd all-pro team... if not an "all AFC team" and "all NFC team". Make it a special like the All-Madden team was, perhaps hosted by a popular figure like the Manning brothers Hold an NFL awards-show. Mint some awards like the NHL has and name them after people. Maybe do some sort of all-time team(s). Have some marquee players perform in fun things to be included in the broadcast or pro-bowl weekend. Maybe a Madden tournament with a representative from each team (the winning team's fanbase gets something like a sign outside their stadium or something and $ for charity). Carve and edit it up into a neat and fun broadcast. Maybe even have a 'legends' tournament where prominent ex-players play. A golf event like what Rodgers/Brady/Mahomes/Allen re doing would be fun. If you are going to hold competitions, it needs to be things the players want to do, with zero health risk.

Yeah, if I had to guess, we are going to see the conclusion of the Lalo/Kim/Gus/Mike part of the story in the first 3-4 episodes. Then it will be business as usual for Gus and Saul and there will be some sort of time jump to late 2008. Then we will see integration in the BB timeline a bit and see what Saul was up to behind the scenes (perhaps even more Gus and Mike). Then, finally, we will see the final conclusion of Saul/Gene and maybe Kim (Huell?) in Omaha.

So wilson is thick, Tua can "actually" throw, and Jones lost his gut.

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