DasNootz
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I bet Tim Tebow would punch you in the face if he saw this post.
Have you seen his accuracy?.... somehow I think my face is safe. After he missed, I'd point out that it was Jesus fault and offer him a non-alcoholic beverage.
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Would you use a third round pick at this point to take Tebow?... I don't know that I would.
Now add character issues to Tebow's athletic ability and you have Pryor.
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First round picks are so much more valuable now with the new CBA.
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Under Armour - Masters of Product Placement
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That seems like a very high percentage. Can you support this claim with any links?
I believe this is low. The last figure I saw was that 78% of all NFL players are bankrupt within 2 years of retirement. Understand that most players only last a couple seasons in the league. They take on debt like they'll have long careers, but when it doesn't pan out, they're stuck with a house payement and vehicle loans that they can't afford when working at Home Depot.
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Let's analyze the facts and the numbers that support what is going on:
In September 1993 Sports Illustrated reported Ralph's Net Worth was $150 million, at a conservative 6.5% annual rate of return Ralph would be worth roughly $481 million in cash today. Presently the Bills Team value is $700 million. With an estate valued at $1.181 billion Ralph's heirs would have been forced to pay a 35% estate tax or $413 million. With only $313 million after tax cash on hand, Ralph's heirs would have been forced to pay $100 million out-of-pocket to cover the cost of the cost of retaining the franchise. Purchasers would have gotten the franchise at a bargain basement price as suitors would have known what a cash-strapped position they were in.
I'm not an accountant or an estate planner... but explain this to me. If his total assets are valued at $1.181 billion (Cash and Team per your calculations), why would they have to come out of pocket at all? You've estimated that his net worth is $481 million in cash value aside from the team. Why couldn't they liquidate those assets after death and still have $68 million left over plus 100% ownership of the fanchise?
Why couldn't they secure a loan of say $200 million on the franchise? I would think that private lenders would jump at that opportunity to take $700 million in collateral vs a $200 million loan. I don't understand why they would be in such a cash strapped position that they'd have to force a fire sale.
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I heard that live this morning... He claimed that good progress was being made with new jobs in the private sector, but unemployment stayed high due to government layoffs. Isn't that a good thing? Wouldn't you be happy to replace nearly every government job with a private sector job if you're in the business of collecting taxes?
Basically he was avoiding the question of, "what should I do now that I've lost my goverment job?", asked by a pregnant woman who was in the process of building a new home. I think he should have told her to get start filling out applications and renewing her resume....as it's not the government's job to make sure she has a high paying job at the zoo.
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Take the damn remote
I'd sooner watch Will and Kate
get married than this
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Draft night is tonight
I hope they get a QB
Just not Cam Newton
Pickin' Third, can't miss,
"And with the third pick"....Oh ****!
One more year... I quit
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I AGREE, I AGREE, I AGREE!!!
How Much did Suh, the Biggest,Meanest,BESTEST,DEFENSIVE LINEMEAN to get DRAFTED IN THE 10 YEARS HELP THR LION RUSH DEFENSE? look it up for yourself...
and none of these guys are SUH.... Offensive win championships..defensives are Good to have...
They gave up 50 less yards of total offense and 7.8 less points per game. If we gave up 7 less points in every game last year, we would have picked up 6 more wins.
They also picked up 18 more sacks last season (Suh had 10 himself), forced 8 more fumbles and had 5 more interceptions. I'd be happy with that added production.
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Nice job on this post. I went D all the way. We have got to a) stop the run and b)generate a pass rush before anything else.
If I could have added one more post it would have been with Fairley and Dareus gone...
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It's hard getting a consesus pick from the draft board, so I thought I'd tackle it with three possible scenarios.
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I'd say at 280lbs he could play DE in the 3-4. I don't know if he could play OLB or not.
I think he could play either. When I see him, I see Julius Peppers. That may be high hopes, but I expect a future pro-bowler out of the #3.
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In order...
1. Green - will provide the biggest NFL impact to whoever chooses him.
2. Fairley - if he keeps his head on straight, will be the next big impact guy.
Then there's the drop off to the guys who you hope will be making an impact...
3. Bowers - does he have the drive and passion?
4. Miller - does he have the size?
5. Peterson - is he really a safety?
6. Quinn - year off certainly won't help the impact factor.
...the hope thing follows after Quinn. Just get the feeling that there's your list of top impact guys (knowing full well that there will of course be big impact guys drafted much later than they should have been).
As for this team, it's either Miller, Green or Bowers. The reason I don't have Dareus anywhere here is while I think he's going to be a solid line player, I don't think he'll be very special at the next level.
With that in mind, I hope it's Bowers. No doubt Green can contribute right away, but so can Bowers and actually at a position of need. Miller scares me. He's a speed player, and NCAA speed doesn't translate well to the NFL success.
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$180k per year in child support for 11 children doesn't seem overly excessive to me. Weren't his career earnings close to $20 million?
I also remember hearing that he was turned down for $10k in credit at a furniture store in Tennessee while he was with the Bills.
Some interesting names on that list. We all knew about Henry, Vick and LT, but I wasn't aware that Johnny U and Mark Brunell also filed.
I believe Deuce McAllister just filed recently too... After making something like $70 million, he lost a bunch with a bad car franchise.
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Get R Done Ralph... wait this isn't your typical XYZ was released/quit/unsigned thread?
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Wasn't Trent Edwards the Captain of a Czech team?
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Helmets look good, socks and shoes look stupid. Auburn is about to put the pain on.
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There was a Royce McKinny that played on the 1975 team.
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any idea how old he is?
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Can he take out an insurance policy on his health?
Unless he has inside knowledge of a likely work stoppage, this makes no sense. He's two semesters away from getting his degree... Great! How about he works on that for the next 10 years while he's banking coin in the NFL. By the time he's done with his football career some of his education will be wasted anyway as building codes will be changed to make room for the flying automobile, ozone protective shields, etc.
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Matt Barkley will also come out next year. If both are healthy and we continue to suck we'll have two shots at a franchise QB.
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I wasn't impressed last night. Forget the drops, last night was the perfect chance to show that he was a "champion". I didn't see him gutting it out. If anything, it seemed like the team relied more heavily on the running game. Ohio State was down to what.... their 5th string CBs and Arkansas still didn't seem to stretch the field much. I saw a ton of check downs and a waste of a cannon for an arm. My impression was that he wasn't a leader... or at least not an effective one.
I also saw enough of Pryor to know that I want nothing to do with him.
If we stay at 3 and Luck is gone, we should go DL.
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I've seen every game he has ever played and while he had a better year this year he only has 7 td's in 6 seasons, he has health, speed and height issues. I say move on ad get some fresh meat like an AJ Green from Georgia. The kid is big physical and catches eveything.
So you want to use our 1st round pick (probable top 5) on a WR?
Is this a fair question for new registrants?
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Which former Bills player had #12 retired on the Wall of Fame/Ring of Honor?