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Look at the response to Kraft's statement: http://www.patsfans.com/new-england-patriots/messageboard/threads/bob-kraft-releases-statement.1131187/ It's unbelievable, they are in their own world. I frankly think Kraft's comments are borderline. Goodell has to be angered by the statement made by Kraft.

Regarding hotels, there are a number of nice hotels in downtown Cincinnati. You can also check for hotels in Covington KY. As for food, I would recommend the following: 1) You need to check out Skyline or Goldstar while in town 2) If you are looking for good BBQ, check out Montgomery Inn. They sell more ribs than any other restaurant in America. 3) Precinct: This is Jeff Ruby restaurant and is the best steakhouse (in my opinion) in all of Cincinnati. Hope this helps.

The Jets are (were) overrated. They only have one win against a team with a winning record (New England). They could still miss the playoffs (remaining schedule: Miami, Pittsburg, Chicago and us)however it will be difficult for San Diego or Indianapolis to catch them.

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Having lived in Cincinnati for the past 3 of 4 years I can tell you that there fans are not nearly as loyal as ours. Last year when they made the playoffs they barely sold out the playoff game. As I recall tickets were still available two days before the game. On a side note, Marvin Lewis is an awful coach. How he won coach of the year last year is beyond me. He is one of the longest tenured coachs in the NFL (third or fourth most tenured). Any other city would have thrown him to the curb a long time ago.

Having extensive knowledge regarding the estate tax I thought I should chime in. There currently is no death tax. However, Congress may still pass a death tax and according to the Supreme Court, taxes may be applied retroactively going back at least a year (anything longer than a year is suspect). So just because there is no death tax right now does not mean that George's family won't have to pay taxes. In fact, next years death tax exemption will be $1 million with a 55% tax rate over a million (you also get a full marital deduction meaning you can pass everything to your spouse without paying taxes however upon the surviving spouses death taxes will be paid). Congress is not happy about this. Democrats want to raise the exemption to $3.5 million (what it was in 2009) while Republicans want to raise it to $5 million. Chances are such legislation will be passed by the end of the year and will be applied retroactively to 1/1/2010. There is a very good change that George's family will in fact pay the death tax. Think about it, with more than 3 billionares having died this year, and given the current financial situation, Congress will do everything it can to take half of these billionares estates. Assuming that no law is passed, whether his family will pay estate taxes will depend on his estate plan. It is very possible that his estate plan called for the majority of his assets to be passed to his wive that way the marital deduction would apply. If this is true then the wife will get hit with the estate tax upon her death regardless of the tax rate today.

At the Packers game a few years ago a Packers fan was walking by with a cheese head on when I said: "You have cheese on your head? I have cheese on my dick head from your wife's yeast infection". He then continued to talk to me offering to bring over his wife who was currently in the bathroom. 10 minutes later he comes back with his wife and she says: "you got something to say to me" and I said "Yes, you got cheese all over my dick from your yeast infection." She stormed off with me yelling something about hooking up with her during halftime. The male Packers fan tried to shake my hand and be cool but I was having none of it.

Hey guys, first post for me but I have been following for years. I always see people get confused when it comes to contracts so I thought I would add my 2 cents. Once the contract with Denver was terminated, Shanahan had a duty to mitigate his damages. This means he is required to find work at a comparable wage or the best wage he can get within a certain amount of time. When he does find work, Denver only owes him the difference. So for example in the NFL, you are typically given 1-2 years to mitigate your damages and when you do you are owed the difference in the old contract and the new contract (based on each year). The same goes for DJ, he will be required to find a new job and Ralph will only be on the hook for the difference. If DJ is offered a job as Defensive Backs coach and its pays $500k a year, Ralph will be on the hook for 3 mil a yr (3.5M-500k) for 2 years If we offer Shanahan $6.5 million a year Denver is on the hook for 500k a year for 2 years. If we offer more than $7 million a year then Denver will not owe him anything This is assuming a non-guaranteed contract If the contract is guarenteed then the money is always good. Hope that helps