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Shortly after 9/11. Sports followed cable news in replacing news with opinion and hot takes. The most highly paid stars in cable news and sports news are your opinion personalities - your Rachel Maddows, Tucker Carlsons, Stephen A. Smiths, etc. Today, nobody wants to be a sports journalist if they can't have their opinion column too, and kids going to college for sports journalism spend most of the time crafting the column writing skills and not the news skills.

The state will lose that forthcoming lawsuit. A mandate without exemptions is illegal, and trying to circumvent the spirit of the exemption by simply choosing not to accommodate the exemption won't pass muster. Lots of precedent on that one. The tragedy is this guy will have to spend his own money to keep a job he shouldn't have lost in the first place.

If I were Seattle, Id try to trade for Foles. He'd give them a chance and he wouldn't cost the king's ransom to get. Bears don't appear to need him.

I said before the election that the Biden Administration was going to be just as chaotic as the Trump administration, and nothing will get accomplished because you have two Senators trying to run something for the first time in their professional lives. The economy will sink the Democrats. People tolerate A LOT but high energy prices, shortages and seemingly uncontrolled inflation they will not.

This is neat - a moderator now lecturing everyone on board content. I was just getting used to you guys moderating correct vs. incorrect opinion. Now...you're going to tell us.

More evidence on the main board of moderators electing to moderate opinion and why it'd be a disaster here, and why the apparently unchecked moderation of opinion is becoming a problem on this board overall: Board poster PTR posted an article about Eddie Steele being fired because he criticized the general manager of the Edmonton Elks, a CFL team. I was interested to see what that was all about after seeing it on the main page. My surprise to see the thread closed after a few replies. This post was closed by Canadian Bills Fan several hours later, with no reason given. I read each and every post there and there appears to be no outward violation of board rules. No fan threatened another, no bad language used, no spamming of the thread. Now, I'm not the arbiter of board content, but if there was a rule violation anywhere in that thread, it's very hard to find.

I read (I believe in Bloomberg) that coal mining is booming because of natural gas prices and shortages abroad. Coal mines here in the US can't find enough miners to meet the surge in demand for coal. Oh the irony that Joe Biden of all Presidents since Eisenhower may be responsible for the resurgence of the US coal industry.

My hot take for the 2021 season was Meyer not lasting in Jacksonville more than a season. He's way ahead of schedule!

My point was that a new owner may take the team to what's perceived as "greener pastures." Not much different in Detroit. The only reason the Lions are there is because of the Fords. A new owner without any legacy allegiance to the city would have moved it out of town years ago.

Oh it's not just our problem. However, I feel the Japanese and Australians wouldn't counter attack without US input. An attack would be over within hours and the US Navy would have casualties in the thousands. I could see the Chinese taking a stab at it around Christmas. All of Washington is home for the holidays and distracted by Covid, budget, and themselves, and this administration is S-L-O-W and uncoordinated to get things going based on what we all saw in Afghanistan. By the time we'd be "ready", the Chinese would already have the flag flying over Taipei. I think an invasion where we got beat would stun this administration for weeks, months. I can legitimately see the Chinese tell the world "We did it. Deal with it." and take the gamble the West doesn't have the stomach for an invasion of their own.

Ehh. Illinois population loss is increasing and a significant problem that will be factored into the decision. The state lost population for the first time in the history of the Census in the 2020 Census, and was one of the three states in the 2020 Census to lose population (Mississippi and West Virginia) between 2010 and 2020. There are 102 counties in the state and 87 of them lost population between during the time period. The state used to be the 5th most populous, and now it's 6th behind PA. Chicago is the 3rd most populated city in the US but it had sub 2% growth in population between 10-20, the lowest of the top 25 cities in the US by population. San Antonio, which would be an attractive city for a team, is the 7th largest, with nearly 9% growth. Austin is 11th with 22% growth. If you're a new owner, do you invest your money in a state that's on the decline and a city that's marginally growing? If you're Illinois, do you use your strained, but improved credit (the state's bond ratings just moved to BBB, in comparison NYS is usually AA+) to go all in on the Bears or do you use it to fix why people are leaving the state?

I think China is going to make a play for Taiwan during Biden's presidency. I hope that his administration is seeing the flashing red lights on the board. I don't think the airspace incursions are typical saber rattling. I think they are deliberate tests and probing of the Taiwanese air defense system and hunting US subs.

College shouldn't be free. I'd rather reimburse two years of completed college at 100%, and you have to have a B average. First-time college students only, and you get one crack at it. Two years covers community college, most trade schools, and gets a bachelor's degree student 50% off. There's practical steps to improving the student debt situation but opening the floodgates without any benchmarks for the student to hit is just sealing the doom of the schools themselves.

Haven't watched an ESPN show since they canned Sports Reporters, the last show that had any intelligent discussion about sports. ESPN programming is stale and the on-air personalities are neither likable nor all that talented. It is the Sears of cable TV, doomed to end sooner rather than later in a cost cutting move.

I'd add Keith Jackson. Most will remember his as an Eagle, but he also went to the Pro Bowl as a Dolphin and a Packer. He was a dominant TE in college at Oklahoma and in the NFL.

Game tape catches up to everyone. Around week 4, things change. I'm not saying he isn't going to be good, great. Just that it's a persistent game of measure-countermeasure, and in weeks 1-2, teams have blind spots to new coaches, new QBs, and new situations. It's why the Eagles and Saints fell back to Earth in Week 2.

I think it's rust and the offense getting re-acclimated to playing in a stadium with fans. It's getting there. I think the well-oiled machine we saw late last year will arrive. You know who I'm happy hasn't fallen back into bad habits? The coaching staff. I was happy the score yesterday was 35-0 and not 28-17 because the team took the pedal off the gas.

I think it's risk of rust vs. injury in regards to preseason and I do think there's some adjustment to playing in full stadiums versus last season playing in the equivalent of a football library.

I doubt it.

63% before the vaccines have been released to PCPs, and before two have received FDA approval for adults, and before approvals for kids of all ages. The rate should be celebrated, not criticized. That's the BS politics the CDC swears it's not playing. I don't know what the political machine wants. You aren't getting 100%, you aren't getting 90%. You may get 80% if you're lucky, but you'll probably have to settle for 70-75%.

Philadelphia doesn't either and Philadelphia has enjoyed it's covid restrictions. Article today in the Philly Inquirer had quotes from physicians that they are not concerned about outdoor gatherings as much as they are the indoor gatherings. I'd like to post this in the main thread but it'd be promptly deleted by the Ministry.

If California allows Newsom to retain his office after all his Covid shennanies, I can't feel sorry for them when he rolls out more of the same. You had your shot. All a victory for him does is say yes, please give us more.

Both sacks and 5/6 recorded QB pressures occur in first half.

Let's hope next week is a rebound. Still no defensive pressure. Offensive strategy was lacking the screens, motion and gadgetry that gets players open. The motion and misdirection is the secret sauce.

I "third" this. I received the same treatment from the same moderator. I broke no forum rules. Zero. I lodged a complaint with Scott. First time in 11 years of being on this board I felt I had to do that against a fellow fan. Silence. I can only assume it's acceptable for moderators to treat others that way. I am a solid contributor to this message board. I use one handle only. I don't make fun of other fans. I've always followed the etiquette here. This board tolerates making fun of the guy who dresses up as Peter Pan, routinely hosts threads on whether you'd have sex with a particular woman in the news with the "Would ya?" posts who are often charged with child sexual assault, routinely hosted numerous threads of drunk, angry rants before, during and after games, and finds posts shaming people over sincerely held beliefs about their health acceptable. However, you incorrectly name a player in your post, you get a penalty point. Right. It's a farce. The PPP has sharp elbows, but to be honest, a discussion about Afghanistan is far above the bar of whether you'd have sex with the teacher who got arrested for having sex with her students.