What a Tuel

I had the opposite of this problem during the Bills-Colts Home opener last year. Sitting there and the 5-6 rows in front of me stood practically the whole game. So of course I had to as well, but there were elderly people behind me, that I am sure couldn't see the game, and hardly stood. I didn't know what to do, I tried to sit, but then I couldn't see. And try convincing 5-6 rows of people to sit and stand just for the big plays. It is a problem, but only if people do it for extended periods of time without sitting. Edit: In the end it's better that security monitors a problem and rectifies it because they have that authority.

Something tells me the argument would shift to "What a distraction for the team"

I understand all of this. What you don't understand is that these company's are using this as an excuse to move forward a plan to combat the relative loss of people cord cutting their TV. There are countless quotes of these CEO's backing this up. The fact that you think both can't manage their infrastructure and put together a combative plan to regain control of the media market is just plain naive. Cable companies are able to do plenty with the coaxial cable still, in fact I believe they just made a change to enable them to utilize more of it, and increase speeds as a result of the competition FIOS brought. Fiber might be faster, but FIOS hasn't enabled that speed yet, and Time Warner has eclipsed them in increasing speeds in upper packages of internet access. "The cost of increasing [broadband] capacity has declined much faster than the increase in data traffic," says Dane Jasper, CEO of Sonic, an independent ISP based in Santa Rosa, Calif. "We want to make sure our products meet the needs of customers for what they want to do and it does not inhibit them or force them to make decisions on how they want to use the product. The nice part of technology and what has happened is that transport costs continue to decline and by putting in the packet optical fabric it takes away a lot of those constraints," McCarthy said. "There may be a time when usage-based pricing is the right solution for the market, but I really don't see that as a path the market is taking at this point in time." CEO Dan McCarthy - Frontier Communications "I think one of the things people don’t realize [relates to] the question of capital intensity and having to keep spending to keep up with capacity,” Kent said. “Those days are basically over, and you are seeing significant free cash flow generated from the cable operators as our capital expenditures continue to come down." CEO Jerry Kent - Suddenlink in reference to the data caps of 250-550gb that they have placed in the St. Louis area. As for your meat comparison, how can you say they aren't trying to monetize data but then make a comparison to meat in a grocery store that monetizes data?

Depending on the results of this season, I would be open to seeing what Schwartz can do at headcoach again. He is impressing with that Eagles defense. Something tells me he doesn't want it though. Maybe we just didn't hear about it but did he even interview for the job after Marrone left?

Then there's also "the spy", but that's only because he likes to play the game "I Spy" all the time. Nothing to do with spying on opposing team activities.

All Brady had to do was cooperate. He turned it into a fiasco on his own. Belichick on the other hand simply cheated, and there are many reports that it was far worse than disclosed to fans. http://nypost.com/2015/09/08/spygate-much-worse-than-belichick-goodell-divulged-report/

No, I have not been referring to mobile caps this whole time. Mobile caps are what the home internet ISP's aspire to have which is why I mentioned them. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/01/12/when-will-isp-data-caps-cost-consumers-more-money.aspx http://www.businessinsider.com/comcast-ceo-data-caps-usage-based-pricing-henry-blodget-ignition-2015-12 Nope, they aren't trying to monetize data for home internet at all. Usage based pricing for internet is a ridiculous thing aimed at "cord cutters" because these ISP's are losing money to people unsubscribing from cable television. It is certainly not because their infrastructure cannot handle it. Admittedly Mobile data has more infrastructure reasonings behind their caps, however they are far too low, and are gouging customers with jacked up rates for more data, and overage fees.

The difference here is time of possession which can be correlated with our offense not performing. 27 minutes to the Ravens 33 minutes 21 minutes to the Jets 39 minutes 34 minutes to the Cardinals 26 minutes At some points it was our inability to get our defense off of the field, but the vast majority of the time, it was our offense going 3 and out. You will allow yards in that case. As for the eagles? 39 minutes to the Browns 21 minutes 36 minutes to the Bears 24 minutes 35 minutes to the Steelers 25 minutes

I will admit, I was a little envious of the Eagles D when they played the Bears on Monday Night but it was the Bears. But to shutdown Pittsburgh? That's a statement right there. Shutting down Arizona was a statement, but I don't think as large. We will soon see when we play them in December though.

Well the scheme hasn't changed so maybe Mario standing around wasn't helping?

Wow, we have 2 Patriot residents on this forum now? Interesting.

Thinking the Patriots cheat is not more stupid than thinking Goodell is trying to ruin a football dynsasty. The Patriots cheat and have been proven to cheat or skirt the line of cheating far too many times for it to be considered stupid.

They made a ing deal with the devil thats what it is, and that's why we can't explain it. They sold their damn souls.

http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Rex-Ryan-It-was-a-great-team-effort/ed38f3cc-1484-4e6a-8fe6-95b213a8a828 Actual quote in context at 6:45 and 8:45 in the video if anyone is interested in not obsessing over nonsense. A lot of work to do for this team, but we demonstrated some good things yesterday. I start to wonder if the negative nancy's think that their cynicism fuels the rebound of the bills. That's cool and all, but you aren't fun to be around.

Rex's comments? No, they will be the furthest thing from my mind. Only nutty people will go back to this press conference if we lose next week and go "if only Rex hadn't said that" as a reason we lost the game. It is so absurd.

What to do when you have an out on a QB contract next year, and he's throwing 80 yards a game, but you have no replacement....

I was hoping someone would get that one

I am referring to mobile data and how if ISP's had their way, they would cap ethernet as well. This was in response to someone saying they should be billed on a usage basis like coffee. This isn't about infrastructure, this is a power play for control. The mobile industry did it perfectly with their caps - albeit they at least have some valid reasoning - but not quite good enough reasoning for the gouging they are doing, and are milking consumers dry. It's a cash cow, and equivalent to the "minutes" epidemic of the 90's. They milked that dry too. You don't quite understand that it isn't about streaming. It is about the power of cutting off access to the internet through the monetization of data which the mobile phone industry has perfected and the ISP's envy. If that's what you want because you think it is fair use of the ISP's infrastructure then fine. But realize it isn't because these companies are trying to recoup the cost on their infrastructure, it is a power play to obtain control.

Excessive, but I have fun with this! Disband all teams and do a complete redraft with the expansion teams. 8 Division Champions plus 8 wildcards 4 in each conference. NFC Coast NFC West NFC South NFC East Honolulu Hawaiians Arizona Cardinals San Antonio Toros Washington Redskins Oakland Raiders Las Vegas Gamblers Dallas Cowboys Baltimore Ravens San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks Houston Texans Pittsburgh Steelers Los Angeles Rams Portland Lumberjacks Kansas City Chiefs Carolina Panthers San Diego Chargers Albuquerque Isotopes Mexico City Aztecs Cincinatti Bengals AFC Coast AFC Midwest AFC Great Lakes AFC South New York Giants Tennessee Titans Toronto Icers Jacksonville Jaguars New York Jets Minnesota Vikings Detroit Lions Miami Dolphins New Englang Patriots Green Bay Packers Buffalo Bills Tampa Bay Buccanears Philadelphia Eagles Indianapolis Colts Chicago Bears Atlanta Falcons London Imperials Denver Broncos Cleveland Browns New Orleans Saints

Data should never be monetized like this. But hey, if you believe the mobile internet landscape is amazing then all the power to you. It is anti everyone except the telecommunications companies who have everyone under their thumb. "Hey you only have a 2gb data limit, but we partnered with Netflix so you can stream all you want from the providers we tell you to!" If you don't see a problem with this, then I don't know what to tell you. They are the providers of access to the internet, not to be confused with the gate keepers of what we can utilize the internet for.

Hogging their resources? We are all paying customers to these companies even the evil large Netflix. That would be like paying for one of those apps, and the developer saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, you are using this app way too much. You need to pay more than everyone else because we have had to increase server load because of you. If the ISP's want to raise the price of internet at any point they can to offset the increased costs across the board. However they won't because this isn't about costs, it is about a power play on both ends. On one end to control what a paying customer "Netflix" gets what speeds (aka did you pay your protection money today?). And on the consumer end, capping data to ensure Customers are filtered through their own affiliates. They are trying to turn the internet into some distorted version of cable television because they are losing their grip on cable television as a result of the internet.

You can almost see the political manipulation by Ted Cruz, trying to apply the very popular anti politically correct movement to support his political motivations. He might as well say "The left is trying to take control of the internet because they don't want you to say hateful or bigoted things"

I'm arguing because you make little sense, and most arguments against net neutrality and ICANN are contradictory tin foil hat conspiracies. But I see this is going nowhere when one side believes they are all knowing, and gets frustrated when others don't see things precisely the way their expert minds do.

I didn't say ICANN runs the internet. I said ICANN is the way it has been run for awhile, meaning ICANN has done what they do for years now. And honestly, if you think I was truly quoting Ted Cruz as someone who knows what's going on, then there needs to be sarcasm font, as I have already called him an idiot in this thread. As I already stated, I am confused by what you believe. You responded to an article saying "Yet there will remain people who stubbornly maintain that there was no federal takeover of the internet." What do you mean by this in the context of that article you responded to?

I ask because you replied sarcastically to a post reportedly saying that we are taking away regulatory authority of the internet from the US Government by freeing up ICANN. So you are ok with this then? ICANN has also been the way the internet has been run for many many years, and as Ted Cruz states “Under the guardianship of the United States and the First Amendment, the internet has truly become an oasis of freedom,” Right?