The Dean

The NFL Ticket is much like those buying tickets. They choose to play the game (as do the owners, as do the players, as do the season ticket holders). But if you think you watch the games on FOX or CBS for free, you are WRONG. Your shopping bill is higher because of it. Even if you don't buy the Nikes, the guy who sells you your tires does, and he has to pay for them. Everything gets paid for by the fans and viewers. If you can't understand that, you are too far gone for me to devote my time to.

Just in case I haven't mentioned it: Kenny Mayne is unwatchable. The worst. A bum!

Well it would be a reach and make no sense. But of course you completely misunderstood the point. You said you see the games for free. You do not. You don't pay directly, but the cost of advertising is included in every product you buy. If you pay $100 for Nikes, some portion of it is due to the cost of advertising during NFL games. Nothing is FREE. But, as I also said, the ones getting hit hard are the fans who buy tickets. I have no problem with them paying the $$ for the tickets. I do, when I can afford it and have a chance to go. But in the crying about salaries, contracts, etc. the truth is everyone is making big money in the NFL (the owners making the most) and the fans are footing the bill. Fans who blindly support owners and blame the players are freaking stupid, IMO.

What happens if they put him on IR or PUP? Who wins the bet?

Sorry, you are incorrect. B. Scott plays a decent run preventing SS, but has NO versatility. He can cover your TE, but that's about it. Wilson has come a long way, but he is strictly a pass defender as a safety, for the most part. Whitner had an off year last year, and still does most everything better than these two. I will say that Wilson is the most opportunistic of the three.

Most profitable companies take risks. Owning an NFL team is one that takes few and has a virtual guarantee of profit. The fan that pays the most are those who buy tickets. But few, if any, watch for free. Those who buy products advertised in the game pay fairly directly. And you might be surprised that most fans do not know how to watch their team's games on the Internet.

Just beat me to it.

Sports is about winning, in NYC or anywhere. You can act pretty much anyway you want, if you win. The douchebag part is simply an option Rex chooses to employ. If he fails, that will hurt him more than had he acted with class, IMO.

I loved that scene but HATED that movie. Domination/control/humiliation is NOT sexy (either way), IMO, of course.

Every NFL owner is a multi-millionaire (at least) and the football team is hardly his sole, or even primary, source of income. The NFL contract with the networks assures they will make some $$ every year. I can't imagine how poor of a business person you must have to be to lose $$ in the NFL. OTOH, players have for the most part, put everything they have/committed ALL of their time and resources to become good enough to play in the NFL. If they get injured early in their career, they are done. They have to start over. Now, I'm not losing sleep over the plight of NFL players as they get compensated quite well, and that should provide them with the means to change careers. But you bet your sweet ass I'm not crying for owners either. They risk virtually nothing by owning a team. And the contracts are as big as they are because they made them that way. Now you say if a player doesn't like the way contracts are done (one-way in favor of the owners) or don't like the risk of injury they should do something else. The same can be said of the owners. If they don't want to dole out huge salaries and have players hold out, don't get into professional sports. Guess which of these groups has the best options? The truth is, both sides are getting rich off the deal (the owners FAR RICHER than the players, for the record) and we pay the bill. That's how pro sports works. I can understand not wanting to support that system. My advice is to watch high school sports, because college football and basketball aren't all that much different than the pros, when it comes to the fan getting screwed.

nice picture http://www.google.com/

Not in my book.

It might make sense to mention what % were white.

Dunno if he is, but that seems to be part of the discussion in this thread. Hard to believe it would be Murder 1.

Wilson really can't play SS, IMO. And, do you really think a safety is going to WIN games when the offense is as bad as it has been and the defense as ravaged by injury? One player alone on D can't WIN games by himself.

1st Degree Murder?

No. But in football the players take ALL THE RISK, the owners take virtually none. Every NFL makes a profit. There is little to no risk involved. Players risk everything on the field.

When 100% of them are white I guess it doesn't even need to be stated, Right?

Not even the Jets are taking that position. They are perfectly willing to redo his contract. (Any smart team would look to do that, IMO.) The problem isn't Revis wanting the Jets to redo the contract, it's the amount he is holding out for.

I'm stating the obvious here, but the pass protection should look a lot better if the team learns how to run quick strike plays (like slants), execute screens and draws and improves the explosiveness in the running game. It won't help a whole lot on 3rd and 13, but it should give the line a fighting chance on normal down/distance plays.

Neither do the Stones.

While I agree with much of this, I can't fully endorse the bolded statement. If in the next two years CB salaries skyrocket further (improbable but not impossible) that deal may seem very attractive for a team looking to sign Revis.

They are correct. An erection is no more consent than a woman getting wet, or having an orgasm while being forced upon. It is simply a physical response. Males can, and have, been raped. And although many underage boys may like and brag about having sex with an older woman, it doesn't mean it can't do some pretty major and long term psychological damage. And, as they are not of the age of consent, it is illegal. It is and should be considered the equal of an older man having sex with an underage girl. Now assuming the minors are consenting partners (and close to legal age), statutory rape is NOT the same, or as horrible, as forcible rape, but it is really nothing to be dismissed either.

Indeed. I can't believe the Bills let him go.