Punching Bag
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2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:
This is not necessarily true. I had PSLs at a stadium in another city and only had the rights to the seats for football. The Pegulas can make other events part of the PSL package - or not. It is 100% up to them.
Functionally it doesn’t make much sense to tie PSL holders to their seats anyway. One issue is that some seats won’t even be used for concerts as they’d be behind the stage. Also additional seats would be added for an event like that and other seats would be in much better or worse locations than for football. It’s easier to just allow PSL owners to buy the seats they want before the general public.
Chargers and Rams share a stadium. PSLs for Chargers are not applicable to Rams games and vise versa.
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is the Irish Wake still going on?
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Fields needs work like Baker Mayfield did with Alex Van Pelt - he has to be broken down and rebuilt and it takes time and commitment.
Fields has the physical attributes to be a good QB.
No one is going to pay him on 5th year contract rate so he will need to sign a multiyear contract in order for a team to gets its money worth on investment in money and roster space.
Alternately he can be a package QB but can be used a few times a game plus do some running.
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56 minutes ago, Chicken Boo said:
And Tom Brady was a 6th round pick. No point in taking 1st round QBs either, I guess?
Some years no.
QBs are different however since they usually only use one QB.
With WRs when depth is supposedly and team needs WRs I think taking two which team think are viable makes sense rather than spending assets to move up and take a chance on one.
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7 minutes ago, NORWOODS FOOT said:
Yes, the taxes are relative to the benefits provided for sure. The challenge under these systems, it seems to me, is keeping the agencies providing the services accountable to provide quality care. Who has the power to hold a governmental agency accountable?
But that’s really the challenge under any system it seems to me. For example, with corporations wielding so much (bought and paid for) power in the US, and there often only being a small handful of choices (take health insurance, for example) I’m not sure these private institutions are held very accountable either. Total sidebar/mind dump…
But yes, I agree with your main point: if you receive quality service that you actually utilize then the higher taxes can be a wash.
Actually I was being sarcastic. Teams have their own physicians so most players will not be taking advantage of healthcare system and 16 month pay calendar is used by countries like Greece who have restrictions on spending to borrow money but unable to resist pressure on pay. I think a great amount of the taxes for benefits players play overseas would be wasted. The same disparity exists in US between states in US which certainly gives some teams advantages recruiting free agents whose first priority is how much they (and their agent) is paid but NFL does not try to balance that.
And I am very familiar with need for insurance since I had a stroke and overnight stay costs $28K without them telling how much each thing they do costs before they do it. I do not purchase items from supermarkets without knowing price ahead of time and hospitals do not allow it but fortunately some states have statures resisting them from charging for the moon except for anesthesiologists.
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4 hours ago, agilen said:
So you haven’t watched Monday Night Football since 2005? (It switched to ESPN in 2006)
You exaggerate to make your point.
It actually has been simulcast on ABC and ESPN a number of times.
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7 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:
There is no such thing as urban planning in NOVA; it's a hell hole.
I agree. VA does not require those who do large projects to contribute to community services including schools it impacts for that takes away from their property rights
The only leverage they appear is zoning using requested zoning changes to allow developers to have them with agreement to create subsidized housing surrounded by very large, very expensive properties.
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2 hours ago, BarleyNY said:
I hope Wilson is good enough this season that the Stillers pay him large and he keeps Fields on the bench. Then next season I hope Fields moves on to the NFC where he finds success while Wilson totally implodes.
2 hours ago, SoTier said:I haven't watched a lot of Fields, but I think he has a skill set reminiscent of Russ in his prime, so they can both work in the same type of offense. My guess is that Russ will start the season with Fields as his backup. If he can't recreate the form he had in Seattle, then Fields will get his shot. Even if Russ excels and Fields doesn't see much playing time, I think that the Stillers may re-sign Fields for the future if he looks good in practice.
I think they will use multiple QBs using Fields in a lot of options plays.
I also believe that Steelers would not have signed Wilson if they knew that Fields was available but since they signed him he will get chance provided bur if a QB goes down in preseason he may be traded for an asset.
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Wizards and Capitals NOT moving to Virginia,
QuoteIn a rapidly reconstructed agreement, D.C. will now spend $515 million over the next three years to upgrade the venue, while Leonsis and MSE will sign a lease keeping the teams where they are until at least 2050. The agreement also contemplates a nearly 200,000-square-foot expansion for MSE of its footprint into the neighboring Gallery Place, allowing Leonsis to get at least a portion of the additional space that was fundamental to the Virginia plan.
And you could see THIS coming:QuoteTo be clear, this is anything but an independent change of heart by Leonsis, as his hand was forced on multiple fronts. He and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, also a staunch advocate of the Alexandria project, ran into fierce and immovable resistance from powerful state Sen. L. Louise Lucas. Largely through her extensive influence, public funding for the Virginia project never passed Virginia’s senate and wasn’t part of the next budget. As news broke of the revived D.C. deal, Lucas continued her savage social media criticism of the now-dead Virginia proposal, posting on X “FAFO,” short for “f*** around and find out.”
Still, that hasn’t stopped Youngkin and other allies of the proposed arena from criticizing the rapid turn of events, lamenting how the deal “just went up in smoke.”
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With new rules it should be renamed "Friendly Taps" or "Just get flags".
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Of course we need it. We need new reasons to take potshots on Bills.
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New England should have been one of teams there since New England Patriots Awarded Brazil as a Global Markets Program Territory.
NFL Marketing screwed up.
38 minutes ago, sleeby said:Wow. The NFL did not get dejected by poor numbers in the post season peacock game last season. Eagles in Brazil is the game.
Also, Amazon prime will get the same with a playoff game.
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Please correct subject. Misleading.
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8 hours ago, Logic said:
Ultimately, to suggest that the man in charge of building the roster for a team this consistently good is, himself, bad at his job, well...I strongly disagree.
Don't confuse irrational ranters with logic. I have heard people talk like all of the offense players in draft are better than all of the defense players in draft so if Beane does not use top 5 picks including some they need to trade next years picks for Beane is a finger puppet of Coach McD and just picking defense players for him. Any offense players picked are going to be converted to defense like George Wilson was.
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10 hours ago, Warcodered said:
Sounded like we're drafting 11 WRs to me.
Only if we trade down a few times to get extra picks for we know no UDFA WR will WANT to go to Buffalo with Buffalo weather in fall and a QB who throws so hard.
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22 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:
People get pretty righteous when the Bills are good, don't they? Where were they from late November and December during the drought years?
Hit with two many rights and passed out.
15 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:Maybe there would be more construction discussion if the Bills FO staff pulled their heads out of their asses, and mounted a webcam on top of the Bills store. I’d love to know why this has yet to happen.
They have not figured out how to charge for view.
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7 hours ago, Never NEVER Give-up said:
Why market the team overseas when they can charge insane PSLs and get their $$ that way?
Rich overseas buyers who want PSL ownership as status symbols maybe even have box named after themselves?
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It was the power transformer & fan module and computer is beyond warranty period.
Diagnosis fee, replacement part and installation was $200.
I thought they might have charged and I got it back same day.
I was offered the bunt part which I turned down.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/26/baltimore-key-bridge-collapse-maryland/
QuoteMaryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld said a construction crew was on the bridge at the time it collapsed. The workers were repairing potholes and masonry. Wiedenfeld said officials believe that eight members of that crew fell into the water. Two have been rescued.
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48 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:
The PSL numbers out there are surprising (and higher than expected). With that being said, I’d like to see the number of tickets at each pricing threshold.
I sit in the club by th goal line. I was expecting $12k(ish) for a PSL. Now, I’m expecting $20k but don’t have my time yet. That’s annoying and gives me a little more pause before committing. I almost certainly will but it’s more than I expected for my location/amenities. If I’m paying for it, I want to see what else I’m getting. In London, we say in the “equivalent” of our seats in OP. The buffet was included and food throughout the game. If we are following suit here, it makes it more palatable.
Lastly, there has been a lot of talk about how, “they won’t show you the the pricing options.” My guess, is that none of that has been finalized yet. There is almost certainly an algorithm that states, “if we sell ‘X’ club seat PSLs the lower level PSLs will cost ‘y’ and upper level PSLs will cost ‘z.’” That’s a moving target though. They are working back from the revenue number that they need to hit. The more $50k PSLs are sold, the better off those people later on will be. My $.02
With inflation of costs it should your $200.
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Not only am I breaking down (doctor has put me on a low FODMAP diet which seems to have contradictions and more recipe marketing than science) but my "high end" computer I bought so I could work from home just made a pop when I touched keyboard. I suspect it is the power transformer but my experience is in computer software not hardware.
Last time I touched hardware was in 90's when I was sent to Fort Braff to ensure that three luggable systems (heavy duty systems with fold down LCD screen and keyboard) were ready for deployment. Issue was not software so I opened boxes, removed cards and blew out any dust inside, cleaned contacts and reseeded cards. I got two of three working which was enough for operation to proceed. After I returned and delivered my report my boss reminded me I do not do hardware and that touching hardware may invalidate warranty and I confirmed I do not hardware. He then said I did a good job since previous techs could not figure issue.
Will be taking it back to Micro center despite qualms about their service since they built the machine and may only have spare parts.
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16 minutes ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:
He’s a really good RB when healthy. That was a major concussion he suffered and just had a child.
Happy retirement to him, I was always a fan and was pumped when we signed him.
He has an extensive list of injuries.
I expect he has already been talking to possible college football employers either in broadcasting or as analyst.
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12 hours ago, Radar said:
Sorry, wasn't thinking PSL's strictly. More our tax payers paying for stadiums. Don't think that would pass. Then fans have to pay this PSL fee. Now that's a fans choice I agree. And I said if they do fine but don't complain about your taxes. Bottom line I think all stadiums being built using our state taxes would not pass a popular vote.
Part of that is regionality. IN NYS there was money already allocated to to complete Route 219 for years but competition was blocked repeatedly.
Newspapers report more support for stadiums in their area but same columnists will oppose funding stadiums in other areas.
I think there would have been less support for stadium if future plans (PSL costs, "take it or go to end of line" seat choices) were announced and they knew that from studies so they as most projects did only presented positive info.
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9 hours ago, Augie said:
Has the league provided any video demonstrating what is allowed and what is not. Where do you draw the line? This sounds like a giant gray area, worse than “is that a catch?”
But not as gray as Tuck rule which was oddly very colored and colorless at same time.
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4 hours ago, WotAGuy said:
Thought for sure the Bills had Poland covered. It’s a match made in heaven.
Polish Bills center is Rzeszów I think. Remember a big Bills Backers group there.
Another Rugby star signed to NFL - KC sign Gloucester's Rees-Zammit
in The Stadium Wall
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He's in shape... By Welsh standards.