That's No Moon

Ravioli, 3 kinds of italian sausage, spiral cut honey baked ham, leg of lamb, braciole, potato salad, peas with pancetta, cheese bread, cheese pie. And for the record I have seen butter lambs in Philly but they are way harder to find than in WNY.

I'm also apparently the only one who likes actually relaxing on Thanksgiving, but OK.

Am I the only one who truly hates this?

To avoid the 45 minute charter flight. Good plan.

They've raised over 500 million dollars in less than a day from 2 people and one company. They'll bring in billions. Billions. Miraculously all the important art, relics, statuary and stained glass were apparently saved or had just been removed prior to the fire.

Point of order, that's not an X-Wing. ?

It's a flying Greyhound bus.

Uhm.... she's not hot enough to be that much of an ass.

Into the bowl and flushed...

Oy vey. Not the same thing but we once had a parent drop 150 pounds of diamond dry on an infield to dry it up. Ugh. That stuff really needs to come with a warning label and instructions on the bag.

Why was this a problem, were people fellating them in exchange for OJ Simpson jerseys in the parking lot?

On the plus shes an aerospace engineer so she can probably design her own walking apparatus, patent it, attach that video clip to it and make a fortune.

It's a common problem that I think there is a different thread for...

That's a helluva tag line for a business card. Shawn Oakman Young. Acquitted.

They forgot the flames...

AAF is suspending operations and exactly 0 NFLPA members will lose jobs because of it.

Exactly. There are a LOT of issues in play and I think the AAF was a little presumptuous regarding everyone else's buy in. Their goal was clearly to be first to market but getting into the market with an unsustainable business plan is a recipe for big losses and ultimate disaster. I think they talked themselves into this belief that the NFL and the players would hurriedly jump on board with some of the NFL name cache they threw around.

What's the sound of one hand clapping? I heard his friends call him Gonorrhea

Jesus Christ, did you even read the post I was responding to? The person I was responding to was speculating that Spain would prefer Buffalo because of his background. All I did was point out that his background doesn't necessarily have anything to do with where he wants to play now. ?

I'm aware of who they are employees of but they have a collectively bargained labor agreement that, amongst other things, dictates working rules. Nothing in the current CBA provides for players to be loaned, by their club, to another league. I'm also aware the the AAF has it's own medical for it's own players. What about a player on loan who has an NFL contract? Does the player still have access to his NFL team's doctors in case of injury? Does that insurance carry over or do they then have AAF coverage and doctors? Are those things the same? if not, again, why would the NFLPA agree to this change to the CBA?

They sure are, but that doesn't solve the AAF problem. They need the NFLPA to agree to allow NFL teams to loan players to the AAF so the AAF can reduce their overall wage bill. Basically, the AAF needs the NFL to subsidize its labor costs and the players need to agree to be used that way and they haven't done that and, honestly I can't blame them. What are the terms of the actual deal the AAF is proposing? Is it worth it financially for a fringe player to risk injury? Who is responsible for medical care the NFL team with resources or the broke AAF team? How about long term disability? Does time playing in the AAF as a loaned player count as service time toward earning an NFL pension? There are a lot of issues and these are only a handful.

Not wanting their membership to be shipped off to expose themselves to increased risk of injury for minimal additional compensation? The union protecting the wages of the bottom fringes of their membership by preventing 2 way contracts like the NHL has and maintaining things like the practice squad? The AAF pays considerably less than the NFL does. How exactly does having young NFL players help the AAF? They pay everyone exactly the same. The only way it helps is if it's a loan situation where the NFL team send the player and foots most if not all of the bill so the AAF can reduce its wage bill. That actually reduces the number of football jobs available for everyone and, as I said increases the exposure of the most vulnerable members of the NFLPA. You are on a futures contract and your team tells you they want you to go to the AAF. The pay difference is very close to zero if not actually zero. What are you going to do? Say no? It isn't the NFLPA fault that the longterm AAF business model depended upon treating the bottom tier of players more like livestock than they already are. There is a reason these things are bargained. You want something, you give up something. The NFLPA could care less whether or not the AAF lives or dies, there is ZERO benefit to the NFLPA in helping them survive unless the AAF becomes a union shop.

It's not about being comfortable necessarily. The Rams have a better football team than we do, they have a more heralded coach, and just because a guy is from the sticks, went to school in WVA and played in Nashville doesn't mean that the he wouldn't LIKE the opportunity to move to California if it presented itself. I'm from WNY, I've lived in Southeastern PA for 20+ years now and I'd move to Arizona tomorrow given the opportunity. I really like it there, particularly the Flagstaff area. There is no obvious connection that anyone could see looking at my bio but if I had professional opportunities in WNY or Flagstaff and I had to choose one, WNY would have to pay me SIGNIFICANTLY more money. These guys travel. He's been to a lot of the cities in the NFL and I'm sure he has preferences based on that at a minimum.

William Andrews. Career was shortened by injury but he was a good football player.

Clearly.