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Tried to find the original out there on the interwebs for 15 minutes, but, no luck. Heard this on the radio Saturday...the horse was named via submissions. It was misspeeled on the submission and was kept that way.

Agree 100% which is why I didn't bring it up. I don't think that teams should be able to restrict what any ticket holder does with theirs. New hairstyle?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/switch-pitcher-pat-venditte-throws-scoreless-inning-in-mlb-debut-012005138.html

with their tickets. Whatcha think? I suppose if restrictions are understood upfront then it's not an issue, but, I hate teams artificially trying to make their fan base look better.

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/would-you-change-your-name-to-avoid-an-airline-120772607922.html

Thanks for the reminder Dave. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1960/11/first-wave-at-omaha-beach/303365/

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-lk-eduardo-garcia-arrest-911-dispatcher-20150605-story.html

You aren't getting it, because for me the answer is neither. I have an issue with the way it was done. I don't care that the money was given. I don't care that the money was accepted. I care that the Bills and 16 other NFL teams accepted the money "surreptitiously" & then the troops were trotted out and "honored." Get right down to it, if I was outraged, I would be outraged at whoever came up with the idea. Then is it an honor? How much does it cost to honor someone for their service?

Then why did only 17 participate? DOD chooses to pay and 17 teams agree to accept that payment. Take the money, I don't have a problem with that. Just make it clear that it is "just another sponsorship." Tom...we've had conversations about flybys right here in this very forum. You, I believe, know and remember this. We lamented the fact that they weren't happening because the sponsorship money dried up. This wasn't (to me) anything similar to a flyby.

You said he's still a question mark and I agree. We don't know how good he'll do. The fact that they're giving him a look at LT could tell you just how bad our o-line may be. That could be the story of the off season. That's a marronec statement.

So I exagerated to make a point, not the first time that's been done around here. Unseemly is unseemly. I suppose then that we'll just have to say that I'm more "idealistic" than many around here. That's not the right word, but, it's the best I can come up with. Did the NYY & NYM accept payment from the NYFD for their honoring of that department? Why would I expect the military and the NFL to be any different? I suppose because I hold service members, even Howard, in high regard and do think that they deserve to be honored. The NFL? Do they need the extra cash? If you're going to trot out soldiers & sailors to shake their hands while accepting payment with your other behind your back then I have a problem with that.

3.5

Oh, but it is. Read any EJ thread and you'll find out that he's still a rookie. By comparison I really should have said that Garoppolo is a college junior.

No jimmy, everyone understands what an ad looks like.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/athletics-call-up-switch-pitcher-pat-venditte-from-triple-a-151913411.html

Why did we get the short Brooks Brother?

I'm not sure you're serious, think you're arguing for argument's sake, but, I'll bite one more time. An ad is an ad. Everyone knows that it is an ad. A billboard is an ad. The Bills saluting service members by trotting them out to wave while holding out their hand for some cash is not an ad, it is deceiving. As someone said up thread...it is something that this team and the other 16 (interesting that not all 32 were interested in this cash cow; isn't it?) should have done because they realized it was the right thing to do. Your quote was blank. Why? Because it was deleted. So far there has been only one person interjecting politics into this thread. That person should probably refrain from doing it again. I'm certain that is is not.

He's just a rookie for crying out loud. Give the guy a chance.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/06/04/911-stamford-cat/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3112015/The-expensive-cheese-world-produced-Serbia-costing-700-kilo-comes-DONKEY.html

http://www.ydr.com/offbeat/ci_28256517/200-valedictorians-some-high-schools-have-many-instead

You're right, everybody wins.

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I don't know

Again (I may sound like I'm up in arms about this, I'm really not), advertising is what it is. It's obvious and everyone knows money changes hands. That wasn't the case here. If the Bills (and other teams) need a cash incentive to salute the military then there's a problem.