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    ESPN is back on Spectrum Confirmed

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    5 hours ago, Huh? What? said:

    So I'm old and confused... but I have Spectrum Select plus the sports bundle... does this mean I get ESPN+ streaming now?... which would be great for hockey

    I am wondering the same thing myself. I don’t know what it means by “select plus subscribers”. I can’t figure out what package that is. I went to the spectrum site and I don’t see a package called “select plus”.

     

    I have the TV select package and I added on the sports package and the premium movie channel package. I’m hoping that means I have select plus.

     

    I’ll try to remember to let you know once I figure it out. Feel free to send me a private message in a few days if I forget. 

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    ESPN is back on Spectrum Confirmed

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    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/disney-charter-near-carriage-deal-that-would-end-cable-blackout-sources-say.html

     

     

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    The news release for the agreement said it includes: 

     

    The Disney+ basic ad-supported offering will be provided to customers who buy the Spectrum TV Select package. 

     

    ESPN+ will be provided to subscribers to Spectrum TV Select Plus subscribers. 
     

    The highly anticipated ESPN streaming service will be made available to Spectrum TV Select subscribers when it launches. 

     


    Nice!

     

    looks like this might have worked out decent for me as a spectrum customer!

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    Will the opener be blacked out by Spectrum and espy

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    3 hours ago, jkeerie said:

    I had signed up for the free 12 months of Peacock through Spectrum when it was first offered.  After the 12 months, I unsubscribed.  I saw that Penn State was playing on Peacock today, so I decided to see if I could sign up again through Spectrum since the promo is still being offered and my first subscription was over a year ago.  Bingo!  It worked!  So it's small consolation considering all the Disney crappola, but it's something!

     

    So for those of you who are sticking with Spectrum and would like to stream Peacock, give this a try!

     

     


    Hey, thanks for the tip! I just grabbed peacock premium free for a year through spectrum. 😁

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    Joe Burrow huge extension 5 years $275 million now highest paid QB

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    Bengals QB Joe Burrow wants to keep him and WRs Tee Higgins, Ja'Marr Chase together: 'We're working to make that happen'
    https://sports.yahoo.com/bengals-qb-joe-burrow-wants-to-keep-him-and-wrs-tee-higgins-jamarr-chase-together-were-working-to-make-that-happen-204120421.html
     

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    Joe Burrow should be among the next young quarterbacks to sign a lucrative long-term extension, but the Cincinnati Bengals star sounds like he'd rather keep his most trusted pass-catchers around than secure a record-setting deal.

     

    Burrow told reporters Tuesday that "whenever you have guys on the team that need to be paid, that's always on your mind."

     

    "You want that to be a focal point," Burrow said, regarding keeping Higgins and Chase. "We're working to make that happen. ... You gotta have good players. It doesn't matter how good your quarterback is. If you don't have good players around him, you're not going to be a very good team."

     


     

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    Higgins even noted Tuesday that he, Burrow and Chase all "talk about staying together for the long run."

    "Hopefully we can do that," Higgins said, "and get something negotiated to where they can keep all three of us."

     

    Like Higgins, Chase sounded like he believes Burrow won't chase market-setting money and instead look to keep the Bengals' offensive core intact.
     

    “He knows what he has to do to win and he wants to win," Chase said. "He's a winning guy. He's not a quarterback that's always interested in money and all that other stuff. He just wants to win, and that's the big thing about Joe."

     


    So much for that… lol

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    Joe Burrow huge extension 5 years $275 million now highest paid QB

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    32 minutes ago, Bob Jones said:

    Some of you seem to be saying that if somebody is filthy rich (NFL owners), then they must be intelligent/smart/sane. Of course that's not true. Would be like saying all poor people are dumb.


    I am not by any means trying to argue that Mike Brown is an intelligent owner. I’d say he’s near the bottom of the list of good owners.

     

    But I guess I’m just failing to see how you think Burrows contract hurts Mike Brown’s bottom line, or why you think this makes him insane?

     

    Besides having to guarantee the money, I would say it’s a big win for Mike Brown’s pocket book. The Bengals are quickly becoming a popular national team with Burrow at QB and have made the AFC championship game twice and the super bowl once in burrow’s 3 years as the starter. That’s more revenue for Mike Brown.

     

    I would say he is making more profit by paying Burrow, considering how much he’s already helped the bengals popularity and playoff revenue.

     

     

    And what was his alternative? Refuse to guarantee Burrow the market rate, tag him twice and let him walk? Why would they do that to their beloved star franchise QB who wants to spend his entire career in Cincinnati?

    Joe Burrow huge extension 5 years $275 million now highest paid QB

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    6 minutes ago, Bob Jones said:

    Did the Bengals owner pay any taxes on that $375million? I’m thinking YES, so he’s not netting as much as you seem to think.


    Ok, say he didn’t use any tricks or deductions and paid the full 24% federal tax rate + 4% Ohio tax rate (which seems unlikely since multi millionaires often only pay a small fraction of that) - he’d still have made about $270 million last year from the bengals. So, still as much as Burrow will make over the next 5 years. And NFL profits continue to rise almost every year. So Brown will probably make more than 5x what Burrow will over that 5 year span.

     

    So the owner of one of the least profitable NFL teams (2nd least iirc) is making 5x more than the highest paid NFL player.

     

     

    All of this is kind of missing the point of my post though. There is a salary cap ceiling/floor and every team spends a similar amount of total money on players every season. The cap is tied to NFL profits and each team has to spend a percentage of the cap every season. So if they give one massive deal and 52 tiny ones, they’re still spending a similar amount of money to other teams. 

    Joe Burrow huge extension 5 years $275 million now highest paid QB

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    1 hour ago, Bob Jones said:

    NFL owners are certifiably insane.

    Just to put this deal into perspective - The total amount of Burrow’s 5 year deal is less than an NFL owner makes in a single season. The Bengals owner spent $89 million in 2022 in operating expenses and made $462 million. So just shy of $375 million in profit. In a single year.

     

    In the NFL there is a salary cap ceiling and floor (every team has to spend to at least 89% of the cap in a 4yr period). Every team decides how to spend that allotted money. Even teams without a big QB contract on their books are spending a similar amount of total money on players.

    Joe Burrow huge extension 5 years $275 million now highest paid QB

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    $219 million guaranteed. The most guaranteed money Mike Brown had ever given out prior to this was $31 million for Orlando Brown Jr. in March. Before that was $30M to Carson Palmer way back in 2005. The Bengals have been extremely stingy on guarantees.

     

    Mike Brown obviously had no choice in this case. But that’s like $250 million in guarantees just this year. They also have Chase coming due for a new deal. They're going to have to give him some hefty guaranteed money too.


    I believe that guaranteed money has to be put in the bank up front.

    I know Bengals have been spending more in recent years, but I’m still curious to see if this deal has any effect on the way they operate, at least in the next few years. Is Mike Brown going to be willing to keep spending like he has?

     

     

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    Cannabis could soon be rescheduled: from 1 to 3

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    On 8/30/2023 at 8:09 PM, boyst said:

    All for it as long as there are consequences for being under the influence.

     

    Tired of smelling potheads driving around so damn much you can smell it as they drive by and it's not legal in NC. 


    umm… so in other words it’s already against the law to drive around smoking weed and you’d face consequences if caught? 😂

     

    On 8/31/2023 at 1:20 PM, Bill from NYC said:

    Well, farmers use them for tobacco. I am under the impression that they cause cancer. If they are used to grow tobacco, why should I believe that farmers won't use them to grow weed? I grow vegetables without them. If I was growing weed I would not spray the plants with pesticides. Now, do all weed farmers use them? I don't know. Do you?

    Btw, please don't take my post as being snide. I was a cigarette smoker until 8 years ago, so my body certainly took in enough poisonous substances.

     

    any cannabis sold by a legal dispensary has to pass very strict tests for pesticides, mold, mildew, bugs, microorganisms, heavy metals, residual solvents, etc. 

     

    https://cannabis.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/01/ocm-testing-limits.pdf

     

    thats one of the major advantages of legalized cannabis.

     

    Now, buying cheap bulk cannabis on the illicit market? Yes, there are absolutely growers who use poison on their plants to treat all sorts of things (powdery mildew, mite outbreaks, viruses, etc). And with cannabis being an accumulator plant (it can pull + store heavy metals from the soil. Hemp has been used around the globe for centuries to remediate soil) it’s important that you know the grower wasn’t using nutrients with heavy metals in them. All reasons why legalization is safer.

    Bills/Jets game may be blacked out if you are a Spectrum subscriber.

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    15 hours ago, BuffBillsForLife said:

    ESPN is gone for me but ABC is still working so maybe it'll be there on the 11th.  If not it'll be time for the old rabbit ears.

    Yep. I already have an antenna hooked up to my TVs as a backup so worst case I’ll switch to the over the air broadcast for the Bills game. OTA is usually as good of quality as the cable broadcasts.

     

    this only works if you are in market obviously.

    Bills/Jets game may be blacked out if you are a Spectrum subscriber.

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    My cousin has been using a service called “eye stream TV” for at least 4-5 years now and he swears by it. He gets a crazy amount of channels including PPV, all the movie channels like HBO and Starz, every NFL game for every team, every NHL game, NBA, MLB, etc.

     

    and it’s only $43/month. They also offer a free 1 week trial so it’s an option if this dispute isn’t resolved in time.

     

    I don’t think they offer DVR or on demand though. You have to watch live.

     

    https://www.eyestreamtv.net/channels


    You need to have one of the supported devices to download their app. Like a fire stick 4k, Apple TV, Nvidia shield, chromecast, etc.

     

    I’ve used the service at his house a few times now and it works pretty well. Not my favorite user interface but for the price and what you get I could deal with it.

    I Am Not Optimistic Going Into This Season

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    I don’t see how this team is worse than last year.

     

    -WR looks better/deeper.

    -RB looks deeper (and hopefully better).

    -Tight End looks better/deeper.

    -O line looks improved, especially the guard positions.

    -Safety looks better with Hyde back, Poyer healthy and Rapp for depth

    -D line looks better/deeper with Floyd, Poona Ford

    -CB should be better too with a healthy Tre White and Benford playing well

     

    Where are they worse besides MLB and maybe backup QB? I’d say they look better at most positions compared to last year.

     

    They definitely face what could be a tough opponent week one. I think the Jets are going to be very hyped up and confident. I expect them to play with a lot of energy. But the Bills will hopefully be hyped up and confident too. I’m hoping the Jets will still be working out some kinks, being a new system and all. That also means the Bills won’t really have much tape though.

     

    Even if the Bills lose week one, or start out 2-2 with 2 division losses, it’s not the end of the world. It obviously wouldn’t be ideal to start out with 2 division losses. But it wouldn’t be insurmountable. And we’ve seen teams peak too early. We’ve also seen teams start out slow and win the super bowl. Ideally, we want the Bills playing their best football entering the playoffs.

     

    I’m not predicting anything. I’m hoping it will be a super bowl year, but who knows.

    I’m going to try my best to just enjoy the ride. It’s only a game. We should enjoy it. If watching/following the Bills makes us miserable, then what are we doing? Why follow at all? Life is too short for that. My perspective has really changed with recent events that have happened in my life. I’m sick of worrying about non-consequential things like sports. I’m going to try my best to just enjoy watching the games like I do for other teams.

    Kirksey signing with the Bills PS

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    I don’t see how anyone could be upset about this. They added a starting caliber veteran MLB to the practice squad. I think most bills fans probably would’ve been ok adding Kirksey to the 53 man roster. Getting him on the practice squad (to start with anyway) is even better.

     

    At worst, it’s a good veteran addition to the locker room, a good insurance policy at MLB and better depth than AJ Klein.

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