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I don't see how guaranteed contracts means more money. It helps the guy who gets that contract, but then that money doesn't go to the next guy who actually is on the field. Considering the signing bonuses on the big contracts effectively make the contracts partially guaranteed, the players have a safety net, at least at the top end. The teams being able to cut guys gives them some room to maneuver if a player isn't living up to a contract or needs to go for whatever reason. It's a balance. Anybody that says, "screw the owners, they are just greedy," or "screw the players, they are overpaid," isn't seeing the big picture. If the players want more money, they need to negotiate a higher share of revenue or include more revenue streams into what is shared. They need to make their share of the pie bigger, either by growing the pie all together or giving the owners something else in exchange. Guaranteeing contracts just changes who gets the money, not how much money there is to go around. If the concern is being let go because of an injury, there's insurance for that. If you want to be insulated from coaching changes or your own poor performance, that's just not reality. Does anybody know the relative roster turnover rates from league to league? Football really is different, with so many players teams need flexibility to make roster changes, and locking up money in guaranteed contracts will reduce flexibility and, I think, hurt the on field product. In this particular case, if Sherman wants basketball money he should start working on his three point shot, because it's not coming to the NFL. The team and game dynamics just won't allow it. The cap can go up, but Sherman's share of the cap won't change no matter what the CBA says. Harden signed a 42.5 million dollar/year extension. For Sherman to make that, the cap would need to go from 155 million to about 350 million. If the players are getting 47ish% of the revenue, in order for Sherman to get that Harden money, the players need over 100% of the revenue. You can fight the owners, but you can't fight the math.

I was the guy who wasn't in detention because I wasn't dumb enough to get caught. At least, not by the school...

Take a half pound chunk of extra sharp provolone, stick it in the back of your fridge for a year or longer. It should almost crumble when you cut it. Get a stick of margherita pepperoni. Equal chunks provolone and pepperoni on a ritz or some other unobtrusive cracker. This ain't about the cracker. Also, chunky peanut butter sandwiched between two stoned wheat thin crackers with a big glass of milk.

I think it's because she's so well embrowed.

Hell hath no fury like a vested interest masquerading as a moral principle.

My sister and bro-in-law did their honeymoon on the Amalfi coast about five years ago. From the pictures and her description it is absolutely amazing. Have fun! Here's a bit of Roman trivia: The Colosseum was built on the site of Caligula's palace. Also, the Colosseum had a partial roof that was retractable, made of wooden masts and cloth sheets that were operated by a special group from the Imperial Navy.

Bo Jackson was a cape away from being a super hero. Tell Shady to grab Marcel and bring him to yoga, too. I want 16 dominant games from Marcel this year. If he does that, the Bills will win more than half of them.

I loathe Boston with the simmering heat of an underground coal fire that never goes out. I'd sell the Eastern half of Massachusetts back to the Wampanoag tribe for $2.95 and throw in Rhode Island for free. I met a guy from work several years back who just irritated me and I couldn't figure out exactly why. Turns out he's from Boston. As for the sports fans, they won all four major sports championships in a ten year period and they still B word, whine and play the victim. It's like having a rich friend who is always trying to beat you out of a dollar when you split a check. I've been there a few times for work and I couldn't leave fast enough each time.

ok, I'll ask the obvious question. Was he using the alien to ride in the HOV lane?

Today I learned in the roughly twenty years since I've been in a Gentleman's club, the girls have changed significantly. The dancing, oddly enough, hasn't.

It would've worked if he had a cop motor, cop tires, cop suspension, and cop shocks.

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”

RIP Flounder. Have a beer with Bluto and Stork. Don't cost nothin'.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-bat-signal-to-glow-at-l-a-city-hall-in-1497537015-htmlstory.html As a tribute to Adam West, the mayor and police chief of LA will be projecting the Bat Signal onto LA city hall in a ceremony tonight.

Part of it might be the maturation of the players. If you are young and looking to go out to clubs every night, New York, Miami and other places can offer more. If you need to rub elbows with celebrities or your girlfriend needs to shop on Rodeo Drive once a week, Buffalo might not seem like a great place. When you get over that stage of life and you want to raise a family, you have cheap housing, great schools public and private, a short flight to New York or Chicago if necessary and few or no midnight traffic jams. If you can afford to snowbird it 3-4 months a year, it is fantastic. The Hockey players love it because it's close to Toronto without the Canadian taxes/Canadian dollar. It's a slower pace of life than NYC/Miami/LA et al, but when you slow down a bit it can be a great fit.

T'varisuness King and maybe even Leoz Maxwell Jilliumz as a special teamer.

I want to know what happens if the Night King does his raise the dead into an army trick at Winterfell. Do the Stark dead in the crypt come to life to fight for him? Will Ned's headless bones or Lyanna's rotting body be in fighting shape? As for survivors, I expect only Tyrion to survive, (maybe Davos also?) with his Targaryan lineage made public, and he'll be made King.

Dick Butkus. The Bears were 48-74-4.

I still think they need to bring back the neck roll. That thing helps a ton. I don't think there is any one solution, but if they can find several ways to reduce the problem, that may be enough to avoid radically changing the game. Trying to police the hits themselves with flags, fines and suspensions is hit or miss, and it;s tipping a QB centric game even more in that direction. The sad thing is it's not hard to pick out the SoB on each team who has a ton of scars on the top of his helmet from using it as a weapon.

100% the bikers fault.

Is Weekend at Bernie's an option?

We haven't had a player whose mother was a linebacker since Marvcus Patton.

Prosper. On Wednesday night the site will be an open field and on Saturday afternoon Mr. Irrelevant will cut the ribbon on a plaza with a Costco, a car dealership and an 1,100 lot subdivision which will all be built during the draft itself.

If the Pegulas are willing to set fire to 35 million or whatever it is to pay people not to work, it would only make sense to at least try to maximize this aspect of your organization. I think it may break down to two areas: Are we not placing enough value on durability in player selection, and by extension, what factors may contribute to injury? Are we doing enough to prevent injury in terms of conditioning? And yes the field and facilities should be examined. The players today are so big and fast (thanks Steroids!) that the physics are tough to avoid. Bigger, faster collisions and more stress on joints are facts of today's NFL. Are the least injured teams/players doing things we could learn from, such as flexibility or even yoga? Is there a correlation to body weight for a given position and injury? Are previous injuries in college or the pros any indicator of future injuries? Does playing certain schemes lead to more injuries? What about playing against certain schemes? There's got to be a way to influence the outcome, and for all the money spent on this sport, it shouldn't be too expensive to examine this stuff.

I can't see being "hung like an elf" as a positive statement.