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9 hours ago, Billy Claude said:
There might be individual refs/players who might throw a game. As many has pointed out, that probably has happened though I think it is much rarer than many implied.
However, to believe that there is the NFL office decides winners beforehand is frankly ridiculous. It makes zero sense for the owners to accept it -- unless you think only Goodell and a small cabal of owners are in on it.
Ask yourself these questions. Why would David Tepper throw a drink on a fan if everything is fixed? Why would he fire his coach and GM so he has to pay multiple coaches/GM if everything is pre-ordained. Why was Pegula paying three coaches at once? Why is Haslam guaranteeing Watson $230M if it doesn't matter.
Everybody knows Jerry Jones is one of the most powerful owners in the NFL and the Cowboys are one of the most popular teams. Why don't the Cowboys do better in the playoffs? When do they tell new owners or potential owners that the games are fixed? Why don't any of these owners sue when they find out? Why do the NYC/Chi teams stink so much? Why are many of the top teams in the league from tiny markets like KC, Buffalo, Cincinnati, and Baltimore.
It makes zero sense for these multi-billionaires to accept the level of ridicule they get from their fans when their teams stink (see Johnson, Woody). If I was Tepper and found out I run a scorched earth policy and sue the NFL (and any owners in the know) for every penny they have.
This is not as far-fetched as you would make it out to be. It could be very simply about Franchise-values...simply put, if you bought something for $300m in 2000, and they came to you and noted that it will be worth $2-$3 BILLION in several years if you play along, I suspect owners will go along with it...
It could have been communicated very innocently. "hey, owners, we know there is no more money, really, in in-stadium Revenue or value. The tickets and seats aren't getting more expensive and the stadiums can't get bigger. Instead, we are signing this MEGA contract with these Cable/Television networks (back then) that have gobs of money because idiot Americans just pay for cable bundles, but that's our ticket. The ONLY thing they ask for is that we have appropriate, exciting matchups on TV at the right time. This may mean we'll have to endeavor to ensure the "right" teams are on at the "right times" and the right teams are good, most of the time. We'll give you a bone every so often, but by and large your job will be keep the masses appeased and collect huge dividends and see your franchise values erupt well above the debt used to purchase the Team"
Whether implicit or explicit the League could then orchestrate through various mechanisms outcomes they desired.
Just spit-ballin' here
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45 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:
I don't even know what this means. People here seemed all hot and bothered about the general notion that governments restrict freedoms in service of the common good. I pointed out that that's what having a government is all about. It's the opposite of anarchy. You want to make it a crime for drag shows to allow teenagers to attend, even if it's with their parents express permission.
In other words, you want to restrict the liberty of people to do what they damn well please in service of your idea of the common good.
Sometimes, you don't need to get dragged into the details.
The American Left is a destructionary device. It's as simple as that. Not build, destroy.
You don't understand that becuase you subscribe to this or that little pedantic issue that fills your mind/day, and aren't able to conjure a realistic picture, but that's what's happening and what's further planned.
Stop worrying about the little stuff. There should be LESS government, in most all instances
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On 11/26/2023 at 9:19 PM, Irv said:
Didn't Biden go over to Ireland a little while back and fell asleep there too? Biden botches another promoting this bull####. Has blood on his hands all over the planet due to his incompetence. What a mess.
It's not "Biden"
He's merely a symptom.
Unfortunately, as predicted by historians (because it happens throughout history), civilizations eventually become soft, forget what "got them there", then succumb to a Leftist slide into self-destruction (that is categorized miscorrectly as being conquered but that's not right).
Biden is a symptom. The American and Global Left are the problem. Unequivocally.
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12 hours ago, Tommy Callahan said:
The left supports dudes that start stabbing kids? That's how this works now?
Btw. If that heroic teacher, then unarmed civilians didn't stop him. What would have stopped him from stabbing more?
He would have felt constrained by societal norms?
That's what I keep hearing from the (clueless) Biden Administration about just about everything
The Pacification of America has spread to Europe (or, more likely, they've adopted the same view)
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3 hours ago, Kemp said:
Can't answer, can you.
Why do you think Trump is never seen without thick makeup?
If anyone else was doing that you'd have a lot to say about it.
Why are you afraid to answer?
Please seek and get help
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2 hours ago, Tiberius said:
That is an awesome ad.
Poor guy is joining the wrong side, strategically, per se, but no doubt he'll do right by all of us by all accounts.
He's not the problem here. Unless he becomes some insane lockstep voter who says yes everytime some moronic Leftist asks for more money or some stupid law
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11 minutes ago, LeviF said:
Anybody with eyes can tell you how things are at the moment. It’s just a matter of whether they want to lie to you or not.No, no, NO
It's the MESSAGING
Gotta work to get the messaging right on how awesome the Biden Admins' policies have been
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1 hour ago, Buffarukus said:
Why do you say that? Just a "it will never happen here" outlook most people who lean your direction seem to hold. Military recruitment has been in the gutter so if multi front war we are involved in hits us directly...i just said 2 bases were hit with drones. If iran goes full force. If russia sees our weakness in a middle east campaign and strikes us or a country in nato alliance.
Your hundred wont mean diddly.
Just keep that energy if a letter asks one of yours.
I hope not. but every single day it gets more likely.
Because he's a zero-clue Leftist just tossing out verbiage with no meaning, which is how they live.
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On 10/14/2023 at 12:35 AM, ChiGoose said:
Shipping vulnerable people across the country as part of a game to score political points is bad.
That shouldn’t be a controversial opinion.
So dumb.
Yeah, they should ALL just sit in the same neighborhoods in our Southern border states forever...
The Federal Gov't, which theoretically manages the border, has no responsibility for managing the outcomes of their failures, I guess.
(Democrat policies)
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On 10/13/2023 at 12:07 AM, ChiGoose said:
https://x.com/ap/status/1712618416656339444?s=46&t=Jf_5fQharG6pLsB8ACvvjQ
“Al-Shifa Hospital, a sanctuary amidst the rubble in Gaza City, is now wrestling with a looming crisis — power cuts that could cut short numerous lives.”
My son spent three weeks in a NICU. I cannot imagine being a parent of one of these kids right now.Leftists just simply don't understand the world, it's sad.
It's a brutal place, cordoned off by men/women with principles and courage. Leftists have none of this, and they have no clue how to handle these events.
13 hours ago, Tiberius said:3,000? Does that not indicate that the sadistic murderers were a minority of the attackers?
I'm being partisan? How about the morons that won't confirm an ambassador? Tells me GOP is just getting started with f'n up our governmnet
Geezus, disgusting, just go away
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5 hours ago, sherpa said:
It is simply inconceivable that any rational individual would consider this man capable of the office.
We are in for an interesting 18 months, and not in a good way.
Real Life Emperor Has No Clothes, before our very eyes
Was that Hans Christian Andersen?
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14 minutes ago, Doc said:
I can't. You can choose not to believe me but it's happening.
It's happeningIts a fad, but definitely real
Kids are idiots (and thats mostly OK)
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5 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:
It is that easy. Don’t take the bait. Have a beer and take a nap.
Yeah, and lose your career and life for not having done anything. Welcome to the Biden Years.
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11 minutes ago, Andy1 said:
I don’t believe that. If he is innocent, I have faith in our court system to determine that. Let the process play out. Do you believe people can kill others indiscriminately?
Wrong, that isn't how this works.
The DA is supposed to protect Justice by only bringing cases that make sense.
Nice try. They're going to bankrupt this hero, but you don't care, because.....
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15 minutes ago, BillStime said:
So if Trump is innocent - why didn't he comply when asked to provide his DNA?
if I were his attorney, in no way would I allow any of these Dirtbag NYS and other Leftist Prosecutors get his DNA. Crazy.
These people, those of the Means To An End Party, will stop at nothing.
And frankly, I can't stand Trump, but this is a debacle of the American Justice system
9 jurors debated for THREE hours to find him not guilty of rape, but guilty of sexual whatever and defamation? Just hilarious.
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1 hour ago, All_Pro_Bills said:
I've followed the nuclear industry for over 20 years as a potential investment opportunity. And along the way I've heard glowing stories from lots of experts and promotors about how plants will be built and uranium demand will follow. Sadly, all of the activity has been on the decommissioning side and environmentalist have killed the domestic uranium mining industry. Leading suppliers Kazakhstan and Canada. While I agree using nuclear power for base load applications makes sense when are we as a nation getting started on the plan? It takes maybe 12 to 15 years from concept to operations to bring a reactor online. The clocks ticking and nothing much is happening. It's now or never or we'll be facing an electric generation shortfall disaster without natgas and coal.
the Left has ruined the Western Hemisphere.
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1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said:
They will. The problem is "how soon?"
The magical material is nuclear to supplement renewables.
I would love to have a heat pump to replace my gas furnace. My climate is really marginal for that. On the coldest days, I'd need to supplement it with something like electric room heaters, which would be really, really expensive. Technology will improve.
But attempts to ban gas stoves as a way to get there is stupid, and it only encourages backlash.
This is so clueless it's not worth discussing. I'll just say, "Energy policy" is not a personal choice.
Our society is in deep trouble with these radical Leftist Biden cabal members in charge of ANYTHING, much less any form of Energy policy.
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1 hour ago, ArdmoreRyno said:
lol, I don't really disagree with that statement.
He's, uh, the best we've got?
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2 hours ago, ChiGoose said:
No, you should take my words by the actual words I used instead of making up new things I never said.
When this country was founded, only landed males could vote. It took many years and a lot of effort to expand the franchise first to all men, and later to women and minorities.
LOL. Some of us have lives and don’t spend every minute refreshing a message board.
Sorry if that’s inconvenient for you
Yeah....before that there was virtually no voting, anywhere, by anybody...almost never...so, they got the ball rolling, imperfectly as you like to remind....
I do know that American Leftists are going to love living under King/Queen rule, it is what they desire.
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31 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
What policies do republicans have to fix this? I have asked two other posters and gotten radio silence.I could be annoying and just say whatever the opposite of Democrat plan is, but that would be like the anti-Trumpers...
First, I would back the police, let them know that we're cracking down on crime and the BS is over. Hire more Police Officers, even if you have cut from some other dumb (non-essential, assume there are lots of these) social programs to pay for it.
Announce to the city that Law & Order is back; establish a short-term curfew if you have to like they did in Miami; but arrest and detain people who commit crimes so that eventually it becomes apparent to law-breakers that it's a bad idea. I'm not sure I'm for "Stop & Frisk" type policies, but Leftist hero Mayor Bloomberg did it so maybe that's a good idea?
Announce that taxes are not going up for two years. Evaluate areas of Gov't that are wasteful. Use those savings to pay for the tax program. Less crime and lower taxes are two things that will bring people and companies back, for starters.
Then you have to eliminate do-nothing Socialists from the Gov't...not Social Workers or whatever, I'm talking the legions of people who don't do anything, of which there is inherently many because of the Labor Unions.
I DO agree with the new mayor on creating public/private partnerships to create jobs and opportunities for young people and young adults. Don't care if it's filling potholes or covering graffiti, the work/income construct usually works in turning things around (if there's an ounce of moral fabric endemic to the place).
FIX up downtown areas immediately...can't have a viable city if the chief business center is a mess.
There are so many other issues related to taxes, finances, laws, etc but that's where I'd start. Above all, get RID of the Dems
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54 minutes ago, ChiGoose said:
Anyone ever think about why it is that Chicago is the boogeyman city instead of NYC, which is also a big blue city?
Or St Louis, New Orleans, Kansas City, Mobile, Cleveland, Memphis, Milwaukee, or Cincinnati, which all have higher rates of violent crime?It’s just classic right wing scaremongering. They need an “other” to demonize and stoking the rural vs urban polarization in our society is a good way to do that.
If the thesis was that cities or even just democrat run cities, were all hellholes, they’d be shouting about NYC. But NYC’s crime rate is actually fairly low, so that doesn’t work (also disproves their theory but they never let facts get in the way of a good scaremongering).
But that’s ok, they could use St Louis, which has a violent crime rate more than three times as high as Chicago. If you’re looking for your hellhole, you could look there.
But St Louis is smaller, so the raw totals aren’t as big and scary. Plus it’s in a red state, so that complicates things politically.
So it has to be Chicago. It’s dishonest and the national news is almost always wrong when reporting on what it’s like to live here, but it gets the right people scared and parroting the propaganda, so it works.
That was Michigan Avenue, where you know, people go in Chicago. Time to wake up, your "system" simply doesn't work.
Read up, learn, vote differently/better. This has to change and quick
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2 hours ago, BillsFanNC said:
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So does this horseshit qualify under the "standard of care" commies?
This is the greatest/latest example that Totalitarianism erupts from the Left, not the Right. State takes control of your children. This would never come from the Rightists, only the Leftists.
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2 hours ago, Roundybout said:
Yeah, REAL leaders stay on Mar-A-Lago's golf course sucking down diet coke.
China maybe, but Russia? What "alliances" are Russia forging? Even China is distancing itself from Putin. The only ones still with them are Iran and North Korea.
You are missing A LOT of what's being lined up here. Don't fall for the "friction" between Russia & China, there is none. That is all a mirage to hide what's actually happening. The BRICs are aligning to eliminate the PetroDollar and destroy the US Reserve Currency construct (Brazil is in China today talking about shifting from US$).
You may not have an appreciation for how important that is, but it doesn't mean it won't dramatically affect you when it does happen.
This is the worst possible Administration hitting at the exact wrong time, unfortunately.
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3 hours ago, ChiGoose said:
Don’t know why they would since that had nothing to do with the current problems.
Over investing in long term government bonds in the face of rising interest rates as well as investing heavily in crypto isn’t social justice as far as I’m aware.
Short term yields have gone up faster than longer-term yields, because of Biden Admin’s decisions
which other bonds would you have them buy?
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The Biden Boom: Biden's Economy Has the Best Growth Record Since 1969
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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There are dumb people in the world