JimBob2232

Yeah...Jake Delhomme really seems like the steroid type to me!

Well...Nikko is back! http://www.variety.com/VR1117919351.html Vasquez bows out of 'Idol' An early frontrunner in this season's "American Idol" has ankled the competishcompetish just days after making it into show's final round of 12. Mario Vasquez, the Latino heartthrob who won fans with his smooth renditions of Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do" and the Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," "has withdrawn from the competition for personal reasons," Fox announced Sunday afternoon. A Fox spokesman refused further comment. With Vasquez out, producers decided to reinstate Nikko Smith, who was cut from the competition last week after failing to garner enough fan votes to make it into the top 12. Fox and the show's producers wasted no time erasing Vasquez from the show's Web site: By 1 p.m. PST Sunday, Smith had already replaced Vasquez. It's not the first time an "Idol" finalist has left the show, though Vasquez may be the first to leave of his own accord. Two years ago, Corey Clark made it to the show's top 10, but was asked to leave after allegations surfaced that he had assaulted his teen sister. And soul diva Frenchie Davis was booted from the top 32 after it was revealed she had appeared on a soft-core porn Web site.

That made me laugh. Nice one.

Your mom went to college

Amazing. Looking at that list...Since 1990... Only people I recognize of being good... WR Kevin Johnson WR Dennis Northcutt CB Anthony Henry RB Lee Suggs Thats about it. Granted I dont know alot about some OL...but 4 names of people who are decent in 15 years....OUCH

Too much?

Clarkson University '01

Nascar: Dick Trickle Hockey: Miroslav Satan

Did I miss it?

Ahh...didnt even catch that! good one! thanks

Your life, and where you are at today, is the sum of all the choices you have made along the way. I for one have no sympathy for someone who has no desire to help themselves. I only care when it begins to affect my pocket or my well being. But to illustrate a point...these people are EXACTLY the people who need social security. These same irresponsible people who spend there entire life working at a burger king (or less classy establishment) are the same people who chose (in many cases) to drop out of high school. These are the same people who hang out in bus stops drinking beer out of plastic bags. These people were not responsible enough to do something with their lives to better themselves. For the betterment of society they need to have a private social security account to help pay their way after they retire. If left to their own devices, this money would be gone. I agree you and I probably dont need social security. We can fend for ourselves. But how is the government supposed to decide who should and should not recieve social security? They cant. So we all do it. And with a privatized account, IT DOESNT MATTER!!! Because the money is yours. End of story.

With me its either quick...or its a book...

Dittto.

The ONLY saving grace to this is that a player can tell the agent exactly what to do. If a player wants to stay, it doesnt matter what the agent does, he is staying. I think that WM has a loyalty to the bills for drafting him and handling him appropriatly. This plays in our favor. However, he also probably has a loyalto to rosensnot for getting him drafted... All in all, if willis wants to stay...he will stay. Not to mention, look at the RB out there now. Most are pretty young, and almost every team has a RB capable of 1000yds+. How much demand will there be for a willis in what 3-4 years? Who knows.

Miami traded their #2 for...GASP...AJ Feeley

This is what happens when you give someone 15 minutes and 8 dollars at the salvation army. Someone tell this chick that she is not wearing a skirt, but rather a very large chefs hat.

Its all comparative in this league. If he is the best CB on the market he will get paid regardless of how good he is (see Jennings). If the market is strong and there are alot of good CBs out there, his contract will suffer because of it.

Not looking good for henry.... http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor..._len&id=2008841 "Basically, they said that with the stadium, their salary cap situation, they could not make us a proposal beyond the qualifying offer," Rosenhaus said. "And Bill made it pretty clear he would entertain trade offers and, in fact, said he would consider trading 'Edge' for less than a first-round draft choice... Polian told ESPN.com that he made the comments to Rosenhaus based on the agent's assessment that there is a depressed market in the NFL for running backs and that he was finding it difficult to locate potential trade partners. Ugh..not looking good here folks

What other CBs will be FAs next offseason?

If they move to norfolk virginia...yes..

Pennington is a pretty good QB...he just cant stay healthy. They need a solid backup behind him.

Dont be suprised to see indy move James...freeing up alot of cap space...

10.8 mil signing bonus? Is this a signing bonus, or true to minnesota form, is this a first year roster bonus?

I dont know who said anything about putting these funds into the stock market, but just to humor you.... Currently 15 percent of your money goes into the social secuity fund. If you make 50k a year, that is $7,500 PER YEAR that is contributed to the fund because you work. If you work at the same salary for 30 years, that is $225,000 in your private account when you retire assuming ZERO real rate of return. Assuming that that 225k gets put into a money market account, and you never touch the principle, and can get a modest 5% interest rate on some sort of safe investment (CD, Ginnie Mae, Federal Notes, etc), that is more than 11K per year. Note that this is ABOVE AND BEYOND any 401K, IRA or other retirement plans you may have. This is also assuming that for 30 years you did not make a penny on your investment. Another way to look at this is the same way you look at matching funds from your employer. Lets say you have a 401K and contribute 5% of your salary into it. Lets also assume your employer matches the 5%. (This is the same as social security where you put in 7.5% and so does your employer). Even if the vehicle you chose to invest in goes down by 50%, you break even. It is also important to note that any approved government investment vehicle will be one with very low risk. About the riskiest investment allowed will be a full market index fund, such as the one currently used by federal employees enrolled in a thrift savings plan. You will also be allowed to invest in even safer funds such as money market funds and CDs. You WILL NOT be able to put all your money in Enron or WorldCom or even General Electric or Exxon. If these funds are good enough for every senator to be investing their pension in, it should be good enough for us. The positives outweigh the negatives. At least this way you know exactly how much money you have and can budget accordingly.

Unfortunatly we have a problem with SS right now...this problem can be fixed in one of 3 ways (or a combination) 1) Decrease Benefits 2) Increase Taxes 3) Privatize If we do this right, everyone will suffer a little, but the problem will be fixed. Do it wrong, nobody suffers today, but we prolong the agony making it worse on our kids. If the only choices are to raise the 90k cap or cut benefits, raising the cap makes more sense. But that is not fair either., and only propetuates the class warfare we have seen for years in washington. PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY. I want my money to be mine. Its the ONLY fair system.