dorquemada

You just brought Putin into a discussion on a Buffalo Bills message board. I sure hope Correct The Record is filling up your Panera card for all your hard work. You clearly have a huffington post level understanding of the traditional agreements between telcos and the federal government, and seem to believe that all money earned by any entity belongs to the government, so I doubt we have enough common ground to talk this through. Say hi to your overlords at facebook!

oddly enough the low info kids that are all caremad about net neutrality are the same ones claiming that tax abatements are the same thing as theft. it's almost like they think that any money earned by any entity is by default the Government's and that we should all grovel at the feet of uncle sam and be thankful when he lets us keep a little more of our own money. Net Neutrality is a pretty amazing thing too in that the NN legislation in practice ends up being a massive subsidy from the carriers to Google and Facebook, but because they (G&FB) control so much of the narrative, they've managed to convince people that we're discussing something else entirely. explain again how they stole billions? bonus points if you can explain it without saying "but taxes" because lots of big corporations do everything they can to minimize their tax exposure. your heroic google and facebook barely pay anything.

if you dont think the carriers have invested MASSIVELY in infrastructure in the US, I dont know what to tell you because you're low information on the topic. Every year for the last 10+ years the number 1&2 companies in fundamental infrastructure investment are AT&T and Verizon. A lot of the money ended up being invested in Cellular data networks, because that's where the market went. You're whining about not enough DSL, the world moved on

ok i'll bite. how did they "steal" billions of dollars from the public? I hope you're not referring to tax incentives to roll out broadband, because that's fantastically stupid. when you take deductions on your taxes, are you 'stealing' from the Federal government?

I'm not sure this is as big a windfall as you think. I was expecting a MUCH bigger deal for streaming rights. It's a tiny fraction of the sunday ticket package, with a much larger addressable audience.

nah join in we're all jerks here

like I said before, get the DA to press charges, get it in front of a jury (in WNY, where this happened) and i expect it might not be real difficult to get a conviction

even the marginal personalities at deadspin are calling him out on this. your island is getting pretty thinly populated. before long it'll just be you and gronk

i assume you're joking, but did anyone ever find out what he actually said?

here you go gugny, this should keep you busy

Nah, you moved the goalposts and got called out like the gronk fanboy you are. Well done old chap

can you imagine darryl talley whining like a baby and lobbying the refs in this situation if he were in Preston Brown's shoes at the moment? No, me neither

"Perspective" oh ok let me try it White isn't a starving war orphan in the South Sudan, therefore this isn't a big deal. am i doing this right?

i've never cheered for a player to be injured, and I've been a fan for 40+ years, but i really want to see something horrible happen to gronk. I dont think this bills team as constituted today is willing or able to defend a teammate, gronk has basically cucked them all, but maybe karma will express itself through another, better team

it's cool and good because it's football

clearly he still needs to use it, or next time he arm bars some defenseless player on the ground, he might re-injure his forearm. The more I think about this, the more i just want to see it all burn. any league that protects brady like it does, and lets a guy like Gronk run wild deserves to collapse under the weight of it's own hubris

Yeah like I said, the brace makes this whole thing like WWF

i mean if the NFL is trying to become AMERICAN GLADIATORS II or something dumb like that, maybe make Gronk play his next game with no helmet

maybe that's what the NFL is trying to encourage to make up for the dwindling audience. Maybe the Bills should all put on steel gauntlets and end every single play with a blow to the helmet

furthermore, we don't really know the extent of White's injury yet. just because a guy gets up off the mat doesn't mean that there isnt long term damage. Gronk should pay, either through league discipline, or if the bills have one ounce of pride, make sure one of the Pat's critical players get similar treatment.

5 years ago the NFL didnt care about turning young men into brain damaged husks. It doesn't seem that they do now either.

The NFL can't have it both ways. Either they are concerned with brain injuries or they aren't. If the NFL isn't going to address the issue, it falls on outside entities to do so. That could be the NFLPA, it could be the DA

sue and get a jury trial. gronk will be returning cans for a living

really? i get really mad at people i work with too, but i've never done that. i'd be fired forever if i did

they've fallen all over themselves trying to stop spearing and other leading with the helmet type tackles, this seems stupidly obvious. How about this, no steel allowed in anything that can come in contact with an opposing player? And if you use your steel augmented arm in an assaultive manor, and there's no doubt about your intent, then you're done. Out of the league and offered up as a sacrificial lamb to law enforcement. one big jackass like gronk gets banned from the league it'll never happen again