Banedon
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Everything posted by Banedon
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Noah expected to play vs Nets. Heh.
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The motivation is avoiding injury. They think that somehow this will reduce injury. I'm not quite sure how, but that's the justification. b/c a receiving team is less likely to bring a ball out of the end zone if they get it at the 25 on a touch back? seems like you could figure out what the average return yardage is on kicks in or near the end zone and give the receiving team that yardage on a touch back. Fewer kick returns means fewer violent collisions. I assume that's the thinking. Yeah, I remember reading that now. It was in the same PFT article that talked about the rule change too... It was a busy day at work yesterday, and my brain wasn't quite firing on all cylinders.
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The motivation is avoiding injury. They think that somehow this will reduce injury. I'm not quite sure how, but that's the justification.
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Well, kinda...but it'd be like the last 2 minutes, when coaches can't challenge. If the replay official thinks it requires review, he'd buzz the ref. So replays would only be in effect on those scoring plays that were debatable.
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Not necessarily true. Decertification would mean that there'd be a lawsuit when the owners try to lockout, and there's a strong chance that it'd be ruled that the owners would have to abide by the previous CBA. It'll be messy, but there could be football without a CBA.
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1 for 3. I don't want Rogers or Solder. I don't think Solder will be there for the Bears to pick anyway. Yeah. I doubt he'll be there. And I want nothing to do with Rogers. I'd take Rice in a heartbeat if I his health is ok. And now Kiper has the Bears taking Solder.
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Reinsdorf is pumped:
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Broke it playing pickup basketball, which is apparently not a violation of his contract.
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It's a few days old. Somebody posted a youtube video of it looping repeatedly.
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wtf....Tiki Barber is unretiring.
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Hmmm...their SBnation blog doesn't seem to be too rough. Heh, they had a bullet point in the recap ripping the Bulls and how easy they are to defend and would struggle to get out of the first round if they depended on Rose so much, but it appears the author deleted it. Ha...excellent.
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Hmmm...their SBnation blog doesn't seem to be too rough.
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i read that a couple days ago. the only part of the analogy that doesn't work for me is that his writers would have had no way of knowing going into it that typing away on a computer would have caused early death, whereas football players absolutely know. What I took from that was the parallel of pretending to care about employee safety while simultaneously asking for the employee to do more of this known unsafe activity. But admittedly, that wasn't my favorite point.
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Peter King actually linked to a Bill Simmons article today, and it really is well done. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/110304
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heh....I just read that the one "make" in that 1-18 in the final seconds stat....was a dunk by Lebron to send a game with Memphis into OT, which Miami ended up losing. Fantastic.
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Miller Park and Milwaukee Question
Banedon replied to Sammys Boombox's topic in General Baseball Talk
I've been to Miller a few times, though it's been a while. It's super easy to get to...right off the interstate...and has good parking. I'd just drive. I live up there for a summer (back in the old County Stadium days) and always found Milwaukee very easy to get around. -
The NFLPA is going to agree to it, so maybe players don't think the world will end either.
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I think he's taking a break from the board at the moment. I think/hope he'll be back.
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Another 7 day extension. It could all fall apart, but they might actually avoid a works stoppage, which is damn near a miracle.
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So...you don't like it because change is bad? That's not a very good reason to not have 18 games, imo.
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Apparently another week extension is "all but a done deal" per SportsBusiness Journal....and per Michael Silver, that means that both sides view that as "an almost ironclad statement that a deal is forthcoming – and a work stoppage will have been averted."
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The revenue from the extra games will help offset some of the "off the top" revenue that the owners don't have to share with the players. Players are going to get a few other concessions as well...health care during potential future lockouts...limitations to offseason workouts and training camp practices...and a new formula allowing them to qualify for certain benefits with fewer seasons played than in the past.
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Sounds like a deal will include an 18 game schedule, and a rookie wage scale.
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Apparently there was significant progress made yesterday, and Michael Silver from Yahoo says that "smart money is on a settlement" and that nobody wants "armageddon". Sounds like when it comes right down to it, everybody was bluffing...maybe even bluffing themselves.
