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12-14-17, 08:27 AM
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As predicted by the Simpsons.
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12-14-17, 09:59 AM
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Wonder if Fox will eventually shut down/sell FS1 and it's rights so they can get out of sports completely. I don't think FS1 is anywhere close to profitable.
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12-14-17, 11:18 AM
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Sadly, sports have got away from reporting the "games" and they report on the personalities or the favorite national teams. Sports shows care more about what Lavar Ball is doing than anything on the floor or the field. Some of the more talked about "sports" stories the last few months...
-Jerry Jones - his feud with Roger Goddell, his stance on the Anthem
-Ezekiel Elliott - domestic abuse
(of course, both of these are Cowboys stories, so we get alot of the news on the Cowboys, weather good or bad)
-Lavar Ball and the Ball family
-Colin Kaepernik (he has not played an NFL game all season)
-concussions, CTE's of course during football season
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12-14-17, 11:26 AM
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Other than the CTE/concussion issue, you have posted about all of those issues. In fact I'd say you spent a significant amount of time on each of those 4 issues.
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12-14-17, 12:09 PM
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I was just going to say, 14red is the poster most obsessed with all those issues, starting threads on all of them. They basically consume his thoughts on sports and definitely shape his rooting interests. To the extent that he hates on Lonzo Ball, an otherwise unassuming and likable young man, because he is obsessed with hating his daddy.
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12-14-17, 12:48 PM
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One positive from this is that it forces ESPN to cover hockey again because they'll be airing the games on their RSN's. I'm probably the only one on here who gives a damn about that but whatever.
Wonder what the timeline will be on the switchover from Fox Sports to ESPN RSNs, and what content ESPN is going to put on them. Probably unlikely that it'll be done by the start of NBA/NHL season next October.
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12-14-17, 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Taco MacArthur
Other than the CTE/concussion issue, you have posted about all of those issues. In fact I'd say you spent a significant amount of time on each of those 4 issues.
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Wrong again Taco, I've posted a little on Elliott, very little to none on Jones, and yes, some on the Balls. I would much rather hear about the games though.
Now, onto CTE's....
I'd just like to hear from anyone who has played football that didn't understand the risks of running full speed into other people and getting hit from all directions? This whole thing is more about money than anything else.
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12-14-17, 02:42 PM
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The following is from the last 45 days. There are more from before 11/01/2017. I did not include any posts where you mentioned the actual game play of basketball when discussing Lonzo/Lavar/the brothers:
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Originally Posted by 14Red
Sadly, sports have got away from reporting the "games" and they report on the personalities or the favorite national teams. Sports shows care more about what Lavar Ball is doing than anything on the floor or the field. Some of the more talked about "sports" stories the last few months...
-Jerry Jones - his feud with Roger Goddell, his stance on the Anthem
-Ezekiel Elliott - domestic abuse
(of course, both of these are Cowboys stories, so we get alot of the news on the Cowboys, weather good or bad)
-Lavar Ball and the Ball family
-Colin Kaepernik (he has not played an NFL game all season)
-concussions, CTE's of course during football season
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Since last spring, have we gone a month without something, or someone from the Ball family making news??? Lavar Ball is like the 3 year old throwing a tantrum, just ignore him and he'll eventually go away.
Lonzo is a D-League player because he can't shoot and doesn't seem to care, and his brothers are average at best college and high school players.
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I'm sure Alford would trade anything he's gained from having anything to do with the Ball family for the last 18 months of torchure he's had to endure.
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LeVar Ball is exemplifying a different kind of child abuse. It's not physical, it's mental. I mean, at what point can one of these kids stand up to daddy and tell him enough is enough. I don't know what's more sad, that these kids are going to live screwed up lives, or the Lakers and the rest of the NBA for falling for Ball's dog and pony show with Lonzo? I mean he's actually getting paid to play basketball and he's way out of his league?
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This probably belongs on the college basketball thread, but it involves the Ball family - and they seem to be connected thick or thin so I'm putting it here.
What and absolute screwball LeVar Ball is. He's now taking his son at UCLA and pulling him out of school. Going overseas to "get him ready" for the NBA draft. Remember this is the kid who got nailed shoplifting in China. Gotta believe UCLA coach Steve Alford is the happiest man on earth today.
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Steve Alford has to be the happiest man in America.
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You would think, even it President Trump had little influence, that LaVar would come down to the level of the rest of us and at least acknowledge a little gratitude towards the President and the Chinese authorities. The Big Baller Brand is dying a slow death.
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Hmmm, wonder if LaVar will sent President Trump a thank you card??? Wonder how this all fits into the "social injustice", "Trump is a racist" ideals???
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Ball's little bro just got busted for shoplifting in China with a UCLA teammate...seriously, can't make this stuff up.
Honestly, the Ball family is just a hollywood nightmare.
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Interesting to who??? Do we really care about what an NFL owner thinks, for what the Commissioner makes?? This is today's disconnect with the media and fans. For some reason, the media thinks the majority of us cares about this stuff? In general, most of us fans care about our teams, and follow our team and possibly the games each week. That's about it. Who's in court, what and NFL owner thinks or feels and especially social issues are things we don't care about. The issue is the NFL is a 17 week season that games only occur once a week. You can't fill 24 hour news cycles with just game info, so these things get legs.
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Do fans care who the commishoner is? Did we know Pete Rozelle? Again, this is just national enquirer stuff and our incredibly petty society hating on people of high stature and with money. You have to have a commissioner. The owners hire and pay him, so obviously they like him. This is just silly banter.
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I believe the commishoner's main job is to handle the politics of each sport, and to be a voice for the owners. Other than Jerry Jones, who is a train wreck.
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What CEO doesn't protect their company??
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I'm sure the other owners despise Jones. Name another owner who gets interviewed after every game? Dude has a crazy ego.
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At this point, does anyone really care about the Ezekiel Elliott suspension? I think one of the things that puts off fans is the constant back and forth of these suspensions. How can a private organization like the NFL, be required to allow a player to play in a game when he's been suspended? Something as important as domestic violence is being batted around in a courtroom for playing time for a football player???
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But don't you think that's just a part of our culture today? Anyone successful, powerful and rich has to be evil, right? I bet Cowboy fans don't like how he's handled discipline because of Elliott, but is there really any other matters that is out of control? I mean, somebody has to be the bad guy and dole out the punishment. On one hand we want the game to be safer, but we don't want our favorite teams players to get suspended.
As for the draft, who else would announce the draftees? Doesn't the commissioner make sense?
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That's because Goddell is the NFL commishoner, the most popular of the pro sports by a mile. Adam Silver does nothing but lip service to the NBA. There is no "control" of that league. Which is why it trails football. David Stern did the heavy lifting for years, and was not widely liked. Silver is a yes man for the stars. It holds basketball back. It's embarassing that head coach Gregg Popavich when on a personal crusade against the president of this country, and not only did the league not do anything, neither did San Antonio administration. Pop lost all my respect with that rant. Stay in your lane.
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Double whammy, talking about the Jones-Goodell fued AND Zeke.
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don't you think the back-and-forth is bad for all parties involved. I mean do you really think he's not going to eventually serve this suspension?? There is proof that some type of violence occurred to Zeke's girlfriend.
I can't imagine this just going away and Zeke not serving anything.
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It would have been gone a long time ago if there was no evidence.
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Zeke is out this weekend, of course that is for this moment only...
What a mess, just think, if he just took the suspension in August, it would be over now...
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Football just needs to clean up it's processes and also decide if it's going to be involved in social issues or not. The national anthem issue with Kaepernik was handled poorly last year, and the effects are still being felt today. The league needed to come down on him hard last year, send a message that this was not acceptable and we'd be alot futher along. Owner's own, players play and that's the way it has to be. Players don't get paid because we care what their stance is on social issues.
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Again, that is just the last 45 days.
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12-14-17, 02:55 PM
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One positive from this is that it forces ESPN to cover hockey again because they'll be airing the games on their RSN's. I'm probably the only one on here who gives a damn about that but whatever.
Wonder what the timeline will be on the switchover from Fox Sports to ESPN RSNs, and what content ESPN is going to put on them. Probably unlikely that it'll be done by the start of NBA/NHL season next October.
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Sorry dude, have not watched hockey in years and years and years. Althogh I do give the NHL credit. They saw years ago that they had an unsustainable model and really ratcheted back the salaries. They stayed in their lanes.
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12-14-17, 03:01 PM
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Well done taco.
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12-14-17, 03:12 PM
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I'm pretty bored today
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12-14-17, 03:17 PM
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Well done taco.
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Just think if it wasn't for me Taco wouldn't have anything to do... 
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12-14-17, 03:18 PM
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I'm pretty bored today
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And this is different than any other day?? 
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12-14-17, 03:27 PM
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No comment on the evidence proving you wrong, yet again?
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12-14-17, 03:42 PM
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It's his go to play. Always ignore the evidence in front of you especially if it proves you wrong.
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12-14-17, 04:28 PM
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12-14-17, 05:03 PM
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No comment on the evidence proving you wrong, yet again?
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Dude, you have way too much time on your hands, get a life.
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12-14-17, 06:10 PM
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Dude, you have way too much time on your hands, get a life.
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You said something stupid, he called you out, you didn't like it, he proves you wrong and you ignore it as always. Same old same old.
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12-14-17, 06:53 PM
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Dude, you have way too much time on your hands, get a life.
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It took me less than 5 minutes. 
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12-14-17, 07:05 PM
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Dude, you have way too much time on your hands, get a life.
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Can you comment on your lies please?
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12-18-17, 11:53 AM
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Anyone care to guess when the SI/NYT/WaPo story detailing Skipper's past transgressions with female subordinates will be published? My guess is this afternoon.
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12-18-17, 12:01 PM
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Wow! It just keeps getting better at the World Wide Leader!
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12-18-17, 12:58 PM
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Wow barstool won another
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12-18-17, 01:04 PM
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Cooling Off
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Hoping they name Jemele Hill the new president
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12-18-17, 01:10 PM
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Hoping they name Jemele Hill the new president
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Amen, and Stephen A VP.
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12-18-17, 03:36 PM
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Dude, you have way too much time on your hands, get a life.
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you posted all that drivel.
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12-19-17, 01:22 PM
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you posted all that drivel. |
it's one thing to walk next door and take a dump on your front porch once a day. Takes no time at all
it's another thing to collect it all up and make a centerpiece out of it
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12-19-17, 01:59 PM
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it's one thing to walk next door and take a dump on your front porch once a day. Takes no time at all
it's another thing to collect it all up and make a centerpiece out of it
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Great analogy of 14Red's posts being dog crap.
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12-20-17, 03:23 PM
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Ryen Russillo leaving ESPN effective 12/22.
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