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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) Unless they're looking to deal Noah, I feel like the Bulls should keep targeting offense in the draft and just expect that the combination of Thibs and Noah will take care of most of their needs on D. I'm in on this, but I've also been thinking that maybe since we've proven we can draft defensive studs, we keep drafting them since we know we are good at them, never sign them, and use some money to pay for offense.

Brian Wilson's era will be like 47 tomorrow

Is Jose Valentin the padres 1b coach?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Mar 31, 2014 -> 01:40 AM) f***. Brooks Orpik just ended the Hawks season. Trying to figure out best case scenario. Just hoping it's not a broken collarbone.

Wow pacers. 4/5 games under 80 pts.

I guess the schadenfreude articles about Caliparis struggles were a bit premature

Id rather we name the field after Reinsdorf or even Veeck than honoring Comiskey again. I'd take Chicago Park though. Edit : phone typos

best post ever.

Best of luck to tekotte. Pretty sweet d all spring.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 10:29 PM) @AdamSchefter: Quite the story.... RT @Al3xCole: Breaking: DeSean Jackson's gang connections troubling to Eagles http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2014/03...d_troubles.html I have to say, that story was a lot of bulls*** conjecture.

You may as well send me your paypal info now.

QUOTE (farmteam @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 03:42 PM) No way Bridgewater is falling out of the first solely because of a bad pro day. A lot of people round these parts want the Vikings to draft Manziel at 8 if he's there. If both Manziel and Bridgewater are there at 8, I take Bridgewater if I'm Minnesota. I really don't want to face either in the division. I just really think that they will succeed because they did so well with pressure in their face. Whatever pro day is, that is not a game scenario. If he literally could not come close to hitting anyone, that's one thing, but I'm not hearing anything that would scare me.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 04:41 PM) I think teams are trying to get as many picks as possible. With this being one of the deepest drafts in years. I wonder if the Rams are pissed. Now #1 and #2 trading down, may lower packages offered.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 02:08 PM) PFF had him ranked as the 17th best ILB in pass coverage last year. Exceptional.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 10:26 PM) That is a pretty low ratio for soxtalk. In a game thread for sure.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 08:47 PM) Sox playing like they want to leave Arizona. Must be hell playing in that weather when it's so sunny and beautiful in Chicago.

I'm rooting for Toronto. I was amazed when I went there how jacked everyone was watching Raptors games at the bars. Watching Kyle Lowry! It was great. Go Raps.

So it's March 27th and we already hate half the players?

I don't mind the pacers.

Reading this thread makes me not want any of them.

I'm fine with that, but I would appreciate announcers calling out Wade and James for how dirty they get when they are frustrated and feel like they are being fouled. They are KG level for me.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 04:19 PM) Recently we found out that tech companies are really stupid and dont have attorneys, because you could have legally done what they wanted by putting a restrictive covenant into the employee agreement. Non-compete, non-solicitation, are allowable. Not sure what this has to do with unionization. Non compete and non-solicitation are not allowed in California. The point is regardless of whether you find someone's pay large enough to live on, such as engineers, if their pay is being restricted either illegally or unfairly, it shouldn't matter that they make more than a typical student or employee.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 03:51 PM) And it's not irrelevant. The whole point of this movement is how unfair it is that these poor athletes have all these restrictions on them and they make the school so much money and they don't get a slice of the pie. And we all know that's bulls*** because they do get a slice. Again, I think this is inaccurate. Recently we found out that dozens of tech companies basically organized a cartel to not steal eachothers managers and developers because wages were getting too high and cutting into profits. Software developers and engineers make great money! Their income was going up in those years! But the fact is their wages were deliberately being kept lower than they should have been in ways that was not affecting the CEO pay or bonus structure - which was being set by the market. In professional sports, the top athletes salaries by and large eclipse the coaches and general manager pay. If the schools suddenly want to tax player income and TRULY feel like athletic scholarships are money out of their pocket, rather than listen to athletes demands, I'll happily watch it blow up in their face.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 03:55 PM) And that's how every business in the world works. Why should student athletes get special treatment? Actually my company pays me in money, in addition to "perks" like providing a computer, phone, internet, pays for some of my phone and gym bill, gives me an office to work in, etc.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 27, 2014 -> 02:38 PM) I have tempered enthusiasm about it. I love the show, but it's gotten pretty slow and I feel like last season it was going over the same themes (and plotlines) that we saw in seasons 1-3. yeah, I stopped watching. And the "that people never change is the point!" doesn't do it for me 6 seasons in.