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I "lost money" on my home last year while picking up a lot of equity. Same principal here, they may have lost $10 mil, but the value of the franchise may have increased $100 mil. And let's remember that it's not like the ownership group is tossing in money each year. It's more debt they have to service. If they only lost $10 mil a year for all of the forty years this group has owned the Sox, $400 mil total, it would still be a great investment. NBA franchises are with more. Comparing to the Clippers probably isn't accurate. The Bulls are worth over $2billion. I wouldn't be surprised if Jerry received a nice raise this year as President. Don't think of the loss as him losing income. If they sell, it means a bank will be grabbing a little more off the top at closing. At $1.7 billion that $10 mil loss is very minor.

I teach both plus "Stop The Bleed", which is now required for teachers in Texas. Yep, don't need CPR as a teacher, because you'll probably not going to use it, but let's make certain every teacher can stop gun shot wounds.

Good point. I think it's just amazing the Bears have not had a franchise quarterback in over 70 years. Meanwhile the average Packer QB seems to be a Pro Bowl candidate every year and most are HoF caliber. Luck? Curse? Generations of bad drafts? Timing? Hoping for just good enough at that spot is realistic, anything more just sets us up for disappointment.

Still waiting for the next Sid Luckman (1939 - 1950). As mentioned, there are no guarantees the greatest draft pick will be a franchise QB and carry the team. Keep building around Fields and adapt the system to him. The Bears system is win with defense.

If Jerry cared about winning they would have lost 30 million.

Find an owner without ties to the city that will finally move them to a city where they can be #1 instead of in another team's shadow. Maybe get an owner that has a ton of debt from buying the team and needs to slash costs for a while. Get that payroll closer to the half way mark instead of top 10. Plenty of great things can happen with new ownership.

I'm guessing at these numbers some sort of production will be in there as well as games played, etc.

The market is set by the second highest remaining bidder. It seems like he's heading towards the richest incentive based contract in history. Lower annual salary cost, higher possibilities based on production.

Location doesn't really matter. It will get press coverage.

Better to never have been in that position in the first place. But when we rehire Grifol, the HoF manager from LA in 2049 we'll know we haven't learned that lesson.

True. I'm really with @Kyyle23 on this one. I just don't care. He's finally gone, I can't wait until we can forget.

I wouldn't be surprised in the least. It is surprising that no player, even those that left, have hinted at bigger issues.

As someone that lived with an alcoholic I would never make that speculation without first hand knowledge. I've also known social drinkers who have been picked up for DUI. So I'm not going to blame that. Occam's Razor, the team was underperforming and clearly he wasn't effective. They used a minor or phantom health issue to remove him. JR is loyal and smart. Kenny has been with him a long time. With loyalties split he did the smart thing.

With CPR in the news I thought I would share a link and thought. Why not get certified? https://cpr.heart.org/en/resources/bystander-cpr?&s_src=23G111AEMG&s_subsrc=DDR_E02a_jan23_hov1_1xlap&sc_camp=1F8B7304375D430D8C1569682E8407B7&utm_content=DDR+E02a+jan23+hov1+1xlap&utm_source=dr+sfmc+ah+ag&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fy23+hov Also, using an AED is as easy as opening it up and following the instructions. It certainly helps if you have had some hands on training but even if you have not, grab it and you will probably figure it out very quickly.

This. It's the inconsistency with rookies. We're all smart baseball people and know players slump and usually can shrug it off. Rookies are streaky as they learn to make adjustments at the MLB level. They may start hot but eventually teams compile enough film and find your holes then it becomes work.

Just fill the hot tub and dip them.

Come on it's baseball, they will use

It is wildly pessimistic. Still we lost our best player and the core we count on are on the downside age wise of their careers or sustained potentially career limiting injuries. We didn't address key problem areas like RF and C. Plenty of reasons to be neutral or slightly pessimistic.

Yep. And 87 might be optimistic. They are a couple injuries from a 79 win team.

The norm is to keep playing. Hell, when Tatum paralyzed Stingley, nearly killing him, they finished the pre season game.

I'm surprised the AED took that long to get there. High school sports have them on every sideline. I would think the NFL would have multiple units around. Those devices are really extraordinary in allowing someone with no training to follow a few simple directions and have them working.

There is a chance he was playing hurt for a lot of last season. I agree he shouldn't be in the outfield, but they needed him there and so he went. I'm not certain we should be holding that against him. Even after the disaster of last season he's got a career WAR of 1.9. He's the grinder on the team. No surprises, shows up everyday ready to play, gives 100%. Sure, there isn't anyone on the roster I wouldn't like see upgraded. But with much bigger holes to fill, I'm fine with him as the INF sub.

With the regulars at 2nd, 3rd, and SS planning on playing 140 to 150 that has him at 60 or so. Toss in a couple injuries and 80 is reasonable. It's also a lot less than the past couple seasons.

The potential of a new calendar. The road goes on forever and the party never ends . . .

So about the time of free agency and players free to go to any team. Some folks predicted fans would lose interest when players jumped from team to team all the time. And then there are the complaints that golf and baseball are too slow and take too long to finish. Perhaps that is folks lying, but football and basketball are faster pace and shorter broadcasts.