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It's all part of the chain. A guy out of work thinks a guy making $6 shoudln't b****, he has a job. Someone working two minimum wage jobs thinks someone earning $30,000 is greedy for b****ing about not making $40,000. The guy making $100,000 thinks the guy making $250,000 is an idiot for complaining about his stock options. I posted this once before. I want players who are competitive in everything. I've been around enough athletes in a couple sports and they all can tell you what other guys in their position are making and what their stats are. It isn't about how much money they are making, it's about are they making more than the other guy. Most of these guys would be happier making $2,000,000 if they were #1 in salary at their position, than making $4,000,000 and being 26th for their position. They are competitors. Don't ask them to check that at the negotiation table. Maggs gambled that he could get more later and will lose. I really do not care one way or the other. A healthy Maggs makes this a better team. We can dig another pot hole to fill the ones at SS and lead off. But we'll have a guy hitting 30-40 points lower in right, with less proven talent. Y'all can keep wishing and thinking that going a couple steps back will move them forward. Maybe someday it will work, but not in my lifetime.

I would assume they could offer arbitration based on passing a physical. If he accepts, he would have to pass the physical. It seems that the player is holding a better hand than the owners in this case. As a side note, and this probably doesn't apply to contract employees, most states will protect workers from wholesale inquisitions into a person's health. Basically the employer needs to prove that whatever they are asking for is a requirement to do the job. For example, if they ask someone to lift a 50 pound box before being hired, they must show that the job routingly requires lifting 50 pound boxes. They could not use that test to avoid hiring petite women or men. What gets interesting in this case is the employee has already been declared by team Doctors to be unable to work. The season is over, there is no "work" for the worker to perform. His contract is ending. What bearing does his health have on fullfilling this contract? Since the club would be making an offer, is the player obligated to even hear the offer? Let's say that the club was considering an offer to Beltran. Does Beltran have to take a physical for any team that wants him to, or can he be selected in who he works out for? I assume he can work out, or not, based on who he wants to sign with.

Tell them you really miss them and want to spend every waking moment with them. Make up a boyfriend or a girlfriend Ask them to double date at New Year's Eve with WLUP & Hairbangers Ball I would never suggest this to a guy, but why not try the truth?

Let me see if I understand how he has been used by the media. They cover him entering the military. People thought it was heroic and wanted to read the story, it boosted circulations and they "used" him to sell newspapers, magazines, and increase viewers. Of course if they hadn't covered it, they would have been ignoring a positive military story and been criticized for that. He is killed in action and they cover the event and everything that went along with it. people were interested, consider him a hero. By publishing his story, it sold newspapers, and they "used" him again. Of course if they didn't cover his death, they would have been accused of ignoring an American hero and playing politics. Now the death has been ruled as being caused by friendly fire. People are still interested in his story, and again it sold newspapers, increased viewership, and he was being used. Of course if the ignored the story, they would have been accused of not telling the whole story.

my guess would be that the team examined him and declared him unable to play for the rest of the season. That happened to coincide with the end of his contract. I do not believe they have a right to examine someone in order to *offer* them a contract. They could make the offer contingent on passing a physical, which is a standard clause.

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God I hope that wanting to make more money, doesn't catch on with anyone else, then we're really in trouble. Soon average guys and gals will be leaving companies for bigger paychecks somewhere else. Then the American way of life is over. Start with a company and work there all your life and never complain that's the American way. Greedy assholes wanting to leave a job for another one that pays better :fyou anyone who does that.

That was one of my favorite rides, that and the Maryville Academy Midnight Run. Sad

As the contract was written, there wasn't another company in the world that could compete. Now if they split that bid package into specific areas, they could have found a group of companies to each compete in their specific areas. I am not surprised that the White House favored Halliburton for this work. If they thought Haliburton sucked, then they are really stupid for picking the CEO for V.P. Therefor, if they respect the work he did as evident by Halliburton, they should have felt comfortable awarding them the contract. Plus, they are a Texas company Haliburton and NASA; Bush, Chaney, and De Lay, getting it done for the Lone Star State And all this border security is awesome as well. Lots of spending on the Texas border.

It is a credit to our military that more servicemen and women are not killed in non combat accidents. The travel alone, the millions of miles of driving, setting up cities in the middle of no where, all the cooking, etc. Combat accidents are also few and far between, at least the ones we hear about. I give a lot of credit to their training and skill. Unfamilar terrain, poor communication conditions (not equipment) nerves, etc. all came into play here. I also wonder, if intelligence is so important, why he didn't have a chance to "surrender". As far as Tillman being a hero because he had a choice for a lucrative career or service and he chose service. I don't believe what he did was any more heroic than Juan Gonzalez from Mission, TX. who enlisted.

I am a little confused about this. What happens if grandma Bernstein gets busted in Cairo with 5 oz of explosives? Seems like someone could be in for a difficult time in any country that practices Napoleonic law, guilty until proven innocent.

How many players really get endorsement deals? I don't see the local stuff, but there are only a few guys getting national exposure. Far better to sut a rap record and jump into the stands gangsta stylin'

I missed that episode. This time of year it is hard to separate the millionaire businessman and celebrity jets flying down here for hunts from the millionaire drug runner's jets King Ranch has it's own airfield. At one time the ranch would have been the 48th largest state.

One advantage the NFL has is they are able to promote a team, baseball has been promoting players.

Doesn't Frank have an agent dealing with the team!?

It would be funny if it wasn't so alarming.

Agreed. As far as voiding contracts, would the player be a free agent if he was busted for a hooker? Is it his choice, the team's choice, or mutual?

That's right, you've mentioned that before. Does KW and JR play good cop ~ bad cop? IMHO, when Frank's playing days are over, a Frank statue should be placed at Cominsky.

Then certainly DUIs should also cause a firing. Now should their also be an automatic suspension? Imagine of a player wanted out of his contract, he calls up a hooker, then calls police, and he's an instant free agent?

Both teams deserved to be in over Utah. Shall we discuss the automatic bids so that some conferences are not left out? Should Michigan be in over Cal? Without an automatic bid, Michigan wouldn't be in.

Tell that to Cal and USC

DeLay is the man Bringing home the bacon to Texas!

That's about the starting point. Plus you usually share the corn costs. These deer are finished up with corn for a month or two to improve the flavor of the ones that are processed. Many of the herds are carefully managed, aerial surveyed, crops planted just for their consumption, etc. It is business for some. For a real sticker shocker, price out some of the guided hunts at the King Ranch. We also have opportunities for exotics as well. Various animals have been imported and carefully controlled. I have not heard of any of the guaranteed kill hunts like in Africa where they will pen a Zebra, big cat, etc. in and basically let you process it like cattle. But there are some that will charge $X for the hunt and $X++ if you are successful. I've seen some antelopes on one ranch. Almost everything here is in stands with rifles. Not a lot of shotgun for deer. Also very little archery.

I do think it is safe to say Frank will not be hanging around the ballpark shouting let's play two today. It seems to me he hasn't had the warm cozy relationship with the team. Next time he'll look up diminished skills in the dictionary.

There is a difference between an "at will" employee and one who is under contract. There are rights and responsibilities for both parties. People are arrested for a variety of crimes and not lose their jobs. How many athletes have had DUI s and kept their jobs? Is hookers worse that DUI? Steroids worse than hookers? Cocaine worse than steroids? I guess I would lay it out hookers