Everything posted by champagne030
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2026 NFL off season thread
It’s clear Ryan is calling the shots. No reason for anyone to realistically expect compensation unless someone is just salty or looking for a handout b/c their minority executive left. The “spirit” of the rule wasn’t affirmative action. Cunningham isn’t and won’t be the primary decision maker.
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Opening Series In Milwaukee
Just get a hotel downtown. There are multiple establishments on/near the Water St. area that provide shuttle service to/from the game.
- Non-White Sox Off-Season Hot Stove
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Non-White Sox Off-Season Hot Stove
The Dodgers already share 48% of that annual $330M with all the other teams. How much more do you want them to share? Sure, they own a portion of Spectrum SportsNet LA and they don’t have to share any profits that company makes after that $330M outlay, but who knows what that is (feel free to scour the K’s of Charter Communications if you’re that bothered). BTW - The Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs, ect. get to shield their network profits too and we don’t know how bad those clubs cook the books by having the team receive below market revenue and shield broadcaster profits from being shared. You should be thankful that we know the Dodgers got paid upfront and need to share that money. When that contract expires is when you will really be salty.
- Non-White Sox Off-Season Hot Stove
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If Ishbia gave us one early present, who would excite you to add to this not ready team
What are you crying about now? You want a round of applause for Getzie because the Sox got the #1 pick? Great, don’t f*** it up again and take another Smith instead of the best talent. He made an excellent hire in Rodriguez. Nothing wrong with today’s signing as it’s a great dart to throw, but I won’t hold my breath that his K’s don’t make his HR totals irrelevant. Anyone who doesn’t think that we should move Christmas to August 30th lives rent free in your head.
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Illinois High School Football Thread
BR should be fine, but Jacobs is way better than AT. AT played nobody and Jacobs losses are to really good teams for their classification. Fenwick/Naz better not sleep on Burlington in the quarters/semis too.
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DJ on Sox future...
Boy Wonder needed Hagen over him and several others…..
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2025-26 NFL Season Thread
Absolutely not calling him a bust, BUT he does need to be “broken” (like a wild horse). Caleb has relied on pure athleticism to this point and that will not work in the NFL. Riley is a great offensive mind and didn’t get him on script. Ben is a great offensive mind and he’s still not on script. He has all the physical talent to be great. The question is whether someone can harness it.
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2025-26 NFL Season Thread
Actually, Caleb only looks good on the 1st 15 plays that BJ scripts and the couple of hero plays he sometimes makes. Otherwise (after those plays were practiced ad nauseam during the week), Caleb relies on jailbreak. He honestly looks worse than last year.
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Salary Cap exploration...
That's not considered revenue for baseball operations. See the Braves Q/K. Leagues where this is a cap and split revenues with the players don't count that as income. NFL, for example, is split roughly 52/48 owners/players. That revenue split does not count concessions/parking/local broadcasting rights and a large portion of ticket sales. It's mostly the national contracts (which is THE revenue source for NFL).
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The Worst Owner in Sports? The case for Jerry Reinsdorf
He’s not cash liquid. My problem is he was massively cash positive prior to COVID. Did he take those profits to buyout original investors? Does he build in a $xM (20M+) salary for himself? GFY (not you, Jerry), if he used profits to increase equity.
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If Ishbia gave us one early present, who would excite you to add to this not ready team
That’s fair. I agree this thread mostly ignored the parameters. There’s no single player I would spend $160M this offseason (or would reasonably sign with us for that amount).
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If Ishbia gave us one early present, who would excite you to add to this not ready team
I'm not crying. The tissues are for you not accepting the guy running the show is neck deep why we suck. Sure, Jerry is most at fault, but to hitch hopes to a guy that has failed miserably at his job seems silly. And you really, REALLY need to squint to see the horizon 4 years down the road.
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If Ishbia gave us one early present, who would excite you to add to this not ready team
- All things LA Dodgers Thread...
Say hi Alex Call. Still hanging around after not being developed properly.- 2025/2026 College Football Thread
To be clear, I meant Texas probably still wins. I did hear the Chipotle story. He was dressed today, granted with a soft cast. He (Mateer) told the sideline reporter he was planning on playing.- 2025/2026 College Football Thread
What are you trying to say? Arch is a hot mess. They probably still win with Hawkins at qb, but wild story out there Mateer will play.- Illinois High School Football Thread
I’d like to see ESL vs MC. Those are the two best teams in the state. Won’t happen b/c 6A vs 8A. ESL boatraced MC last year, but they are so undisciplined (as always). BR is 7A.- The Jarred Kelenic Appreciation Thread
I’d give him an invite. He’s a complete turd by most accounts, but the flotsam Getz has been paying and running out there why not? Send him to AZ and Fuller will fix him.- Mets rants
Do you understand how silly you look trying to say Eppler or Getz are better than Stearns?- 2025 Wild Card Round
Heard a story on MLB Network Radio in early May that Turner told PCA that his swing might be working now, but the dead pull stuff needs to change because he'll get abused. PCA told him to go f*** himself. Hmmm.....- Sox fire Katz and Thames
Not yet. Still need to place any failures on KennyHahn for, at least, two more years.- Being bad doesn't = Rebuilding
And Getz had a massive hand in that smoking wreckage that he “inherited”.- Being bad doesn't = Rebuilding
For the love of God, the Sox are not someone's child. Jerry and Getz are grown ass men, very highly compensated to do a job. They fail miserably and are certainly open to criticism and mockery. Sorry/not sorry that I'm not going to blow sunshine up their asses. - All things LA Dodgers Thread...