Bananarchy

In lieu of the actual solution (a HARD salary cap), the NBA is making it more attractive for free agents to stay with the team that drafted them. This isn't working. The answer is a hard cap. There's no better solution. The only American sports league with true parity is the NFL. Even with the Patriots, the team that wins in between the Patriots' success is anyone's guess. That's what the NBA needs. Teams shouldn't be able to afford to get all the superstars.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 12, 2017 -> 10:11 AM) You are clearly stating your opinion as fact based on anecdotal evidence. The education system that taught me showed me not to draw conclusions in the manner that you have formed yours. Unless you have actually researched or performed the scientific method yourself that could support your findings? I am sure there are many studies on all of this and maybe I will delve into them but its not priority on my list right now. I do see that there is at least one scientific study that found that emotional trauma has the exact same reaction in the brain as physical trauma. Interesting but that's only one study. I am not trying to argue with you which is worse. You keep on trying to do that because that's what you do. Most of us have people in our lives that have been effected by both of these issues but not many that would claim to be experts such as yourself. I just don't get how an entire board of adults can be so uneducated on the effects of domestic violence. My only hope is that you and your fellow posters are simply the outspoken minority. I hope to god more people here are just smarter because you are a scathing indictment on the education level of men in today's society.

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 11:21 PM) The tax credit only begins to expire once 200,000 vehicles have been delivered in the US, and only 2 full fiscal quarters after the quarter in which 200,000th is delivered. They haven't hit 200,000 yet, so any car delivered in 2017 is guaranteed to have the full credit available, and likely any car delivered through the first 2 quarters of 2018 as well. And at that point it drops to $3750 for 6 months, and then $1875 for 6 months after that. As for tires, if the options are truly 18" or 19", I am 100% taking the 18". I have a friend who manages a discount tire nearby. He has a customer with a Model S who goes through $2000+ worth of tires per year. Looking forward to your review whenever you get your vehicle!

QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 11:01 PM) The Model 3 starts at only $35K, and has a $7500 tax credit available. Not cheap by any means, but I've been saving for about 15 months now to build a down payment. If you're one of the lucky ones, you get the $7500 tax credit. That is set to expire soon. Sucks about the lack of options, but hey, the Model 3 looks pretty awesome (even if it doesn't have an instrument cluster). Either way, I'm sure you can make that work. My advice? Think long and hard about drivetrain and how much you want to spend on tires. Teslas are both heavy and high torque. Big tires could get pricy and wear fast. The Model S is particularly bad for this .

The thing about these DC headliners is they really only have a handful of parallels in the Marvel Universe. Disney wisely made good movies with strong characters to up the popularity of well know if not household characters. The positive side of this is that the tier 1 DC characters will draw regardless of the quality of the film. The negative side is everyone knows Batman, Superman's story. The key for DC will be to get the most out of the Tier 1A characters. Wonder Woman is a runaway success. Which leaves Aquaman (a tough sell without getting too political), Cyborg (Don't know a lot about him, honestly) and the Flash (a character similar to Quicksilver, who was killed off in the Marvel Universe). Of those three, Cyborg and the Flash will have to lighten the tone of this universe in order to be successful.

QUOTE (soxfan49 @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 09:41 AM) If I had to guess? Schmaltz I would offer any of the young guys not named DeBrincat, honestly

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 10:11 PM) Please please please please be Seabrook Hopefully. I'm not even sure I care what the sweetener is to get a team to take him.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 09:23 AM) I'd take the 3rd pick. If we could be 3rd pick bad for about two years I would be really pleased. Hopefully that converts to fielding talent, but who knows

Greg's attitude regarding Cubs fans gives Sox fans a bad name. IF you invoke the Cubs, it best be because they successfully did what we're trying to do now. If a Cubs fan gives you a hard time about how bad the Sox are, bring up the 2013 Cubs lineup on your phone. If you are this concerned about what Cubs fans think, your fandom is as fickle as your intellect.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 08:43 AM) Since the Sox 13-9 start, they have gone 12-25. I'm sort of relieved. The "let's go for it" attitude was cropping up again. And, all things considered, this isn't that bad of an experience.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 10:57 AM) Just stop ptatc, we are out of our league on this. Let him, the expert, explain to us how its not even debatable...no one has even attempted to debate it in fact because its so silly. At least you recognize it. Good for you. There are people in my life who are ongoing victims of domestic abuse. There are people in my life that are victims of adultery. Adultery is awful. Adultery wounds run deep. I have a person in my life who lives with a man who abuses her. She is a shell of what she was. Her husband has stolen a piece of her and her children and she is essentially unable to continue. Your opinions on this make two things obvious: You have no idea what you are talking about and our education system has failed to teach you the damage caused by physical violence. The story is the domestic violence. The adultery is a compounding variable, but it's the violence that is the problem.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 10:29 AM) That's your opinion. Unless you can provide some evidence that proves this to be true other than stating that it is just because it is I will continue to be open to the idea that its ALL bad and that adultery can actually result in all of the above that you stated in physical abuse. I understand the effects of physical abuse but all those things can happen with a cheating spouse/parent as well. I have friends who have had a cheating father that cant get past it 20 years after it happened. In your world they should grow up because its not the popular concern of our society. Adults sleep around right? Reality is that it f***s people up man. It has an effect on their romantic relationships and their relations ships with their family. Its all bad. It's not particularly debatable. No one concedes that cheating is somehow more damaging than physical violence. You're way out of your league on this.

QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 09:05 AM) Have you REALLY thought about this or are you just allowing your favorite TV/Radio personalities sway your thinking about this subject nowadays? You are underestimating the damage and complete devastation that it can do to someone. Now every circumstance is different and there are different levels of physical abuse and many different dynamics to adultery. Some are worse than others and thats not what I am trying to debate. I just dont see for the life of me how you can just say "Aww get over it, we are all adults here" when someone gets cheated on by their spouse. Thats one of the most ridiculous thing i have read on here sometimes, mind you I dont read gregs stuff for the most part. Imagine some woman walking in on her husband who she thought was dedicated to her for the rest of their lives, banging some girl in their living room. A man who she stuck with through hard times. A man she made sacrifices for. A man she loved. Shes an adult though, she needs to suck it up. The effects of domestic violence are far, far worse. Countless spouses are victims of domestic violence and feel powerless to do anything about it. Fear of physical harm is far greater than the heartbreak of adultery, to the point where victims of domestic violence try to cover up wounds, make excuses for abusive fathers, or are driven to suicide or worse. Turn off MLB.TV and read about these issues. Adultery is terrible, but it doesn't hold a candle to physically abuse.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 04:59 AM) Except how often is it limited to just a slap? That's too simplistic a trade...broken jaws, arms, ribs, fractured eye sockets, that's closer to reality. Agreed. Also, the accusation is that he struck her in front of their children. If anyone here holds adultery and violence against women on the same level, they need to recalibrate their morality.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 08:19 PM) I smell what you are stepping in, but I think there is a key distinction here: Monogamy and the institution of marriage are not entirely natural; many couples recognize this and work on relationships that are more understanding of this notion. Adultery, however, is a betrayal of trust and indeed can cause the scars and pain mentioned by Shipps. I may not agree with monogamy, and yet that is entirely different than committing adultery. Maybe, but violence is significantly more damaging. The mental effects of being physically harmed and fearing physical harm from your spouse is one of the worst traumas we can face. Adultery, again, is NOT on the same level of deplorability as domestic violence. This is the real world. We are adults.

QUOTE (ptatc @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 03:49 PM) That is a sad commentary on society. When i was working in the MLB, NBA and NFL, the MLB was always the worst. It's not a crime. It's not particularly unnatural. I don't do it because many humans are predisposed to have single partners, but adultery is NOT a crime. QUOTE (shipps @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 04:24 PM) Adultery is just as much as abuse to another human being as punching them in the face. If not worse. You put that person at health risk and a lifetime worth of emotional scarring for most. That is, without a doubt, the most ridiculous thing I have read in this forum in some time. And I read greg's stuff.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 06:49 AM) This really news? Figured everyone knew he was a cheater when he had two kids with two different woman less than a year apart. Oh, I guess the domestic violence is new though. Cubs fans will surely come to his support like they did with previous heros Aroldis Chapman & Starlin Castro. The domestic violence is deplorable. I don't give a crap about adultery. Julie DiCaro's response is best described as measured. She still talks about how uncomfortable the Chapman situation was. QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 06:55 AM) Can confirm. My boss at my last company I worked for lives (maybe he moved out since?) in the same building as him and like 6 other Cubs players (it's a block from the stadium so it makes sense for some of the younger guys). And I feel like adultery/cheating seems pretty obvious when players (any sports) are on the road anywhere from 7-10 months of the year. Isn't that one of the reasons Josh Fields wanted to retire after like his first year with us? Considering he had only played with the Sox at that point, obviously some players were banging women that were not their wives. The thread has a bad title. The news isn't the adultery. No one cares about adultery. It's the domestic abuse claims that are the real problem here.

QUOTE (SoxFan2003 @ Jun 8, 2017 -> 02:25 PM) After the lessons of the ESPN bloodbath, is the new network still estimated to approach the enormous TV contracts of the last decade? Possibly. Cubs are a regional entity. They're still set to make a lot more money than the cupcake deals the Tribune gave itself before selling the Cubs.

Holy old thread batman

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jun 7, 2017 -> 10:46 PM) Eek, McDermott?? I would have kept Matta. I'm late to this, but you can't have a coach announce his retirement a year in advance if you're not a blue blood. You lose an entire year of recruiting doing that.

Addison Russell under investigation for domestic abuse. Hope the MLB throws the book at him.

QUOTE (Doc Edwards Shot @ Jun 5, 2017 -> 10:27 AM) I don't mind Jason Benetti and Stoney, but it's doubtful that either will have any quotes to be remembered like Hawk. The years they're in the booth together will be hard to remember after they're done. In fairness, most of this depends on what happens on the field. A well done call gets remembered regardless of who made it in particularly momentous events. I think Benetti will grow into the role just fine.

Jesus, Kris Bryant won't hit free agency until he's 30.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 4, 2017 -> 10:01 PM) Even in the NFL, so much of a team's success revolves around the QB position. In MLB, you can have Sale/Eaton/2014 Abreu/Q and not even get a whiff of the playoffs. NFL is still probably the best, though. Any year, unless you fall into a certain subcategory of incompetent teams (Browns, Bears), you're in it. And the playoffs are single elimination so anything can really happen.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 3, 2017 -> 09:05 PM) That is somewhere approaching a billion dollars to sign both of them long term. Their 2020 TV deal will allow them to print money for the foreseeable future.