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Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl 60?

  • New England Patriots

    Votes: 11 22.0%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 25 50.0%

  • Team State Farm

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • The Meteor

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
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Watson Deflection strategy, go!
 
Yeah I guess this confirms Brady was trying to go to the Dolphins if they could also get Payton as HC. Dude just has a pathological need to win I guess. (e: well and also shit all over the Pats)

albert the programmer said:
Overall, this story will be gone by the end of next week.
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"Our players union wanted suspensions to be handled by a third-party arbitrator, and we will respect their wishes. Going forwards, we'll have concrete policies in place for players suspected of serial sexual assault."

Then they will just move on and forget this ever happened.
 
Water Helen Water said:
Makes you wonder about the Flores paid tanking allegations too.
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The investigation confirmed Ross made the offer, but are leaning on "in context it was clearly a joke/we can't confirm for certain he was serious", probably because admitting he made an offer in earnest would both fuck the league over with Vegas and get Ross himself into a massive amount of legal troubles since he's invested in a sports gambling startup.

And I bet Brady came back from retirement because he was informed he wasn't going to be disciplined as part of this.
 
Thinking more about it, the degree of the punishment may be as bad as it is to unofficially punish Ross for being stupid enough to make the $100k offer.
When the Chiefs tampered to get WR Jeremy Maclin in 2015, they lost a 3rd and 6th and were fined $350k. No one was suspended.

Now, I know the NFL is never ever consistent, but extrapolating from that precedent, the Dolphins trying to tamper repeatedly probably accounts for upping the value of the draft picks. However, personally suspending Ross for half of the season and fining him $1.5 million strikes me as a "you're lucky we can't publicly confirm you were retarded enough to do this, but never do it again" response to paid tanking.
 
Absolutego said:
Now, I know the NFL is never ever consistent, but extrapolating from that precedent, the Dolphins trying to tamper repeatedly probably accounts for upping the value of the draft picks. However, personally suspending Ross for half of the season and fining him $1.5 million strikes me as a "you're lucky we can't publicly confirm you were retarded enough to do this, but never do it again" response to paid tanking.
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Yeah, that's what I got from it. The punishment is insanely severe. Probably a wink wink nudge nudge to other owners.
 
DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
Rodgers isn't gay, he just isn't a machine like Brady. He has been competing for most of his life and he has to do some weird stuff in order to keep competing at this age. No idea what I would have to do to avoid being burnt out but I would probably be this weird
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Bro he's gay. He's been gay since college with his "live in assistant" who was a flaming queer. All the high profile relationships have all been beards. Dude is a homo.
 
I've gone to some preseason games when I've gotten free tickets. It's not been anything interesting, but was entertaining enough football. Watching them on tv isn't something I've ever bothered with though.
 
BIG BILL HELL'S said:

Chicago Mayor Proposes $2.2 Billion Plan to Entice NFL Team to Stay; Bears Moving On to Safer Suburb [archive]​

By Corinne Murdock

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On Monday, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed a $900 million to $2.2 billion Hail Mary offer to convince the Bears to stay in their home stadium of over 50 years.
However, the Chicago Bears stated in a press release earlier this month that they wouldn’t consider any other offers, even for their home stadium, Soldier Field. The NFL team reaffirmed that sentiment to ESPN this week, noting that they were set on moving to another location over 30 miles away.


“As part of our mutual agreement with the seller of that property, we are not pursuing alternative stadium deals or sites, including renovations to Soldier Field, while we are under contract,” stated the team.
The Bears plan to move to Arlington Park, the longtime site of Churchill Downs’ thoroughbred racing in Arlington Heights. That area experiences well below the national median of crime levels, according to multiple crime statistic analyses. Census data reports that the area has a median household income of over $100,200, and just over four percent of residents were in poverty.
Comparatively, the city of Chicago suffers from high crime rates characterized by record numbers of shootings. Census data revealed that the city had a median household income of nearly $62,100, and over 17 percent of residents were in poverty.
Along with the Bears’ definitive statement, Lightfoot revealed to AP News that the team refused to meet with her.
Even so, Lightfoot hasn’t slowed on her attempts to further negotiations. Lightfoot explained in Monday’s press release that the $900 million to $2.2 billion would cover three different renovation options that could result in either a fully-enclosed stadium, a dome stadium, or a multi-purpose stadium suitable for soccer games and concerts.
Lightfoot noted that the first two options were proposed with the Bears in mind. She asserted that the Bears would save an estimated $1 to $1.5 billion in costs if they remained with Soldier Field rather than moving on to Arlington Park.
The mayor also launched a website, “Re-Imagine Soldier Field,” as part of her last-ditch effort to win back the Bears. The site offers downloadable digital renderings of desired renovations.
The Bears are one of the latest to leave the city. As The Daily Wire reported, several multibillion-dollar companies have left or are planning on leaving, including the major multinational hedge fund company Citadel.
Lightfoot’s struggle to keep her home team from leaving is about a year in the making. The Bears announced last September that they signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) for Arlington Park, agreeing to just over $197 million for the move. Multiple major business owners reported that the rising crime rates, along with other social issues, prompted their desire to leave. The Bears didn’t elaborate at length on their decision to leave their longtime metropolis home base, though Arlington Park has abundant surrounding acreage for development.
According to Forbes’ 2021 NFL valuations, the Bears are worth $4.1 billion and had $370 million in revenue. That puts them at seventh on the list of most-valuable teams in the NFL.
The Bear’s current lease with Soldier Field ends in 2033.
Fucking LOL, as if anyone needed even more evidence that Groot is as smart as she looks.
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The Bears get murdered at least four times in that stadium, not surprised they're trying to reduce casualties.

I would know, been a fan since 2006.
 
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