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Over Like Rover
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only way Eli could have looked better lifting the Lombardi Trophy would have been with that moustache |
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Inno Knows.
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I've heard several times over the years that a lot of the Buffalo season ticket holders live in Rochester, and that they would love having a smaller stadium closer to home and would allegedly be able to sell out a 50K stadium easily, as opposed to the 73K Raplh Wilson Salad Bowl of Doom.
Any New Yorkers able to confirm or deny? |
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Von Killer
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOO Taylor Lautner you are ho00o0tttttttttt
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Von Killer
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Barring an unexpected turn, signs point to this being over by the end of the week
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King of Love and Piss
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As soon as its official, I'm in the market for Steelers v Colts tickets.
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King of Love and Piss
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John Mackey
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Tîm Defaid
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I'll be in Philadelphia on December 18 so I'll be hunting for some Eagles/Jets tickets once this nonsense is all over with. Come oooon.
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Von Killer
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Mediator Judge Arthur Boylan goes on vacation starting this Saturday. Both sides are open to meeting through the weekend. Sides met for 12.5 hours today, which included a phone conference with the plaintiffs for the first time. They'll meet again tomorrow at 9am. They apparently had some tough talks today, but def made progress.
The earlier prediction of an agreement by the end of the week MAY be slightly off, latest I'm hearing this is done by is mid-next week. Last edited by FearedSanctity; 07-08-2011 at 01:06 AM. |
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Von Killer
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Judges ruled on the lockout today.
Gonna try to keep it short. Basically, 8th Circuit ruled somewhat evenly, as promised. Ruled that lockout is legal, but it doesn't apply to those not under contract i.e. FAs and rookies. It's up to a ruling from Judge Nelson as to whether that part will stick. But based on her previous rulings, she'll greenlight it. Here's the big thing though, this loophole would open up teams abilities to sign FAs ASAP. Players and League released a statement saying that this ruling changes nothing, their priority is negotiations. If they're stupid, the league can try to use this as leverage. But given that Judge Nelson is likely to approve contact between teams and FAs and rookies, they need to get a deal done before all hell breaks loose. |
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Right now only 2 issues are causing problems with one upsetting the players and the other upsetting the owners.
The players don't like the idea of the right of first refusal only being limited to 3 players per team which could affect free agency and make the owners pocket more money. The owners want only the arbitrator to have the final decision and no influence from other courts regardless of the decisions made due to the players having a lot more courts on their side than the owners side. Another reason is due to the AG of New York investigating the owners/NFL for anti-trust laws being broken because of the lockout being done by the owners and the "damages" also affecting states and cities who have agreements with the NFL. |
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Inno Knows.
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The Steelers should just stay away from Georgia.
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Mike Vrabel retires. Got a gig lined up as an assistant coach at Ohio State.
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I liked how all his career catches were for TDs and that nobody bothered to realize that if he's on offense then to cover him the most since the next play is meant for him.
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Pacman Jones got arrested in a bar for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, and he had a neckbrace on because he is still recovering from a herniated disk.
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Seriously? Drinking at a bar with a neckbrace? Stay the fuck home you idiot hope he never makes back on the field and gets cut
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What a dumb human.
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Listen to Killer Mike
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Rams playoff bound this year
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James Harrison is an idiot. This lockout needs to end soon. Rooney and Tomlin got a few issues they gotta take care of, first Hines now this. The hell is goin on.
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It's not just him either, you now have Mendenhall suing Champion for 1 million. I agree with the recent Mark Madden blogs, Mendenhall, Harrison, and Ward just need to shut the f*ck up, play football, and learn from these mistakes. This team is totally out of control compared to when Cowher was coaching.
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Harrison is a ignorant black man. That's putting it nicely.
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It was one thing to be upset at the Commish and call him a liar but then either stupidity or him just ranting managed to include gay slurs, verbal attacks on his team mates, and then news of him taking pictures holding guns.
The NFL is really upset at the picture since everything else can be taken care of behind doors. The picture ends up being part of the same thing that occurs every year with some players acting like dumbasses or criminals and hurt the public image of the NFL. |
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Why should James Harrison care about the public image of the NFL?
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Im enjoying the implosion of the Pissburgh Steelers even before the lockout is over. Its awesome.
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ESPN is reporting that an agreement on a principle version for the CBA could be finished by the next 1-2 days with just a few big issues left but nothing serious that wouldn't allow an agreement to be reached.
A fix to the rookie wage system has been agreed to go along with the CBA guaranteed to last 7-10 years and a salary cap around $120 million for 2011. The players wanted $141 million for the cap but agree to drop $20 million and use the extra for each team's benefits plans. The owners are still split on how much of the cap must be spent per year with 90% being agreed as the starting level. Also agreed is some sort of small exemption for teams who are over the cap but nothing more than 1 player or $3 million. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/67...em-sources-say |
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LAKE SHOW HOES
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HOORAY FOOTBALL
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so will free agency literally start the second a new deal is sealed or will the date for it be something they organize/agree on?
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I'm guessing it will take just a few days after a deal is officialy done to start free agency? Or it might even start right away..but shorter than a week for sure from what i've heard.
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I think if they get the deal ratified on Thursday free agency starts the following Monday
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Relatively good chance of the schedule going something like this:
Wednesday: Finish off deal, player vote, plaintiffs approve Thursday: Owner's meeting in ATL, they vote Friday: Planned seminar for team officials about new CBA Weekend off, as usual Monday - Wednesday: Exclusive team negotiations with their FAs Thursday: Free Agency opens |
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#35 |
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Kris Jenkins retired
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Tîm Defaid
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Loved the guy's determination and commitment but so unreliable
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Getting worried about Peyton tbh. I read something about nerves affecting his throwing arm and stuff. Km not even sure Indy makes the playoffs with Peyton this year. So many questions. Colts need to get a big FA. I want Deangelo Williams and/or Nnamdi. Who knows maybe Donald Brown has a breakout season.
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Owners set to vote on the new CBA around 3-5:30pm ET today with about 24 votes needed to end the lockout or at least put an official start to the offseason. The players are expected to reform the union either later in the week or next week with the problem being a lot of votes need to be collected and counted which is why they couldn't do it yesterday before the owners vote.
The other issues not agreed on by both the players and owners are not strong enough to kill the new CBA and can be agreed on at a later time. |
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Despite that the league set up or at least outlined a way for the PA to vote quickly and electronically, he insists that the PA mail out vote cards and wait for them to be returned and counted. Smith got in his shit already a few weeks ago about trying to fuck things up, and now he just continues to try it. Smith just needs to tell him to stfu or fire his ass already, like Upshaw would've done a while ago |
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