jimmy10
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I can only hope I'm watching the Bills play in late January/early February and thinking to myself, "damn, I hate those effing collars."
I can only hope we rename the stadium Ralph Lauren Stadium and the team wears red butterfly collars next year, or whatever will make our resident fashionistas happy.
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I barely even noticed the collars. You guys are too obsessed with fashion.
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Not like that in all stadiums. Watching games at the Georgia Dome is like going to an opera. Boring and sterile if you ask me.
Be nice to find a middle ground.
I mostly agree, except I find it to be less like an opera and more like an airplane hangar with a transluscent roof. It gives off this eerie light, it's like watching a game under flourescent tubes. [shudder]
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I think you tend to go with the vets when it comes to kickers. More than most other positions, those guys need to have ice in their veins. That said, Potter did look like the real deal. I can see him being kept on as the touchback specialist.
Powell, on the other hand, is going to have to be hands-down (feet-down?), no-doubt winner to unseat Moorman.
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NEWSFLASH: Inebriated, unruly people often attend sporting events. Especially ones that are far from sold out and premium season tickets are going for $5. Film at 11.
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The real winners this week are the Refs that are on strike. They had to gain a lot of leverage after this, becuase it's now obvious there's no way in hell we can start the season with these clowns. That was brutal.
LOL, ain't that the truth. My favorite part was when Chan had to explain the rules to the ref while Moorman was bouncing around in the background, blowing a gasket. I swear it looked like Chan took out the red flag and calmly set it down at the ref's feet. Great moment.
I'll tell you what I loved seeing: The Redskins going nowhere when they tried to run it against our starting front four. I think the old book on the Bills ("Run it Up the Gut All Day Long") is going to be thrown out.
Other than that, I had very little concern. The offense was clearly in tinkering mode, giving Fitz the "keys" and not running the ball at all in the first quarter.
It was fun to see live football again!
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Yeah, things tightened up in the second half on my iPad too. I guess it's not surprising they had some issues since the app only got released the day before.
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The app is basically unusable for me. Audio way out of sync, keeps stopping and starting. I want my $20 back.
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I think FIFA has allowed for World Cup events to be held in multiple countries, IIRC, so that's sort of a precedent.
To me the biggest logistical nightmare isn't the facilities or local government, it's figuring out how to shuttle all the teams, staffs and families/fans from 200+ countries across the border quickly as needed. it's not exactly what those border crossings are normally equipped for with most people crossing either being Canadian or American.
A cool idea in theory, though.
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With all the positional battles, I'm actually just as interested to watch the last three quarters as I am the first. Can't wait!
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Whoa, a game day thread? What the hell is that? Where's my daily new thread on whether Fitz's beard affects his mechanics?
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I am curious to see how long Chuck Schumer's career light would be flashing even at the slightest hint of pushing that "nuclear option." These are not mom and pop operations that go to the government hat in hand.
A google search shows several examples in the last decade or so of the Comissioner of either MLB or NFL getting subpoenaed and hauled in front of Congress for one thing or another (steroids, concussions, contraction, etc). Their hats may or may not have been in their hands.
In a 2009 hearing, Goodell got slammed by Rep. Maxine Waters for refusing to acknowledge a link between playing NFL football and concussions. Now he calls player safety the #1 concern. Congresswoman Waters won reelection the following year and still has her seat.
Congress holds sway over MLB and the NFL's cartel-like business models. They are probably the only outfit the leagues have no choice but to answer to.
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What could he do, exactly, when everyone knows he really can't change the exemption all by himself? And what does this have to do with the Bills?
Call a hearing? Call for a repeal of the exemption? As pointed out above, he's in line to chair a pretty powerful committee. He's got a lot of power, and the House and Senate have always wielded the "nuclear option" threat of taking away the antitrust exemption to get MLB or the NFL to jump while asking "how high?"
But, as I thought would not be the case, the presser appears to have just been a bunch of sound and fury. My audio kept cutting out, but I don't think I missed much. Chalk it up to another disappointment in our elected officials.
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Great, another press conference with technical difficulties. Reminds me of the Mario press conference that took forever to set up.
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Ask yourself what will happen if the NFL's antitrust exemption disappeared tomorrow. Next ask yourself which Senator wants to introduce the bill that will bring about those changes in the NFL. Then count up how many votes you think this bill would get in the Senate. Next do the same for the House.
Or you can skip it and accept that it could never happen---and none of us would ever want it to for obvious reasons.
And what in the world does this have to do with keeping the Bills in Buffalo??
See what OvrOfficiousJerk posted above. Like many things involving politics, it's not necessarily about what WILL happen. It's about what could happen. Schumer holds a unique position of being one of the few people in the world who could, all on his own, make life very difficult for the NFL.
Anyway, yeah, we're getting off on some big tangents here. Let's all stay tuned for the next 15-20 minutes. I think we may hear something more substantive than simple rah-rah talk today about the Bills' long-term future. But, yes, I could be wrong.
WGR is playing Rome... Will they break in for the presser? Or should I find one of the other channels?
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Well unfortunately for the NFL, Issue #559,094,290 was the MLB steroid case, and Congress sure had hearings about that.
And who says anti-trust isn't an issue? In the American Needle case, the Supreme Court recently said the NFL operates as a cartel and is subject to anti-trust legislation.
Also, individual senators have INSANE powers (filibustering for one). For one, see what Ted Stevens delivered for Alaska. All Schumer has to do is call for a repeal of Public Law 89-800. And, provided the Dems hold the Senate, guess who is going to be the Chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights?
Charles Schumer, D-NY.
Precisely. You're obviously well-informed and put that way better than I could have.
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Yeah.
Reminds me of a funny picture caption making the rounds on Facebook:
"Your constant posting of political opinions has really turned me around to your point of view.... Said nobody, ever."
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The world where a state senator has the power to be able to control what happens to a private business after its owner passes away and can prevent it from leaving the area?
I wouldn't hold your breathe that it will be anymore then him saying that he will do whatever he can to keep the team in Buffalo, and if Goodell is there, him saying that the league will do whatever it can to help keep them where they are
Well, he's actually a US Senator, the senior senator from a major state who has a tremendous amount of clout in a federal government that grants the NFL antitrust exemptions. So you think he's flying up to Buffalo and holding a press conference simply to say "Bills good. Chuck want Bills to stay in Buffalo."?
In a couple hours, at least one of us is going to be wrong.
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Something to keep in mind, fellow TSWers.
Chuck Schumer is NOT up for re-election this cycle. He's locked-and-loaded until 2016. Kristin Gillibrand is up for re-election this cycle. I'm a little surprised she's not trying to elbow that cute little nose into the spot light.
Exactly. I get the whole "most dangerous place is between him and a camera" jokes, which have already been made about every politician in the history of politics. And that some people think he is pointless, irrelevant and don't agree with his politics. Fine, you don't like him. When I lived in NY, I didn't vote for him either.
But for those of us who live in the real world, we have a sense that this sounds like it MIGHT be a little bit more than pointless grandstanding. Notice I said "might". I don't pretend to know for sure, but it's odd for a US Senator to make a special trip to Buffalo to presumably say something about the longterm future of the Bills on the same day the commissioner of the NFL is in town. Along with all the rumblings we have heard about things going on behind the curtain in recent weeks and months. Something is up.
We'll certainly know more in a few hours.
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Hopefully you're a beer vendor. If so, give Buddy a beer for me. I'll PayPal you the money.
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Didn't someone say Goodell is in town too? If so, that sounds like a little bit more than coincidence to me. Schumer isn't up for reelection this year, so it's not like he needs the publicity at the moment.
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2:15 I heard. I'm sure it'll be carried on local media up there. I'll try to listen to WGR streaming.
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I'm interested to hear pretty much any information on this subject. As I assume most of us are.
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No worries! Between that and teaching everyone about the F5 key, I guess I'm the official help desk of this legendary thread!
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For helping Tank's wife with her stroller, and as a parent of a little one myself, I owe you one beer for being such a help with the stroller. Payable on demand. Come see me in section 126 at the opener.