Kirby Jackson

It works fine in Canada. The goal is to be right. We are WAY past the point that we should allow the amount of human error that we do in sports. In tennis they can see if a ball is in or out by a millimeter in 3 seconds. Technology has changed things. We need to find a way to get it right and go with it.

My buddy works for him. Ambulance chaser, “the strong arm.”

Yeah, I commented on the school end later. There are still plenty of programs that do it but the costs are rising. My buddy actually won a school last year on this exact issue. Their program had an exclusion for mental anguish and the example was exactly what you are referrring to. If a family sued the district over the hardship of a kid that struggled from football related injuries they would have been coming out of pocket. The other thing that hasn’t been mentioned (and a real insurance issue) is that these injuries develop over time. It’s the asbestos example. It’s an “occurrence” issue. When does it take place? It is a series of events that lead to these injuries and the claims may not arise until years later. They basically have to have the insurance in place for YEARS after they stop playing or take the chance that no claims will arise.

We’ve kind of seen it for the last 15-20 years already. The best college teams are loaded with kids from Georgia, Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Alabama. The talent is down here because they are still playing the game. You’ve seen a massive drop off out west. The best players out west are now heading east and there aren’t enough guys playing for USC to be relevant.

There are still a bunch of school programs that cover football. It is certainly an expense for the schools to insure football (cheerleading and soccer). I don’t see a situation where it disappears, there will just be less companies writing it which will raise premiums. This is the wild card.

The NFL handles the work comp (I think for all teams). So the umbrella is sitting over the employers liability portion of the comp (as well as the GL and auto). We write the GL, cyber, crime, $75m umbrella, employment practices (tough placement for that too), auto and some property for the Saints. It’s about $1.1M in premium which really is quite cheap.

It’s always funny to go back through these. People make definitive statements that are proven to be WAY wrong. I do it all the time. I bet the Saints -9.5 yesterday because that’s what I expected. Just wrong

We write 9 of the teams through our agency. We have the Saints in our office and meeting with the Chiefs next week. This article is a little overblown. There aren’t many players but there are still some and that’s where they all end up (Berkeley still covers head injuries). That’s the umbrella market to use. The league encourages teams to carry a $100M umbrella. Most carry somewhere between $50M & $200M (Saints carry $75m).

Welp....

This ^^^^ We need to stop saying “a college team” and look at the actual players. You’ve hit the nail on the head. 75% of their guys were round 4 or higher. How many NFL teams have 10 1st rounders? The talent gap isn’t there. The experience gap is. That is what will decide the game. A pro team wins because they will always be a step ahead. They don’t win because Miller, Bodine and Teller are blowing Wilkins and Lawrence off the ball. Those guys would DOMINATE our interior OL!!

Again, you think “college d line” instead of 3 1st rounders and a day 2 pick. They aren’t getting dominated by our scrub OL. That’s crazy talk.

New Orleans is CRAZY right now. Much like the 2009 team, this team gets it. They are SO New Orleans and the fans are eating it up. I’m heading down to Bourbon in a few minutes to soak it all in. These people are READY. I can’t see them losing. I can’t even see the game being close.

Closing is delayed until the end of the month. I didn’t get them everything on time but it’s all there now.

That’s kind of my thought. I wouldn’t hate a WR at 9 (or Jonah Williams if he is there). I think it’s a slight reach but both are big needs. At 15, I’d love it. The way that I’m looking at it is this Bills team lacks talent (specifically on offense). They should use FA to upgrade the overall talent level. Sign a guy like Paradis and then move Bodine to a depth guy. Sign Darryl Williams and Mills with Mills being a depth guy. You can start to upgrade the talent level prior to the draft. That way when the draft rolls around you have the flexibility to get the best players regardless of position. If they can get 5 of the 1st 100 picks (basically that a Washington trade) they can give the offense a jolt. As a hypothetical they could do something like: 15 - Metcalf 40 - Dre’Mont Jones 46 - Josh Jacobs 75 - Ross Pierschbacher Compensatory at the end of the 3rd - Anthony Johnson Some of that may be wishful thinking but guys fall all of the time. This would put the Bills in a great spot.

I agree, I’m just not sure that a guy is there worthy of that top 10 pick. I think that the biggest needs for the Bills are OL and pass catchers. IMO, this draft has a lot of guys on day 2 that fill those roles. Ideally, I’d like them to trade down with the Redskins. Pick 9 & a 4th for pick 15, a 2nd and a 3rd. That would give the Bills 5 top 100 picks and can really boost the overall talent level. If they stay at 9 it almost certainly has to be defense IMO. That’s just where the talent is.

1. Bosa 2. Quinnen Williams 3. Devin White 4. Josh Allen 5. Ed Oliver 6. Clelin Ferrell 7. Jonah Williams 8. Greedy Williams 9. Rashan Gary

It’s not even “hang” as stay within 4 TDs. People are acting like it’s asinine to think that’s possible. If you look at the personnel though it isn’t that crazy at all. The same goes for Clemson. Some people say, “we’d run all over them.” I look at it and think that they have 2 DTs, and a DE that will be off the board by 20. Am I supposed to believe that Bodine, Miller, Teller, Mills and Dawkins will physically dominate those guys? I certainly don’t believe that. Lawrence, Wilkins and Ferrell are better football players TODAY than any guy on our OL.

That’s all it would be. It’s totally unnecessary. I’d just rather have that than this damn ring sitting in a drawer.

Again, we started a backup and a walk-on (both undrafted) from Alabama. I don’t know how some can be so blind to the “talent gap” when we are starting their “guys.” We aren’t talking about stars, we are talking about “guys.” We plugged them in as rookies and the team improved drastically. These guys aren’t different players than 6 months earlier. They just wore a different jersey.

He also beat a bad NFL team.

Yeah, I’ve never been a watch guy. My friend’s dad owns a couple of jewlers (not sure if that’s the right tense). I just talked to her because they do pre-owned rolexes. I’m trying to just make a straight trade, this ring for a watch. She said her dad would hook me up but who knows. I really want to get this thing out of here and I know that just selling it will result in pennies on the dollar. The research I’ve done says to expect 50% of what you paid at most. If that’s the case I’d rather take a watch that’s 50 to 70% (retail) of what I paid. I also think it could be an investment. They hold their value and it may help me in sales. When meeting with CEO’s and owner’s there is something to “looking the part.” It may be a sub-conscious thing but I think it helps. It is not something that I need but I’d rather have that than a little money that I just bleed away on nonsense.

Sorry for the confusion. Foster was a back up. Wallace was a walk-on that really came on as his career went along. I didn’t mean players plural. I meant that the rookies that we had were “worker bees” at Alabama not stars. The talent level is just insane at Alabama, Clemson, UGA, OSU and to a lesser extent Oklahoma.

As some of you know I broke off my engagement about a couple of months ago. I did take the ring back. I’m not sure what the move is there but I feel pretty good about it. At any rate, I’m thinking about trading it for a nice watch. I don’t really need a nice watch but as shallow as this sounds I think it helps in my line of work. If I’m going to meet with these prospects and have a nice watch on it gives off a perception of success (not a failed engagement ha ha). Does anyone have a nice watch that they love or regret purchasing?

Foster, not Wallace That speaks to my earlier point that the biggest gap is a mental gap not a physical one. The physical gap is minimal. The gap is a mental one (even from a Saban coaches team). The gap is smaller than coming from Richt (for example) but it exists. They just don’t do the same amount of studying.