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OK, I’ll do the same.

I hope the Bills annihilate ESPN GameDay too! Torch all things ESPN related! Oh…..you meant….never mind. Yeah, crush the Jets too.

My internal clock looks for football at 1:00pm on Sundays. This being good and popular stuff is not all positive. I traded London for the home opener this year. I’ve got 52 or 53 weeks on my home opener countdown. Have a blast peeps!

Something up with the link. FYI

Can’t they just put up signs telling the raccoons to go away? 😋 Tourists would do the same thing when we lived in Hilton Head, SC. They would get a kick out of feeding marshmallows to alligators, who came to see people as a food source. People die from these gator attacks.

I am a lonely old man on a Monday Night. I’ll keep it simple, and delicious. I’m thinking the simplicity of the nacho will call to me. Chips, cheese, jalapeños, melt. There are other great options, but few if any are better.

Would you like to give us your address? Please? 😋

But it says guaranteed money in this quote: “Per current league rules, all future fully guaranteed money due in a player contract must be placed in escrow at the time the deal is consummated” That says money within the deal, not a 100% guaranteed contract. Then you have the “may” vs “shall” issue. What is the damn rule? .

That’s the thing….I just don’t know and there seems to be conflicting info. As posted above: EDIT: from this article: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...ners-meetings/ “Per current league rules, all future fully guaranteed money due in a player contract must be placed in escrow at the time the deal is consummated. It's antiquated and has long been a bone of contention for the NFLPA. It was implemented long before the NFL became the 365-days-a-year revenue and content monster it is now, and it was put in place on the surface to prevent a team from defaulting on a contract to a player.” “Fully guaranteed money” is not a fully guaranteed contract. It is that portion that is guaranteed. I’m just not sure what to believe and a bit confused over why this isn’t more clear.

No, not an employee, because isn’t that who usually takes the fall for crooks?

Bella’s is almost across the street. Bella is also the name of our 3 month old Golden pup. Pure coincidence. I could walk there but I don’t relish crossing Atlanta Rd. One of our neighbors got killed coming back from there a few years ago. It was dusk and some kid just didn’t see him. I’ve been to Bella’s (which is OK) and I opt to go a mile or two south to St Angelo’s both for pizza and wings. No jam sessions, I’m afraid. Maybe we can order from St Angelo’s and do a game here some week. We’ve got some local folks! If I’m going to have people around me on a game day, they need to be Bills people! As @Royale with Cheese said, the energy at Whitehall is awesome! That’s a fact. I just can’t do that all the time. We have a pretty nice setup and I like the advantages of home.

This is relevant to nothing, but I would NOT want to be partners with Haslam in anything.

Did you sign up for the Loyalty Program before you left? 😋 If you find yourself around the Vinings, try St Angelo’s wings. No, it’s not Duffs, but the owner is from WNY and they are better than most I’ve found around here. The sauce is good and you don’t usually have to mention crispy. The automatically come “wet” or “sloppy” or whatever places like to call it. I’d be curious about your thoughts. That’s my neck of the woods so it’s my go to for wings and often their pizza.

I think the Bengals and Raiders owners are relatively “poor” by NFL standards. I remember the Raiders being unable to sign some guys because they lacked the cash, either for signing bonuses or guaranteed money. I mean, $219 Mil for one guy? Their two WR’s would cost as much as the QB. That’s not pocket change, even for a billionaire. We are fortunate to an owner with deep pockets.

This is why I don’t get the whole Florio thing that it’s not necessarily required. The “may” vs “shall” argument, and the questions about whether the Browns actually put 100% of the guaranteed Watson money into escrow. Maybe they did, and he’s just stirring the pot. 🤷‍♂️

Who knows this stuff? Does a team really have to put 100% of the guaranteed money in escrow when a contract is signed?

@PBF81 You might want to quit while you are behind. WAY behind…..

New Jersey! 😂

We took a boat from Sorrento to Capri in May with 3 other couples. We are waiting a bit for the last couple so we can take off, and he finally shows up. Wearing a Bills shirt. We’re all good!

@EmotionallyUnstable I’m not so sure? 🤷‍♂️ I’m lazy, so I copied and pasted from my college hoops board here: I’m not swearing this is the ultimate source of truth, but the first thing I stumbled across agreed with my understanding of the situation. https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comment...teed_money_in/ EDIT: from this article: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/n...ners-meetings/ “Per current league rules, all future fully guaranteed money due in a player contract must be placed in escrow at the time the deal is consummated. It's antiquated and has long been a bone of contention for the NFLPA. It was implemented long before the NFL became the 365-days-a-year revenue and content monster it is now, and it was put in place on the surface to prevent a team from defaulting on a contract to a player.” A team might need to park a couple hundred million plus in escrow if you’ve got some superstars. You need to have a bit of extra cash laying around, and not every team is on equal footing financially. It’s a function of the market/team and how many billions your owner has. I also find some other stuff that seems more fuzzy, but placing it in escrow on contract day was my understanding. There may be some wrinkles there that some capologist can help us with.

Burrow gets $219 Mil guaranteed. His WR’s will demand a fortune next year. Can the Bengals afford to put $300 Mil+ in cash in escrow? How deep are those pockets? Didn’t the Raiders lose some guys a few years back because they just didn’t have the cash for the guaranteed portion? I don’t know what to believe.

Current event topic, there.

If Haslam “cheated” the normal process by not parking 100% of the guaranteed money in escrow, and if the league “may” require that, why did the other owners not force Goodell to require the full amount? He works for them. Were they afraid of collusion charges when it comes to light they were against fully guaranteed contracts? There are layers to this, I have to believe. I don’t usually get caught up in the money side of things, but this has me curious as to what is really happening.

I went to college in Cincinnati and there is a Bengals thread concerning their future with el-cheapo as owner. I always thought the guaranteed portion of a contract had to be put in escrow up front, but now I’m hearing different things. I don’t know what to believe. I thought it was 100%, other people are saying there is some formula that is less than 100%, and then others throw out the league “may” require the money in escrow vs “shall” put the money up front. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfls-funding-rule-isnt-mandatory-did-the-browns-make-escrow-payment-for-deshaun-watson-deal Maybe this is a dumb question? Maybe Florio is just being Florio? Can anyone clear this up? I know many of you are FAR more informed when it comes to stuff like this. Thanks in advance. .

I’ve had one skunk experience and it was on the UB Amherst campus late one night. My dog was curious in the wrong place at the wrong time. We got shampoo and tomato juice and did our best in one of the lakes on campus. Our best was not NEARLY good enough. YIKES! I’m voting with your wife on that one!!!