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Mama, mama, please no more jaguars I don't want to be a pop star Mama, mama, please no more deckhands I don't wanna be a sailor man Mama, mama, please no more facelifts I just don't know which one you is Mama, mama, please no more husbands I don't know who my daddy is.

But February made me shiver With every paper I'd deliver Bad news on the doorstep I couldn't take one more step I can't remember if I cried When I read about his widowed bride But something touched me deep inside The day the music died

Up on Housing Project Hill It's either fortune or fame You must pick up one or the other Though neither of them are to be what they claim If you're lookin' to get silly You better go back to from where you came Because the cops, they don't need you And man, they expect the same.

Way down the street there's a light in his place He opens the door, he's got that look on his face And he asks you where you've been You tell him who you've seen And you talk about anything He's got this dream about buying some land He's gonna give up the booze and the one-night stands And then he'll settle down In some quiet little town And forget about everything

Gone too soon. We lost Rory 30 years ago today.

Actually, I thought I did. Must have forgot the link. That's how it was being reported on multiple sites yesterday. I was going by the quote below that was reported on numerous sites. Paul Dehner Jr. of The Athletic shared some insight on the disconnect between Stewart's camp and the Bengals. "It is my understanding they're offering the same language in this clause as the majority of first-round contracts," Dehner tweeted on Thursday. "And, for reference, have offered the exact language of the pick before (Walter Nolen) and after (Grey Zabel). It's different than that of Murphy and Mims the last two years and the Bengals generally structure contracts differently than most teams with guarantees, which matters. But the language being proposed for this specific clause is common across the NFL." Now it appears that Stewart's agency denies that it's the same. So, as usual, media reporting is a jumbled mess. But the idea and practice of such language is certainly nothing new. Many teams use it. Here's the latest from SI- https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/watch-cincinnati-bengals-rookie-shemar-stewart-sounds-off-on-contract-talks-with-team-01jxdmmbep85 Stewart's agency shot this down by replying to Dehner. "Hi Paul - feel free to message us if you'd like accurate information. Thanks!" they tweeted.

The language he's fighting against is exactly the same as the contracts signed by the players drafted ahead of him and behind him. Not sure how that would make him a Guinea pig.

The article and the way it's presented are misleading. There are players all over the league who have to deal with this clause. The majority of teams include it as a blanket policy in all their contracts - all of them. It seems Stewart's issue (or his agent's) is that the language wasn't included in the other Bengals first round picks. Whether that's a sound argument or not, I don't really know and it's not for me to decide. I certainly have no love for the Bengals or their management. But people shouldn't get the idea this is the Bengals trying to institute a policy on a player that's never been done before. It happens all the time. Many current players have such a clause. Comments saying the Bengals are trying to set a precedent (and there are many, in news articles across the board) don't mean a league-wide precedent. It's just a team-wide thing they have apparently never done before. Lots of teams have done it for years. One example from last year; Detroit's Jameson Williams' original 4-year contract, like many first-rounders, was fully guaranteed. He's still on the team, but due to his suspension in 2022, his contract and his option bonuses from 2023-2025 are no longer guaranteed.

No. It's two points.

It's actually come close to happening in the NFL a couple times. Interestingly, it's happened in college at least twice, and the same announcer was calling both games even though they were about ten years apart.

My father was a gambler down in Georgia He wound up on the wrong end of a gun I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus Rollin' down highway forty-one