Terry Tate

RFA's tendered a contract and signing with another team is also covered in the article I linked to. Give it a read, it's very comprehensive. http://www.gotitans.com/artman/publish/article_00619.shtml

Compensatory draft picks always come at the end of a round, but no higher than the end of round 3. Teams may receive a maximum of 4 compensatory picks in any given year.

$5 mil against the cap, I would've cut him too. Unless he wanted to take a pay cut to 3rd WR/KR/backup CB money. They're running a team, not a charity.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=3110

From the NFL's site: Compensatory free agents are determined by a formula based on salary, playing time and postseason honors. The formula was developed by the NFL Management Council. Not every free agent lost or signed by a club is covered by this formula. A good article on free agency here that mentions compensatory picks at the bottom. Doesn't sound like there's a formula, more like a guideline.

You have bad taste in music. 1. Don't go to this concert. 2. Stop listening to bad music. 3. Turn off your radio and TV. Some pretty funny clips.

Just a bit.

That's the impression I have of him from reading his articles.

? Why would Jerry Sullivan send you a personal email filled with expletives ?? I'm curious to hear more about that exchange.

Uh oh, sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

Feb 2005, Hollywood: the term 'whistleblower' takes on a different connotation.

I can only suggest a review of ballot initiatives in states that have them. That's one of the best examples of direct democracy we have on display. Most voters do not educate themselves properly on these initiatives, let alone running the rest of government. You may not think well of some or all of our politicians, but direct democracy advocates putting decisions in the hands of people who regularly make asses out of themselves on Jay Leno's 'man on the street' interviews. I think it would end poorly.

Fans of American Idol and Survivor will like the new direct democracy, they can text message in their votes deciding our foreign policy.

Not a small difference, I considered making the same comment. But I've read enough of their posts to assume they're aware of the differences, and just use 'democracy' as a generic overall description.

'Merit', of course, would be defined by those in power. No cause for alarm.

I can't understand why they continue to hold the combine at a facility that players think has one of the worst playing surfaces in the league. I read a article the other day that mentioned the turf is scheduled to be replaced soon. Brings to mind the Philly preseason game that got cancelled because the turf was too dangerous.

There are 'big mouths' campaigning to throw the baby out with the bath water?

Caddyshack is realistic if you imagine a combination of several TSW posters out for a round of golf.

I think I'd want to know why a player has been getting worse every year for the last few years before I took a chance on him. He went from the ProBowl to being deactivated for several games last year. Either the Viking's D coaches blew it bad, or this guy is/was a major head case, but the coaches' story was he was deactivated because he wouldn't listen to their instructions. Those 2003 numbers don't look too hot, either. Year GS Tackles Assists Sacks 2000 16 41.0 5 2 2001 16 29.0 14 6 2002 16 38.0 14 5.5 2003 16 19.0 8 2 2004 13 11.0 9 1.5

You sound like a regular guy. They meet most of the above criteria, except they don't: 1. Search and search for their sexual identity. 2. Refer to themselves using any term that includes the word 'sexual'.

LOL, great story. I'd love to name the Dolphins' stadium "Jim Kelly Stadium" for a day.

I liked it. I thought it was a good job of pointing out the truth about myths about Roswell, the truth about hypnosis-induced 'recovered memories' about the folks with stories about alien abductions, and the total lack of any scientific proof of any sort about UFO's being extraterrestrial.

Nothing to worry about. Ruth Curry of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution says that global warming is causing droughts in the U.S. West. From Reuters.

That site might help if you want a large serving of paranormal, supernatural hooey. This site will probably help a lot more.

I thought everyone used the 'the biggest news, classifieds and info site on the Web in South Africa' as the source for all their scientific information. Here's the original UCSD press release.