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While I’m no fan of Twitter, just from what I’ve seen on this site, I’m actually fascinated and disgusted by this particular follower phenomenon. What these statistics show is that inside Twitter (and I’m assuming inside the other social media sites too) the people at the control desk, with the touch of a button, have the ability to literally turn down the ‘volume’ on the number of people who can see certain information/posts from other posters. That should frighten everyone! WTF is going on here and who are these people? This has NOTHING to do with misinformation. This is pure censorship.
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It was actually on NFL Network. I realize sometimes they construct those just to make headlines but this particular one didn’t come off that way.
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Why do the gays love the dems so much ?
SoCal Deek replied to Teddy KGB's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
I think he’s lobbying for Trump to be on the Supreme Court. Who’d have ever thought we’d see that? -
They’re stuck AFTER they build a stadium. We’ll just agree to disagree. Thanks for the well reasoned discussion.
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First, you have to accept that the NFL is not like a normal business. You cannot open a franchise anywhere you want. In essence the Owner is stuck in the City he/she has a team…or at least for as long as the City will support it, and even then the other owners have to approve a get off jail free card. It’s a unique synergistic relationship between the City/Region and the Team/Owner. The most recent example was the Chargers leaving San Diego when the voters rejected a stadium bond. Second, as I’ve said on here too many times to count, we can all debate who should help pay for the stadium…but…one thing is certain. The more people that cost is spread over, the cheaper ticket prices will be (and they’ll never be ‘cheap’ in the normal sense of the word). So….you can certainly dislike public funding. I’m not going to take that stance away from you. It’s a really valid one. But, there are only two alternatives: either the team leaves or the ticket prices go through the non existent roof…which ultimately ends up in the project not penciling out and again…the team leaves. That’s pretty much it. There’s no third choice where the Owners say: “ya know I really like those nutty Bills fans, I think I’ll buy them a new stadium…they deserve it”.
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Perfect, then you should understand. I own a large company but I don’t gift my personal family funds to buy the buildings we occupy as some sort of gift to ‘my’ hundreds of employees, or customers….do you? The buildings are a cost of doing business, just like copy machines and paper clips. They are paid for through rent, which ultimately comes from the price we charge for our services.
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We can go around in circles on this forever but you REALLY don’t understand how a business works.
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DeSantis For President in 2024?
SoCal Deek replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
Respectfully….Wrong. Corporations should refrain from commenting on legislation that has nothing to do with their business product or services. Blurring the lines between the corporate and the governmental worlds is how Russia ends up with Oligarchs. -
DeSantis For President in 2024?
SoCal Deek replied to Trump_is_Mentally_fit's topic in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
This issue is NOT complicated. The minute a corporation starts taking public positions on legislation that has NOTHING to do with their central business purpose, they lose their their tax carve outs. Getting involved in this issue was a really stupid move by Disney management. If their employees want to make statements…fine…but NOT under the company’s official banner and logo. -
I’m guessing you’re somewhat correct. But the owner of any business doesn’t truly ‘pay’ for the building in the end. It’s passed along to their customers in the cost of the movie ticket, dinner bill, etc. The initial investment is ‘fronted’ by the Owner, but even that portion is typically leveraged over time by investors/banks, which the Owner then pays off over time. Is there another way?
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Simple…I’d imagine the footprint of the current stadium will be converted into a parking lot since the new stadium will take up a portion of the existing parking. And I’m not sure how many explosions there’ll be. The lower bowl of course sits into the ground. So only the upper decks need to come down. I’m guessing it’ll be large jackhammers and wrecking balls, as opposed to explosives…but we’ll see.
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I assume that a pretty contemporary design is coming. I know that many on here have pointed to the brick clad aesthetics of Seattle and Indianapolis as examples to emulate. It’ll be interesting to see which direction they go.
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Yup….Breece Hall.
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Gunner's 2022 Draft Quarterback Evaluations
SoCal Deek replied to GunnerBill's topic in The Stadium Wall
I have to admit I just quickly scrolled through the post and analysis looking for which round each was projected and then chuckled when I didn’t see a single first rounder. Last night the NFL Network gang’s Final Mock had at least three of them going in the first. Experts apparently abound this time of year. I’ll go with Gunner.