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I will be signing up on day 1. My wife's due date is closely approaching and going to the Bils' Backer bar this season was looking questionable. I can't get DTV and the prospect of watching those crappy illegal streams was making me worried. This is perfect timing for me. :w00t: :w00t:

I have a source that says Patrick Moran blatantly lies. I'm going to check with legal to see if I can release the name of the source.

Probably hopped the same time warp as the Eagles time traveling scout that knew they would trade not only their Franchise QB, but would trade their second round, QB of the future.

Wow. One thing I would say is that Dickless Mauron and the cluster F in the executive suites in 2009 would have definitely messed it up. Andy Reid runs a much tighter ship. So I kinda can get it there, but still don't agree. But Cincinnati with Paul Brown and Marvin Lewis don't exactly strike me as a loose cannon. That is some serious F'ed up S. Well now at least we can take the "Theory" out of "Conspiracy Theory."

Guys check out the article: http://sports.yahoo.com/investigations/news;_ylt=AtK8WBbGhYzAfHRfuGlr63k7MuB_?slug=cr-renegade_miami_booster_details_illicit_benefits_081611 All the players are on the right much of the evidence is now out in the open. It's pretty much a slam dunk, there's really not a lot wiggle room here. The question isn't did this actually happen. The question is what does the NCAA do about it.

You are 100% correct, the problem is MLB and NHL have to figure out a business plan to pay for the farm system. The NFL has a free farm system and even mandates that it's employees have to spend three years somewhere (read College Football) in-between High School and the NFL in order to enter the draft. That's not likely to change. The benefit is that College Football and Basketball have generated Billions for their universities. I'm sure that the Universities prefer this. They just need to deal with the realities of the Billion dollar system they created and stop treating in like an amateur sport from 1950 because it is most certainly not.

I apologize if that came off as personal, I don't think you were seriously proposing that. It just was fuel for my rant. A universal stipend amount would be an even simpler solution, but again this only works if the "Death-Penalty" is liberally applied. The Old Ball Coach in South Carolina already proposed to pay the player's out of the coach's salary, However this is a recipe for disaster. A strong universally applied Work Study amount or stipend is key for an improved system. (On a side note I believe the inflated salary of the College Coach has evolved on purpose by the Universities. The idea is we know there is dirty dealings, we know it has to happen to stay competitive, we know we don't want the university to receive the death penalty, so we will pay you, The Coach, and insane amount of money to be the fall guy if something gets out to the public. Enough money to protect your family for years if and when your record becomes blemished. That is really the only way these sums are justified.)

Destroying DI football? Really? That to me sounds really naive. I was paid by my University, it's called a work study. The mechanism already exists to pay student athletes. This morality clause of the NCAA is strange. We make Billions of dollars because of "amateur" sports but just the discussion of trickling some of those dollars down to the student athletes is off limits. Well there is your problem right there. The money is there. The problem is breaking it up equitable across the DI football progress. Which can be solved. If you read the SI article about the "dirty dealing" of a real life agent. The kids aren't asking for 10s of thousands of dollars, they're asking for a couple hundred dollars. Paying scholorship students about $25-50 an hour above the table for money generating D-I sports like Football and basketball is an achievable goal. Doing that in-conjunction with an extremely harsh "Death penalty" for any University that breaks the rules, incentivises the Universities to police them self. The "death penalty" is vary rarely used. It most likely will be used in this situation. What happens in most situations, the coach gets fired and you lose out on a bowl game for 2 years. In the long term this it is a pretty tame punishment. The university isn't losing out on 100s of millions. If there is a quick "Dealth penalty" for impropriety than the Universities wouldn't want to risk losing out on the 100s of millions of dollars and if they see suspicious booster activity. Common Objectives: "They get paid already, in a scholarship" When you go out with friends for dinner can you just say to the restaurant, put that on my scholarship? The kids need some walking around money, and they're going to get it one way or another. The NCAA doesn't allow scholarship athletes to have a job. That is a problem. I needed the $7 an hour I got from my Work-Study in a major way. "It is college sports; it is pure" Its 2011, not 1911 wake up. "What about D-I water polo, do they get paid?" No. There is not a Billions tied up to televise Water Polo. When there are, we can discuss. Right now D-I College Basketball and D-I College Football are the only real money generating sports. "Most programs actually lose money" BS. We're talking about D-I FBS football and D-I Basketball. I don't believe that at all.

Jim Kelly, The "U" alum, was on Mike & Mike this morning. "He said sure, if someone wants to palm you $500 or $1000 dollars its going to be hard to turn that down, about 3 or 4 times. . . ." (To me means he probably took some of the dough on a small scale or dished it out. ) ". . .But when you're getting 10s of thousands of dollars it comes down to the players. They have to know better." (to me means, please don't kill the U atheletics) He seemed genuinly upset. He also threw in the obvious, ". . . other schools have boosters that probably take their kids out to clubs and give them cars, they just don't have someone that is talking like Shapiro is . . " Maybe JIm Kelly saved up all those palm dollars and with interest thats how he is going to buy the Buffalo Bills.

I'll be watching the game on the NFL Network replay after I DVR, but this is a great argument to have!!! Did Merriman get 2.5 or 3 sacks or did Dareaus get 1!!!!! Championship!!!!

Is this an update on the contract or a general Titans discussion? The dude needs to get paid.

what form? Craig "Buster" Davis has been a disappointment his entire NFL career. So if he returns to form he will be returning to disappointing people. That's like saying "when Easely returns to form" It's good to have hope. I don't think we're in bad shape without Lee but if you bank on either of these guys. I wouldn't be suprised if only 1 of the 2 made the roster.

Brad Smith fits in at QB the position he is listed at on the roster. Brad Smith will be an option QB player, he was listed as a WR by the Fets more for a numbers game. He ran the ball more often than he caught. Because there is no more three QB rule, they can run Brad Smith in and out at any time. (Secretly I wish he would just get converted to a RB. I feel like he would be devastating as a full time 3rd down back)

There wasn't a #1 and #2 receiver when Lee Evans was here. There won't be a "#1" and "#2" receiver when Lee Evans is gone. The WR corps will be a platoon depending on the Situation. Stevie (who definitely needs to be extended now, they just gave him a whole bunch of negotiating leverage) will most likely be on the field the most often. As for who will be on the field the second most often. It will take the Pre Season to decide my guess is someone named David. but the Madden "#1" #2 mindset doesn't really apply to this offense.

Part of the whole point of the system is you find a link 10 mins before the game starts so the NFL doesn't shut it down. If you're out of the US you can actually pay to watch the games through NFL.com. If I were out of the States I would just fork up the cash and not have to deal with the hassle. This link gives you the live streaming game options if you're coming from outside the US: http://sports.yahoo.com/nflgamepass

Correction "The Erection Company" was the winning entry. Why would you want cockblockers on your team? No one likes a cockblocker.

I live in DC. There is 0.0001% chance the Hayensworth move backfires. The Redskins are the arrogant party that didn't know what to do with the talent they had.

Was Ko Simpson there?

This is the type of post that completely nullifies a person's opinion "isn't that the clown that said Shannon Sharpe shouldn't be in the HOF?" "yes" "Well who cares about any thing they have to say; clearly they don't know anything about football." You're entitled to your opinion. I'm entitled to completely ignore it.

my bad, that's right, That sly Buddy pulled one over on the Cowgirls!

He wasn't cut. We signed him off the practice squad. The Cowboys were stacked at TE.

I tend to think 4 Mil would be a great deal. He isn't just a pass catching TE. He can block as well. Chandler it is.

Me Too. Congrats on The Super Bowl btw. It must be nice. After going to Lambeau last year the Pack are my back-up team.

I did. I was hoping maybe someone posted the design on facebook or twitter and has a link by now. I can help you with that if you send me the design.

What does it look like?