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    US Softball Chokes in Gold Medal Game

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted

    the more i watch the olympics the more i realize why some people in other countries dont like the US. the same reasons we hate the Patriots.

     

    while we (americans) sit here like the Pat Fans and assume that everyone loves watching us win and look up to us as the example of how to do it.

     

    meanwhile, the rest of the countries are just trying to make the playoffs for the first time in a decade...

     

     

    lol

    The busybodies are at it again

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted

    I bought my girlfriend a Wii cause she really wanted one, and the first thing she did was run out and buy a Wii fit, but now doesn't like it cause it called her fat. I have played it once since buying it for her, hopefully when we get our own place I will get to use the system more.

     

     

    haha, yeah, we're still laughing at my friend that got called "obese". its fun for sure.

     

    i assume you saw the famous "why every guy should buy his gf a wii fit" video??

     

    in case you havent:

    The busybodies are at it again

    in Off the Wall Archives

    Posted

    If you look at the rest of Michael Phelps diet, it isn't considered healthy by the food nazis, but it hasn't hurt him at all.

     

    LET PEOPLE MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES.

     

    great point. i like how these people miss the even larger point that you can get away with eating such things as long as you are EXERCISING on a regular basis.

     

    a little activity away from the computer/video games goes a long way.

     

    everyone is just looking for an easy way out. "ill eat this 'healthy' cereal that tastes like cardboard and then sit on my ass for the rest of the day"

    Anything new on Peters??

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    i wouldnt call it a "trick" since they arent promising to renegotiate. that statement is merely saying, "if you want to have any chance at a new contract, since we hold 99% of the chips here, come to camp and we'll THINK about it"

     

    going back to my point about year-to-year negotiating. it cant happen. and all Peters/Parker are doing is backing the team into a corner to prove that it wont. so fine, theyre not. now what? show up to work.

    Anything new on Peters??

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    No one said you should feel sorry for him. It is people on your side of this calling him a greedy lazy bastard who should care more about the team than the financial security of his family. The only point I am making, that you still haven't addressed, is that he has just as much right to getting paid as much as he can for his services as you do. He doesn't play for a "team", he works for an employer, a business. It is no more his responsibility to take less pay than he is worth in the market than it is your responsibility to take a pay cut for the good of your employer/team. Maybe anyone who aspires to be more than a Joe Schmo is a fat greedy bastard to you but to those of us who are not socialist commies, I think he should get paid what he is worth.

     

    If you want to end this arguement, just tell me how many times you have offered to take significantly less pay for the same job for the good of the "team". Peters is no different from any other player when it comes to securing the highest pay for his services. If you don't like it, go watch an intramural bowling league where they play for the pure love of the game...and beer.

     

     

    ok, so in that line of thinking, we will renegotiate this year and sign him to a blockbuster deal. but IF and when he doesnt make the pro-bowl, then what? we get to renegotiate his contract and take him back down to the piddly $3million/year? so why bother signing a long term contract. lets just renegotiate EVERYONE based on their last season of play. oh wait, thats a ridiculous notion.

     

    this is the same argument that has been going on since this new CBA went into place. this is NOT a year-by-year renegotiation plan. he signed a 5 year deal. he and his agent were too stupid to put in any clauses about Pro-Bowls and position changes for bonuses. he has completed TWO out of FIVE years of that deal, and now wants a new one?

     

    tough sh--

    Extension soon for Evans?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Comparing these players is not easy. One player is willing to play this season to show his worth to the NFL in hopes of a big free agent payday. One player proved his worth last year as an all-pro, all-NFL selection. The Bills' "brain trust" has decided that the one most needed and worthy to be paid is Evans. Though very good, Evans is not elite at his position in the league.

     

    i think their decision has more to do with years remaining on the current contracts, than it does who they think is "worthy" talent.

    Anything new on Peters??

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Is it really necessary for me to link to every derogatory post about Peters on this board? Do a search on "Peters" and "greedy" or "fat-ass" for that matter.

     

    The team has never unequivocally said they will renegotiate his contract if he comes in to camp and I don't understand why you keep citing them as having said done so. In reference to same, they have said that they expect him to live up to the commitment he made two years ago. As for renegotiating, they have said "never say never". How do you read "never say never" and hear "the team will give him a new contract if he just shows up to camp".

     

    Rather than calling it an assumption, please explain to me from a practical standpoint, why the issue isn't the millions more that Peters wants, its his presence at camp. Just take us through your logic. Millions and millions = no problemo but

    holdout = lose pro bowl left tackle.

     

    Assumption, yes, a damn good one. While your assumption, that the team would easily and swiftly renegotiate his contract despite the extra millions it would cost if he just came to camp and negotiated here rather than on the phone is just silly.

     

     

    ok, fair enough. your have made good and valid points, no doubt. but how about this:

     

    if you come to camp, then there is a chance we will renegotiate

     

    if you DONT come to camp, then there is NO chance we renegotiate

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