DG_ThenNowForever Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Wasn't that from Malcolm Gladwell or some guy from Raw Sports? Or Edge Sports? Someone posted something about comparing the NFL to the military within the last couple days. If so, I didn't see it. It's not much of a reach though. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Well if Borland announces plans for a comeback in a year or two, then you know that is true. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Well if Borland announces plans for a comeback in a year or two, then you know that is true. Based on the way NFL contracts favor the owners, the Niners probably own him for life if he ever plays again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Houston Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 http://www.thewire.com/national/2013/08/malcolm-gladwell-football-will-become-ghettoized/68885/A little context for those interested. "And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life... You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure. But don't worry... you will someday." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 One thing I didn't realize was that Borland comes from a wealthy family and was only going to make $580k or so next season. If he was walking away from $5.4 million, this would be a bit more of a bigger deal. His dad made a fortune when "Tool Time" started national syndication. Amazing.On the topic, I would have thought it a given to always take the player's side in any NFL dispute.The owners have so many institutional advantages over the players, the least of which is bogus contracts we all pretend matter. This is such a mild reversal that it seems absurd to have even a modicum of sympathy for the Yorks. Good on Borland and eff the 49ers ownership.This. The guy made his money and managed to get out of the NFL before his health was negatively affected. How anyone sees him as the bad guy in all of this is beyond me. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 How anyone sees him as the bad guy in all of this is beyond me.HE WAS ON MY FANTASY TEAM ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 hernandez's trial is almost over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Somebody joked about Borland retiring because the 49ers are going to be terrible, but I wonder if there's some grain of truth to that? If the concussion issue is in the back of your mind, I could see it happening. It's a lot easier to put your body at risk for a Super Bowl contender than staring down 2-3 years playing meaningless games.Who was joking about that? Do you really think that Patrick Willis walked away from the back end of a Hall of Fame career because he had an "epiphany"? He walked away because the entire organization went from consistent contenders for championships to flaming bag of dog :censored: nearly overnight due to their miserly and braindead owner. The state of the 49ers is EXACTLY why Borland walked. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Somebody joked about Borland retiring because the 49ers are going to be terrible, but I wonder if there's some grain of truth to that? If the concussion issue is in the back of your mind, I could see it happening. It's a lot easier to put your body at risk for a Super Bowl contender than staring down 2-3 years playing meaningless games. Who was joking about that? Do you really think that Patrick Willis walked away from the back end of a Hall of Fame career because he had an "epiphany"? He walked away because the entire organization went from consistent contenders for championships to flaming bag of dog nearly overnight due to their miserly and braindead owner. The state of the 49ers is EXACTLY why Borland walked. It's a lot different for a rookie to do it and basically pull the plug on his earnings before they ever really got going than it is for a guy who's already got millions to walk away a little early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkJourney Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Dire days indeed in the south bay with the 49ers & Sharks pissing off their respective fan bases on a daily basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Speaking as a Leafs fan? You'll get used to it. Eventually it just all becomes emotional scar tissue. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 The NFL's list of demands to Chicago for hosting the draft.Notable among the NFL's requests are: Cordoning off stretches of road around Grant Park and Congress Plaza, including a key stretch of Congress Parkway between Michigan Avenue and Wabash Avenue, for nearly three weeks. Free use of the Auditorium Theatre and other spaces owned by Roosevelt University from April 19 to May 6, free WiFi and other technology for the NFL and its partners at all locations and free parking for NFL staff, TV crews and production trucks. Free parking at draft venues and free police escorts for prospective draft picks and NFL "dignitaries." Creation and enforcement of a "clean zone" city ordinance banning temporary commercial activity in and near draft venues. City "resources" to help keep unofficial advertising away from the made-for-TV event, otherwise known as ambush marketing. Outdoor space for a "village" for about 15 "sponsor activation zones" and football fields for youth clinics and events for five days. Also, three "Party Spaces" for NFL events: one for 150 people that serves Anheuser-Busch brewing products, one for up to 700 people with concert space April 29 and one for 250 people for a lunch with television shooting capability. How can you possibly need a block of Congress Parkway for three weeks? For the uninitiated, Michigan and Congress is not an insignificant intersectiion, with Michigan Avenue being a main road downtown and Congress Parkway being a road that turns into a major expressway. And let's take cops off the streets so that they can make sure no one sells counterfeit t-shirts or non-Pepsi/Budweiser products. This whole league can get dicked. Have your stupid draft in Alabama. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/05/27/report-nfl-used-grant-park-for-free-during-draft/ The Chicago Park District waived a $937,500 rental fee and a security deposit for the NFL to use Grant Park when it held the draft in the city from April 30-May 2, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday afternoon. An outdoor fan festival dubbed “Draft Town” was held in Grant Park, and it was a large selling point for mayor Rahm Emanuel to help persuade the NFL to move its big event from New York City to Chicago this this year for the first time since 1964. By all accounts, the fan festival went over well, with more than 200,000 estimated to have attended the draft and an NFL spokesman saying of how it all played out, “It far exceeded our expectations.” Perhaps part of that glowing review was because the use of Grant Park was free. Typically, it would cost around $1 million to host an event the size of the NFL Draft, the Tribune reported, but the this was a different circumstance because it was deemed a benefit to the public. “In certain circumstances, organizers of events that are open to the public enter into a partnership agreement with the Park District,” a Chicago Park District spokesperson told the Tribune. “In these partnerships, the event organizers do not have to pay a park rental fee because the event is determined to offer a public benefit.” All hail the Sponsor Activation Zone. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 It's funny how stuff like this comes out after the election. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Linebacker on Falcons allegedly kicks girlfriends dog to death.http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/05/29/atlanta-falcons-prince-shembo-animal-cruelty BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Said jackass has been released by the Falcons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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