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  1. I can't believe they're going with the "NSFL" acronym, which kills off the legacy/nostalgia marketing angle they just became able to fully embrace last year, and is both one letter more than the entity that will happily sue anything that comes within 100 yards of its IP, and one letter change away from an email with a surprise Goatse attachment.

     

    You could simply rename it the United Spring Football League and cover all the bases without mucking things up. Alas.

     

    I am reminded of my conclusion that XFL 1.0 could have never gotten off the ground without Vince McMahon pushing for it, and never could have survived with Vince McMahon running it. The poor decision makers are here, and they are emboldened.

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  2. 15 hours ago, Oso said:

    Well, see ya later Ghost Hounds. We hardly knew ya.

     

    https://goghosthounds.com/spire-city-ghost-hounds-to-take-hiatus-for-2024-season/

     

     

    The buildup to the branding reveal lasted longer than the brand did.

     

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    The Frederick Keys will continue to play at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium and will honor Spire City by playing as the Ghost Hounds as an alternate team identify at various times during the 2024 season.

     

    One? Probably one.

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  3. 3 hours ago, HOOVER said:

    From what I'm reading today, it sounds like it'll be a 50/50 ownership split between Dwayne/Dani/RedBird and Fox, with Disney (ESPN, ABC, FX) & Fox then splitting the broadcast rights.  Might leave NBC/USA out in the cold.

     

    Did we ever find out if the NBC Universal portion of the broadcast rights was a brokered agreement?

     

    As for the new amalgamation, calling it now: Eight teams, 10 games, run however it's cheapest to do so. Hope you like Birmingham.

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  4. On 9/12/2023 at 8:29 AM, Sport said:

    One thing that made the Jets throwbacks really sing last night - THEY WORE THE CORRECT SOCKS!

     

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    Ass

    Zach-Wilson-New-York-Jets-Buffalo-Bills.

     

    I forget which game was on, but I was in the kitchen and I overheard my wife saying, "What is with these players' socks? Why are they all different? It's called a UNIFORM for a reason." So yes it's sloppy as hell and it's not just us weirdos noticing.

     

    Also, the 6XLT undershirt under the skin-tight jersey fad cannot die fast enough. There was a player on Buffalo Monday night who had his jersey rolled up halfway so everyone could see as much as possible of the bright red t-shirt covering his belly. Congratulations, pal, you made me notice you looking like crap as your team lost to the Jets with a non-quarterback.

     

    The Cowboys' pants are Luv Ya Blue now. If Jerry thinks that looks good or traditional or both then the syphilis is really starting to take root.

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  5. 11 hours ago, GDAWG said:

    Billings Outlaws from CIF to AFL.  Also, the AFL will have a "Game of the Week" on a major network.  

    Ah yes, Billings, one of the sixteen announced AFL markets, clear as day.

     

    As for the "Game of the Week* on a "major network," I hope CBS Sports Network demands the cash up front for the brokering agreement.

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  6. 2 hours ago, OnWis97 said:

    TBS didn't do much for them in the 1980s. Sure, part of it was because they kind of stunk, but they also didn't have as many day games as the Cubs (who stunk at times but won a couple of division titles in the 1980s). 

     

    I hadn't thought about this until right now, but up until 1993, MLB had that nonsensical alignment that put the Braves in the AL West. So all summer long, the kids are at home watching the Cubs at 2:20 ET, and the Braves are on another trip through California starting at 10:05 ET.

  7. The bold new era in Chicago White Sox baseball began this morning, with Bob Nightengale reporting the team has re-re-hired Tony La Russa to be a special consultant who will meet with manager Pedro Grifol after today's game. As with all his reporting regarding the Sox, Nightengale doled out this information while standing next to Jerry Reinsdorf, who was drinking a glass of water the whole time.

  8. 2 hours ago, McCall said:

    John Hughes.

     

    It is here that I feel obligated to point out "Only The Lonely" is a forgotten little film that perfectly captures a certain slice of South Side Irish, down to the baked-in bigotry, the absurdist Catholic guilt tripping, and the ability to Know A Guy in seemingly any situation that arises within the city limits.

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  9. 21 minutes ago, Cujo said:

    Going back 35 years... Would the White Sox have been better off/could they have renovated Old Comiskey into a landmark-type relic, ala Fenway or Wrigley?

     

    They would have because there was a proposal to put more of an old-fashioned stadium into a smaller space to the north of Old Comiskey, with the view from behind home plate showcasing the Chicago skyline, and a proto-"ballpark village" around it with neighborhood businesses attempting to create something a bit like what Wrigleyville was becoming at the time.

     

    They absolutely could not do that, though, because Jerry Reinsdorf more or less plopped his failed proposal for a ballpark in Addison onto Bridgeport instead, and wanted his new park surrounded by nothing but parking lots to ensure that every dime that got spent in the immediate area was being spent inside the gates of that stadium.

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  10. The funniest thing about Jerry casually planting this "gosh it'd be a shame to leave but" story in Crain's is not only that it drops in this back-alley abortion of a season, but comes in a stretch where the Sox have lost three of four and given up more than ten runs in each of the losses. Add that on to everything over the last few years, and the majority of the past seventeen. Then consider that you don't have to be that old to be old enough to remember the one-two punch of Jerry at the forefront of the strike, gleefully scrapping the best season of baseball the team had played in 35 years, combined with the White Flag trade not long after. Any Sox fan who experiences the team on any level above an abstract concept should be volunteering the services of a guy they know who can get Reinsdorf a pretty sweet deal on moving trucks.

  11. Watching the White Sox in Colorado tonight, because I hate myself. Anyway, the Rockies appear to be wearing their purple jerseys with the piped white pants they brought in as a secondary look for their City Connect uniform, rather than the standard home pinstripes. Is this a new combo for them?

  12. 2 minutes ago, tBBP said:

     

    I need to see the 2 and 7 of this number font.

     

     

    Looks like they got both the 2 and the 4 of the Champion font pretty much right. The 7, though, uses a straight diagonal instead of the signature curve.

     

     

  13. On 8/4/2023 at 10:47 AM, cajunaggie08 said:

    I'm glad its gone for the reasons you previously mentioned in that it has nothing to do with Zydeco. I also agree Zydeco is a terrible name for a Baton Rouge based team. It just reeks of someone coming up with a brand and idea with the assumption that all of Louisiana is the same.

     

    Reminded of one of the proposed rebrands of the Belot Snappers to "Supper Clubbers," when Wisconsin's supper club scene really doesn't start until about Madison northward.

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