The_Admiral

Are you saying that crime and antisocial behavior have not skyrocketed in American cities over the past four years?

23 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

I expect him this week to publicly kick the tires on Northwest Indiana and activate an even dumber and redder subphylum of Exurban Hooting Rube than the one activated by talk of Arlington Heights.

Bill that may try to bring Chicago Bears new stadium to northwest Indiana gets update

Hurry up and get it over with, just bring on the facebook dads from Crown Point talking about lower taxes, come on, I have a lot to do this week.

This is getting too fanciful. The Bears aren't leaving. They're just going to make a complete hash out of building a stadium like they did 20 years ago. 

Remember that the Bears' small stadium is by design. They wanted a more select audience at games because these new-money bohunk-micks think they're Mayflower stock and that the Bears are a luxury brand. Didn't work; even with lower supply and more luxury boxes, Soldier Field is still full of fat loud morons. And I think it's also important to remember that in the new Soldier Field, the Bears got everything they wanted, made the rest of us pay for it, and now are already doing it again.

6 hours ago, 4_tattoos said:

The lady commentating went on a mini rant about the University of Oregon's floor (with the forest design) and being distracted by Oregon player's buttcheeks due to how short they wear their shorts.

god forbid women have hobbies

10 minutes ago, Sodboy13 said:

Now, call me crazy or a cynic if you must, but I am beginning to believe the McCaskey family may not have the sharpest business acumen.

"We need help navigating the sui generis rat's nest that is Chicago politics, the same that we thought ourselves too high-minded to engage with for 40 years. The person who will help us: the dolt from the Big Ten office who sold nonexistent broadcast rights. He has what it takes." But maybe I shouldn't say that. He also took credit for closing a Minneapolis real estate deal involving a Minneapolis real estate baron. They couldn't have done it without him. 

I expect him this week to publicly kick the tires on Northwest Indiana and activate an even dumber and redder subphylum of Exurban Hooting Rube than the one activated by talk of Arlington Heights.

I wish the floors were a bit more colorful. All that black is kind of dismal, especially if the arenas are going to keep the house lights down. Is there a functional reason that they have to be black?

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

How the hell did Omaha get brought into any discussion of major league sports, other than "hey remember that weird time way back  when the Kings played 10 games a year there?"

I mean, I guess someone with money asked after the possibility of expansion and the league listened. Every now and then we hear about Louisville poking around the NBA, too.

Omaha could have been a passable one-team town in the NBA at one time given the lack of Great Plains presence and the relative irrelevance of Huskers basketball, but Oklahoma City sort of took care of that instead. The Grizzlies or New Orleans Hornets could have moved there instead and made it work, is what I'm saying. The NHL? Ehh. Doesn't excite me. Feels like an old IHL market. It's Kansas City's Grand Rapids.

2 hours ago, tBBP said:

(Total aside: how did we let the Pacers get away with Helvetica Bold Italic for all those many  years?? )

Going off memory alone I would have sworn they were Impact or Compacta. I don't know how we did it either.

Yeah, Halifax is a reach for a number of reasons, but Quebec City would be a greater success than the fool's gold (Atlanta, SLC, Houston) and just plain foolishness (Omaha, Cincinnati) on that list.

Now the Bears are asking for Arlington Park to be taxed as residential property instead of commercial property so that they can pay a lower tax rate. What are they going to do to make this case, ask Jeff Joniak to sleep in a stable?

Yeah, I'm sure there's a similar one-way flow with Cleveland and Akron. I wouldn't put an NHL team there, either. Columbus really precludes both, which I'm sure was indirectly part of the idea: neither market can 100%-for-sure sustain a team, but be Ohio's Team and pull secondary support from both. Honestly would have been smooth sailing had Ohio State not built an identical arena down the street.

Quebec City is conspicuous by its absence on that list. Are they poking around the Coyotes, have they completely given up, or has Bettman stopped returning their calls? "ohhh dur dur dur they're not economically viable" stfu, we're sitting here talking about Omaha

Just put together a whole roster of guys named Ryker, Clorgyn, Krylan, and Sclarktyn, which is honestly easier than it should be, and don't stop the people of southern Idaho from making inferences.

I remember local hero @Sport pointing out that the Cincinnati and Dayton metros have basically merged into one agglomeration.  Not a lot of separation between Cincinnayton and Columbus, which itself keeps sprawling. None at all, really.

I've always said Cincinnati just intuitively feels like an NHL town more than Columbus does, and would have had the benefit of not having a big-time college arena down the street from its own, but there's no way you can have both towns in the league at the same time.

On 1/31/2024 at 8:46 AM, Lights Out said:

 

 

This has all the makings of Steve Ballmer, Cocaine Genius

7 hours ago, flyersfan said:

 Nobody gets the origin, nobody has any idea “why” it looks like it does, and it’s got a universal dislike from a visual perspective.

Sounds like the usual City Connect trifecta.

I wouldn't have two red-based teams in the northeast start dressing as the Swedish national team but I just work in marketing and post on this board.

1 hour ago, spartacat_12 said:

plus it's the headquarters of Turner Broadcasting, which is now a league partner.

"Turner Broadcasting" as Atlanta institution barely exists in any meaningful way. It's basically just a branch office of Warner and has been for years. CNN is run out of Washington and New York, and the other channels are just reruns and sports.

holy f--k

holy f--king f--k

that overlong mumblerap song of yours is absurd

Fisher is burning baseball in an active shared market, a potential future market, and a third longshot-potential market. How hard can it be to get him on a hot mic saying that black guys smell like weed so that he can be forced to sell the team? Fake it with AI if you have to, I don't care. Make the son of a :censored: deny it. 

3 hours ago, VampyrRabbit said:

And just a hunch, but I'm guessing the target audience for this team, those are going to want/have to drive there and aren't exactly advocates for urbanism.

Carolina Hurricanes II: Gettin' Hurricanier

Seems like Salt Lake City and Las Vegas should both be expansion locations while keeping the A's in Oakland. What a completely embarrassing situation. 

Oh god they did the New York Knicks City Never Sleeps jersey but worse.

SAY THE LINE,BART!

...we live in a culture of working the refs

9 hours ago, Sport said:

I'm not gonna spend another second worrying about what kind of person rooting for the 49ers makes me with regards to Taylor Swift because it also doesn't matter.

I envy your mental health, and you're right about the 16/17 Penguins being a good comp.

Nope, very real

The John Fox era was supposed to symbolize a steady hand on the wheel and a commitment to the basics and all that but that was when I really felt "man, this team's just gonna be bad forever."