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19 hours ago, jeffmanqb3 said:

Some of the block NOBs are terrible. The Mets and Royals look fine but others are too thick. Maybe the on field jerseys will look different. 

Those graphics are superimposed on the jerseys and the real things could look different. They're not photos of actual jerseys.

1 hour ago, GDAWG said:

Apparently there's going to be a league called Major League Football (not the one that made it to camp in 2022 and failed to kick off that stranded players in Mobile) that plans on playing in the fall.....directly against the NFL, but in cities that are not in the NFL:

 

 

Yeah there's supposedly an MLF and MLFB.

22 minutes ago, gosioux76 said:

Counterpoint: I didn't see any fancy words in his post. 

Referring to Arlington's win as the "most inspirational underdog run in recent memory" and saying it puts Perez "in the same class as Namath" is pretty fancy, aka, over-the-top language. Guess I should've specified that "fancy" also implied "over-the-top". 

2 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

That's hilarious. If having a favourite player is creepy, then I am perfectly content to be creepy!

 

Also, my infatuation with Perez is nothing compared to what I have written about Rick Cerone, the Magnificent Mustachioed Mediterranean Marvel.  (Ah, how nostalgic I now am for the good old days of playing What If Sports, when Cerone led a band of swarthy Italians known as I Paesani to consistent approaches to near-medocrity, while looking super-cool doing it.)

Having a favorite player? No. Not creepy.

Speaking of your favorite player in an overly-pretentious manner, as if he's some mythological God sent down to Earth by Zeus himself? Yes. Very creepy. Especially in regards to a spring league football player.

6 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Ahh, so that's what you think my "bias" is! I definitely wanted Arlington to win because of Luis Perez, who is my favourite player. And when Perez was with Vegas, I wanted Vegas to win, just as I wanted Birmingham to win in the AAF.  (I got lucky for a couple of years when Perez was first with the New York Guardians and then with the Generals.) If Arlington sends Perez to another team, then that's the team I will be rooting for this season.

 

But please believe me that my expressions of support of playoffs by conferences is not some retroactive justification for Arlington's win (which, incidentally, was the most inspirational underdog run in recent memory, and which puts Perez in the class of Namath).  It's something I would always have favoured.  The CFL's "crossover" striles me as completely ridiculous; fortunately, no crossover team has made it to the Grey Cup.  Alas, MLS is not so lucky.  When the Red Bulls played Columbus for the MLS Cup, there was in reality no Western Conference champion that year.  (Officially it was the Red Bulls, who aren't part of the Western Conference. No one can justify that.)

 

As I mentioned in a previous post, if I were king, the playoffs in all leagues would consist only of divisional champions; so the XFL would have gone straight to a championship game between D.C. and Houston, without Arlington even qualifying. 

Again, using fancy words doesn't make your preferred playoff structure any better. The choice is either the best teams make the playoffs or the best teams in a division. It's an 8-team league in year 1/2/3, not a 30+ team league in year 103. Having under .500 teams in the playoffs OVER above .500 teams could be far more detrimental than the false sense of tradition you're trying to perpetuate.

And yes, your creepy mancrush on Luis Perez is an obvious bias, to whatever team he's on, which is currently Arlington.

4 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Again with this "bias" thing. I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. As I mentioned once before, the bias that I have (and that I openly proclaim) is for a playoff system that is sensible and interesting, and that produces a final between two champions. For that reason, I favour a system that sticks strictly to divisions/conferences in any league (but particularly in this league, whose conferences have identities before the league even starts).

How is NOT having the best teams, in an 8-team league, the most "sensible and interesting product"? You, and other Arlington fans, are probably the only ones who would support it staying the same. You seem to think that adding colorful language to your posts somehow makes them more impactful and everyone will understand and agree with your point of view. Not happening. If it was "sensible and interesting", you wouldn't need to dress it up.

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

 

A few months back there was a guy that escaped from prison around here and was armed and dangerous.  But he was a shorter individual.  Once apprehended, after a multi-week manhunt, he was returned to prison and there was a big press conference with a Lt. Colonel of the State Police, and governor.

 

One of the reporters* asked the police chief if, since he was shorter, they were ever afraid that he'd partner up with another short man and walk around in a trench coat "lil rascals style".  The Lt. simply said "no".

 

*turns out it was some guy who's dog got loose and he followed the dog into what turned out to be the press conference, so he stayed and posed as a reporter.  That may be the dumbest question ever asked (had it been legit.)

 

 

 

That's not dumb, that's just awesome.

8 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said:

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39327963/amazon-invest-diamond-sports-part-bankruptcy-deal

Amazon taking control of some former RSN channels as part of a bankruptcy deal. 

 

Is that ALL Bally Sports teams? The Cardinals just announced they'll receive their full payment for 2024, so I'm not sure if they'll be available on Amazon. I know my brothers were unable to watch them last year (which may have been a good thing) without cable (I used my Dad's Spectrum login to watch on the Bally Sports App).

15 hours ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

This evens out over time.  In any league, one conference or division is stronger some years and weaker in other years.

Time is not a luxury leagues like this have. They are not an established, 50-100+ year old league where a rarity like this has a low rate of occurrence in relation to the age of the league . This was the first full season and when a 4-6 team gets into the playoffs over a 7-3 team in an 8-team league, due to no other reason than a divisional split, it's more likely to turn fans away than to bring them in. You can use fancy, over-the-top language all you want to try and hide your obvious bias, but common sense and logic does not back up your argument. No one's taking away Arlington's championship. It was the rules/guidelines that were set before the season. But to defend those rules going forward and champion them as some noble concept is utterly preposterous.  In a small, young league such as this, the best teams need to be rewarded, or else you risk fans losing faith in the league before it even gets off the ground.

6 hours ago, Walk-Off said:

As far as I know, January 15, 2024 -- the supposed deadline for the A's to have a firm deal on a new ballpark in order to remain a revenue sharing recipient, according to the current collective bargaining agreement between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association -- came and went with neither the commissioner's office nor the union ruling one way or another on whether the A's had met that criterion.

 

Meanwhile ...

 

Los Angeles Times: Who's not funding push for Nevada vote on A's stadium funds?  Nevadans

Didn't see this, but it was already reported that they will continue to do so.

https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/relocation/as-will-continue-to-receive-revenue-sharing

Also, Sacramento seems to now be in play as a potential temporary home.

https://www.si.com/mlb/athletics/relocation/oakland-as-interim-home-before-landing-in-las-vegas

Darrius Shepherd, 2023 XFL Special Teams Player of the Year, re-signs with St. Louis.

https://x.com/d_shepherd11/status/1747388159233544317?s=20

13 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said:

My vote: Houston

 

A quick note on Vegas. UNLV doesn't use Sam Boyd anymore. They play at Allegiant Stadium. 

But the Raiders have a say in who does use Sam Boyd, by virtue of their deal for UNLV to play at Allegiant, and it seems they won't let anybody use it.

10 hours ago, tBBP said:

 

And the reason they have Aaron Judge's NOB on that jersey is...what now??

Replicas have always had NOB, regardless of how the authentics look.

1 minute ago, 8BW14 said:

Fight to the death between the gorillas? Loser gets Mike McCarthy and has to train a new gorilla?

If the Cowboys win, Pete Carroll loses.

8 hours ago, aawagner011 said:

 

Look at the sleeve cuffs. I don't think that's actually the new template. I think they just grabbed a photo with a Nike Cubs jersey and threw it on an ad.

7 hours ago, Unocal said:

Good job NFL. By adding a 7 seed, you've rewarded mediocrity.

You strive to reach mediocrity.

18 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

I don't think anyone watches Peacock outside of WWE.

It's the only place to watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine and That 70s Show.

9 minutes ago, Unocal said:

The NFL is more interesting when the Packers are bad

 

You can ignore that little voice in your head that tells you to type.

Yeah, I don't really get the Rampage/rhino connection to St. Louis. Archers is the most commonly used, yet still appropriately welcomed, but also used by St. Louis Community College. Pilots would probably be a better option than Aviators, but could also be used in reference to river pilots, which would probably play better into St. Louis.

34 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Not that deep, but go ahead.

I simply asked if he was aware that it was the other way around. I think you're the one making it a "deeper" deal than it is.

24 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

Again, in the context of the concept, not exactly relevant.

He was prefacing the concept with what actually (incorrectly) happened. His statement of the Gamblers identity being retained was not a concept, but rather the concept was in response to what identity he (again, incorrectly) believed was being retained.

25 minutes ago, DCarp1231 said:

I’m confused. Why does this matter within the context of the concept?

On 1/8/2024 at 10:45 AM, McQ said:

Following the recent announcement of the XFL and USFL merger into the UFL, it was decided to retain only the Houston Gamblers (RIP Houston Roughnecks). 

He said they were retaining the Gamblers and not the Roughnecks. This is the opposite of what actually happened.

What has Caleb Williams done in the NFL?

2 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said:

 

You know this league will fold eventually. 

Then why are you posting nonsense in here? Just for attention to stroke your ego? Seems to be the only possible reason.

7 minutes ago, BottomlessPitt said:

 

I said but if. Dummy. 

Why are you posting random ideas in the thread about the actual league? There's a whole other thread for that so we don't clog up actual real discussions with things that don't have anything to do with the actual topic. And this isn't the first time you've done this, and yet you're calling ME the Dummy.