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Is it just me, or does damn near every event in a Cubs' radio broadcast have a sponsor?

Cease and desist on the new logo. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/04/08/xfl-receives-cease-and-desist-letter-for-new-logo/

You seem to be doing change for the sake of change. Pass. Neither of these are better than the existing logo. You're changing a logo in the shape of a football into one in the shape of a baseball or basketball. Why does anyone think that works?

Not really concerned. Great speed, questionable hands. Good for him that he got paid, but he wasn't going to get that kind of money in GB. Sure I wish Adams were still around, but he wanted to play with Carr. Oh well, maybe Rodgers gets better by not locking onto a double covered Adams, like on the last play in the playoffs rather than hitting the open Lazard over the middle.

Not worthy of its own thread, but a neat article on the Packers' seamstress retiring. Cool anecdotes about things only we would love (presumably). https://www.packers.com/news/stories-from-the-packers-seamstress-marge-switzer-retires-after-27-years?campaign=email_220311

$10 cash vs. $10 crypto

I'll take that bet.

Those 2-D logos are really jarring when used in conjunction with the 3-D playoff logo. The playoff logo ought to be 2-D.

Do you understand how advertising works? I mean, if you are seriously making that statement, you don't. I'm not trying to bag on you, but this is a case where the focus of this particular part of the internet needs to look at the reality of the real world. The characteristic of the people here is that we would like our uniforms to be ad free. But to state that an ad would be ok if they're in team colors and small is out of line with reality, except if it happens by chance in terms of color (such as if IBM were to advertise on the Indianapolis Colts uniforms). As stated by Mike Florio, remember when everyone was outraged at sponsored stadium names? I'm not FOR ads, but this too shall pass.

I don't see the outline as necessary. Other than that, I like what you did.

I'm sorry. I thought Gruden sucked. Everything was 'this is a guy who's great'. Nothing was ever bad.

Hey, I think every team ought to go public. I like that there's no SINGLE :censored: who owns the Packers (obvious joke set up - go for it - I don't own a share).

No they can't. Packers are grandfathered.

Can't happen. A single person must own 30% or more of the team and have the res$ources to run the team.

But this doesn't mean his lawsuit goes away. It should and will continue.

Understood, but it reads as though they didn't use steel reinforcement in the structure, i.e., it was build strictly of concrete (or as strictly of concrete as is possible).

Let's give Joe his due. He completed 50.1% of his career passes for 173 TDs and 220 Ints. I get that I'm the same guy who said stats matter according to their timeframe, but those are ... something.

One of the weak points in HOF arguments is picking the worst player who is in. Not picking on you with this, but it was a reminder that this also comes up in this type of discussion. I guess Namath gets in on the 'tough to tell the merger story without him', even though the merger was a done deal by the time of the poolside guarantee. He was a big part of the salary war, though. There's a book I really enjoy that talks about this sort of thing, along with cherry picking stats. Something along the lines of 'only Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, and Tony Oliva had 300+ HRs, 250+ 2Bs and batted at least .276' I'm making those numbers up - but when the case is made it trumps the guy on the outside, even though the numbers BY THEMSELVES mean nothing. And as is typical in these cases, if you bump one of those numbers, you lose the guy on the outside.

Any time stats come up, I ought to mention that you need to compare the stats from the era in which they occur. A QB today has better numbers than Dan Fouts (for example)? Great, but teams pass more now than they used to. A running back is running for 1000 yards? Impressive, but given the number of game in the season, that isn't as impressive as Jim Taylor doing so in the 60s. On the other hand, running isn't as common now as then, so maybe there's a balance. Don't even get me started on receiving statistics. That's where things really are screwed up over time.

Why Donald?

Disagree.

Did you miss the full on tug of the facemask that Higgins did?

According to anonymous sources by mouthpiece Schefter. Anonymous sources are BS in this case.

Trying to determine if the NBC logo bugs me or not.

Speculating on speculation. Kyle Murray removed references to the Cardinals on his social media and someone thought that might mean new uniforms. Easier pathway is that he isn't happy with the team.