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Aston Villa has announced an 150 year logo, to go along with the updated crest and move from Castore to adidas. 

12 hours ago, Midway said:

 

Tech getting a uni overhaul as well

I figured they are due. Just don't go with anything based off of this, PLEASE!!!!

If this is the actual Galaxy third I'm a little disappointed. I'd prefer they add the jagged line pattern from the originals.

This was also a good chance to go with the trefoil adidas logo, like will be used with their top tier European teams next season.

10 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

 

We love our four viable American media companies, don't we, folks? We love them! We love them so much. We can't get enough of them! People are saying "how big can they get," I think they're going to get a lot bigger, believe me. And I think you're really going to like them even more.

And Congress won't call them a monopoly because they will rename the service to something else with a shell providing cover. 

56 minutes ago, Sec19Row53 said:

Could they have "sat" on his rights in case he plays?

I think this is the case. I would also expect him to not be first or second choice with San Antonio, even if he shows up to camp. He's started a YouTube channel of himself playing in Madden 24. 

Divisional round:

Houston vs. Baltimore

Green Bay vs. San Francisco

Tampa Bay vs. Detroit

Kansas City vs. Buffalo

1 minute ago, McCall said:

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).

I think MLB will want that to happen, but they don't get enough into the weeds in this article though. 

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. 

On 1/15/2024 at 9:47 AM, LMU said:

My boss is one of the lifelong bandwagon Cowboy fans who has never lived anywhere outside of suburban LA but at least has been to games in Arlington and actually went to the last playoff game that they lost to Brady’s Bucs in Tampa. Just glad that I don’t have to be in the office until Thursday.

It's also funny to me how many people in San Antonio are happy that the Cowboys lost. Granted there are a lot of people that moved from other areas of the country, but except for the sports anchors and a few people here and there the majority love picking that the Cowboys playoff corpse every year.  

7 minutes ago, The_Admiral said:

 

Is the billionaire a victim here? Who has more cultural currency, Taylor Swift or Tony Dungy?

Taylor Swift. I know it sounds crazy, but that's a fact.

50 minutes ago, BBTV said:

 

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

I have it for EPL games, the kiddo has it for the WWE PPV events. 

2 hours ago, The_Admiral said:

Looks like The Libs are on one because outgroup member Tony Dungy said the cameras are on Taylor Swift too much during Chiefs games. Such a weird dynamic where they don't realize they're the ones running up the score.

 

 

 

 

It's the Swifties, because multiple old men yelling at clouds have been screaming about her enjoying a football game. 

1 hour ago, BBTV said:

I've seen the script.  Ravens win the SB, John Harbaugh decides to retire with 2 rings, and is succeeded by his brother.

 

You heard it here first 

It'll make the Ravens even more unlikeable in Cleveland.

Archers. I think the back of the Aviators is just a little too busy. 

1 minute ago, Gary said:

https://arizonasports.com/story/3541263/arizona-football-coach-jedd-fisch-reported-agrees-to-deal-with-washington/?fbclid=IwAR1eyXVQRjAG-WERdnMUuB1bBKEpXF2hS9zsGV3QuK-FK1UIQE6QFIGUhbw_aem_AVsesbZltp4XfPG8uB7y2SrFalqlscMEDDbkue6cTEKQGonAQp7qvLPL_iBdy889uIE
 

Jedd Fisch to Washington. 

I think he'd be better off competitively at Arizona, but taking the Washington job is a steep step up from Tucson. 

12 hours ago, GDAWG said:

I almost feel like this is a monopoly situation, but would this eventually lock NBC, Amazon, Fox and CBS out of games or just move people around from New York to Bristol?

Chargers are first up to try and bring in Harbaugh. I figured he was moving out this year, but his starting QB jumping to the draft tells me he's leaving too. 

20 hours ago, BottomlessPitt said:

 

You know this league will fold eventually. 

If you don't want this league to work, just don't comment on it. There are some of us who enjoy having a team to support that's 20 minutes away instead of 20 hours away. I'm looking forward to this year and intend to enjoy it while I can. 

18 hours ago, Digby said:

I've always thought "NWSL" is a clunky acronym that doesn't roll off the tongue at all, but that train long ago left the station. All the women's leagues want to use the "W" and it's a shame that, as a letter, it's a lot of syllables to add in there. W-League would've been nice but now the USL one's got that. Considering the long history of women's soccer leagues folding after a few years, it's probably best to keep the NWSL name and lean into it being relatively stable at this point, but upgrading the branding to something more distinct and less low-rent would be a win in itself.

My only issue is I sometimes confuse it with the WSL in England. 

1 minute ago, Unocal said:

 

I just feel like the NFL is becoming too predictable. Chiefs win again? Yawn.

The Dolphins have been faceplanting the last 2 weeks and the Chiefs had to win out to get a home game. I doubt they can get past the Ravens anyways, and that's if they survive the Bills, should they beat the Steelers. 

1 hour ago, GDAWG said:

That league that has Art Briles as one of its coaches has an announcement to make:

 

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL ALLIANCE... - International Football Alliance | Facebook

 

 

Are they counting on those players not making the UFL dispersal draft to jump down to this league? I'd think it's more likely they go to the IFL, CFL, or just sit out and wait for a call from the UFL. 

Interesting that the CFL, and maybe even the NFL, may be considering going with the XFL style kickoff. This also goes into other rules as well. 

5 minutes ago, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

Wow.  But this raises the question: how could non-existent people have been awarded Emmys? Does this mean that the Emmy people do not actually review the work that is under consideration?

What's even Stranger is that Sam Ponder was called Steven Ponder. Did they not know any other names for women that start with S? 

"While reviewing the 2010 and 2011 credit lists, The Athletic found three additional names that could not be verified that also closely resemble the names of “College GameDay” talent: Erik Andrews (Erin Andrews) in 2011; Wendy Nickson (Wendi Nix) and Jenn Brownsmith (Jenn Brown) in 2010. Nix confirmed that she was given an Emmy around 2010 and said she had no idea it was improperly obtained; it just arrived in the mail one day. She was not contacted about returning it before or after she left ESPN in August 2023. Brown, who left ESPN in 2013, confirmed she also was given one and didn’t know it was ill-gotten. She said: “This is all news to me and kind of unfortunate because you’ve got people who believe they rightfully had one. There are rules for a reason … it’s unfortunate (those were) abused and for so many years, too.” Brown said she has not been contacted by ESPN about returning it. Andrews, who left ESPN in 2012, declined to comment through a spokesperson".

https://theathletic.com/5193316/2024/01/11/espn-emmys-fake-names-college-gameday/

So apparently ESPN won several Emmys using false names, then handed them to their on-air personalities. 

"In March 2023, Shelley Smith, who worked 26 years as an on-air reporter for ESPN, received a call from Stephanie Druley, then the network’s head of studio and event production. Druley said she wanted to talk about something “serious” that needed to stay between the two of them, Smith recalled. She then told Smith that Smith needed to return two sports Emmy statuettes that she had been given more than a decade earlier.

That request was one of many ESPN made of some of its biggest stars last year after the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), the organization that administers the Emmys, uncovered a scheme that the network used to acquire more than 30 of the coveted statuettes for on-air talent ineligible to receive them. Since at least 2010, ESPN inserted fake names in Emmy entries, then took the awards won by some of those imaginary individuals, had them re-engraved and gave them to on-air personalities.

Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and Samantha Ponder, among others, were given the ill-gotten Emmys, according to a source briefed on the matter, who was granted anonymity because the individual is not authorized to discuss it publicly. There is no evidence that the on-air individuals were aware the Emmys given to them were improperly obtained.

“I think it was really crummy what they did to me and others,” said Smith, who worked at ESPN from 1997 until her contract expired last July.

The fraud was discovered by NATAS, which prompted an investigation by that organization and later by ESPN. Those probes resulted in sanctions beyond the return of the trophies. While it is not known who orchestrated the scheme, Craig Lazarus, vice president and executive producer of original content and features, and Lee Fitting, a senior vice president of production who oversaw “College GameDay” and other properties, were among the ESPN employees NATAS ruled ineligible from future participation in the Emmys.

In a statement, ESPN said: “Some members of our team were clearly wrong in submitting certain names that may go back to 1997 in Emmy categories where they were not eligible for recognition or statuettes. This was a misguided attempt to recognize on-air individuals who were important members of our production team. Once current leadership was made aware, we apologized to NATAS for violating guidelines and worked closely with them to completely overhaul our submission process to safeguard against anything like this happening again".

5 minutes ago, CS85 said:

People's hatred of white helmets around here is so weird.

I think it's more hatred of white helmets for Denver specifically, because this was done this year and paired with an all orange uniform and made no sense. 

On 1/9/2024 at 3:10 PM, Jezus_Ghoti said:

 

Over/under 0.5 of these will be an actual upgrade?

 

I'll say that I am cautiously optimistic the Lions will be an upgrade because it will be a Browns-style return to the Barry Sanders-era uniforms, but I bet the other 2 are clear downgrades.

As long as their are stripes on all of the pants, the Lions should be an upgrade. I'm convinced the Broncos will screw up whatever they come up with, and the Texans will probably do something stupid like the LA Kiss with one of their uniforms.