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I started a "conversation" on ChatGPT last night about the workings of a combination salary cap and floor. Basically came up with the possibility of a soft salary cap with a hard floor. The floor would be around 80-90% of median league payroll. Teams would have to fall within that range with active MLB salaries no avoid any penalties, loss of a percentage of revenue sharing, compensation picks, other draft picks etc. I never got into enforcement last night. On the other end a soft cap. Anything above say 130% of the cap gets penalized. Loss of draft picks, International bonuses and pools. The penalties would be on a sliding scale. (The Dodgers would probably get hit hard). Marginal tax rates 40%-75%-100%. Revenues marked only for pensions, minor league pay and revenue sharing enforcement. Also no artificial contract voiding. I didn't get much deeper into the woods, but there needs to be discussions about Ichiro type of contracts where big money is deferred over a very long time.

Hockey was a niche sport around here (especially near Roanoke and Norfolk, Va Beach in the '70s). The Eastern Hockey League team in Roanoke was a decent draw, when the league and it's successor folded not as much. I think it was more because it basically the only game in town outside of college football and basketball. Minor league baseball still has some appeal in the Valley as well.

My random ChatGPT "conversation" should have them scratching their heads...

So WTF are you commenting on Va then?????

That's most of us here from Richmond east. Not much snow but the Ice Storm Monday shut things down for a couple of days. My wife pulled the car across the street to try to gets some solar thawing. Back yard is frozen solid and the dog can't find anyplace to go in the sub 30 degreev temperatures.

Athletic article about turmoils in JetLand. It seems that Aaron Glen's trajectory may be the opposite of Ben Johnson. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7002865/2026/01/27/aaron-glenn-new-york-jets-coaching-staff-changes/?source=athletic_pulsenewsletter&campaign=16601913&userId=213687 He seems way in over his head

That's OK I'm getting serious vibes our Congress Critter owned by Newport News Shipbuilding (not in his District) maybe on thin ice. We will see how the expected appeals go. Same with states like Texas

One of the things I've read is that Rathbun's wife had a tough time adjusting to the area and what was floating around at the time. I worked with MB for a short time in Virginia and can understand why it wasn't a fit (including the distance from her family). Georgia is a better fit for them, MB has been running a successful dog rescue program for several years now.

I wasn't in Detroit for the Rizzs/Rathbun era. I know Bob from his work in Va and the Atlanta Hawks. A case of two guys being in the wrong place at the wrong time. They've both had good careers since

I'm sure Gobbels and Himmler were giving Trump accurate information...

Regarding the repositioning of Tom Homan...To quote Pete Townsend "Meet the new boss, Same as the old boss..."

It's still gonna end up as smoke and mirrors at Faux..

But I was led to believe only Woke Democrats used fake voter ID's

It may be a moment, I'm not sure it will last longer than that given the short attention span of many Americans. I won't stop until I see Little Stevie Miller's head on a platter

January 27 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-27?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0127-01272026

Bovino is just another second rate fall guy. Gotta go after the real thing. Oust Miller, then Trump may fall...

Can Gov Newsom order his deportation? Maybe to Iceland?

Hanover Co trends bright scarlet. I guess ICE has eyes on empty warehouses, space for 1500 state "prisoners".

@romad1 Did you see that ICE wants to build another detention facility in Hanover County? BOS is supposed to vote on it this week

Along with Sherman and to a certain extant Grant's no holds barred treatment of the insurgents in the west and south.

Good JVL today. Calling Minnesota Trump's Gettysburg moment. Comparing Trump to another traitor named Lee... https://www.thebulwark.com/p/our-gettysburg-moment-minneapolis-trump-dhs?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=185847441&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true