buddha

france suspends crimon for the rest of the games for fighting. canada gives wilson a medal and a beer.

i watched an insurance industry presentation on brain injuries probably 8 years ago. they brought up cte, but more in the context of how the nfl and the movie on cte had entered the public realm, and now minor concussions with no long term effects were still being regarded by juries as multi-million dollar claims. after all, they saw this movie and now they know all about brain injuries... anyway, at the time it was thought of as "you have a series of concussions over time and it could lead to brain damage. or not. plenty of nfl players are just fine. some arent." but we have to price the risk (we used to insure riddell and the ncaa...we used to make a lot less money...) , and now the public has made any kind of concussion quite expensive. ergo why it costs so much to insure your little league baseball team, or pop warner football team, or kids' hockey team. or your car, but that's another story and i'll get off my soapbox now.

The nfl will give lip service to a lot of things. in the end, they care about money. if player safety were really their goal, they wouldnt be asking for an 18th game. i dont blame the owners, its a sport played for money and a multi-billion dollar business. at the end of the day, its a violent game and if they limit the violence too much, people will stop watching. not many people are watching a flag football game between the lions and jets. the industry has a lot of questions about "cte" and whether it is actually anything special or just run of the mill brain damage. also, players in the past certainly have arguments against the nfl for such injuries, but now? you know the risks. you can go to another profession of you dont want to play the game.

They want to get paid.

when i worked at barnes and noble in rochester, tracy scroggins came in one day. he was a massive person. he asked for romance novels.

4-3 in that stretch would be a good result.

That's the lowest i've seen mcgonigle ranked in a while, but i dont spend a ton of time looking.

dont they need to be, you know, students?

I didnt see a whole lot of the game, but what i did see appeared more competitive. they even tried a bit on defense. a bit. but "a bit" is a big step up from previous years.

wilson got into a fight. of course he did. what an ass hole.

where is my dislike emoji when i need it.

chicago traded away half their team, they are tanking.

(they dont live in bridgeport...they live in winnetka...)

sam presti should win executive of the year every year. the only alternative is to give it to the guy who helped build the spurs but i'm sure adam silver would be too embarassed to accept.

exec of the year for what?