Just now, DrPhilly said:

Yeah, that is what I was thinking.  You'd have one quarter in the 1st half with 3s and one quarter in the 2nd half.  Each team could control the order in one half.  You'd have a coin toss to determine who gets what with the winner of the coin toss being able to choose whether they control the 1st half or the 2nd half.

The NBA would never do this but maybe run it by Vince McMahon and he can start a new league with it.😁

I'd give watching that a try 

3 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I put idiots and trolls on ignore.  That guy falls under one of the lists.  

Rent free.😒

45 minutes ago, greend said:

underpay  someone give me a free ride to any school, I'll play whatever sport they want me to and all the games in it. We're still paying on loans for our kids college and the youngest is 30. The oldest joined the army so he could go for free. Stop acting like these kids are underprivileged. 

Just because you’re paying all that money doesn’t mean they aren’t underpaid for what they do.

Edit: since we are telling each other what to do.. Stop acting like you get to determine who is privilege or not for you’re entertainment.

If someone puts me on ignore because of my opinions of Wentz, so be it.

greend is, and always has been, a good contributor here, and I’ll continue to enjoy his posts.

But, I also won’t lose one bit of sleep over his decision.

And, quite frankly, some people in here have been setting up this ITYS for nearly 3 years. Not my problem they can’t take their own medicine.

32 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

Nah, just eliminate it.  It hurts the game.  

Yeah, and the 3 pointer still has value, I mean what kids in his back yard pretends to get the game winning dunk with the clock expiring?

It's always the heroic half court heave to lift his team to victory as time expires.

Problem is that's all game now, got guys taking one step past half court and launching 3s and coaches are like, " good shot"

If I launched a half court 3 in any thing other than a last second heave I'm riding pine the rest of the game, now it's encouraged🤷‍♂️

There's gotta be a happy medium where NBA games aren't 3 point track meets nor 22  seconds of some fat guy dribbling with his back to the basket 

Personally I blame Steph curry and the warriors.

Before Steph the only team that jacked up as many 3s were the sun's under dantoni with Steve Nash and their run and gun play but once they got to the playoffs it wasn't sustainable and they never win anything.

Then the warriors win a championship with the splash brothers putting up 40 3 pointers a game and all the sudden every team wants to be the splash brothers the league makes the rules easier for team's to be the splash brothers and every NBA game turns into a fast break 3 point contest.👎

 

8 minutes ago, Parrot Head said:

If someone puts me on ignore because of my opinions of Wentz, so be it.

greend is, and always has been, a good contributor here, and I’ll continue to enjoy his posts.

But, I also won’t lose one bit of sleep over his decision.

And, quite frankly, some people in here have been setting up this ITYS for nearly 3 years. Not my problem they can’t take their own medicine.

What's ITYS?🤔

Just now, Utebird said:

What's ITYS?🤔

The thing greend accused me of....I Told You So

1 hour ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I am willing to be the life coach for both of you for a nominal fee.  

uh................. no thanks

8 hours ago, MillerTime said:

And they have to go into crazy debt while colleges are making millions on college athletes while paying them less than what it takes to not go to college. Then they add on insane interest where it’s almost impossible to pay it off. Then people say they are lucky that they have a skill that makes others millions to not have to pay that. When doctors, nurses, teachers also have to do it and are drowning in debt. 

Teaching is another discussion. Not on the level of doctors nurses 

the costs are because off ll subsidized demand by who? Oh…right…

now i think the players should be paid and have been exploited for years by the ncaa. Lets stay focused on that. The education isnt suitable payment in kind imho especially since many dont take it seriously or arent equipped for it. What are athlete graduation rates these days?

32 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

Just because you’re paying all that money doesn’t mean they aren’t underpaid for what they do.

Edit: since we are telling each other what to do.. Stop acting like you get to determine who is privilege or not for you’re entertainment.

"your"

And they're not "underpaid" because they are not being paid....................because say it with me, they are amateurs not professionals. 

Anyhow we aren't going to see eye to eye so I'm moving on.

Just now, ToastJenkins said:

Teaching is another discussion. Not on the level of doctors nurses 

the costs are because off ll subsidized demand by who? Oh…right…

now i think the players should be paid and have been exploited for years by the ncaa. Lets stay focused on that. The education isnt suitable payment in kind imho especially since many dont take it seriously or arent equipped for it. What are athlete graduation rates these days?

Also what are athlete hire rates in their chosen field of study?

 A Small % of college athletes go pro, not sure the rate of college athletes that play over seas in their sport after graduation I'm guessing it's pretty small as well, which leaves the majority of them eligible to enter the civilian work force, how many of them are getting jobs after college equal to the pay they could have got playing said sport in college?

 

 

9 minutes ago, greend said:

uh................. no thanks

Makes sense.  I can do it then.  I'm a bit more expensive but..

8 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

Makes sense.  I can do it then.  I'm a bit more expensive but..

My wife is a clinical psychologist, dont tell her I've been offered to be life coached 😄

5 minutes ago, Utebird said:

My wife is a clinical psychologist, dont tell her I've been offered to be life coached 😄

Yikes, you surely have some additional work that needs to be done

Just now, DrPhilly said:

Yikes, you surely have some additional work that needs to be done

My wife agrees 😁

35 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Poor David Culley.  Got paid $8 million to be a bad coach for one year.  We should protest.  

I thought I saw he ends up with $22 million? 

8 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

What an idiot.  I doubt the woke sports media will obsess about him not being vaccinated thought.  

 

https://www.si.com/nfl/2022/01/14/cowboys-amari-cooper-fined-covid-19-violations-report

The fines they throw out at these players is pitiful. They're trying to protect the product by not throwing out harsher penalties like a game suspension but by them basically not doing anything they're putting the teams at risk. It's so dumb.

12 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

Yeah, who came up with $14,650 as a number?  To make it more silly, they should have added $.17 to it.  

I'm assuming that it's probably the max that the player union agreed to. I think unions are important in general but they're basically letting the players get away with whatever they want because the fines are meaningless. The high paid guys make more than they're getting fined in one snap lol. It was probably some calculation off the minimum salaries and were just like, yup, we're good there.

1 hour ago, greend said:

"your"

And they're not "underpaid" because they are not being paid....................because say it with me, they are amateurs not professionals. 

Anyhow we aren't going to see eye to eye so I'm moving on.

Military: free college plus they pay you.

Some jobs: tuition reimbursement plus they pay you.

Student athlete: 2% of high school athletes get free college. They label them an amateur even though they need them to make millions and recruited them. How dare they asked to be paid now?🙄

1 hour ago, DrPhilly said:

Makes sense.  I can do it then.  I'm a bit more expensive but..still not worth it

fyp

Just now, greend said:

fyp

I've added HE as a special guest expert therapist in your private session offer.  Yes, you can throw stuff at him and the offer includes an array of included throwable items.

7 minutes ago, MillerTime said:

Military: free college plus they pay you.

Some jobs: tuition reimbursement plus they pay you.

Student athlete: 2% of high school athletes get free college. They label them an amateur even though they need them to make millions and recruited them. How dare they asked to be paid now?🙄

Like I said..................moving on. Oh and I'll tell my son what you said about the military I'm sure he'll get a great chuckle out of it.

3 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

I've added HE as a special guest expert therapist in your private session offer.  Yes, you can throw stuff at him and the offer includes an array of included throwable items.

I'll bring my own stuff

3 minutes ago, greend said:

Like I said..................moving on. Oh and I'll tell my son what you said about the military I'm sure he'll get a great chuckle out of it.

You do any hunting lately?

2 minutes ago, greend said:

I'll bring my own stuff

Just be nice so you can get a free ankle tape job while you're there