This is by far the dumbest proposal 

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is by far the dumbest proposal 

8 playoffs teams is not an option... or shouldn't be.   

Expansion would be really bad

1 hour ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

For any of you wondering where the town troll has been.  I would run and hide if I posted this, as well.  

 

 

RTK is actually correct - of course, it might be 60 or more years from now.

1 minute ago, LeanMeanGM said:

This is by far the dumbest proposal 

I like point 1 and they should stop there.

10 minutes ago, DrPhilly said:

What diversity is the NBA lacking?

White men can't jump

My proposal. Have the Bills, Chiefs, Bengals, Ravens play each other at the same time on the same field. Winner goes to the SB. 

1 minute ago, downundermike said:

My apologies, I thought the NBA already had this position and she was replacing a former DEI officer.

It may have, I don't know, I was being facetious and hyperbolic with the "NBA had a nice run" I obviously don't think the NBA is going anywhere. But I'm extremely anti DEI and will call it out any opportunity I get. Especially when it impacts an entity that I'm a fan of.

I feel one game not being played shouldn't completely reformat the playoffs. Find a way to get it played or just call it a no-contest.

I did want to add... KC winning early won't change what the Bills do regarding their game (or shouldn't).  Bills loss and Bengals win gives the Bengals the 2 seed, Bills fall to 3.   Do the Bengals sit guys against the Ravens knowing they have clinched the division and the 3 seed?   I don't think so, because they'd likely rather be the 2 than the 3 seed.  It would be weird to have a playoff matchup between the Bills and Bengals, in Cincy in just a couple weeks, but frankly, that seems very possible right now (assuming the Bills and Bengals can get themselves in the right frame of mind moving forward).  

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

Now why would you ask such a question like that?

Any time anything DEI is implemented into any institution, disaster always follows. DEI is absolute cancer.

Yup, DEI is such a fraud.  I've done multiple DEI training sessions and it's just terrible.

First one we did, they showed us 4 pictures.  We were supposed to pick the gay person out of the 4.  Blew my mind.  Here you're asking us to judge people solely by how they look and then want to tell me more how we are all bad people.  Then, in another training session when I told the DEI speaker that I was from a very rural area, her response was very shocked and said she didn't expect me to be from a rural area.  I asked why not.  She said well because of how you look.  

Had another one where one of my colleagues, an Indian woman, asked the DEI speaker why she's so focused on race rather than who we were as people.  Continued to tell her that in immigrating to the United States she was shocked at how much people wanted to give her credit for being an Indian American.  All she wanted was to be called American, rather than pointed out who she is because of race.  Her role is high up in a local bank and the speaker asked her if she felt lonely as the only Indian Director...her answer again was no, not a lot of Indian women strive to be Directors and I'm proud to be the only one.

Telling generations of people who were brought up to not see race and color because we are all equal to suddenly focus 100% on peoples race and color is just a recipe for disaster.  

1 minute ago, Diehardfan said:

White people can't jump

Racist

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

But I'm extremely anti DEI and will call it out any opportunity I get. Especially when it impacts an entity that I'm a fan of.

It has zero impact on my viewing experience of sports.

3 minutes ago, Diehardfan said:

White men can't jump

2 minutes ago, downundermike said:

 

I was watching YouTube videos after posting that. I have to see that again.

4 minutes ago, CheesesteakNBeer said:

Racist

3 minutes ago, LeanMeanGM said:

My proposal. Have the Bills, Chiefs, Bengals, Ravens play each other at the same time on the same field. Winner goes to the SB. 

My guess is it would end in a 0-0 tie.  Then what?

I don't think anyone is scoring with 33 defenders on the field.

1 minute ago, bpac55 said:

Yup, DEI is such a fraud.  I've done multiple DEI training sessions and it's just terrible.

First one we did, they showed us 4 pictures.  We were supposed to pick the gay person out of the 4.  Blew my mind.  Here you're asking us to judge people solely by how they look and then want to tell me more how we are all bad people.  Then, in another training session when I told the DEI speaker that I was from a very rural area, her response was very shocked and said she didn't expect me to be from a rural area.  I asked why not.  She said well because of how you look.  

Had another one where one of my colleagues, an Indian woman, asked the DEI speaker why she's so focused on race rather than who we were as people.  Continued to tell her that in immigrating to the United States she was shocked at how much people wanted to give her credit for being an Indian American.  All she wanted was to be called American, rather than pointed out who she is because of race.  Her role is high up in a local bank and the speaker asked her if she felt lonely as the only Indian Director...her answer again was no, not a lot of Indian women strive to be Directors and I'm proud to be the only one.

Telling generations of people who were brought up to not see race and color because we are all equal to suddenly focus 100% on peoples race and color is just a recipe for disaster.  

The 'Diversity' aspect of DEI IMO is the least toxic. There's nothing wrong with having a diverse company, organization, or institution. As long as it isn't forced diversity by policy. It's the 'Equity' that I find most toxic. Equity = equality of outcome, which is an awful model for a variety of reasons. Obviously, it's going to vary depending on which institution it's implemented, but you're seeing it a lot in school systems and companies. First DEI is installed, then policies that are anti-merit follow. I want to see if that ends up being the case with the NBA and what policies in a league like the NBA based around "equity" would entail. Regardless of institution, they're pretty much always completely illogical and disastrous. You're seeing schools who adopt equity policies have all students finish with the same grades, and eliminating student honor programs. One school in Virginia just recently was caught hiding from their students that they won National Merit Awards, because the higher up's "believe in equality of outcome and didn't want to hurt the feelings of students who didn't win these awards."

https://nypost.com/2022/12/23/top-school-principal-hides-academic-awards-in-name-of-equity/

Anyway, it's a topic I've been following for a few years now and sometimes I'll read in the headlines "______ adopts new DEI policy and hires new DEI officer" and within like a year there's always all kinds of strife within these organizations because of the vindictive policies that follow.

Looks like Hamlin is going to be OK, like not dead or brain damaged.

 

6 minutes ago, Iggles_Phan said:

I did want to add... KC winning early won't change what the Bills do regarding their game (or shouldn't).  Bills loss and Bengals win gives the Bengals the 2 seed, Bills fall to 3.   Do the Bengals sit guys against the Ravens knowing they have clinched the division and the 3 seed?   I don't think so, because they'd likely rather be the 2 than the 3 seed.  It would be weird to have a playoff matchup between the Bills and Bengals, in Cincy in just a couple weeks, but frankly, that seems very possible right now (assuming the Bills and Bengals can get themselves in the right frame of mind moving forward).  

I believe if Bengals lose to ravens this week, ravens win division and 3 seed. Cincy would drop to 5 (or maybe 6). Good thing Cincy can prevent that by beating Baltimore 

2 minutes ago, Sack that QB said:

Equity = equality of outcome

Well if they wipe out the 9-72 Sixers season and the Celtics 17 championships I might come around to the idea.

1 minute ago, Sack that QB said:

The 'Diversity' aspect of DEI IMO is the least toxic. There's nothing wrong with having a diverse company, organization, or institution. As long as it isn't forced diversity by policy. It's the 'Equity' that I find most toxic. Equity = equality of outcome, which is an awful model for a variety of reasons. Obviously, it's going to vary depending on which institution it's implemented, but you're seeing it a lot in school systems and companies. First DEI is installed, then policies that are anti-merit follow. I want to see if that ends up being the case with the NBA and what policies in a league like the NBA based around "equity" would entail. Regardless of institution, they're pretty much always completely illogical and disastrous. You're seeing schools who adopt equity policies have all students finish with the same grades, and eliminating student honor programs. One school in Virginia just recently was caught hiding from their students that they won National Merit Awards, because the higher up's "believe in equality of outcome and didn't want to hurt the feelings of students who didn't win these awards."

https://nypost.com/2022/12/23/top-school-principal-hides-academic-awards-in-name-of-equity/

Anyway, it's a topic I've been following for a few years now and sometimes I'll read in the headlines "______ adopts new DEI policy and hires new DEI officer" and within like a year there's always all kinds of strife within these organizations because of the vindictive policies that follow.

The schooling stuff is what's really scary.  I've read a lot about schools wanting to do away with GPA because it's not equitable.  They want to banish English and grammar courses because English and grammar is rooted in "white supremacy" and damages kids of color and doing away with honors courses.  There's so much going on with it that's wrong.  

35 minutes ago, BDawk_ASamuel said:

 

This could be as much on Gannon as it is White if these targets are in zone coverage.  It's hard to know given the scheme. 

5 minutes ago, 315Eagles said:

My guess is it would end in a 0-0 tie.  Then what?

I don't think anyone is scoring with 33 defenders on the field.

No silly... 22 on offense, 22 on defense.  2 balls.  

1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

What about RTK?