HALL85 said:

The last President that demonstrated any sense of unity was Bush after 9/11. Obama, Trump, Biden….zippo.

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I think if Trump wasn't attacked from day 1.... he may have had some success as a unifier. Establishment media made him into some ghoul from the getgo....... he responded by attacking back. His ego is his worse enemy. But look at what he started with minorities.... the opportunity zones... his assist to HBCU's. Dems didn't want what we consider unity.... people with different opinions working together for the good of the country..
If you don't agree with their.agenda... you are less than human.... or so they continue to say.

The last President that demonstrated any sense of unity was Bush after 9/11. Obama, Trump, Biden….zippo.

huh?

I dont think how much tgey make is my business, but i think there should be an official record that can be accessed if needed

What the process of paying college athletes to attend their college needs is full disclosure of the financial details .

sami said:

Was something like $25 per kid and $75 per adult. In that ballpark.

People tried to equate cost to value, which is never a fruitful exercise in the NIL world.

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Isn’t that what NIL is supposed to be? Cost to value? You pay for the actual value of that player? That is why this version of “NIL” is just pay for play. These kids aren’t worth a fraction of this money.

silkcitypirate said:

Balanced the budget. Why he got things done like Reagan is because he worked with both sides of the aisle . Unheard of today .

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true enough..... he lost Congress, in the 1994 mid terms and decided to work with them instead of against them. I'm sure that will be covered in the documentary.

Well... his vice presidency and presidency were certainly helpful to his family... what is the latest count....$27 million from foreign countries?

The kid needs to sue his agent/handler. He's a professional athlete, and these contracts have to be in writing.

Interesting thing for me would be what the ACC could command in a new media rights deal without F State, Clemson and UNC ( and maybe Miami and Virginia). It would be better than the $10+/- million the reconfigured Pac12 could get but would be no where near what the current ACC gets now. But I’m not holding my breath to find out because the ACC grant of rights still looks solid thru 2035/6.

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terrible precedent.....players will learn that if the team gets off to a good start....and needed you as a key to getting there....threaten to leave mid-season unless they pony up more money....

And kids need to make sure they are listening to decision makers when they get a so-called offer. Hey coach, the Oline coach just promised me 100K. You good with that?

As it stands, the system is too open for lying on both ides of the deal.

I don’t blame the kid at all. I absolutely believe him. They agreed on a salary and then stiffed him. I don’t necessarily agree with using nil as a loophole for pay for play but it’s the world we live in.

This is still one of my favorite times of the year especially with the Mets in the playoff picture.

I've barely watched an NFL or College Football game but I will absolutely scope out if MLB Network is showing a game. Today I watched the Cubs and Reds play a 1:48 1-0 classic as if both teams wanted to hit the Wrigleyville bars.

If I'm in the car I'll seek out whatever game I can find on SXM that might effect the Mets situation. The technology age way to scoreboard watch.

Piratz said:

Baseball has died on the vine a bit. The playoffs get some buzz.

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I have never enjoyed baseball more in decades as I have this year. Yeah, I am a Dodger fan and we have Ohtani and Mookie and Freddie and we win the NL west every year. But we bomb out early most every year in the playoffs, and with our pitching staff injuries this year, it will be a miracle if the few good starters we have can hold up over the playoffs. I have no playoff or WS expectations. And I am still like a little kid. I would stay home on a 95 degree summer day if the Dodgers were on the game of the week in the 60s, and I could have walked three blocks to the beach. Last night I was praying for the Twins to end their damned game (13 innings lol) so I could watch the end of our game with the Padres. Had MLB.com on my phone following every pitch till midnight lol. The last 2 innings made it worth the wait!!!

In the other sports, the drama builds, the big play comes. It succeeds or fails. In Baseball, 2nd and 3rd, 2 outs, bottom of the ninth. Ball one, strike one, the drama builds. A hit or an out? Wait for the next pitch.

Folks also take the Yankees success for granted. They haven’t had a losing season in 30+ years, which is a crazy stat when you think about it for a moment. They are most always in the playoffs. The regular season is an after thought for some, although it shouldn’t be (I mean they didn’t make it last year). Judge has already done this before, so that gets taken for granted by some too even though what him and Ohtani are doing is bonkers.

Baseball is my first love and favorite sport so I will always follow it religiously. And being a fan of the Giants, Knicks and Hall has also given me some much needed perspective in appreciating and not taking for granted the Yankees success. Because what some call a “bad” year for the Yanks nowadays would be celebrated by all the above fan bases, even the Gmen who have won more Super Bowls than most and been a great franchise in their own right when you compare them to the rest of the NFL.

I think the take away from the whole Skula thing is don't promise to pay a kid $100,000 and then stiff him. That's the kids claim, anyway. Out of all the alternative theories being offered out there, it seems the most plausible to me.

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The CR that just had 82 nays from GOP, she was one of them

Baseball has died on the vine a bit. The playoffs get some buzz.