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Shinola X Seton Hall X Onward Setonia

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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.
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Memphis, Tulane, USF, UTSA commit to AAC amid Pac-12 interest

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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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When has this become mundane

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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.
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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.
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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.
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Shinola X Seton Hall X Onward Setonia

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SHUHitman said:
I thought the event was a great idea, I just think the timing and presentation may have been less than ideal. Trying to explain to my wife that we would need to leave University Day early, tell our 4 year old to skip the pumpkin painting and then pay $175 to head down to Bunny's for a meet and greet and autos that we had gotten for free for the past 10 years just wasn't a winning proposition.

The optics of taking the players off-site and charging money on the one day of the year where it's about "pirate family" was not great. I had to pass on it, unfortunately.

I would have rather just paid $75 and had a signed team poster shipped to me. That offer was not and still isn't available to me, which makes little sense imo.
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and then to have the conversation at the end of the season, "remember your favorite player? Yeah, he left and is playing for our rival now."

Just a horrible era for the sport right now. I always thought the players should be something like a revenue share, but it's just craziness now.
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