That foto makes me so angry....askdjfhjklasdhfiouaewjjnasdkjfkjnadsf

yeh FOL, how embarrassing

ian bell tilts the **** out of me

wow if you guys let go of lechler, al is going to be assassinated.. even if he is just a punter - he is so sick. the chiefs would def go after him if we didnt have the better colquitt already. if there is no nfl next season i dont know what ill do. ill be so sick, probably heavy depression.

I got drunk and saw that tangled movie in 3d....pretty awesome surprisingly

Also how does this new gsl season work, I got no idea what the games mean etc

^^its weird right now, like BO1 maches instead of BO3, groups of 4, if you lose 2/3 matches your out. I think once it gets to final 8 it will go back to BO3 or BO5, but not sure

BISU VS STORKKKKKU

For those of you who appreciate beastliness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kwpwrO22SA

this theread is alright now, and I like the SC chatter, but WTF do I miss the Trank / Cwar "tranny stories" and "how to get her to do anal" chats =/. Much less exciting now

Yea, I miss trank and his sock-girl fetish

^^+1

Are there any lines on the likelihood of no NFL? It sounds like the NFL is NOT likely to stop play, based on everything that is being reported. Honestly, there really is too much money flying around for them not to figure **** out, and since they've had so much growth it's likely easier to find common ground (easier to split $50 you find on the ground than renegotiate the $50 combined two people earn already).

The NBA though, man. Stern is dug into a hard line on owners bleeding money, despite record revenues, some clear profits for a lot of teams and ridiculous contracts in the off season (Darko, Outlaw, Gooden... none of these are big market teams currently).

But the players are so irresponsible with their money and images, I think a betting man would assume Stern will get some decent changes agreed to minimum.

Which is sad, I never hear them considering opening up the max salaries. Why is it good for the game that Amare or Dirk or Kobe or Garnett can make 20+ mil in a season but Lebron, Wade and Bosh can only max out at 16-17 mil starting salary? A guy like Lebron would get paid 30 mil if they allowed it, so why cut it short yet allow worse, veteran players to make more money? All the "paying your dues" stuff seems silly to me, this is entertainment, you may be good for two years then you're done.

I also like the idea of shorter contracts. Teams getting killed by an Arenas, Lewis, Carter (wow, we may be figuring our the Orlando Magic's problem here!) Roy or Amare (I'm leaving this here, I'm convinced he won't live up to that contract) don't really make things any more interesting. 3 year contracts sound good to me. That way the worst you can get is a Turkoglu, a guy that destroys himself in a contract year, then hobbles around complaining at every corner. -30 mil over 3 years is better than -60 mil over 5-6 years though. For the good of the game!

Rookie contracts also place too much weight on where you were drafted imo. I'm not sure of a good solution to this one off hand, but it's silly to me that a guy drafted 16 makes more money than a guy drafted 28, even if the 28th pick outperforms the 16th pick largely in his first two years. I'm not sure arbitration is the answer like in baseball. Players switching teams every other day and one team spending twice as much as most teams are two major turn offs to me in baseball. I used to think it was the luck filled playoff structure, but honestly football is probably more so luck (right?) and I enjoy NFL playoffs.

NFL next year.. I'd bet on it.
NBA next year.. I'd bet on lockout.

NFL players make far too little compared to NBA and MLB. It's ridiculous.

[x] wins slam dunk contest easily
[x] sells sooooo many tickets for a bad team/franchise


ive heard mixed things about the nfl for next year. it always seems to have a negative feeling with it though, like "doomsday is just around the corner, enjoy the nfl while you can" to me. obv hope they get it all settled tho!

Bit out of it in sports news atm, I get the gist of it from your posts, but clear update for me plz?

are you sitting in front of me at the jet blue gate @ FLL ??

Yup lol

Keep in mind that NBA teams are 12 man rosters. Also there's literally no way for rookies to get paid more than they can in their first few years. A guy like Rose or Wall or whoever is basically maxed at the 5-8 million dollar range their first few years, regardless if they are producing like 10-14 million dollar guys.

MLB I think can do arbitration to pay more much sooner in their career and/or don't have as long of contracts.

In the NFL you see top picks get paid pretty heavily prior to stepping on the field.

I'm not sure if that makes up for the lopsidedness, but those are some factors that probably should be considered. Stafford got like 40 mil guaranteed, didn't he? Whereas a Rose or Lebron got around half that guaranteed when drafted (and are probably more likely sure things looking at football top picks versus basketball, but I'm not positive on that claim)?

white lebron?

basically the owners, players, and the league arent getting along when it comes to some rules and pay. as a result, if things arent worked out soon there wont be a next season. remember the blackout from the nhl awhile back? this would be similar (at worst though hopefully only a year), but no one cares about hockey


ya its true, the nfl players get a lot more to start off with but it is changing now.. they are adding in rookie ceilings for pay in the nfl. and nba players are going to be way more of a "lock" then nfl players, definitely agree

Very true.. and it's def apples and oranges comparing dif't sports salaries.

NFL you see a lot of players get screwed thru injuries, risk-reward relative to NBA or MLB sucks for those guys. But yea, all valid points^^

just wrecked some 2260 <> terran player while drunk... first game I've played in like a month. I'm such a beast

Kinda scary that this is a "rebuilding year" for the Pats..

As of now we have 2 picks in each of the first 3 rounds of '11 draft (and 1 in 4, 5 and 6)