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In Texas, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage >$200 and causing bodily injury, is a 3rd degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and/or a fine of up to $10,000. If you or I left this type of scene and disappeared for such a long time to "dry out"..................................and two people who were injured in the crash suffered multiple injuries, including "brain trauma, lacerations and contusions, disfigurement and internal bleeding," you can imagine how we would be handled.

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Multi-Game Suspension Coming For Chiefs WR Rashee Rice?​

Multiple offseason incidents including 8 felony charges may translate to a multi-game suspension for Kansas City Chiefs wideout Rashee Rice.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
The owners should have anticipated this fallout before they agreed to this greedy entirely lopsided fan-unfriendly agreement.

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In Sunday Ticket case, some owners might have a hard time coming up with $440 million
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If and when the NFL has to pay out in this case, I wonder how they will account for this on their books and how this will impact the cap for years to come. I'm assuming the CBA stipulates the total salary cap for the league to be some sort of % of league revenues or profits. Considering that all those ST profits counted as revenue and contributed to the profits for the league at some point, what now?
 
SMH....................Kelce.................anything for publicity!

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Travis Kelce wants to play for a team based in London
Mike Florio
Published June 30, 2024 10:29 AM


If the NFL ever puts a team in London, plenty of players won’t be interested in moving there. One player is ready to sign up.

“I’m waiting for that team to play for another team other than the Chiefs,” Travis Kelce said, via USA Today. “That’s the only situation is if I get to play abroad.”

The comments came as Travis and Jason Kelce were discussing their recent trip to London for Taylor Swift shows at Wembley Stadium. Travis made an on-stage appearance before 90,000 fans during one of the concerts.

Travis suggested that a team could end up in London in less than 10 years. It would have to happen soon if he’s going to sign with the London team. He turns 35 in early October.

For at least 10 years, there’s been a vague sense that London could get a team within 10 years. With the Jaguars, who have established a partial foothold in London, staying in Jacksonville — and likely to continue to play at least one annual “home” game in London indefinitely — there’s no obvious team to make the move. Absent expansion, it’s not likely to happen.

The NFL likes to tease the possibility of moving a team to London, because it generates more interest in the NFL in London. At some point, folks are going to realize it’s not realistic. Especially with the one team that would have made the most sense soon to be tied to its American home for another several decades.
 

Sunday Ticket verdict could expedite push for 18 games​



It doesn’t take a crystal ball to know that the NFL wants to expand the regular season to 18 games. It also doesn’t require psychic powers to know that the league needs to be ready to potentially write a check for $14.088 billion (plus prejudgment interest, post-judgment interest, and attorneys’ fees) after all appeals are exhausted.

Put the two together, and the league could build a worst-case war chest between now and whenever the Supreme Court either declines to take the case or finds against the NFL. (If the Supreme Court does indeed take the case, it likely will find for the league — especially if Clarence Thomas can be counted on to earn his free Super Bowl ring.)

It will take roughly three years to get there, maybe four. In the interim, why not accelerate the inevitable?

Nothing prevents the NFL and the NFL Players Association from agreeing to new terms, whenever they want. The CBA is a living, breathing document that doesn’t have to expire before it is replaced. (From 1993 through 2011, it was always extended a year or more before its term ended.)

Although the players won’t have to pay any of the $14.088 billion, changes to Sunday Ticket could impact revenue, either by reducing the value of the package or impacting the payments received from the Sunday afternoon broadcast deals.

One way to ensure that the rising tide lifts all boats is by adding games and windows. One extra game and one extra bye becomes 20 weekends of regular-season football. As previously explained, the NFL would have to be willing to re-take Labor Day weekend in order to have the Super Bowl land on Presidents’ Day weekend.

Which would be fine, because it would lead to more. Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night, Monday night to start the season. Max out the money, in order to make up the $14.088 billion.

With 18 games and a new five-night season-kickoff extravaganza, the NFL could go to the networks and re-do the TV deals, too.

Then, if the NFL eventually wins the Sunday Ticket case in the Supreme Court, all that new money would be gravy.

Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered? If the NFL makes the right moves while the Sunday Ticket case moves forward, the hogs will keep doing the slaughtering.
 
Lucky said:
You can’t see the complete picture without knowing the distances thrown to. A 7 yard pass from Gardner Minshew is different than a 20 yard pass
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That's true. But inaccurate is inaccurate and an incompletion is an incompletion, and the QB dictates whether he cumulatively throws long or short.
 
Social media influencer suing Tyreek Hill is seeking immediate jury trial
By Charean Williams
Published July 2, 2024 10:58 AM

The social media influencer suing Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, accusing him of breaking her leg, is asking for an immediate jury trial, Andy Slater of Fox Sports 640 reports.

If the judge grants her request, the next available date could fall during the season. The woman’s attorney told Slater he expects the trial to take 7-10 days.

The accuser, Sophie Hall, claims Hill “forcefully and purposefully” shoved her while the two were participating in a football drill at his South Florida home last summer. She filed a lawsuit in Broward County on Feb. 23.

Hall’s suit alleges Hill violently charged at her after she “humiliated” him by knocking him backward during a friendly football lesson. It led to a right leg fracture that required surgery with metal hardware implantation, according to the lawsuit.

Hall is seeking up to $75,000 in damages for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
That's true. But inaccurate is inaccurate and an incompletion is an incompletion
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No, a higher % accuracy from dinking and dunking doesn't outshine a deep passing attack that is not as accurate. No statistic is perfect, something like adjusted net yards per attempt that take intos account positive impact numbers like passing yards and TDs as well as negative numbers like INTs and sacks. This gives more realistic account of QB impact than completion %. Because the goal of the game is to move downfield and collect points, not count completions.

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* adjusted yards per passing attempt: (pass yards + 20*(pass TD) - 45*(interceptions thrown))/(passing attempts). This stat was introduced, and the reasoning behind it thoroughly explained in a book called The Hidden Game of Football, by Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, and John Thorn.Note that we are now using 20 yards per TD instead of 10.
 
Lucky said:
No, a higher % accuracy from dinking and dunking doesn't outshine a deep passing attack that is not as accurate. No statistic is perfect, something like adjusted net yards per attempt that take intos account positive impact numbers like passing yards and TDs as well as negative numbers like INTs and sacks. This gives more realistic account of QB impact than completion %. Because the goal of the game is to move downfield and collect points, not count completions.


* adjusted yards per passing attempt: (pass yards + 20*(pass TD) - 45*(interceptions thrown))/(passing attempts). This stat was introduced, and the reasoning behind it thoroughly explained in a book called The Hidden Game of Football, by Bob Carroll, Pete Palmer, and John Thorn.Note that we are now using 20 yards per TD instead of 10.
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The post by Sapp was re.: "highest rate of incompletions due to inaccurate passes." His post is accurate. Everything else (reasons and results) are going above and beyond the post.
 
Sunday Ticket price gouging also impacted those who couldn’t afford to buy it
By Mike Florio
Published July 3, 2024 04:54 PM

Many in the media have been complacent, incoherent, and/or compromised when it comes to the coverage (or lack thereof) of the Sunday Ticket trial, its verdict, and its impact. Beyond the question of whether more than $14 billion will be paid to more than 2.4 million members of the nationwide class is the reality of the situation.

The reality is of the situation that, for 30 years, the NFL has been screwing consumers.

The league might not like to see it put that way, but it’s exactly what has happened. The NFL required Sunday Ticket to be overpriced in order to protect the billions it receives from the networks that make games available through local, over-the-air TV affiliates on Sunday afternoons.

There are two aspects of the group of consumers who have been affected by those practices. Represented in the class are those who were forced to pay more than they should have paid for Sunday Ticket, thanks to the anticompetitive behavior reflected by the jury’s verdict. Not represented are the people who wanted Sunday Ticket but who couldn’t afford it.

They weren’t damaged in the legal sense because they didn’t buy Sunday Ticket. But if it was dramatically cheaper, or if a per-team option was available, they would have bought it.

The trial’s evidence included a document showing that ESPN wanted to charge only $70 for the entire Sunday Ticket package, and that it wanted to let consumers buy the games one team at a time. The NFL said no.

The only people not impacted by the Sunday Ticket price gouging are those who would have never bought Sunday Ticket for any price, presumably because they live in the market where their favorite team plays. Millions don’t. To watch the games they wanted to see on Sunday afternoons, either they had to pay a surcharge aimed at protecting CBS and Fox’s ratings or they just said, “Screw it, I’ll watch the games on my local channels.”

The NFL could still win the case and avoid paying more than $14 billion. Even if it does, the question becomes whether it will keep overpricing Sunday Ticket. The fact that so few media outlets are putting it in the terms used above makes it less likely that the NFL will be pressured to come up with a more consumer-friendly approach — since most consumers remain clueless as to the manner in which they’ve been screwed by the Sunday Ticket pricing structure.

Again, the NFL might not like to see the situation described this bluntly. That’s not my fault. They could have avoided having this situation come to light by not rigging the price of Sunday Ticket, which forced geographically displaced fans to choose between paying too much for something they wanted or going without it because the price was too damn high.
 
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Source: Dak out of walking boot for minor sprain

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott recently suffered a minor right foot sprain that temporarily required a walking boot, a source told ESPN's Todd Archer.
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He is reported to have a "minor ankle sprain. Still not something to be overlooked. Week 5 of 2020, Prescott suffered a compound fracture/dislocation of that same ankle. You can be sure that he has significant residual ligament damage weakening that ankle.
 
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JB said:
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Source: Dak out of walking boot for minor sprain

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott recently suffered a minor right foot sprain that temporarily required a walking boot, a source told ESPN's Todd Archer.
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Just found out that Prescott suffered a grade II ankle sprain the last day of practice on June 5. After such injury, you can expect to see a player in a boot for at least 2 weeks............sometimes up to 6 weeks. Since this is not a period he would be having to practice, it makes it easier to get out of a boot shortly after 2 weeks.

But again, keep in mind his history of his initial severe ankle injury in 2020 followed by this recent one. Up to 40% of ankle sprains go on to develop chronic symptoms, including pain, swelling, instability, and recurrence that persists at least 12 months post-injury (from his last injury). Furthermore, approximately 20% of individuals who sustain acute sprain develop into chronic ankle instability. The severity of his initial ankle injury makes him very much more a risk for problems here on out.
 
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You don't wear a boot for maintenance...............that would only serve to weaken the ankle. :toropalm:
Boots are worn for acute ankle sprains.


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Dak Prescott says walking boot is part of regular maintenance since 2020 ankle injury

Dak Prescott caused a stir when a photo on social media showed him wearing a walking boot on his right ankle while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas.

The Cowboys quarterback, though, attempted to alleviate any concern.

He told Clarence Hill of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that it’s part of the regular maintenance he has had to do since fracturing his right ankle in 2020.

“The same ankle, same issues,” Prescott told Hill.

Prescott underwent immediate surgery after a right ankle compound fracture dislocation during a game against the Giants almost four years ago. He missed the final 11 games.

Prescott told Hill he wore the boot on vacation because “the last time I went deep sea fishing my [ankle] swole up.”

“I’m great,” Prescott added.
 
Dallas Morning News’ Calvin Watkins reported that Prescott suffered an ankle injury, but then Rapoport says it’s a minor foot sprain and nothing to be worried about. link

Media and the NFL in their injury reports commonly do not differentiate anatomic terms specifically. Rapoport's "correction" to the original report was out of ignorance. The foot acts as a single functional unit, but can be divided into three parts: the hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot. The hindfoot forms the ankle (with its ligaments) and heel.

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paycheck71 said:
This particular stadium looks like the Frankfurt stadium, but the roof is not unique. Multiple arenas in Europe have similar design.
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The design is less expensive, but because of the exposed metal cables, they have received some major lightning strikes because of the difficulty in properly grounding. The other problem is that the shadows cast by the this roof gives broadcast cameras terrible problems. Finally, with this roof closed, the temp inside the stadium becomes intolerable even in only moderately warm outside temps.

PICS OF THE ROOF
 
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