EPTOn March 28 2017 04:17 Shellshock wrote:
muh gambling taboo tho!
muh gambling taboo tho!
I agree. We should outlaw gambling. Or, better yet, merely crusade against them in the public square.
2016 NFL and CFB Season Discussion - Page 214
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Jerubaal
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I agree. We should outlaw gambling. Or, better yet, merely crusade against them in the public square. | ||
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On March 28 2017 05:06 Jerubaal wrote: The shortness of the season is certainly something to think about. We are talking, then though, about parity of result. The most interesting argument comes from a "parity of opportunity"- does every team have an equal opportunity to succeed through their own skill. I think my previous argument that football provides the most chances for an organization to show ability holds true. Disagree, QB drafting is about 50% of a team's success and is mostly luck. The new MLB CBA is incredibly groundhog friendly to small markets (royals, Cardinals) and the minor league system is the most rewarding to "smart teams" of all the major sports. | ||
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Jerubaal
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The talent is much more abundant than it is in the NBA. We've been going back and forth between opportunity vs outcome, but the outcome in baseball is just so random that I can't take it seriously. | ||
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cLutZ
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JimmiC
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andrewlt
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The NFL's cap system also plays a part in its parity. Teams can go all in on specific seasons by shifting player compensation to other years. It allows the shitty teams to be competitive in certain years by sacrificing another year. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17467 Posts
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19039017/carolina-panthers-qb-cam-newton-successful-surgery-torn-rotator-cuff i won't believe Newton's throwing arm is back to full strength until it happens. Newton can't run as much because of his concussion problems.. and now his throwing will be worse. oh well. On March 28 2017 06:06 cLutZ wrote: Disagree, QB drafting is about 50% of a team's success and is mostly luck. The new MLB CBA is incredibly groundhog friendly to small markets (royals, Cardinals) and the minor league system is the most rewarding to "smart teams" of all the major sports. +1, add the Andrew Friedman run Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Their minor league system was a starting pitcher factory. it was great watching guys making MLB minimum mow down New York's famous , high-priced hitters. Every home grown Devil Rays pitcher threw the same 4 pitches. On March 29 2017 03:10 Jerubaal wrote: We've been going back and forth between opportunity vs outcome, but the outcome in baseball is just so random that I can't take it seriously. the MLB playoffs are hard to take seriously due to randomness. when baseball made the 162 game season much more important prior to 1994 and 1968 it was much better. the 162 game regular season of MLB is an interesting competition. a proper MLB structure would be 4 divisions.. 2 in each league. the 4 division winners meet in a 28-game, 30-day round robin playoffs. 1 off day every 2 weeks. this will never happen. however, its a much better method of determining the best team in MLB than the current system. | ||
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Jerubaal
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JimmyJRaynor
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regarding baseball the closer it is to the pre-1968 era format the more congruent it is to the nature of the game. | ||
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JimmiC
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farvacola
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Necro)Phagist(
Canada6660 Posts
On April 04 2017 22:42 farvacola wrote: Romo is a good guy, he'd make a nice addition to the tired casting roster. Can't be worse than Sims. As a cowboys fan I've ragged on Romo a lot during his career for failing in the clutch. Always great stats until the game counts etc. But all that aside, he had a good career and did start to finally perform in the later years. Personality wise I've always liked him, very knowledgeable as well he should do a great job as a broadcaster. | ||
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ZerOCoolSC2
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JimmiC
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On April 04 2017 23:07 Necro)Phagist( wrote: Can't be worse than Sims. As a cowboys fan I've ragged on Romo a lot during his career for failing in the clutch. Always great stats until the game counts etc. But all that aside, he had a good career and did start to finally perform in the later years. Personality wise I've always liked him, very knowledgeable as well he should do a great job as a broadcaster. Romo was as clutch as Manning. He just had nothing else around him. It's not his fault that their playmaking became hilariously predictable as the season went on and the game was on the line, despite that they usually had good running backs. Their big problem, though, was the lack of an NFL secondary. On April 04 2017 23:28 JimmiC wrote: Yeah its all about the $$ when u can dak at his salary you can just surround him with so much more talent than Romo. What sucks for Romo is by the time he had a complete team around him his body betrayed him. He was the sole reasons he was in those clutch games because for ever he had a god awful o-line and a leaky as hell defense. People often thought the cowboys were better then they were cause they had a couple of big stars, but over all until 3 years ago this was a bad football team. And even so the defense is pretty shaky. Hopefully they can use the romo money to shore up that D! Well, they lost Church. :/ Good riddance to Claiborne, though. | ||
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xDaunt
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farvacola
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yrba1
United States325 Posts
On April 06 2017 03:15 xDaunt wrote: Do we like any of the QBs who may be drafted this month? Who presents the best risk/reward proposition? I expect Trubisky to be a late first rounder at best, and that's based on the norms of certain teams willing to reach for QBs *cough* Christian Ponder and Jake Locker. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23888 Posts
Sherman feels like to much a part of the team though, it would have to be a ridiculous deal (or him leaving to get an absurd check). | ||
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