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This really seems like an attempt by FOM to just cut the FIA completely out of any decision making. Surely there are terms in the 99 year lease contract limiting and defining what the lessee can and cannot do while running the commercial side, which void the deal or at least put the contract at risk if they are broken. I wonder just how much crap like this FOM can pull before they end up in court with the FIA. I wonder how close they are to the edge right now.

I mean ... This just in: Liberty Media's Greg Maffei is a walking, talking piece of shit. But we already knew that. https://t.co/QhCiTJpufd The 'competitive' standard they're applying is only there to exclude everyone, since it's extremely unlikely that anyone will be competitive right out of the box. At least half the grid is uncompetitive right now, FFS. And it's not up to FOM to decide whether or not an entrant is 'competitive'. That's the FIA's job, and they already approved Andretti. Meanwhile ... DOJ to announce antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation as soon as Thursday: The Ticketmaster parent company also owns concert venues and promotes shows. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/22/live-nation-doj-antitrust/ Shit 'bout to get real for Liberty in the US. Fuck those asswipes.

LOL, did it smell like they were burning oil, or maybe too much fuel? Chuck would probably be familiar with that smell.

They sure are building their case. "OBTW, FOM, we just hired your own Chief Technical Officer. Does that make us a 'serious entry'?" Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of senators has bypassed Liberty entirely. They sent a letter to the DOJ's Antitrust Division and to the chair of the FTC. This is a significant escalation - US Senators urging that an official investigation be opened using very specific language. This could lead to a full scale Antitrust enforcement investigation. If the Justice Department and FTC take this seriously and pick it up, Liberty are going to have a lot of work on their hands defending themselves as it'll no longer be a "let's play the long game and hope the politicians get bored" situation. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senators-seek-doj-ftc-antitrust-probe-formula-1-andretti-global-rcna153201 IMHO, it is significant that Liberty chose not to respond to Jordan & the House judiciary committee. In anticipation of that this group of senators pressed forward to engage the FTC and DOJ. They would not have done that without knowing that either or both would open an investigation.

Yeah that car just wouldn't turn in at all. So much understeer. It's hard to tell if they just improved less with their upgrades than others did, or if they actually got slower. They're still using Merc's windtunnel, until AM's new one opens in September iirc. I've read that Merc's been having correlation problems. Seems like that tunnel is also affecting AM's upgrades, going back to the same time last year..

FINAL: 3 - 1.

Fuck everyone in Colorado. Bunch o' cunts.

Fuck yeah Duchene. Stank's wrap almost went in too.

Yeah if they're such pussies that they won't change a call that clearly should be changed, then there's no point in having review.

Sinjin sighting, at his kid's match. Been a while since I've seen that dude. This schedule seems like a mess. Not sure what they're trying to accomplish here. And no Hermosa? WTAF?

Sinjin sighting, at his kid's match. Been a while since I;ve seen that dude.

Say it ain't so, Jose! Nah, c'mon, man. The Astros invented every form of cheating in baseball. Didn't you hear?

Ah, ok. I thought it was just Yamamoto.

I missed it and can't find it on the google machine. What happened?

I remember it was rough for him too, and I don't doubt he took those shots, but I do doubt it was worse or for longer than what Aikman took. Of course there's no way to prove that, but Aikman was taking every kind of shot there is, including the kind you described, and frequently, for 3 seasons. Helmet to the head, helmet to the face, helmet in the ribs, helmet in the kidneys, late hits, side of the knees, hi-lo, body slammed, driven into the turf. Anything they could dream up, and the refs didn't say shit, either.

Apparently he did have rosin on his glove hand, so he was in violation. Does that make him a 'cheater'? I don't think so. This may be a little subtle for you, but the point is I don't think either of them was trying to 'cheat'. But you're in here talking about the 'new era of cheaters getting started'. If this is 'cheating', then Scherzer is a cheater too. Last night's ejection was almost a carbon copy of Scherzer's. I don't really think Scherzer is a cheater, but maybe you do.

Nah, HS is as far as I got, and I'm only half serious with the 'ban it all' thing. Like you say, it's a stupid rule that's impossible for the pitchers to avoid completely, and it's being enforced very subjectively and not consistently afaik. I'd have zero problem if they keep rosin legal.

Maybe you should ask Scherzer. He's every bit the 'cheater' Ronel is.

No problem. Just send Buckaroo Banzai.

nsiap ... Just got this email from the Guardian UK.

Give 'em a towel or some kinda chamois-ish material. They'll figure it out. Or ban it all and go to a tacky ball like they've been talking about.

I agree it's not hard and I'm not arguing against the suspension, since that's the rule. I'm arguing against a stupid rule and its half-assed detection and enforcement. It could have played a role, or maybe it didn't. His changeup usage has gone up dramatically, and apparently it was already a great pitch last year. And I don't buy the idea that you have to let 'em have rosin out there. Just simplify everything. Ban it all. They'll figure it out, and then the umps and league don't have to do the "Is your pitching hand or glove too sticky" dance. If anything is sticky, they sit down. No handwashing bs, etc.

Then ban it all. This is stupid.

Just a fucking idiotic rule. Either allow rosin, or don't. IDGAF. But allowing it on the pitching hand while it's illegal on the glove hand is straight up lunacy. And it's enforced based on the umpire sticking his finger in a glove and judging between 'not sticky, a little sticky, sticky, stickier, real got-damn sticky, and the stickiest I evarrr seen'. Very scientific. It was stupid when others got caught, and it's stupid now. Fucking MLB brass could fuck up a wet dream.

LOL WTF