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TonyTexas

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  1. I’ve been hard on Malarkey as a cheesy pitchman who is a mediocre chef. But I’ve warmed up to him. He is very aware of the character he’s playing and a lot of his antics are tongue and cheek. I’ve learned that he is an extremely successful restauranteur. He’s opened, owned and sold dozens of restaurants. His net worth is reportedly in the $100 million area. 

  2. 19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

     The players already compromised by agreeing to pro-rate their guaranteed contracts without lawsuits.

    And they received service time concessions in return. Both sides have incentives to come to an agreement. The players only receive 4% of their salary if the season is cancelled. The owners need some revenue to offset expenses. Hopefully an agreement can be reached. 
     

  3. 22 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    Bullshit.  The players already compromised by agreeing to pro-rate salaries without lawsuits.  Owners are supposed to own.  That means they supply the capital and bear the risk -- that's their primary job.  Now they want players to bear the risk with them. 

     

    What about what I said is bullshit?  Do you not agree that these are extraordinary times that require extraordinary measures?  As for your owner take all the risk premise, tell that to the millions of workers who have lost their job as a result of Covid 

    Listen, I’m not pro- management here. I’m just pointing out the issues. 

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    13 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

    I don't understand why players have to directly take a pay decrease now because revenues are down. They don't see direct increases when revenues are up in any given year.

     

    Sure salaries league wide may go down with decreased revenue over time, but I don't see why they should have to take a hit now if they've agreed to pro-rate their salaries.

    Ordinarily I’d agree with you but this is a very special circumstance that requires compromise from all parties. The owners would actually love a revenue-sharing situation and will be pushing for one in the next contract. The players are vehemently against it and this will be the major sticking point in the next negotiation.

    i damn sure wouldn’t want to be a free agent next year. Salaries are going take a hit 

  5. On 5/12/2020 at 11:13 AM, htown85 said:

    This is the root of the problem.  I don't know why the players insisted on the no-fan contingency...but the agreement they made in April means nothing now.  

     

    10 minutes ago, htown85 said:

    I don't even understand what they were thinking with that.  Were they not wanting to play at all this season unless things were absolutely perfect?  If that's the case, then we definitely won't have a deal.  It's possible that they think the owners were going to come back willing to concede something to get the players to waive their no-fan contingency, but if so that was a ballsy move by the players - and may end up backfiring.

    I don’t know why you keep saying this. There wasn’t a no-fan contingency. That is the problem. The players are saying a deal is a deal. They agreed to pro- rate their salary based on the number of games played. The owners are saying that the agreement didn’t take into account the possibility of playing no- fan games and the lost revenues from that and want to redo it. 

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    14 minutes ago, WBT said:

    Edge of extinction is still bullshit though and it's bullshit that Natalie got more votes than Michelle.  She was literally the first person out and followed that up by surviving zero votes in which she didn't have immunity.

    She wasn’t just sitting around on EOE. She worked her ass off and won multiple tokens and advantages, many of which affected the main game.  She had more of an influence than Michelle by a long shot. 

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    16 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

    Well that was surprising. 

    Idk. Jenna is pretty damn good at challenges and eliminations. She’s fearless and definitely doesn’t overthink things. Just wind her up and she’ll do it. 

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    RCRanger: I’m curious about your overall strategy and success rate trading  penny stocks and where you are getting your names. 
     

    I’ve done it in the past with mixed results. What I learned was you have to take a shotgun approach. If you cherry pick, inevitably  the ones you pass on are the biggest winners. . The vast majority of the trades will for losses, often total.  The spreads alone make it an uphill battle. So when you have winners, let them run. You need some big winners. I’m talking 50-100X or more. 

  9. Meh. I don’t think a cancelled season would be that devastating. With the length of season, rules and alignment, It’s going to be bogus regardless. They will actually lose most of their summer monopoly to the NBA. And they can deflect the blame to the rona. 
     

    Now if this leads to a strike or lockout when the contract expires after 2021 then that’s another story. 
     

     

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    15 minutes ago, Parliament said:

    So how does that work?  The lowest bidders get to leave, and the high bidders gotta stay on the job?

    Lowest bidders get to leave with money and benefits . Highest bidders leave with only a cardboard box. 

  11. In the premier episode of the OG, Captain Lee had to boot some guests because of coke. The main culprit was some fat, slob photographer who always wore a ratty bathrobe and went by the name of Johnny Eyelash. 

  12. 29 minutes ago, RPM said:

    Yeah, I don't see anything appealing about CG. Below Deck is about the only show I watch on Bravo.

    No Top Chef?  It’s one of my faves. 

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