Michael Kopelman

@GraphixChic @TravisSkol This is all a little speculative because I haven’t looked into those policies. But I know enough that this is very likely the case and will help explain the differing outcomes.

@GraphixChic @TravisSkol You are right about the moral equivalence. Personally, I am not going to cast stones on their morals (not my business). But professionally, journalists have very specific ethical guidelines outlined by their employers about these types of situations.

Dianna Russini has done REAL damage to the image of all women in sports media. That’s such a shame. Half of the replies under any story broken by a woman in the future will reference this story. It just keeps getting worse and worse, too.

@GraphixChic @TravisSkol Pats and other teams probably (though I could be wrong) don’t have a similar policy on relationships with the media because credibility in that context is not mission critical to their effectiveness as it is with journalists and their coverage area.

@GraphixChic @TravisSkol To put it differently, she didn’t lose her job (presuming that’s effectively what happened) because of infidelity. That is not the NY Times business. She would lose it for violating their code of ethics in fraternizing with sources/people they cover.

bleacherreport.com/articles/25420… Severance don’t lie

@RonManuel2 @hjluks @CynicalPublius How much did he remove? This seems like an unusual recommendation for a meniscus trim. I have had in both knees, continue to run and feel great.

@hjluks @CynicalPublius AFTER my orthopedist trimmed my meniscus 20 years ago and said “you’re good to go”, I asked if I could continue running. He said “I wouldn’t if it were my knee”. At least it led me to find rowing.

I'm getting my knee scoped on Tuesday. I have a bad meniscus tear. It went from being a minor annoyance to crippling almost overnight, without any single instance of injury. There is some arthritis in there too, I'm hoping to avoid an eventual knee replacement (too many bad PLFs and 12 mile ruck marches, IYKYK😉). I already have an icing machine from my shoulder replacement, but does anybody have any helpful tips/ideas? Thanks in advance.

500k followers giveaway pt 1! My golf bag plus some @Titleist goodies Comment, like, repost to enter. Must be a follower Clubs not included unfortunately* Still need those for my day job

@offtrailtc @Chank_Da @BoringBiz_ Agree with all of this.

That's true, didn't notice the early 30s bit. Also, you're right...VP is not a direct link to CFO @ a F500, jumped the gun there. Even at MD probably unlikely. However, a younger VP could jump to a Director of Finance gig at a smaller company. CFO would be tough if you don't have pre-built trust. I've seen some make this sort of a jump and then later work their way up at a F500 after 10-15 years. The point is, though, I think this person definitely can exit to a smaller company ... especially the ones outside of a major city. They're usually desperate for talent.

Recently grabbed coffee with a senior VP at a very well-known private equity firm Well above $2M in net worth. Not enough to fully retire but can walk away for a better work life balance if he wants to Just had a kid few months ago and now struggling to decide between continuing this career path or shifting to something that would let him spend more time with family I asked him what is keeping him at the current firm, beyond just money His answer was simple: "Insecurity. I might look back in 10 years and feel bad knowing that my friends are buying their second vacation homes while I walked away to chase an easier life. Whatever job or title I have next would not earn me the same respect" That is when it really hit me A lot of people stay in high-performing careers, not even because they need the money, but rather because they are used to a certain level of status and respect from people around them This only gets worse as you move higher up the ladder and start spending time around people at the same level in terms of career or wealth I asked him if he was okay if I posted this on my X and sought advice on what my followers would do. He agreed. So I am genuinely curious: what would you do if you were in his situation?

@offtrailtc @Chank_Da @BoringBiz_ They certainly exist! But as your experience suggests, they are also looking for some real experience (not junior to mid level investor). This was not PE or VC backed? Family owned?

Ironically, the CEO of my last company was in this exact scenario. He had a lot of experience in professional services/PE/due diligence, and he had a strong network, and landed a CFO gig at a 100-300M company. It's possible, but as you said, it may not work in a super intense startup or with an aggressive investor group.

@Chank_Da @offtrailtc @BoringBiz_ Almost any PE-backed company is going to be pretty damn intense. And VC-backed companies are going to be high growth, fast paced places. So it’s the slow growth,un-ambitious privately held company. But those companies are also not hiring inexperienced former PE investors as CFO.

@mkopelman @offtrailtc @BoringBiz_ Can be better with a private company that’s primarily US operations. It’s the global companies and public listings that really generates the workload.

@Chank_Da @offtrailtc @BoringBiz_ Having worked in both types of companies (and as the CFO for multiple of the latter), I do not think this is true.

@Chank_Da @offtrailtc @BoringBiz_ Separate point, I am not sure CFO roles are the quality of life upgrade you seem to think they are.

@offtrailtc @BoringBiz_ Very unlikely a VP is going into F500 as a CFO, unless it is PE owned. Heck, even banking MDs don’t typically end up as public F500 CFOs.

@haralabob I am into the punishment aspect of being bad. Brings into focus the question of how to bring the drama of relegation battles to a fixed league.

The draft should be abolished, but since that won't happen... NBA Finals teams pick 30th and 29th Conference Finalists pick 28th and 27th Bottom 4 teams pick 26th-23rd (reverse order) Flat lotto odds for everyone else.

@mcuban @haralabob Tank to avoid being in the conference finals? The wheel is still the answer I think but this would be the closest thing I have seen to relegation, genuine pain for being bad. And no downside from being in the top half of teams (and keeping your fans engaged).

@mkopelman @haralabob Better teams will tank knowing they won’t be in the bottom 4 but they have a better chance now of getting a great pick

@mcuban @haralabob But they wouldn’t be worse than this year because the bottom 4 teams forfeit their lotto ticket. Isn’t that the point of Haralabos’ suggestion? Even so, I would be fine with your suggestions as well.

In a flat odds environment, teams have incentives to stay under the cap and accumulate as many 1st rd picks as possible. All have equal odds to get a top pick,so they are lottery tickets. The more you accumulate the better you are. And teams will have less resistance to trade them. One has much lower odds In a flat odds worlds, teams don't have to lose games. This is much easier. They just have to have cheap contracts (worse players), to stay under the cap and help teams get back under the aprons/tax And if they sign a good one, but not great, they trade them for more lottery tickets. Making them worse again. You have every incentive to trade EVERY player that can get you a 1st pick until you get a generational player to build around AND enough picks to have a chance for another one Tanking in a different way Teams could literally be worse than this year You can't change how it works without capping the # of picks that can be traded or accumulated and how many years you can be under the cap 3/3/3 and you can have flat odds

@pmje73 This is generally true outside of finance as well

If you can optimize for the name on the door you should. If you can’t optimize for the name on the door then you should optimize for the name of the person you will directly work for. If you can’t optimize for either then target the asset class you want, develop skills and connections then trade jobs for one of the two paths above

@4golfonline First I have seen a suggestion that shaft lean should be different. I assume this might naturally happen if you adjust all position slightly between clubs?

Is this something you take into account at set up?

Shaft lean has such a big impact on the quality of your shots, so let’s make sure we get it right all through the bag… 👀

@TrueSlazac @cremieuxrecueil Zuckerberg, Bezos, Gates, Buffet, etc. never heard of one?

@cremieuxrecueil I’m ngl I only ever heard of “self made billionaire” before And I think it depends a lot on the sum, as i said someone inheriting tens of millions isn’t a self made billionaire imo

Among wealthy (>=$1m net worth) Germans, which is more common, being self-made or being inheritors?

@NBCSports @Mike_kim714 was in a tie for 2nd and one shot off the lead and you can’t bother to show us his tee shot on 18. Really?