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I hope no one is like 5-6 years out on the Season Ticket Priority List because you're never getting that $100 per seat back
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@ChicagoBearsHC @RepCasar @SenSanders Not on the gov at all. Bears have no money and still owe money on Soldier Field. They're shitty owners.
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@RepCasar @SenSanders Oh shut the fuck up. Illinois hasn’t had 5 years to come up with a solution to work w/ the Bears? Please tell me how much property tax Jerry Jones and the cowboys have to pay in Arlington?
This is NOT on the Bears, it’s those scumbag politicians in Springfield.
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Billionaire team owners keep getting richer while fans keep getting screwed.
It's why the Bears may leave Chicago.
It's also why @SenSanders and I introduced the Home Team Act — requiring team owners to offer locals the chance to buy a team before moving it away.
Adam Schefter@AdamSchefter
Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:
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@RachelKryshak @NHLJackManning I think the "people don't like Vegas" comes from a loud minority on social media. Most regular/casual fans still just see them as a fun team to watch.
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@NHLJackManning But, I am genuinely curious about the villain arc. I’m not sure a team is more disliked than Vegas. Teams and fans do not like Vegas for many reasons outside of what I listed (expansion rules, jettisoning players), so it’s a fair question to ask.
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@BarstoolChief Tough to tell until we see the Bedard contract. Term, then go with the pick. Bridge deal, gotta trade.
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I think I’ve gotten to the point where I’d be disappointed if the Blackhawks traded the 4th pick
Bedard is still just 20 years old. Entire team is sooo young. I’m not convinced we have our top 4 Dmen set. You’ll either get Stenberg or your pick of Dmen. I think that’s the move
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@thewonkypenguin @JoeRyMitchell Only 10% of players have contracts above 20 mil AAV. 80% of contracts are below 10 mil. So this is a slam dunk for the players to agree to.
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@JoeRyMitchell It's about voluntarily capping their own earning potential, Joe. Why would anyone agree to that in any industry? (I really think we can have this discussion without name-calling, can't we?)
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There is no reason at all for the players to ever agree to a salary cap.
Get rid of the deferrals if you want to. But I hope the players hold out forever if the alternative is letting billionaires get away with even more bullshit in this country.
Phil Mackey 🎙@PhilMackey
The MLB owners nailed this proposal. 100%. A fairly wide cap gap (245m cap / 171m floor) + consolidation and revenue sharing of local + national TV. Top teams still have ability to spend ~70m more than the bottom feeders. But strategic roster building matters more across the league w/ cap structure. And MLB player salaries will continue to rise. This cap structure will also create a free agency frenzy window in the off-season like we have never seen before (like NFL, NBA, NHL have) — because teams and players will feel pressure to get deals done before cap $$ dries up! A fun week for fans to lean into. And for MLB to own. Bravo. Players, get on board.
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@champ_sasaki @FearATightShirt @SeahawksForever A floor means more teams will (and have to) go out and sign top free agents. Talent will be dispersed more.
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@FearATightShirt @SeahawksForever He's taking a position and defending it. Siding with the lying billionaires over the millionaires actually playing the sport.
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This is fascinating….
If you add up the payroll spend that would be LOST due to the proposed hard cap in MLB, it comes to just over $587 million.
Add up the money that would have to be SPENT by the lower-payroll teams to reach the proposed floor and it’s $570 million.
When we’re talking about this much money that’s essentially a wash. (That’s a difference of what Ronald Acuna Jr. makes in a year)
Seems like a pretty tough sell for the players union in their attempt to spin the idea that this proposal would take money out of the players pockets.
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@CCSteen57 @ChicagoEggspay @BarstoolChief Fair criticism. But there was uncertainty with NBCSN and the team was bad when they tried negotiating with Comcast.
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@BernackAttack9 @ChicagoEggspay @BarstoolChief Danny is no different than his Grandfather. Really awful how hes ruined the blackhawks fan base by holding the tv rights hostage
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@MarkLazerus Side tangent- this series is exactly why it's crazy to see folks upset about the rebuild. Hawks even with signing magical FAs the past few seasons would be nowhere near the Avs or Vegas.
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Someone in my mentions earlier said this series reminds them of Blackhawks-Predators in 2017, where one truly terrible week of hockey undid a 50-win season like it was nothing. This is not the same (that Hawks team was smoke and mirrors, this Avs team wasn't), but I get it.
Jesse Montano@jessemontano_
I really don’t know what to say at this point. We’ve watched this Avs team for 9 months, and I didn’t once see them play the way they’ve played for the last week. Completely disconnected and out of sorts all over the ice
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@ChicagoEggspay @BarstoolChief To say Wirtz isn't a better owner than the Bulls/Sox is a really hot take.
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@BarstoolChief The people that voted for Wirtz need their heads checked. He's done nothing to prove hes even better than Michael Reinsdorf yet.
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@FPesche29037 @patrickfinley Not really the case though. If that land was developed with a data center or warehouse, that would net a lot of tax revenue. So both sides are trying to figure out how to make the final revenue work.
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@patrickfinley These idiots need to get it through their thick skills that they’re not going to pay $53.2M per year. Is it a tax break if the money never existed or will exist?
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Pappas’ office estimated #Bears would pay a $53.2M property tax bill in Arlington Heights ...
Freezing the current bill of less than $4M plus a hypothetical $10M PILOT, Pappas’ office estimated team would get “an annual tax break of more than $39M."
chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/…
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@rickmorty33333 @josefienddd I'll take the Dunes over OBX any day.
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@josefienddd People in Chicago are delusional man it’s like their sports teams. This shit looks retarded? Put some sand out there, that looks like the fuckin public pool in the always sunny episode. Every single beach on the east/west coast looks better than this 😂 go to OBX, that’s a beach
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You guys dont understand what it was like to be 16 smoking a joint and drinking with your crush & ur friends at the ledge and pushing him in the water and then jumping in after him but the water is super cold so ur like panting and u get out and feel like u just did a cold plunge and then u bake on the concrete until ur too hot and then u jump in again and theres no sand on u just sunshine and lake water. It feels good. Also the beach is like, just down a little further in either direction. If ur into sand like that.
John Wicker Park@phonybone
Chicago bitches be like beach day
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@teachthemx3 @DogPlayingPiano To use another sports analogy- I think one simple improvement would be for schools to group hard working kids just like we do travel sports after the first quarter or semester. Yes you'll end up with one class full of behavioral issues, but that isn't the fault of the others.
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Exactly! We need to apply more concepts from sports to education. I worked with a defensive coordinator once. He would talk to his players about little things like fixing your stance or feet that would make a huge difference. The same is true for math. Fix the gaps, memorize your math facts, and high school will be easier.
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Met with my doctoral advisor to discuss my dissertation topic. He asked, “What problem in education do you want to solve?”
I said: “Students should be able to move through curriculum at their own pace (with a required minimum).”
He replied, “That’s not possible. It’s too expensive to individualize education. Why not focus on improving test scores or student engagement?”
I said, “If you individualize instruction, those issues improve naturally.”
(20 minutes later)
He said, “I’m not sure I agree, but it’s clear you care deeply about this. I’ll approve it.”
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@PE_Dahl @scottpulcinitr1 I like Olympia south course more than north
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@FiveStarCrunk @scuderiaidan If he finished the race with appendicitis, he is the toughest man alive.
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@scuderiaidan People go to the hospital all the time. Could be as simple as appendicitis.
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@blkamerican40 @YourAnonNews Bullshit. You either never worked at a bank or never opened one that followed procedure. Every bank I worked at would make people leave if they were sitting there while we went through opening processes- it is a safety risk. Show up 5 minutes early? Fine! An HOUR early? No..
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@MarkLazerus I just explained this to my 9 year old and thought of you haha.
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Hi.
There are two conference finals.
There is one Western Conference final and one Eastern Conference final (lowercase "f", not a proper noun).
Then there is the Stanley Cup Final (capital "f", proper noun).
GIF
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@Daytona500Tom @Jordan_Bianchi @jeff_gluck Sounds like the problem with Chicagoland. Moved from July to September and everything was a disaster.
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@Jordan_Bianchi @jeff_gluck I think Jordo's rant did the trick. (I've been hitting it in Aug since 80s) U guys should know they have more stakeholders than just the fans (and a green Track Pres.)+the race makes good copy on TV. Bad news; Sept can be just as bad as May. In bound now,see u there!
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NEWS: Watkins Glen's NASCAR Cup Series race will move into the 2027 Chase. The race will be held in September, with the exact date TBD.
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@eolietrader @RealAllinCrypto I can't afford Pumpkin Key and I don't think it's even for sale any more, so buying an island is pretty much out. Good thinking, though.
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🚨DAVID SCHWARTZ HAS SOLD MOST OF HIS $XRP HOLDINGS 🤯
The Ripple CTO and creator of the XRPL said he reduced exposure to $XRP, $BTC & $ETH as he prefers lower-risk assets and Ripple equity.
Is this bearish for $XRP?
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@nilwxreports Odds my kids game on Monday at 6pm in Plainfield gets canceled?
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An extremely volatile environment will be in place Monday afternoon into Monday night across Illinois including northern Illinois for all hazards include strong, long tracked tornadoes. #ilwx
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