He meant 1/4 milliard.
Wow, this writer really hates cowheard! https://packerstalk.com/2022/0...amp-madness-commence
Thanks PP but you spelled it rong. It's Cowturd.
Good read. Couple of take aways from the article:
"Bad faith actors espousing scorching hot takes to draw in as many eyeballs as possible. The space that was once dominated by gentlemen like Frank Deford, Paul Zimmerman, Dick Enberg, and Rick Reilly, has now been replaced by carnival barkers and braying asses who just want to stand out from the rest of the ooze in the fetted pond of national sports commentators long enough to grab a few bags of money from corporate entities who sold their souls years ago."
This is soooo true. It's about clicks to generate revenue. I'd put Skippy in this category as well. I sometimes wonder if they really believe their "hot takes", or if it's just a script they've created that they insist on following.
"And, these entities have found that the most effective way to retain audiences to these decaying structures (ie - old media like ESPN, terrestrial radio) is by pissing off as much of their audience as they possibly can."
This reminded me of a scene from the Howard Stern movie Private Parts.
Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.
Pig Vomit: How can that be?
Researcher: Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."
Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?
Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.
Pig Vomit: But... if they hate him, why do they listen?
Researcher: Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."
What I consider to be 'traditional' media has been in a persistent vegetative state for quite a few years, and despite life support, death is inevitable.
When the generation born in the 1960's dies off, children raised in the digital age will replace the Baylesses and Cowherds of the world, and I shudder at the thought of what sports media will be from that point forward.
I imagine it being much closer to Jerry Springer than SportsCenter.
I like to think that there will still be a niche of fans who will stick with reputable journalists.
Yahoo Sports Charles Robinson reports DeShaun Watson will be suspended 6 games. NFLPA has decided not to appeal.
Shit, it’s longer than O.J’s suspension.
Oh Cleveland, you hapless, hopeless dopes.
NFL has 3 days to decide if they want to appeal.
I just hope the Browns are 0-6 when he returns. Jets and Falcons might mess up those plans.
The 'crawl' on Fox Sports today read that Watson's camp had been negotiating with the League's camp to determine how many games he would be suspended.
Reportedly, the League wanted 12 games; Watson wanted 6 games max.
That stinks to holy hell and back. I suppose it's possible that it has always existed but never publicized (revealed?), I've never heard of player punishments being negotiated.
Not to mention 6 games seems a little on the light side...
Breaking news: Watson is a POS.
"We know Deshaun is remorseful." Really?
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) August 1, 2022
He publicly denied - in the Browns press conference - that he disrespected anyone and said he didn't do anything wrong.
And Judge Robinson noted he was not remorseful. https://t.co/PKZsJVupBR
NFL stripped the Dolphins of their 2023 first-round draft pick and 2024 third-round pick for violating the integrity of the game.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross also suspended through Oct. 17 and fined $1.5 million.
NFL ruled that the Dolphins had "impermissible communications with quarterback Tom Brady in 2019-20, while he was under contract to the New England Patriots. Those communications began as early as August 2019 and continued throughout the 2019 season and postseason."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
NFL: "In January 2022, the Dolphins had impermissible communications with Don Yee, the agent for Saints head coach Sean Payton, about having Mr. Payton serve as Miami's head coach. Miami did not seek consent from New Orleans to have these discussions..."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
The NFL said discussions with Sean Payton "occurred before Coach Payton announced his decision to retire as head coach of the Saints. Following that announcement, Miami requested permission to speak with Coach Payton for the first time, which New Orleans declined to grant."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
@packerboi posted:Breaking news: Watson is a POS.
"We know Deshaun is remorseful." Really?
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) August 1, 2022
He publicly denied - in the Browns press conference - that he disrespected anyone and said he didn't do anything wrong.
And Judge Robinson noted he was not remorseful. https://t.co/PKZsJVupBR
Watson is as remorseful as Haslam was when he was caught in the trucking scandal! Both of them scumbags.
@packerboi posted:NFL stripped the Dolphins of their 2023 first-round draft pick and 2024 third-round pick for violating the integrity of the game.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
Dolphins’ owner Stephen Ross also suspended through Oct. 17 and fined $1.5 million.NFL ruled that the Dolphins had "impermissible communications with quarterback Tom Brady in 2019-20, while he was under contract to the New England Patriots. Those communications began as early as August 2019 and continued throughout the 2019 season and postseason."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022NFL: "In January 2022, the Dolphins had impermissible communications with Don Yee, the agent for Saints head coach Sean Payton, about having Mr. Payton serve as Miami's head coach. Miami did not seek consent from New Orleans to have these discussions..."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022The NFL said discussions with Sean Payton "occurred before Coach Payton announced his decision to retire as head coach of the Saints. Following that announcement, Miami requested permission to speak with Coach Payton for the first time, which New Orleans declined to grant."
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 2, 2022
Dolphins trying to become the new Patriots?
'Impermissible communications' is code for Tom Terrific colluding with Ross and the 'phins to get out of Tampa Bay and down to South Beach.
Stephen Ross and the Dolphins likely deserve the suspension and sanctions, but it chaps my ass that Brady is probably going to skate.
@PackerHawk posted:Dolphins trying to become the new Patriots?
What would’ve happened to Brady’s balls had he ended up a Dolphin given the humidity in Miami?
I'm wondering how TB and Sean Payton escape this without any discipline. I mean, tampering is a two-way street, right?
Broncos WR Tim Patrick out for season with ACL.
Cowboys WR James Washington out for up to 10 weeks with fractured foot.
The Bears still suck.
Raven rookie David Ojabo was last 2022 NFL Draft pick to sign a contract.
@PackLandVA posted:I'm wondering how TB and Sean Payton escape this without any discipline. I mean, tampering is a two-way street, right?
Nah, one-way street.
@PackLandVA posted:I'm wondering how TB and Sean Payton escape this without any discipline. I mean, tampering is a two-way street, right?
I don't think it works like that. Same with the NBA and their tampering rules. The teams get fined and/or lose draft picks.
@antooo posted:it chaps my ass that Brady is probably going to skate.
Nah, don't chap over that chump
Brady is the most prolific cheater of all time and everything he ever accomplished was through cheat & deceit. His Rings are all tainted, his Titles are stained and he can never out - run the fact that he and his team cheated in every game they ever played. Its an indisputable fact
So he's not skating from anything. He'll wear that yoke forever.
Of course there will always be legions of fans and media willing to lick his cheatin balls, but they don't matter.
The masses are asses...and Brady is a lifelong cheater.
I heard this board loves walls of text.
https://nflcommunications.com/...-Clean%20Version.pdf
1. DEFINITION. The term tampering, as used within the National Football League, refers to any interference by a member club with the employer-employee relationship of another club or any attempt by a club to impermissibly induce a person to seek employment with that club or with the NFL.
2. PURPOSE. The purpose of the NFL Anti-Tampering Policy, as it applies to tampering with players, is to protect member clubs’ contract and negotiating rights, and, at the same time, to allow the intra-League competitive systems devised for the acquisition and retention of player talent (e.g., college draft, waiver system, free-agent rules under an operative collective bargaining agreement) to operate efficiently. As the Policy applies to tampering with non-players, its purpose is to strike a balance between protecting the rights and maintaining the organizational stability of employer clubs, and providing realistic advancement opportunities for employees if other clubs desire their services.
So it seems like Tom Brady can call the 31 other GMs in the league and be like "Hey, I'm Tom Brady... and I'm sick of this Tampa Bay shit. We've won just one Superb Owl in 2 years, which is pathetic by my standards, I mean I wasn't even in the second one. And it's really hard to do TB12 Yoga when Coach Arians waddles by and you're worried he's gonna fall over and flatten you into a pancake. What can you offer TB12, the greatest and most handsome athlete of all-time?"
And he's good. But the only acceptable answer for the 31 GMs is to say something to the effect of "Sorry per the NFL Tampering Policy we can't discuss anything like that with you" and hang up.
What if Tom/Sean call each other...
"Hey Tom, we should team up... ya know, like the Avengers, and go to I don't know, let's say Miami"
"Wait Sean, didn't you only win one Super Bowl, and I mean there were like 10+ that I didn't win and you didn't even win all of those why would I play for you?"
"Well I did put bounties on all the non-TB12 QBs in the league. And I can do that again!"
"Well Sean I do like the sound of that, and I'm perfectly okay with Miami paying a penalty of a few draft picks that they would probably waste on QBs as if I can't play indefinitely by harvesting the blood and stem cells of the young, so I'm in!"
Hey, that looks like a 2-way tampering street! But, I don't think that it actually is. Because they're not doing it for their own 'club'. Unless there's some link proving that Miami is orchestrating the whole deal in which case Miami is probably guilty of one to two counts of tampering.
What about Derek Carr and Davante Adams? By the letter of the law, Derek's "broooo wouldn't it be so cool if we played together here and we lived next door and we tore down the picket fence between our yards and live kinda like in that Big Love show?" schtick probably constitutes tampering.
But, if you want to try to make that case you probably don't give in and trade Davante. You let him hold out and then make the accusation that he's refusing to play for you because he essentially has an offer from Vegas via Carr's tampering.
I'm guessing GB was happy enough to move on from an aging receiver for a pretty good draft-pick haul anyway, so why not leave well enough alone?
As a practical matter, players are pretty brainless, and they're not going to prosecute "bro we should totally play together" scenarios. The NFLPA would probably go apeshit. Coach/GM/Owner are going to be held to a higher standard here.
Also as a practical matter, I think if a player initiates the inappropriate contact with another team, say the owner or GM or coach or whoever. Assuming that contact wants to go shady, and doesn't blab anything to the rest of the team, you can tamper all day and get away with it.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling just dropped two deep balls in a 10-play offensive period. Drops have been a thing for him at camp even before today
— Adam Teicher (@adamteicher) August 4, 2022
MVS just being MVS.
MVS already regretting not signing back with GB. Our camp fluff pieces would have praised those 2 deep-ball almost-catches.
@PackerPatrick posted:Wow, this writer really hates cowheard! https://packerstalk.com/2022/0...amp-madness-commence
That’s an excellent piece. I concur 100% Cowherd is always underestimating and dissing the Pack, and he always ends up being wrong. I can’t stand most of the sports talk radio guys. They say a lot of stupid and outrageous things. Just change the channel instead of feeding their ratings and egos!
Honestly, the only talk radio show I really enjoy is Rich Eisen’s show. He at least talks like a respectful adult, and not a pimple-assed punk.
Many of the panel shows on NFL network are good, too. But most of those radio shows are just unlistenable imho.
Having worked in tv news for many years, I am just sick by some of the crap being spewed over the air and online.
Bill Huber of SI reporting a shocking cut in Green Bay.
“One more injury update and upcoming transaction: After a bad punt period on Tuesday, there’s a new JUGS machine on the way.
“We’ve got one on order,” LaFleur said.”
:-)
It looks like the "Buyer Beware" label on Trevor Penning may have been correct...
@RoyalWulff posted:That’s an excellent piece. I concur 100% Cowherd is always underestimating and dissing the Pack, and he always ends up being wrong. I can’t stand most of the sports talk radio guys. They say a lot of stupid and outrageous things. Just change the channel instead of feeding their ratings and egos!
Honestly, the only talk radio show I really enjoy is Rich Eisen’s show. He at least talks like a respectful adult, and not a pimple-assed punk.
Many of the panel shows on NFL network are good, too. But most of those radio shows are just unlistenable imho.
Having worked in tv news for many years, I am just sick by some of the crap being spewed over the air and online.
RW, it often seems like he is trying to play the bad guy in WWE. I feel sorry for credible journalists (maybe like yourself) who have to compete against these clowns.
Yikes
@ryanmink: OLB Vince Biegel tore his Achilles today in practice [with the Ravens] and is out for the year. He was having a good camp. His third season-ender in three years. Brutal.
How can Roquan Smith be put on the PUP list if there is nothing rong with him except a contract dispute?
