Cutler has legitimate durability questions almost as much as Romo, and there’s no guarantee he’s recovered from last season’s shoulder injury. Aside from that, of course he’d be the best QB on their roster if remotely healthy and they should sign him.

I am not blaming the victim, but I don’t understand why a pro athlete who’s banked millions of dollars would want to invest large sums of money in a business that he’s not running (at least nominally).

So you think casual observers of the Olympics are going to suddenly be watching the NHL if they catch a couple of games every four years in the Olympics? Doubtful. Olympic coverage is so dumbed down and focused on everything but the actual sports anyway.

The news disappoints players, who want to play, and fans, who want them to play.

Hearing that he seemed to be okay afterward, and that the Flyers are down to their emergency backup, makes me think he’s sick and probably shouldn’t have been playing anyway. Like you said, could simply be dehydration/low blood sugar which if there’s an obvious cause like a virus wouldn’t be too concerning I would…

I’m conflicted about a lot of this. No argument that it’s inhumane. And in my mind, there is also no argument against the fact that due to the plethora of things wrong with our justice system, there are innocent people being subjected to it.

I reject the notion that a 15-game suspension for domestic violence is ever a good outcome. If Familia hit his wife, it’s way, way, way too low. If he didn’t, I’m having a hard time understanding what he’s being punished for.

If you’re underwater for the first five years on a hypothetical 7-year, 0% interest loan, then you’ve bought a car that will be worth <29% of its purchase price after 5 years. Sounds like an awful deal to me even if you’re paying cash.

That’s the worst. Like, do these people not realize that it is infinitely more disrespectful to refuse to address someone the way they want than it is for a kid to call an adult by their first name?

Agents proclaim the full value publicly because it helps drive up the market. I’m sure that privately they are advising their clients that guaranteed money is what matters. I assume agents get paid based on what their guys actually earn, not the nominal value of the contract.

Why is it that every time you hear about a pro athlete’s diet, it’s either stories of insane junk food binges like this or extremely restrictive super-health-food? You never hear about guys who eat a basically balanced diet (albeit with way more calories than the average person, since they work out so hard).

I doubt Jeffery was taking issue with the fact that he had been in contact with Schefter. But asking him for information and asking him for advice are two very different things.

Theo Epstein is unquestionably a great - possibly the greatest - front office guy in baseball. He’s a surefire Hall of Famer. Greatest leader in the world? Let’s not oversell this. He is absolutely great at building winning baseball teams. I think that is way more scouting and analytics than leadership.

This particular aspect of contracts, as ridiculous as it is, doesn’t seem to me to be screwing players. In the Foles example, it’s essentially a 2-year, $11M contract structured differently to circumvent the salary cap. Foles was never going to actually get a 5-year deal. He was a free agent, so if another team had…

Two things I hate about laundry:

I’m sure the Cubs would love to sign Bryant to a similarly structured deal in a heartbeat. Bryant is choosing not to because he’s betting on himself to be worth a lot more in free agency and he’s willing to take less money now in exchange.

True, but I would think the risk of potentially overpaying for a mediocre player is outweighed by the potential reward if he blossoms into a very good player. Worst case, they wasted $20M or so in the next few years, the first two or three of which at least they should be rebuilding and not chasing expensive free…

This is actually one of the few things Sox management gets right (signing young talent to long-term deals that are team-friendly if the player is any good. $4M a year is nothin in the MLB nowadays even if Anderson ends up a disappointment.

Politics aside, how pompous do you have to be to write a letter to Congress endorsing Gorsuch (as opposed to just writing a letter saying you support him)? Like, does Elway think politicians are sitting there thinking “I don’t know how I feel about Gor—oh wait, John Elway just endorsed him? That’s good enough for me!”?

$13,700 for a CT scan is totally reasonable. Just don’t buy a smartphone every two years for the next 40 years.