He could have sold anytime in recent memory and made that exact same boatload. He didn't, because he wanted to own the team. Now he can't.

Thanks! I'm not sure if it was the swearing or virtuosic harmonica solos, but I found this whole experience oddly life affirming.

Why you wanna give me a run-around? Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up when all it does is slow me down?

B.) The emotion is embarrassment, regardless of the situation

This deserves nothing but a big fat +1. This thread, man... What the fucking fuck has happened to the comments here? This has absolutely ruined Deadspin for me.

Burger King bathroom, obviously. Digital Underground can't be wrong.

I have never encountered an instance in my life where someone used a pun to not be funny.

Not every joke hits, it's clear that this one didn't. That didn't stop you from originally putting me in my place, despite your claim that you knew it was a pun.

The next best thing to a hugely successful joke is a joke that draws a ton of humorless responses. I think they are worth a half star.

Although, being a glass is half-full kind of guy (not really), I will get several hours of entertainment watching the wannabe-profound come here to shred the point you weren't trying to make.

Clearly the phrase "feeling the heat" was used for a reason. Maybe those stars on the "don't get it" posts are people agreeing/sympathizing with me. Reading comprehension is not difficult. This is the problem with the current version of the Deadspin commenting section. Everything is taken literally, nobody tries to…

YouTriedIt...more like YouDontGetIt amirite?

Last paragraph, bro.

I guess I missed the part where the athletes are forced to play university sports?

Great post - are you a meter maid, IRS agent, Tsa Agent or Hall Monitor?

How is that a "real issue"? I certainly don't give a fuck about that.

Meanwhile, I'm producing Creative Commons content all the time and encouraging people to share it, and I can't get more than 5,000 people on this entire god-damned planet to listen to it...

Four people ran around in the street for 3 hours without paying $500 dollars. I'm outraged.

I understand this is not a good idea but what is vitriol about again? Am I missing something about the story? Should I be angrier?