Disagree. Not going to rewrite my response to Rob’s response to you, but even though I love Sturgill Simpson (I even cover his version of “Long White Line” and “Turtles All the Way Down”, from time to time) but his album as a whole- while wonderful and interesting - doesn’t hold up the same way Stapleton’s does.

Metamodern Sounds was too inconsistent for the mainstream, randomly mixing classic country on some tracks with rock on others with Sting Cheese Incident-esque experimental sounds on others. Other artists - like Robert Earl Keen or John Fullbright - are brilliant songwriters but don’t have the broad appeal of…

Right. And FieldTurf - which has for a while been the “safe alternative” to natural turf - is now facing many studies that show it in fact results in a higher risk of injury.

Look, I’m not here to say that PEDs aren’t used. I’m not even saying that they aren’t widely used. But the PEDs of today are not the same as in previous generations. For one thing, anabolic steroid use is not nearly as prevalent. The problem with classic PEDs was that your bone and muscle growth - as well as strength…

There are more variables than that, for example varying turf conditions.

Sure it’s unusual. It’s a typically ineligible player (who is a guard who wears 64 and is ineligible unless he checks in otherwise) checking in as eligible. It is by definition unusual: not usual. He needs to make sure the referee knows he’s checking in which is fairly easy to confirm since the referee then informs…

What on earth is this hot take?

The question isn’t whether the rule is a good rule (maybe it is, maybe it isn’t) but whether the NFL is wrong to enforce it. Whether it involves play on the field or not, it involves player conduct (murder, domestic assault, etc also have no impact on the field... yes I am aware those are not exactly apples-to-apples…

Resources isn’t the issue. For the longterm well-being of the league, it’s probably better to take scrutiny for enforcing their rules too consistently than risk taking scrutiny for enforcing their rules too inconsistently. The NFL has gotten in trouble for trying to be the “moral compass” before. Not to mention that…

I agree entirely but - since the NFL has gotten in trouble for inconsistency enforcing rules before - I believe they are trying to be more consistent. Especially in light of recent litigation, I think the NFL will be more “by the book” going forward.

...and people who want to pay their employer every time they don’t.

You may be taking the analogy a little bit too literally. The issue is the NFL should not be obligated to decide when to enforce their rules and when not to, whether the rules seem arbitrary or not. Their issue isn’t with the “slippery slope” of uniform violations but with the “slippery slope” of setting a precedent…

Hard to feel any sympathy for Cameron Heyward (and not just because he’s a Steeler). Not that I have any love for the NFL front office, but rules are rules. The league clearly states what its uniform policy is and they’re enforcing it. It’s like getting a ticket for going just a couple miles an hour over the speed…

Hard to feel any sympathy for Cameron Heyward (and not just because he’s a Steeler). Not that I have any love for the NFL front office, but rules are rules. The league clearly states what its uniform policy is and they’re enforcing it. It’s like getting a ticket for going just a couple miles an hour over the speed…

He got to see a couple pitches first?!?! Samurais these days, man... Don’t make ‘em the way they used to.

Yea... No.

It is “proper punishment of the idiots who cause gridlock [...] who say ‘I know the light is about to turn red, so I’m going to shove my ass as far into the intersection as I can.’”

On the one hand, if there were crosswalks at all these intersections then you’d be partially correct.

During rush hour in San Francisco, the city places parking officials at many of the busiest intersections (typically stop and go, bumper-to-bumper traffic). As people get stuck with their car too far forward at the leading edge of the intersections (past the white line indicating where to stop) or too far back at the…

If this is your plan, you would definitely perish in a Zombocalypse...