I think you could find a balance. Teams in the weaker conference would still have an advantage, to be sure, but it wouldn’t be so pronounced. An analysis I read concluded that being in the Eastern vs. Western Conference was worth about 2-3 wins, so not as great an advantage as some tend to believe, though certainly…

I was actually there on a belated honeymoon with my wife, so wasn’t in the market. But there was no shortage of gorgeous women, particularly in Reykjavic.

Oh, I’ve seen. I was in both Iceland and Canada last year. At least for the Iceland trip I had the forethought to get a nice bottle of high-proof bourbon at the duty free shop on the way there.

Yes, right after posing for American Gothic.

I think in most years, for most teams the prospect of landing a top 3 pick would far outweigh the benefit of 2, maybe 3 additional games of revenue while getting steamrolled in the 1st round. You’d see teams in line for the 7 and 8 seeds tanking like hell at the end of the season to get out of the playoffs. Maybe…

Not terrible, but it has its own major drawbacks. Namely, teams that would otherwise be a 6, 7, or 8 seed in line to get smoked by a much better team in the first round of would often tank like hell to get to be the first or second team out of the playoffs. You’re really just changing the tanking inflection point. Not…

The solution to that Phoenix team not getting rewarded is to do away with conferences for the playoffs. I understand that for travel purposes over the course of 82 games it makes sense to have conferences and divisions where you play the teams near you more often than others. But I see no good reason to have 3 shitty…

You’re in CA? Is that deal available at the GO by chance? I lived in Northern CA for a while and very much enjoyed their super cheap off-brand beer selection.

“Never submit! Unless of course it is a police officer telling you, in which case if you do anything even slightly different from what is demanded of you, regardless of whether you have committed any crime, you deserve to be shot and killed.”

Holy shit! I’m ecstatic if I find cheap beer for 5 bucks a twelve pack. 5 for a case is insane. This is either the best deal or the worst beer I have ever seen.

She’s only goes for big strong American MEN who can lift her into the standing 69.

The false equivalence is between criticizing the president and criticizing the flag/military.

Do you really believe that criticizing the president for being a poor leader (what Simmons did) equates to criticizing the flag and the military? If so, you have a dangerous authoritarian concept of patriotism.

It’s not so much the steering towards the college that I have a problem with, but that the college then steers the player back to the shady adviser/agent who set up the deal. There are obviously much bigger problems in society, and this situation may be better than the kid getting no money at all (though not…

I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily victimless. These kids are getting steered toward agents and financial advisors that are shady as hell, e..g, the one involved in this case who was fired for misappropriating $40K from a client. It’d be better if the kids could just sign with reputable agents to help them negotiate…

As mentioned by others above, it’s bribery. As far as I understand, the feds are on the case because it involves federally-funded research institutions.

What have you got against a little pinner? You just gotta roll well enough not to use too much paper. Before the handy vape pens came along, they were just the thing to take to the bar/concert and step into the alley for a quick puff without having to cart around a whole bag and pipe.

Irony is when a situation presents an outcome that is the opposite of what you would expect. I would say, this is more “fitting” than “ironic.”

Anybody who spent much time in Boulder or Summit County in the last 40 years knows that Colorado’s been quite the weed haven for a long time, far predating legalization. I haven’t been there since legalization and I have no doubt it’s gotten totally out of hand now, but Colorado becoming the first state to legalize…