Are the anthem protest still a thing? It seems like everyone lost interest in the whole thing a while ago.

There are people who grew up idolizing Juan Pierre and dreaming of playing for the Marlins. That makes me feel like I have a concussion.

The Hall of Fame is dumb and bad.

The really bizarre thing is that it’s still such a mystery. Whatever the reason is, it’s been shrouded by a series of confusing and contradictory public statements.

Without CHIP, it’s easier for the GOP to argue that Democrats are letting the government shut down over illegal immigrants. Since that’s literally what they will be doing.

It’s insane that they’re going to war over illegal immigrants. We’re shutting down the government because some people who came here illegally as kids aren’t being allowed to stay forever. That’s a stupid hill to die on.

You do not enhance his trade value by tagging him. If they could not get a top 10 pick in last year’s draft for him, when he was entering the last year of his rookie deal, they are not getting one when he’s playing under a franchise tag.

It is a crime. Think about how far gone we are as a country that’s it’s not only considered cruel to enforce our immigration laws, but to make it less safe and comfortable for people to come here illegally.

Since when is it the border patrol’s job to try to prevent people from coming here illegally?

What kind of monster would lend money to poor people with terrible credit to buy cars?

Do people not agree that he shouldn’t have been allowed into the country in the first place, or should have been deported decades ago? Lackadaisical enforcement of immigration law in the past doesn’t obligate us to let people stay here forever.

What is even the argument here? That we shouldn’t have immigration laws? Shouldn’t enforce them? It just seems like an incredibly poorly thought out cause to support.

What power and influence does a fucking sportsblogger have? You write about him because he’s had all the success you feel entitled to.

I thought AHL players were also not going?

They actually photoshopped several of those buildings in there out of pity.

It’s a weird response because they were comparing Winnipeg to other NHL cities, not just places they’d been.

White people without college degrees voted for Trump by something like a 2 to 1 margin. It would be weirder if they weren’t Trump supporters.

It’s tough to judge. Generally if you can get the other guy to lose it and just start outright insulting you, and vaguely threatening physical violence, you would be winning. But on the other hand, Mourinho’s match-fixing comment wasn’t executed in a particularly subtle way.

Another issue with the “marketing” aspect of this is that a number of people will insist that “temporary” doesn’t mean “permanent”.

Well, I hope he can still figure out a way to get overhyped, sold to a mid-table European team, fail to crack the starting lineup, get lent out to a bunch of crappy European teams, give up and retire to the MLS.