I’m not sure you understand football if you think rugby is the more complicated sport...

Wait a second...the World Cup is what unites America more than any other sport? The highest rated soccer match in history was apparently the US-Portugal, with an average viewership of 24.7 million (quick google figures, so I’m sure they’ll be some errors here). The 2016 olympics averaged 27.5 million viewers, and that…

What’s the aspect of it that makes your question its inherent fairness?

Umm, the fact they are willing to offer up $30 million if it happens doesn’t sound like they think it’s a plausible outcome. POSSIBLE, sure, but that’s because pretty much anything that isn’t barred by the laws of physics is possible.

Any tips for buying wine for cooking for those of us that don’t drink? I’d love to use wine in cooking, but I never have any around the house, and I never know what to buy at the store that would be of use in the kitchen.

Yup. I was at games 1 and 2, and it’s even worse than you describe when you realize that 5 of those six runs came in one INNING. So if you take out that one inning, in three games the Nats have scored 2 runs. Heck, take away that inning and they’ve got 7 HITS in 3 games. Typical Nats playoff performance. It’s pathetic.

How does saying that a specific decision made for financial reasons somehow means that I’m advocating for white people espousing white views? That’s a total non sequitur. My mind is currently boggled at that leap in logic. The claim that this is somehow an attack on “diversity” is absurd. It’s not an attack on…

She picked it up for you? Marry that woma...err...I mean, good work :)

Nobody is disagreeing with that. Who is making the argument that white people espousing white views is inherently more profitable? I didn’t make any such argument, and I haven’t seen anyone else make one either.

Really?! Dangit! I was just at target yesterday and they said they wouldn’t be getting anymore until probably November. Where are you located?

Oh really?! Thanks for ignoring the substance of any discussion on the issue. I’m glad it’s so obvious and easy!

Is there a hack available that allows me to find an snes classic on sale at a retailer near me?

I do appreciate the irony of deadspin criticizing another entity for only seeing things in polarities that brokers no nuanced middle ground.

Or, just maybe, it’s more complicated than that. A corporation has a hierarchy of interests. Supporting diversity is one of those interests, and has many root causes and many different supporters/detractors in ESPN’s offices who have a myriad of views on it. The fact that ESPN suspended Hill is not a sign that they’re…

And in this instance how should they have reacted to a call for an action that explicitly and purposefully undermined their ability to make money? Hill is proposing actions that, if followed through to any sort of logical next step, impact ESPN’s bottom line. This isn’t even complicated- Hill had to know her employer…

You don’t actually think that’s what this about it or what I said, do you? I mean, c’mon man, that is just a silly question.

I find your confusion about my confusion confusing.

Eh, I’m sure she could have debated on air the implications of Jones’ comments. There’s a difference between that and calling for actions that will directly impact ESPN’s bottom line, which is what she was actually suspended for.

“Is there any evidence that years and years and years and years of soapboxing about the NFL and ESPN’s many failings has put a dent in the viewing habits of any of Deadspin’s staff writers or editors?”