I get that deadspin and the comments sections here are rabidly anti-NFL, but this “controversy” is utterly bizarre to me. He’s falling down literally the entire time, and the balls comes out when he fully lands. I hate both teams, but I cannot imagine a rule that would say a player has completed a pass midway through…

Gotcha. Definitely sounds like they got a little carried away. I’ve watched the replay a ton of times now to try and figure out what was controversial about it, and I just don’t see it. When I first saw the play I immediately said “oh, the ball came loose, that’s not a catch.” I can’t think of a reasonable rule that…

I’m not sure what “football move” has to do with it. He’s falling down the entire time. If you’re going to the ground literally as soon as you catch the ball then you have to keep possession when you hit the ground. This play really isn’t even close. I’m shocked to see so many people up in arms about it. The only…

I’m honestly shocked people are arguing about this. The guy is falling down the entire time, and when he hits the ground the ball comes loose. It’s not a close call. The only thing that is questionable (which is what I assume took so long on review) is determining whether or not his right hand stays under the ball…

Romo said after the review that they made the right call. I didn’t watch the game, so I’m not sure what you’re referring to- maybe Nantz and Romo thought it was a review after the watched it happen live? But they both realized that he didn’t secure the ball to the ground after they saw the replays.

I feel like Burneko loses a hundred dollars for every period he uses.

Wait, based off this article, shouldn’t you be saying how great a shot that was? Why are you bringing up the goalie?

Absolutely- the goalie definitely has to make a play on it. But it should be relatively routine. It’s not like anybody looks back and says “Mookie Wilson hit a tremendous ball to right field to win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series! What a hitter he was!!!”

My first thought upon seeing the headline was that Deadspin was already covering the league that the Ball brothers are going to be playing in.

According to the linked reports, he’s just being charged with felony forgery for passing the $100 bill. Seems to me that the fake name is just evidence that he had a criminal intent- he can’t claim he didn’t know the bill was fake if he’s using a fake name and address when he pays with it.

I’m pretty amazed that the story focuses on Subban at all. He’s just sending it into the zone and the goalie puts in for him. If the goalie decided to take a nap at this moment instead of trying to make a save then the puck goes wide and this is a meaningless moment. It would be like writing about how great a pass…

I hope the test for sexual harassment isn’t that the person made the woman “think of sex now”. I’d imagine that when most women interact with him, sex is the last thing on their mind.

This deserves so many more stars.

The only thing I’d add is that they’ll also settle to avoid a costly legal battle. Determine what the risk of losing is and the cost of litigating and settle based on that calculation.

It’s not considered a termination at all. He was negotiating for the position but it was never finalized. Until the MOU was signed by an official with the authority to bind the university then the deal was not enforceable. Just because he was CLOSE to becoming an employee doesn’t meant that he actually was one.

The existence of the contract itself negates a claim that he can rely solely on things like the AD telling him the deal was good to go. And the fact that the document has numerous blank signature lines demonstrates, fairly clearly to me, that he doesn’t have a leg to stand on- the MOU clearly contemplates that those…

Can you imagine being on the UCLA basketball squad and being a big man on UCLA’s campus and then getting dragged to the middle of Lithuania to play a sport you’re never going to be good enough to make legit money playing?

Exactly. Have him take a bunch of sports marketing classes so that he can be his brothers’ agent when he graduates. He was never going to play in the pros, but this maniacal need to keep everything in the family with the Balls could’ve allowed him to make tons of cash just by riding his brothers’ NBA coattails on the…

“Well, that’s great. I’ve been dating too. Nice girl. An author. She wrote the book on male sexual dysfunction. You’ve probably read it.”

Ahh, gotcha. I don’t pay enough attention to college football to have seen that reaction. Typically, I see the exact opposite, which is why I posted my comment above. I’ve noticed that frequently the public just piles on and attacks athletes for not being perfectly poised at all times, and in the past I was part of…