Absolutely. Goodell has good relationships that keep him in power, but those aren’t certain. When he’s finally replaced, the owners will likely find someone competent, since competence will cut down on legal bills and improve PR. Even though they’re making lots of money, owners want even more, and a failure of a…

That’s the thing, though. If the owners decide that keeping Goodell isn’t worth keeping around (especially given that he’s paid twice as much as any player) he’ll be summarily dumped. It’s not a difficult position to fill. Owners get paid the same regardless of who sits at the Commissioner’s desk.

It’s bad news for those with debts or are employed, particularly younger people. They’re heavily dependent on healthy labor and credit market s to get by. At higher rates, they’ll really be hurting.

You don’t have to steal from players to punish them. You can bench them, or even cut them from the team. Would you give your employer the right to withhold your paychecks based on your boss’s completely subjective view of your behavior?

It’s not really compensation; hard to play for the team if you’re not attending the school.

I hear you. It’s ultimately a question of risk aversion and how you want to actually live. Restaurants are risky, but if you really want to and are backstopped by safe retirement accounts, why not? I think that’s the key to your plan: take a chance on something you care about, but don’t put your retirement at risk to…

That’s a solid list. I would be verrrrrry cautious about that last item, though. Investments like that are subject to tons of risk and have a much lower floor than the stock market (as in, the total loss from the crash was only about 50% if you bought at the absolute peak in 2007, and prices had recovered in 5 years).…

The goal after I hit 30 was to automate savings so that I would be on pace for retirement savings. After that, the only milestone is to save up for a down payment on a house (which will take a few years, although I don’t know what the exact amount will be).

True, with the caveat that you have to have your good form down first to cheat the right way.

I was kind of hoping for a calculator that had risk-weighting. After all, that’s the big question: pay off a loan for a guaranteed return of X%, or invest for a variable return of X+Y. Financial markets and firms calculate that out, including when they make the loans, but the info is out there. Getting the tax…

Is this better or worse than that thing where they literally freeze the fat off?

I love playing the rewards game and kick myself for not getting into it sooner, but the author has a point. If you notice that the use of cash controls your spending habits better than cards, then it’s reasonable to go cash if the extra spending outweighs the rewards. In a vacuum the card is always the better choice,…

Wow. That’s even better than the more modern analogue of automated phone systems where you enter your account number and then are immediately asked to repeat it once you talk to a human, since the system provided them none of the information you entered in over 5 minutes of menus and prompts.

I’ll nominate ConEd in the “Worst Bill Pay System” contest. Multiple screens to go through, you have to enter the amount yourself, and it’s ugly as sin. That entire web site is begging for a merciful death.

Good point, but I welcome their pushback. After all, it’s people who always want the best new stuff that make for a strong used market once they move on to the next thing.

The best tip for getting good furniture on a budget: do some research to find some quality brands that you think look good, and then use those as keywords to search Craigslist. It takes a while, since you’re being picky, but you end up with quality pieces. I still love my Room and Board couch, which I couldn’t have…

$100M and full public ownership of the arena beats $424M and no ownership.

Doing rough math, it comes out to about $270 per resident of the Milwaukee metro area (all ages, whether they care about basketball or not) as a gift to an immensely profitable enterprise owned by insanely wealthy individuals.

Join Bois has the counterpoint:

Any idea where one can find scotch bonnet peppers in NYC? I’ve had no luck.