It doesn't matter if Hard Knocks does or doesn't distract players; teams sure as hell think it does, which is why it was such a hassle to get decent teams to be on the show.

They might be more territorial (I mean, hahahahaha, except when it comes to possibly giving the public input or insight into the Hall on Fame vote), but there's no chance that NFL writers are bitchier and more self-important than baseball writers.

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Sure, we can all relate. Unless this had been a 34-year old guy, in which case we'd want him burned at the stake as a predator and deviant for putting all those children at risk.

There's no such thing as a "former" Marine, fuckstick.

Really? I hadn't heard.

You do realize that a price ceiling (rent control) and a price floor (minimum wage) are both forms of price fixing, even though individual prices float, yes? And that the NFL has both a price ceiling and a price floor?

Thanks for reminding me that I need to watch this week's episode of Silicon Valley, Drew.

Andy/Reuben: While I get (and, I suppose, tentatively agree with) the argument in favor of market clearing on athlete labor pricing, it's always based on the assumption that market clearing with maximize market participants' welfare. Has there been any research to support this assumption for amateur or pro athletes? I…

What do you mean by "technically"? The NFL actually fixes labor prices. That's the point of collective bargaining.

Looser-fitting, longer length shorts came into fashion alongside oversized shirts, hoodies, and jerseys with the integration of gangster rap into the mainstream; the original purpose was to conceal weapons and/or drugs on the street, and it evolved from there. Eventually, even the European fashion houses couldn't…

Great point brethen. The "PC Police" always talk about nostalgia and how things were better in the past like the '60s and stuff (I mean Mad Men, come on), but mad props for reminding us about the importance of nostalgia for 0 A.D. bro. The Bible was basically written by Jesus, and Jesus was so good at never being…

You know that these words have actual legal meaning? And that they don't mean what you think they do?

A very emphatic child

How are these phone recordings legal?

The Patriots Way is to reinvent the wheel for how to identify major college programs. ALUN, LAST, MSUN, ARUN, OKUN, TXMU? I mean, what the fuck?

Stop bullying zero. #WeAreAllZero

"People" is a term by which we aggregate a group of individuals, who almost uniformly each believe his life and experience is unique and special. So while each individual sees a bunch of other people wrongfully (or wantonly or whatever) playing the victim card, about topics and experiences for which he personally is…

/stands alone bashfully in the corner

Not ALL numbers between -1 and 1.