This is great and all, but I think the better competition would be for teams to go up against seasoned agents. For example, every team represents Brees and goes up against a pair of sports agents representing the Saints (or vice versa). They then get graded (1-100) on how well they did.

This is the dumbest take I have ever read, and I can only assume it was sarcastic.

Two things—firstly, it could just be that a team doesn’t want to take the risk of him not choosing them rather than being terrified he would never go there. If a team is risk averse, they see this as a sure thing and a year to work out a contract. Secondly, and this one is important, we’re talking about the Browns.…

There’s the off-chance that a team who desperately needs a QB and wants Cousins is not convinced they can win the bidding when FA rolls around, so they decide to pay up (the $$ for the franchise tag and, say, a first round pick) to make sure he doesn’t hit FA. There’s no reason to not at least try to talk some…

I mean...to be fair, the defender is two feet behind the arc when Harden goes up too, just on the other side. And he would have landed two feet on Harden’s side if he hadn’t run into Harden.

Right? I live for this. Seeing the whole crowd jumping and then just stopping. Silence and then..... “oh, no....”

Good god, plug this shit directly into my veins.

I love me a good crowd, “YEAHHHHHHHHH—-awwwwwwwww”.

Thanks.

So is this that guy in the white and red’s goal—or is it considered an own goal? Isn’t there that distinction in soccer? I honestly don’t know, as I never watch it.

Note: Those percentages are the percentage points that Trump won the state by in 2016.

I would be a little wary of what a large symbolic victory for the Trump administration that would be, and what it would mean for Republicans in 2018. They would be able to say that they’re delivering on campaign promises (even though they are the most ridiculous campaign promises), and I don’t want that. I want…

Schumer is dealing with an entire caucus and a host of issues, not just the most liberal wing and one single issue—including Democratic Senators up for reelection in Florida (+1%), Indiana (+19), Michigan (+.5%), Missouri (+19), Montana (+20%), North Dakota (+36%), Ohio (+9%), Pennsylvania (+1%), West Virginia…

His mother is South African.

Haven’t really been following this story too much, but the only questions I would have after hearing this conversation is: Is his name actually Tennys? Did he change it to that name? Did he take up tennis as a child because of this fact?

Because the GOP base is who will win elections for Republicans (I typically distinguish between Trump’s base and the GOP base). Trump’s base is going to vote, no matter what, for whoever he tells them to—the Republican on the ticket. The GOP base, “moderate Republicans”, may not come out to vote if they don’t get…

11 months from midterms, I certainly care. And I don’t think anyone will be caught off guard and has thought about or prepped for those things since November 8, 2017.

Democrats certainly are not good at playing politics as they tend to care for the people that are most vulnerable and need the support

Let me be clear, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I just believe that Democrats are not good at playing politics (or at least not as good as Republicans are), and this kind of thing will fire up the GOP base more than it will fire up the Democratic base. I fail to see how funding CHIP for six years, and waiting a…

I mean, I recognize that this shutdown would be on the GOP, and I think governing via continuing resolution is a fucking travesty, but in politics you also need to come out looking good. Right now, Democrats do not come out looking good voting against CHIP when the alternative is to fund CHIP, wait a month, then shut…