He also post-dated their final paychecks for after the championship game.

In related news, Alabama and Ohio State football players intend to play in their Playoff Games in anticipation of their coming NFL pay cut.

Not sure what it is about McCaffrey but he sure has grit, wouldn’t expect such a selfish decision out of a high motor guy like that.

Nick Saban has responded by spending 20 minutes silently assembling a rifle in front of his players while wearing a T-Shirt that reads “FUCKING TRY IT.”

Nice haul and all but I’m going to have to win to Erin purely because of the card Snoop wrote.

With Bills money he should have bought her Nintendo not just a Nintendo.

I’m having difficulty understanding Margaret Cho’s perspective here. It sounds like Tilda was up front about the issues, expressed her desire to do something about it and sought advice from someone who is in a good position to provide it. And Cho’s responses were thoughtful and measured as well. Not sure what got lost…

+1 antler

So this is where the buck stops.

“Did I play Thursday Night Football, Too?” By Jared Goff and Jon Ryan - via the Players’ Tribune.

He got concussed while scrambling for a 3-9 team, that was down 24-3, on a play that didn’t even count.

“After gettin’ the call from the box don’t let that pigeon go to waste. That’s good eatin’ there.”

Because it’s Eli, I assume they were using these:

“Can you hear me now?”

The absence of criminal charges does not mean the absence of rape.

Well charges were never filed. End of story there right. Must be nothing at all to see. Lord knows upstanding police departments the world over have never neglected to do their job before when it came to student athletes and sexual assault. Phew, glad we can all Move on now 

What a pathetic hill to die on. If they boycotted because a rapist(s) went unpunished, that would be awesome. I’d even happily accept boycotting a game because they don’t get paid. But to boycott in support of rapists?

I guess you could say the new CBA is a kick to the balls to your average journeyman, eh?

CALL BERNIE KOSAR A RAVEN AGAIN, SEE WHAT HAPPENS