I think what you’re trying to say is that the MVP should go to the player who had the best season that led to a significant team result. Thing is, that isn’t what valuable means, and it isn’t what your restatement of the meaning of valuable means. How can anyone other than the best player “provide[s] the biggest value…

I’m positive you don’t know the definition of hearsay.

I didn’t know anyone had anything on that app other than the free U2 album that autoplays at random times instead of the podcast I want to hear. 

Meh. Just because it’s the norm on the internet to post purported facts without bothering to confirm them or to even modify your tone with an “I think...” doesn’t make it any less of a negative element of modern culture. It’s ok to just not chime in if you don’t know something.

Also, it wasn’t that you weren’t “100%…

How oblivious do you have to be to blame the unpaid athlete in the middle of a controversy over the players not reaping the rewards of the mega shoe contracts?

Also, it would be delicious if Zion got benched for the rest of the season by the NCAA for effectively endorsing Nike in those post-game comments.

Bad take + bad math = ultimate Kinja.

Yes, it is. Why do people insist on making definitive statements they know nothing about? I happened to know you were wrong and found confirmation online in less than 3 seconds (admittedly, it’s not the most definitive of sources, but it was the first result I saw that I knew would answer the question).

The “middle of February” is conveniently near the “end of the February sweeps” (Nielsen ratings measurement period).

Yep, I’m with you. I kind of like Reese’s, but would like them better if the PB portion wasn’t so overwhelming. 40% thinner sounds about right to me.

Of course they do; it’s money out of their pocket, the prizes have ballooned since that custom originated, and they don’t believe the caddy earns that large of a payday (but of course, the guy who is a multimillionaire from hitting a little white ball and walking around a park earns every penny). None of that is…

Fucking kinja.

I mean, he could have been truly honest and just said “he’s Mexican, what’s the big deal?”

Just a reminder, you’re criticizing ESPN’s lack of journalist integrity in the comments of a story about an ESPN investigative story that cost the company a sizable amount of ad revenue because the story cast the advertiser in a negative light. ESPN deserves lots of criticism for a lot of different problems but this…

Impressive.

The humblebrag, I mean.

Relax.  There’s a difference between mild hyperbole (in some contexts, ICE behaves like the Gestapo; clearly it’s not true to equate their behavior “on any level” to the Nazi secret police) and ridiculousness. A downvote on social media is NOTHING like the Holocaust, in any context, and it’s stupid to compare the two.

proven themselves to be paid agents

Man, Bernie looks like he’s struggling in that picture. Cory couldn’t give a damn about your cold, old Vermont dude.

Agreed; I hope this is what happens. Unfortunately, in 2 out of the last 5 presidential elections, not enough on the left followed that heuristic. Enough progressives sat out or voted for the third party candidate in ‘00 and ‘16 to hand the White House to 2 of the 4 worst presidents of the past 100 years.

Minor league earnings are a comparative pittance. If you don’t make it to the big leagues, you’re living off your signing bonus until you open your insurance agency or car dealership.

The analysis I’ve seen suggests the opposite is true, especially if you’re talking about a quarterback. In baseball, you get a big signing bonus, but then you go to Podunk Single-A ball, and then have to work your way up the ladder; lots of 1st round picks never make it to the big leagues and even fewer ever get past…