Sea glass is just glass someone else threw into the ocean a while ago isn’t it? So how do I know if I’m doing a public service by removing glass from the beach that someone could cut themselves on or destroying a local craft industry?

That depends on how far the next speaker is willing to go. If you’re willing risk defaulting on US debt and crashing the world economy, you may be able to get PP defunded because if democrats had to choose PP vs 2nd Great Depression...PP is probably screwed.

Guess you missed Trent Dilfer on the first MNF. Worst EVER.

Kevin McCarthy looks like the heir apparent. He has sided with the TeaParty recently. But the math of congress hasn’t changed. The only thing a house speaker can really screw the country on in the next year is the debt ceiling vote. If Boehner can do that before he leaves, there isn’t too much to worry about.

That’s it exactly. The debt ceiling is the only issue a house speaker could do serious, long term damage with. I would feel 10000% better if they took care it for for at least a year before Boehner steps down.

The whole point of the article was to say essentially ‘look at how much money Gruden makes, isn’t it rediculous’? My whole point is that in no way is it ridiculous. It’s just economics.

7%? Had to look that up. What is actually says

SMU is better than TCU(other than football teams of course)

You’re right. SMU isn’t as good as Rice and Vanderbilt, but is it tied with Purdue and Syracuse according to US News. Not a terrible school by any means.

What did I say that was silly? And my point has been the same the whole time: Gruden’s value is what the market says it is. If ESPN wants to keep Gruden, they need pay market value. It makes sense he’s worth more than the other employees because he’s got other opportunities they don’t.

SMU is actually a very good school. Not Ivy League, but up there with Rice and Vanderbilt.

The Quantum Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics courses should’ve been a dead giveaway.

Clearly not an opinion held by ESPN, who appear to be doing quite well off MNF.

That would be counter productive to them. If they artificially inflate his market value, they’d have to pay him more. There are definitely owners out there who want a named head coach instead of an offensive/defensive coordinator no one has heard of. Looking at Jim Irsay and Stephen Ross who would probably fire their…

And in the sentence above he said it feels excessive. It’s not. It’s basic economics. If they want to keep his services, and money is his primary motivation, then that’s the price he commands.

I don’t understand the issue. Every year in January, teams are looking for new coaches and Gruden’s name inevitably comes up. ESPN isn’t paying Gruden against other broadcasters’ salaries, they’re paying against NFL head coaching salaries because that’s what is required to keep him in the booth. He has market value…

Looks like we found the solution to high school football players attacking refs.

Brady would’ve gotten the call because at his speed he would’ve still been in the pocket.

History class...Benjamin Franklin ran to France and begged for help. The American Revolution wouldn’t have happened without foreign intervention. At Yorktown(the decisive battle of the war), French troops outnumbered US troops 2 to 1.

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