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Same shit. I don't think they believe that enough people know who the fuck Buck Zumhofe is to actually complain therefore they wouldn't have any issue showing 100 of his matches. Jared from Subway is famous enough that they have to pretend they care. It's extremely easy to not have any Buck Zumhofe matches on any of their various platforms, it takes much more effort to put up a Buck Zumhofe match than take one down. Their stance has nothing to do with how they feel about sexual predators and everything to do with how they think we feel about any particular sexual predator.

LOL, I once heard someone say, "The average person is below average, but the average genius is about average." The older I get the more I understand that sentiment. Most people are pretty dumb about most things, but the average genius is really smart about whatever the are really smart about but might be even dumber about everything else. My mom has multiple degrees in multiple different subjects, but her career is in IT. I don't have any degrees, nor do I work in IT. If my mom has a computer problem, she comes to me. She knows how to do a bunch of technical shit I'll never understand, but when it comes to simple shit, I'm much better equipped to figure out the issue. I don't care if you're the smartest person on earth, you aren't that much smarter than the average person. Not only that, the world is built to serve the average person. It's like my opinion that Joe Rogan is a dumb person who has convinced all the other dumb people that he is smart. That's a huge key to success. Being smarter than everyone doesn't really get you that far. Having the ability to convince people you're smart is actually valuable, whether you're smart or not.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45766841/amid-scrutiny-lloyd-howell-nflpa-executive-director LOL, the plot thickens. Apparently ESPN got some expense reports that seem to show that Lloyd Howell was spending money at strip clubs on the NFLPA's dime. Like I said yesterday, the people who were asking questions about this are the exact type of people who will find every skeleton in your closet.

Not just dummies, but dummies who only behave like they do because they believe that they're smarter than everybody else. I remember my grandfather used to tell me that you should never assume that you're smarter than everybody or you're tougher than everybody, because eventually you'll run into someone smarter or tougher than you. Its one of those things where if you assume everyone is relatively smart or relatively tough, you'll probably treat people with a base level of respect. But if you're they type who thinks that you are the smartest person in every room you walk in or the toughest guy in the room you walk in, you're probably going to treat people like shit.

I'm pretty sure they don't care whether these guys did something immoral, they only care as far as whether or not they believe we will care that someone did something immoral. Duke Droese's legal troubles are recent enough that they think someone might complain. Buck Zumhofe is not someone that they believe people will complain about, so they'll upload one of his matches.

Dominique Foxworth, who used to be the president of the players union said that the first thing he realized when he was put into that position was, "wait, none of these people are smarter than me." He then enrolled into Harvard business school and eventually realized that he didn't like any of the people he was around. I feel like Tretter looked around and said, "none of these people are smarter than me," and then tried to treat everyone else like they are stupid. Every single part of this story is what happens when people think that everyone else is too dumb to see through their bullshit. He got on a podcast, adjusted the microphone to make sure everyone could hear him, and decided to tell anyone who could hear that he advises members of the union to fake injuries as a negotiation tactic. That is an amazing level of arrogance to think there would be no consequence for that.

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As much a people say that you should never pay a running back, a quality running back us a hugely important part of an offense. They touch the ball 20-25 times a game and are a vital part of pass protection. If you are a running back who is in the last year of your contract and the team doesn't want to pay you, maybe you get a hamstring injury or a concussion and don't play. So teams would either have to pay their running back or completely change everything about how the offense works. There is a very interesting clip from Saquon Barkley pretty much saying. "I don't want to fake an injury, but you aren't giving me much of a choice." He knows like all top level running backs know that they are the engine of their offense. Nobody with one of those guys built an offense that isn't built to use them in every way possible. Basically they're saying if you want to build an offense where I have to carry the ball 20 times, catch passes and protect the quarterback pay me or don't pay me and figure out some other way to do all of that. I'm kind of on their side. It's a job that uses your body like a battering ram, and I'm not doing that every Sunday for anyone who tries to tell me I'm not worth paying.

Quick follow up. The biggest revelations were J.C. Tretter basically told running backs to fake injuries to get better contracts and then told everybody on a podcast. There is also an interview where Lloyd Howell, who claims he's not a part of the venture capital side of Carlyle Group, basically saying "me and my colleagues at the venture capital firm Carlyle group sure are interested in investing in the NFL." The interview was posted by the NFLPA, but with some fairly obvious cuts that completely remove the sections about him being part of the venture capital group. But, because he said these things at a public press conference a newspaper posted it in its entirety. Two things that are important about this. The players who are on stage, don't react at all to this comment. A lawyer for the union immediately filed paperwork looking into Lloyd Howell and this obvious conflict of interest. The thing people miss about how sports unions work is that the members of the unions are all dudes in their early to mid-20s who do not notice these types of huge red flags. He publicly admitted in front of the people he's potentially screwing over that he wants to be on the other side of their negotiations, but they didn't even notice. When I was 25, I don't think I would have noticed that shit either. I don't think I know any 25 year olds who would. These are all guys who have millions of dollars on the line, but are too young and immature to know how guys like Lloyd Howell are trying to screw them out of their money. He knows that, said it in front of them, and then had it posted on YouTube without the parts that would catch anyone else's attention.

I feel like I'm just DVDVR's Pablo Torre correspondent at this point. He did a deep dive on the Malik Beasley situation and it's pretty apparent that Beasley is at the very least a dumbass. All of these things happened in the course of a week. He signed a $60 million dollar contract, he got arrested, he got photographed holding hands with Larsa Pippen, and his wife filed for divorce. I'm 44 years old and I haven't done any of those things, he got it done in a week. Other things of note in the episode. When the news about Terry Rozier dropped, a full six months before the Malik Beasley news dropped a Twitter account tweeted the something to the effect of, "next player will be M**** B******." Then when someone called him on it, this dude posted a betting slip of a Jontay Porter under slip that was bought days before the game that got him banned for life and months before the investigation was made public. At some point this dude deleted his account, but created another anonymous account that only seemed to exist to gloat about that deleted account knowing that Malik Beasley was the next shoe to drop. So long story short, Pablo Torre was able to find this person and found that he's cousins with a guy named in the Jontay Porter case. When they asked him about it, he said "I don't know that guy, I got all of this from Reddit. I'll send you a DM with the thread." They tried to send him a reminder, and he's deleted all of his social media. With that said, Malik Beasley seems to be terrible at point shaving. He's the type of player who puts up big numbers when games don't matter not only for the game he's playing in, but the betting lines.

I haven't listened to it yet, but apparently Pablo Torre and Mike Florio have a follow up episode that dropped today. This is not going away. It's not just that too many people are paying attention, but all of the reporters who seem to love nothing more than making your life a living hell are looking into it.

Capitalism rules. If you live in a place where we can say our taxes pay for all the advantages, great, but if you want to pay for all the same things for people in a lower tax bracket it is against every rule and regulation. I mean, fair is fair, right?

If you're interested, I'd encourage you to join any way. I want this to be a fun league first and competitive second. If you want to join the league as your alma mater and play games when your schedule allows, that's perfectly fine. I used rules from a league that was much stricter than I wanted, so I tried to adjust them for fairness for players that may need to skip a week or two. Starting with two star teams kind of levels the playing field so that players who are in it to win it can go all out and try to build a career, and move on to bigger schools, and compete for National Championships and the more casual players who want try to build a small school into a MAC/C-USA contender can do that too.

I don't want to bog down the sports game thread with dynasty nonsense, so I started a new thread. If you are interested, please read over the first draft of league rules below and let me know if there is anything that stands out as unfair and/or inconsistent. Like I said in the other thread, the tentative start date will be August 1st. Depending on how many people sign up, I'll set up a discord for the league so we can discuss league happenings. DVDVR (CFB Dynasty) LEAGUE BACKGROUND League Type: Up to 32-team dynasty. You can choose any team with a 2* rating or below. Both team choice and league sign up will be first come first serve. Friends and family are allowed, but if we get close to 32 people I may have to limit sign ups). Difficulty: Varsity (At least the first season, I reserve the right to increase the difficulty in future seasons if necessary) Commissioner: Supremebve (Anyone want to volunteer to be a deputy?) Advances: Every Monday morning (I reserve the right to accelerate this pace, if users don't want to wait a week between games) Communication: I’ll need to set up a discord GENERAL LEAGUE INFO Quarter Length: 8 Minutes (25sec Accelerated Clock) Sliders: Default (To be evaluated every season) Custom Playbooks: Allowed PENALTIES AND SANCTIONS Rule Violation Process Report to Membership: Include clip from game documenting the behavior. Review By Membership: Clips will be reviewed, and disciplinary action recommended if necessary. Penalty Assessment: If necessary, punishment will be voted on by membership. User Discipline Case-by-Case: Individual assessment for penalties. Criteria: Severity, past offenses, and CPU vs H2H context will be considered. Consequences: Violations may result in warnings, player or user suspensions Punishment will generally follow the progression below: Warning Individual player suspension (i.e. QB #X) User suspension w/Fair Simulation of next CPU game. User suspension w/Force Loss of next CPU game. GAMEPLAY 4th Down Rules You may go for it on 4th down if the following requirements are met: Coach’s Decision: Once per game, regardless of situation. Fake punts/field goals count as your CD (including on PAT). 4th and Goal: Allowed at any distance. Field Position: 4th and 5 or shorter inside the opponent’s 50-yard line. Score: When trailing by 9 or more points in the 3rd quarter. 4th Quarter: Allowed when trailing. Overtime: Allowed at any time. Seal the Game: When a first down would end the game by running out the clock. General Gameplay Rules Hike & Haul: The expectation is that you run the structure of the play as called. This means attempting to make a logical passing read before using the QBs legs. Immediately leaving the pocket to scramble for the sideline is a violation. Kneel the Ball: Run out the clock when you can end the game against other Users. Hot Routes: There are 5 eligible receivers on every snap. You may adjust up to 3 on each play. Mandatory Mass Substitutions User vs User Games: Mass substitutions are not required. 1st Half: No mass substitutions are required in the first half. 4th Quarter: 2nd Team offense and defense must be played if up by 42 points in the 4th Quarter. Reinserting Starters: 1st Team Offense and/or Defense may be reinserted if your lead shrinks to fewer than 11 points. Glitches Prohibited Actions: Exploiting game-breaking glitches is not allowed. Disciplinary Action: Confirmed use of running glitches will result in disciplinary measures. Play Calling Pass Rush: Minimum of 3 pass rushers on every play; QB spies do not count. Stat Padding: Cannot let your opponent score to regain possession for the purpose of stat padding. The game assigns XP to players and coaches based on stats. Stat padding has the potential to negatively impact the league for this reason. For example, your WR should never finish the game with 7 TDs. We still want everyone to have fun but think twice before hot routing into a fade to get your guy his 7th TD against the CPU. Offensive Schemes: Unique offensive schemes will be supported by this league. Veer and Shoot, Triple Option, Go-Go, Pro Style, etc. will all be allowed. Recognize that this means some Users are likely to call the same play multiple times in a row; it is up to you to stop it. This is not intended to allow Users to “cheese” and run the same overpowered play ad-infinitum. Do not give us a reason to introduce play call limits or cooldowns. Tempo Chew Clock Basic Usage: Chew clock may be used against the CPU at any time. Chew clock can be activated after the 2-minute warning of either half against Users. Manual Clock Management: You may not manually let the clock run down if not in accordance with the chew clock rules. 25+ Point Lead in the 4th: Chew clock may be used when leading by 25 points or more in the 4th quarter against Users. User Agreement: Chew clock may be activated at any time in the game if both Users agree . No-Huddle & Turbo Basic Usage: No-Huddle and Turbo may be used at any time in normal gameplay, subject to the chew clock rules above. Special Teams Fake Plays: Allowed one fake punt OR fake FG per game. Counts as your Coach’s Decision for the game. 2-Point Conversion: Permissible after any touchdown. ADVANCES & SCHEDULING Advances:Weekly advance. Additional time may be allowed for H2H games when necessary. Schedule will be adjusted for Holidays and needs of the Membership. Final Week: Non-impact games may be simulated to speed up postseason entry. Disconnect Protocols User vs User Games: General Rule: In the event of a disconnect, it’s primarily up to the competitors to decide on the appropriate action (restart or fair sim). If an agreement can’t be reached, Commissioner intervention will decide the outcome (I will almost always choose fair sim. Don’t do anything to make me give you a force loss.). Mercy Rule: If you disconnect while losing by 21+ points, you lose. I hope we don’t have anyone doing the ol’ “I tripped over the power cord,” trick, but a 21 point deficit seems like the right cutoff. 1st Half Disconnects: Mock to original Quarter/Possession/Score unless both agree to restart. Post-Halftime Disconnects: Show evidence to the Commissioner who will determine the next steps based on the game context. User vs CPU Games: Provide screenshot of any disconnect. Generally, mock to approximate score and quarter and play on from there. Post-Halftime disconnects can be awarded a Force-win or Force-loss depending on the scenario. CPU Games Must play CPU Teams: Games must be played without any super sim. Unplayed games will be Fair Simmed. Exception: If you’re up >35pts against the CPU you may simulate to the end of game. This is an all-or-nothing exception. You may not play offense only, defense only, or key moments. No Restarts: No quitting out of or restarting CPU games. Exception: You may restart a CPU game ONCE, AT KICKOFF based upon weather. Must be because of precipitation; restarting due to wind is not allowed. Absences Your game will be fair simmed. At the discretion of the Membership, with a 72-hr advance notice, we can delay the weekly advance in case of emergency. I understand that we all have lives that are more important than this league, but we also have a league full of players. If you cannot play a game, I understand, but we want to make this as fair to everyone as possible and doing force wins and losses goes against that spirit in my mind. ROSTER MANAGEMENT The purpose of this section is to eliminate abusive position changes. Converting a 300lb Guard to a Tight End isn’t cool. Use your formation subs instead. Position Movement and Edits Weight requirements for position changes (does not apply to a recruits default position): QB: Any HB: Any FB: 210-239lbs WR: max 225lbs TE: 226-265lbs OL: min 266lbs DL/LB: min 225lbs DB: max 224lbs SUBLB: position in depth chart will follow the same weight requirements as the LB position. Player Editing Edit Restrictions: No editing player ratings, height, weight, handedness, or throwing motion. Coaching Staff Restrictions: You can’t hire/fire the same coach to gain points. No in-season changes are permitted. Conference Realignment Conferences will be edited every season for competitive balance between users. If you signed up with a friend and want to play them every season, let me know. With the two star and below rule, we will need to make sure that we are playing comparable competition. The goal will be to keep the users in the American, Conference-USA, Mac, Mountain West, and Sunbelt. With that said, I do not want to make all conference games head-to-head, so I may need to spread them out. My goal is to keep them relatively geographical, but it all depends on how many active users we have. Criteria for Realignment A User may petition the Membership to switch their Conference Affiliation subject to the following criteria: The User must have coached their Team for a minimum of two seasons. The Team must have a minimum Prestige Ranking of 3.5 Stars. The User must state which Conference they wish to join. The Team must not be a member of a Power 4 Conference. Power 4 Conferences are the Big XII, Big 10, SEC, and ACC Exceptions to conditions 1 and/or 2 may be approved by a super-majority vote of the Membership (excluding the petitioning Member). Based on the current membership (7 members), an exception to Conditions 1 and/or 2 will require 5 votes. Approval of the Conference Realignment will require a majority vote of all Members. Under no circumstances, will a Team in a Power 4 Conference be allowed to switch Conferences. Realignment Procedure Requests to Realign Conferences must be made during Bowl Season. Upon approval of the Conference Realignment, the User Team will trade Conferences with one team in the new Conference based on the following in ranked order: Lowest Prestige Ranking Lowest Team OVR Lowest Offense OVR Lowest Defense OVR If unable to determine a team to replace per the above metrics, the Commissioner will decide which team is replaced. If the Commissioner is the petitioning Member, the Member (who is not the Commissioner) with the lowest overall finish from the previous season will decide which team is replaced. Conditions of Realignment After a Team has changed Conferences, the User is obligated to the following: The User must coach their Team for two full seasons in the new Conference. If the User leaves for another job after two seasons, the Conference realignment may be reversed (case by case basis). Career Advancement You can accept any coaching job offered as long as it is a head coaching job.

Bradley Beal has been bought out and is signing with the Clippers. If you were to make a list of the players I'd never want of my team and a list of Clippers since they signed Kawhi Leonard, it would have about 75% crossover.