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  1. I agree with those who've said the more interesting places nearby are either in Boulder, Fort Collins or Denver. I've met a bunch of people who drive from Greeley to Fort Collins for work. I was in Greeley for a few hours about a year ago to visit a friend who had surgery. Her family stayed at one of the hilton chain while she was in the hospital (probably the Dbl Tree but it may have been the Homewood). The hotel was "alright," so I heard. I drove through Greeley's small downtown area. There's more restaurants and bars to it than I expected, which wasn't much. UNC is in Greeley but it's a small school, maybe ten percent the size of TAMU - comparison provided for the "suckage scale." I wasn't there at night so I have no idea about the vibe. More than a few people who post in this forum would be beyond excited to know Greeley has both a Popeyes and a DQ grill n chill /s. I saw a Salvadorean restaurant or two that seemed authentic and worth checking out. Also Weldwerks brew pub. It's a short drive from Greeley to Windsor and I strongly rec a restaurant there, Chimney Park, if your friends want a splurge for dinner. Greeley's big summer festival is "The Stampede"...rodeo and music.
  2. You'd think not much. Apparently it's where they avoid all regulation and compete with the legally operating companies.
  3. Basically yes. But the situation was so exploitable for him that he didn't even need to explain anything directly to an accountant. Mizuhara was point-of-contact and translator for Ohtani in his dealings with his US agent, who doesn't speak Japanese nor do any of their employees. The agent also employs the accountant and other financial staff. Mizuhara was translating both sides of all meetings and conversations with the agent and their staff for Ohtani and even had at least one meeting with them without Ohtani present. Ohtani earned a reported $65 Million in in endorsements alone in 2023 through the agent in question. So when Ohtani would occasionally inquire (through Mizuhara) about his overall financial picture maintained by the US agent, it didn't look so bad /s. Plus Mizuhara assisted him with those inquiries and those funds don't include whatever Ohtani had in Japan. Mizuhara told the agent that the bank account from which he had made all the wire transfers was private and non-interest bearing, so the agency didn't need to see anything about it for tax or other purposes, and said Ohtani wanted it that way. The agent followed that directive and gave that same directive to the accountants whenever they'd inquire about it, which was apparently more than once. Mizuhara had also compromised it by inserting a fake email contact (one that was one character off from Ohtani's). The Fed's investigated whether it could be that Mizuhara was acting on behalf of Ohtani, and/or that Mizuhara's initial claim that it was a loan was factual. But each wire transfer was electronically tied back to Mizuhara. There's no evidence Ohtani knew about what Mizuhara was doing, nor that he had any interest in gambling or knew about the bookies, and that includes that there was almost 2 years of wire transfers solely initiated by Mizuhara, who maintained an ongoing text dialog with the illegal bookie about the wire transfers and his struggles in setting them up, especially initially. Plus Mizuhara was recorded lying to the bank while impersonating Ohtani trying to get those wire transfers rolling. A search of Ohtani's phone showed no evidence that it had ever had accessed the bank account Mizuhara was stealing from. Also that he had never accessed the illegal gambling websites used by the bookie, none of his text messages discussed sports betting or even Mizuhara's gambling debts. Also he had never contacted the bookie nor discussed them with Mizuhara nor anyone else. All of that information was all over Mizuhara's phone plus his interest in gambling (accounts with draftkings and multiple other legal sites.) Incidentally, it was an employee of a Vegas casino who first put Mizuhara in touch with the illegal bookie. We're left to wonder how long this might have gone on had the Feds not decided to investigate illegal gambling in the LA area, busted several, gained a cooperating witness, including one tied to the bookie Mizuhara was using.
  4. LOL sure. You'd rather believe he's a criminal mastermind who managed to hide all incriminating evidence tying himself to a sad and sorry gambling addiction downfall -- cellular, ip address, voice recordings at bank, and all evidence apparently that exists -- while also having his agent, his bookkeeper and accountant all expose themselves as failing to live up to their fiduciary responsibilities. And having his personal rep admit even to the bookie, the US Attorney and a court that he's guilty of theft. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24542204-usa-v-mizuhara-complaint
  5. Per the charges against Ippei Mizuhara and all the documented info it contains, there's nothing for him to sing about. The government has recorded phone calls from the bank with audio of Mizuhara posing as Ohtani. The government has a list of all bets Mizuhara placed and none were on baseball. The government has years of texts (criminal charge says almost 10,000 pages of texts) between Mizuhara and Ohtani, and there's no discussion between them about this entire drama, nor that Ohtani knew anything about Ippei's betting or debts. Ohtani told the government’s investigators that he thought all his support staff had access to all of his accounts. The problem was that his support staff (his agent, his financial manager, etc.) did not and do not speak Japanese and their only point of contact was Mizuhara. Incredible that they didn't have their own interpreters. Ohtani cooperated with the federal investigation including voluntarily providing his cell phone for a full forensic investigation, and is considered a victim of fraud. https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/japanese-language-translator-charged-complaint-illegally-transferring-more-16-million
  6. There's definitely a discrepancy. UT may not have published how many extra seats the SEZ added. 4500 were "expected." At the very least they didn't make it easy to locate the new capacity. https://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/24/facilities_0724133148.aspx?id=205
  7. That TFB "ginormous update" wasn't a fake/intended joke? Holy fuck. Apologies to @Okcool.
  8. I guess some people on this site think this is real. Please delete this crap.
  9. You'd think they could wrap their heads around the simple fact that they and every other SEC school (and ACC for now) will have the exact same contractual ties to ESPN/Disney as UT going forward. But aligned with atm's perpetual confusion, their first instinct is to look for a way to excuse their own failures so I'd expect even more bizarre and twisted thoughts from their lizard brains.
  10. Article about a new Colorado collective with a slightly misleading headline. University of Colorado has a new NIL collective backed by Deion Sanders: 5 things to know https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/2024/03/27/university-of-colorado-has-new-nil-collective-backed-by-deion-sanders/73120372007/
  11. Interesting twist about separate bathroom slippers. I presume you have to change out of your street shoes and into slippers upon entry to the restaurant, and then into/out of separate bathroom slippers if you approach the toilets? Did you notice if many Japanese carry their own slippers into restaurants or do most just rely on the house selection?
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