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  1. On 8/25/2021 at 8:13 AM, Captain Ron said:

    That 150 number is big. I wonder if that is a real 150 or some combo of cash and players "valued" at a total of 150?

    I will say I am not 100% sold this is done. City could still come in with a ridiculous number, like 200 all cash.

    City Management: Hey Pep, 150 wasn't enough, we good?

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    I'm not buying that they offered 150 cash. You might be right. Kane is good but... c'mon.

    Apparently RM is up to 170 + 10 in bonuses for Mbappe. 

    Also saw that ManU might try and enter the CR7 sweeps.

  2. 2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

    This fucking banner after the first post on every page is sad. 

    Yeah. It's irritating. Commented as much on the site improvements thread. 

    Nice play by the Pads. This shit ain't over yet.

  3. On 7/8/2021 at 9:55 PM, Catdaddyhorn said:

    To add to what you quoted from the same article:

    "Ratings are only a fraction of the NBA's audience

    Armchair TV ratings experts often cast aside the nuances of an inherently flawed metric that is increasingly under fire (i.e., the exclusion of regional network simulcasts, and Nielsen only began including out-of-home viewership — an expected double-digit numbers increase — in October, when sports bars were mired in a pandemic), they also ignore the fact that TV ratings account for a fraction of the NBA's media consumption. 

    The NBA reaches a billion people in more than 215 countries across the world, and roughly three quarters of its viewers are outside the U.S., boosted by the popularity of Antetokounmpo, Embiid, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, four of the top six vote-getters in the MVP race. Global viewers on League Pass for the playoffs are up 18% from last year and 24% from 2019, per the NBA. None of them are included in Nielsen ratings.

    Neither is the majority of the NBA's 56 million Instagram followers, an audience that generated 6.55 billion views and counts about twice the following of the NFL, NHL and MLB combined. The league is approaching 9 billion lifetime views on YouTube — again, almost as many as the three other major American sports leagues combined. Nearly 70% of the NBA's social media followers are outside the U.S."

     

    It's interesting that the NBA's ratings are such a hot topic among a certain group of people.  It's almost as though they have a vested interest in NBA ratings going in a certain direction.  

    This is great info but I live in America. You might as well talk up EPL ratings from Scotland. 

    On 7/9/2021 at 7:31 AM, PittsburghTiger said:

    I think the numbers would be better but, I think one thing the Covid pandemic showed people is that there is a lot out there that matters, much more than watching TV sports. No CloakRoom here but I also think that there are a lot of people who may not be as vocal as the Bron is a Commie Crowd but, they just don't care as much as they used to when they grew up watching Magic, Bird, Kareem, Jordan, Duncan, etc.

    And, younger people don't have the attention span to, on a consistent basis, watch 2+ hours of basketball a night.

    This is such a stupid take. Jesus dude. 

    Sorry if I'm gravedigging. Hadn't kept up with this thread over the summer.

  4. 24 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    More than a couple, but a quick dive in the water usually took care of that problem.

    edit:

    @ztejas

     

    21 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    Twice (same chick two different times). Used my key to sneak in through the back gate late at night. She was also a guard.

    Also once in the guard break room. Girlfriend (different girl than above) was hanging out with me on one of those lonely dark to 10 pm shifts.

     

     

     

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  5. Also - Pepi won it on a pk. Serving goal for us was Matt Turner. That dude has a serious shot at our #1 keeper position. As do Horvath and Steffen. 

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  6. Just now, Jive Turkey said:

    True, but it would be nice if we had a stud 9 to tie all the other pieces together. Hell, Pepi might not even be the guy, but we need a 9 to step up. The more guys we have in the mix, the less chance of seeing Zardes out there ever again in a meaningful match. 

    I still like Sargent. There are dozens of us. 

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  7. 17 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

    I was a lifeguard at Barton Springs from about '85 until around 94, from high school, all through college and until I finished grad school. For most of those years, I guarded year round. I frequently opened the pool at 5 am so the olds could come in and get their laps in. Other days I closed it down at 10 pm. In winter, if I closed, it would be just me in the office from dark until 10 pm.

     

    Ask me anything.

     

    How many topless sunbathers got your wang hard in the stand?

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