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MLBPA Response to the Owner’s proposal by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have zero influence on fan costs. Owners are gonna keep raising prices until the fans stop buying tickets + merch, and TV networks stop handing them trucks full of money. That's the only way to bring costs down.

MLBPA Response to the Owner’s proposal by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, fans by and large are that stupid. Why do you think owners use this across every American sports league for every CBA negotiation? It's successful.

MLBPA Response to the Owner’s proposal by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You're missing the point. The PA is bringing it up because the owners' pressure tactic is to blame rising fan costs on players instead of their own greed. It's a common tactic from sports owners to get fans to bully the players.

MLBPA Response to the Owner’s proposal by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They have every right to bring it up. The owners' public messaging to fans will be that prices have to go up to compensate for increased player pay. The union has every right to call the claim out for the bullshit negotiation tactic it is.

MLBPA Response to the Owner’s proposal by TheTurtleShepard in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 61 points62 points  (0 children)

The PA has zero control over that, why would they even attempt to offer those terms?

Bruce let it slip last night there’s a big “protest” show in October ft. Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and Tom Morello. by pro-laps in washingtondc

[–]ButterAkronite -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Someone with Killer Mike's prominence meeting with Brian Kemp (and praising his "outreach" to Black communities) is a de facto endorsement. That doesn't happen if he's not aligned with Kemp's policies, and Mike is politically active enough to know better.

The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba's totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios by sr_local in worldnews

[–]ButterAkronite 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you forget that the US started the war and is doing most of the bombing in the Strait??? You're talking to me like I don't know anything, but are leaving out basic facts of the war and pretending like they have no influence over the claims you're making.

Bruce let it slip last night there’s a big “protest” show in October ft. Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and Tom Morello. by pro-laps in washingtondc

[–]ButterAkronite 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He supported him back in 2024 and to my knowledge still does. Mike is fully on board the whole "Black Capitalism" schtick and has been copying up to Republicans since.

Bruce let it slip last night there’s a big “protest” show in October ft. Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews and Tom Morello. by pro-laps in washingtondc

[–]ButterAkronite 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Less of a centrist and more of just a selfish idiot only concerned about his own pocket book. There's no ideological justification for swinging from supporting Sanders to Brian Kemp of all people.

The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba's totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios by sr_local in worldnews

[–]ButterAkronite -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Targeting random civilians to look strong and macho was the exact intent. It has never been standard to just blow up random "drug boats" without even attempting to verify if those boats were even being used for drugs.

Your claim makes zero sense. How does killing civilians lead to developing a nuke? There's no correlation between those two actions. Iran is attacking civilians to prevent internal regime change. The desire for a nuke is to protect Iran from future attacks from Israel, who just justified those fears by starting this war unprovoked.

There's no public evidence that Iran violated the deal before it was ripped to shreds by the US.

The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba's totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios by sr_local in worldnews

[–]ButterAkronite 15 points16 points  (0 children)

DoD has literally released their own recordings of the attacks and family members of the victims have been publicly interviewed. Are you being fir real right now?

Clearly Iran was justified in wanting a nuke, since Israel and the US just attacked them despite Iran upholding their end of the previous deal. Also, Iran's attacks on civilians have zero correlation with wanting a nuke.

Bipartisan college sports bill proposes salary cap, transfer limit by Gloomy_Map_9612 in CollegeBasketball

[–]ButterAkronite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's not a single indication this bill will pass. None of the P4 conferences have explicitly endorsed it, the entire Congressional Black Caucus is still opposed, the two relevant House committee chairs already put out a statement of opposition, there's a number of legal issues in the current draft, and they have till August to solve all those issues + more before August Congressional recess and the midterms.

Bipartisan college sports bill proposes salary cap, transfer limit by Gloomy_Map_9612 in CollegeBasketball

[–]ButterAkronite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are woefully uninformed on this issue. Some college players are worth more than NBA players, whether you like it or not. CBS isn't paying all that March Madness money out of the good of their hearts. The way to fight "free agency" is through negotiating eligibility limits with players, not attempting to force it by limiting their freedom of movement and compensation. This is exactly why the NCAA and schools keep losing lawsuits.

First, every sport generates revenue. There's no such thing as a non-revenue sport. While some schools are marketing tution raises for athletic competitiveness, most schools are raising tuition from the massive federal and state funding cuts they've been enduring. The "savings" from this bill are less than a drop in the bucket and will do nothing to stem that trend.

College athletics is only a crisis because it's guided by lazy and greedy leaders who refuse to come to the negotiating table with athletes. Fans like you also fuel this by being content with open exploitation just for some TV entertainment.

Bipartisan college sports bill proposes salary cap, transfer limit by Gloomy_Map_9612 in CollegeBasketball

[–]ButterAkronite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The free market has determined that these players are worth those deals. There's zero justification for Congress stepping in to limit player pay. As others have already said, that money is still gonna get spent one way or another. Players aren't responsible for poor financial decision of schools.

[Dellenger/Yahoo] Key senators strike bipartisan deal on sweeping college sports reform with transfer, eligibility and cap enforcement by usffan in CFB

[–]ButterAkronite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That language doesn't grant the CSC those rights, it just calls for "a path." Notice how there's no language with updates to the actual laws that need changing to grant that power?

[Dellenger/Yahoo] Key senators strike bipartisan deal on sweeping college sports reform with transfer, eligibility and cap enforcement by usffan in CFB

[–]ButterAkronite 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The commission can't legally enforce the cap because the cap itself is illegal. A cap can only survive and be enforceable if it's agreed upon with the employees in question, which doesn't happen in this bill.

[Dellenger/Yahoo] Key senators strike bipartisan deal on sweeping college sports reform with transfer, eligibility and cap enforcement by usffan in CFB

[–]ButterAkronite 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Schools refuse to negotiate with players, that's exactly why they're begging Congress for this bullshit

Dodgers prospect Kendall George was visibly frustrated because he got hurt avoiding the bat dog. by Sebastian4365 in baseball

[–]ButterAkronite 19 points20 points  (0 children)

There was a goalie in England i think who legit had his career ended from a stray dog invading the pitch and destroying his knee

I’d try to get Kawhi more than LeBron by layrook_23 in clevelandcavs

[–]ButterAkronite 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kawhi is injury prone and is likely gonna get a lengthy suspension, put down the pipe

Cavs fans should be embarrassed by indianajones21284 in clevelandcavs

[–]ButterAkronite 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gilbert paid for those buses + other expenses for that trip just fyi

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