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A disgrace to the NFL?
Ah yes, Broadway Joe and Bachelors III. Actually, Namath wasn't "sternly warned" He actually retired from football rather than sell his interest in the bar, after Pete Rozelle issued the ultimatum to either give up his interest in the bar or be suspended. Within a month or so, Namath changed his mind and sold his share and was allowed into training camp. But none of those individual you named actually were involved in betting on the outcome of their own teams games. Not justifying the NFL's inaction, simply pointing out that a couple of players did serve only a year long suspension and lost a year's pay, although even in today's dollars, it was considerably less than $1million. But then again, the average pay back then was in the neighborhood of $20k, as opposed to the NFL average of $2.1 million this past season, so I guess it's all relative.— February 9, 2016 8:30 a.m.
A disgrace to the NFL?
don bauder I think that you are forgetting something. The NFL doesn't choose the inductees. That is done by the HoF Selection Committee. The HoF Selection Committee is basically made up of the media and consists of consists of one media representative from each pro football city, with two from New York, for obvious reasons. A 33rd member is a representative of the Pro Football Writers of America and there are 13 at-large delegates. The last time I looked at the list, all the at large people were media members. The San Diego rep is Nick Canepa.— February 9, 2016 7:59 a.m.
A disgrace to the NFL?
don bauder In 1963, Paul Hornung and Alex Karras were suspended indefinitely by Pete Rozelle after it was discovered that they had each regularly bet on the outcomes of their own team’s game, and for being seen with "friends" who were also reputed to have connections to gambling and organized crime. Each player admitted their actions. After missing the entire 1963 season, they were reinstated for the 1964 season. Hornung is in the NFL HoF.— February 8, 2016 4:54 p.m.
Is the farm-to-table movement over?
ponzi I remember reading something about this probably 10 years ago, in San Diego magazine I think, though I could be wrong about that. It's something that was cooked up by the San Diego County Farm Bureau. It is supposed to identify and certify local products and producers. I believe it applies to farmers and growers, retailers, fisherman and certain local restaurants. The 365 relates to the year round growing climate in San Diego. I also remember reading something I didn't know; San Diego county has more farms than any other county in the country. or at least it did when I read the article. It could be that is no longer true.— February 7, 2016 9:36 a.m.
Spanos commits!
Yeah Ive read Steve Springer's account in several places also. I simply chose not to cut and paste an entire article and instead offered a less verbose, but still accurate, account. But I guess you also must not really have paid much attention to what I wrote. I never indicated that the Northridge quake is why the Al Davis/Hollywood Park deal went down the tubes. It was his excuse for walking away from the Coliseum. Had the not been the quake, and the subsequent loss of renovation funding, he undoubtedly would have found another "reason". As I said, he couldn't get the deal he wanted in Los Angeles, so he walked away and went back to Oakland.— February 5, 2016 8:57 a.m.
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The only problem is that the NFL only allows cross-ownership in another major league sports team in two narrow circumstances. The first is if the two franchises are in the same city. The other is if the other league’s franchise is in a neutral market, which the NFL has defined as one that doesn’t currently host an NFL team and is not deemed a potential NFL city. Yes there are exceptions, like Kroenke, who transferred ownership to his son. Now, I'm sure Ballmer could do that also, but it's something that I just don't see happening. Or he could just buy the team and move it to Los Angeles. Except that I don't see Ballmer player second fiddle to Kroenke and he isn't going to build his own stadium.. Besides, Ballmer has wanted to won an NBA team for years, and I've never heard anything from him ti indicate that he even gives a sh!t about the NFL, let alone San Diego. I realize your comment was probably sarcasm, but face it, it the Chargers do stay in San Diego, your are stuck with the Spanos clan and will be paying for a new stadium.— February 5, 2016 8:41 a.m.
You call yourself a football fan?
don bauder While Don James was coach from the mid '70's to the mid 90's, they won a bunch of Rose Bowls and a national championship. So I guess it's a pretty safe bet that they were better than the Seahawks most of the time. Of course, I guess you have to temper that with the fact that James resigned after the school was hit with NCAA sanctions because some Huskies players received improper benefits. But I will say that when Chuck Knox was head coach of the Seahawks in the 80's, they did make the playoffs several times. I remember back when they were in the AFV west at the time, they had some pretty good games with the Broncos.— February 4, 2016 10:15 a.m.
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sportsfanooo But again, it was only the league office that had the non profit status. The individual teams, who collect about 3.2 percent of the league generated revenue each, along with their own locally generated revenue, do file tax returns.— February 4, 2016 9:52 a.m.
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don bauder inspire: : to make (someone) want to do something : to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create : to cause (something) to happen or be created : to cause someone to have (a feeling or emotion)— February 4, 2016 9:49 a.m.
Sempra Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Edison overspend with impunity
don bauder The problem is that in order to change the California constitution, either by revision or amendment(the more likely in this case), it would have to be placed on the ballot and approved by the voters, but only after the measure either was passed by a two-thirds vote in the California State Legislature or by gathering enough signatures equal to 8% of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election, which I believe would be about 600k signatures. I'm sure you can recognize 2 problems right off the bat. First off, I doubt enough voters in California are smart enough to even give a sh!t about the CPUC, let alone understand it, and more importantly, the utilities, ALL of them, will outspend their opposition with whatever it takes to maintain the status quo. As much as the change is needed and I would like to see it, I just don't see it happening. Just my Opinion Opinions vary.— February 3, 2016 8:23 p.m.