Anyone else not give a DAMN about the NFL this year?

[neil_w]

I used punchcards in my year 12 computer science class, on the mainframe, doing batch processing. I also still have a manual hand-punch that works like a dymo label machine. Dial up the letter, clunk. Next letter, clunk...

Me too: IBM 360 Assembler. I only took it because it was the only remaining computer class offered. Submitting card decks and getting back core dumps the next day... not the most fun process.

However... I freakin' *loved* the card punch. Watching the card go zooming through the machine was the best. Satisfying clunk-clunk while taping. *Loved* it.

Our card punch was in the same room with the donated minicomputer and the four (or so) Teletype 33s, which were perpetually thundering CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK CLUNK in the background.

Computer class was a high-decibel experience back then. Good times.

 

[cwbullet]

Move along, nothing to see here. NFL is toast in my opinion.

 

[H_Rocket]

I've never really cared about the NFL. That said, I will still tune in a game if I feel like it. I just don't allow politics to screw with either my leisure time or my chicken sandwich.

 

[Sooner Boomer]

I've never really cared about the NFL. That said, I will still tune in a game if I feel like it. I just don't allow politics to screw with either my leisure time or my chicken sandwich.

Depends. What's in the sandwich? Is this sliced meat, or chicken salad?

 

[cwbullet]

Sounds like a crap sandwich.

 

[H_Rocket]

Depends. What's in the sandwich? Is this sliced meat, or chicken salad?

Chick-Fil-A

 

[Sooner Boomer]

Chick-Fil-A

Never had one, but I hear they're good. Always a line around the corner at the one nearest.

 

[NateB]

I prefer the devil's chicken sandwich from Popeyes, but Chick-Fil-A has better sides.

 

[afadeev]

However, I am a long time Jets fan, and *that* has pretty much killed my NFL interest in the last few years. I'll watch the playoffs but the regular season has mostly dropped off my radar. I expect it'll come back someday.

I have a cure for your pain - SportsMax.
The network for Real Jets fans:

 

[Vitruvius]

I gave up on the NFL long ago after I started watching Rugby....the ancestor of American Football.

It's a quicker, more fun game to watch.

 

[steveh.jae]

I now watch 3 football games a year. Guaranteed to have no politics and no drama: Air Force vs Army, Air Force vs Navy, and Army vs Navy.

 

[Vitruvius]

I now watch 3 football games a year. Guaranteed to have no politics and no drama: Air Force vs Army, Air Force vs Navy, and Army vs Navy.

Good Man. I'm a Navy Veteran, so "Roll down the field, Navy. Anchors aweigh!!!!!!!

 

[steveh.jae]

Good Man. I'm a Navy Veteran, so "Roll down the field, Navy. Anchors aweigh!!!!!!!

I’m an Airedale, so it’s “Off we go into the wild blue yonder” for me! Just like a couple of my never to be seen again Rockets. Falcons v Army next Saturday.

 

[cwbullet]

The Army-Navy game was great. This week will be a good game also.

 

[Woody's Workshop]

I lost interest since the whole kneeling thing & simply don't feel the interest returning....

I lost interest years ago. It's not a Sport anymore. It's a Money Making Venture, feeding off the fans.
Frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't become more like Wrestling. Entertainment for Profit. Or has it?

 

[shockie]

I turn it on as background noise

 

[H_Rocket]

Depends. What's in the sandwich? Is this sliced meat, or chicken salad?

I was actually thinking about some folks issue with how the owners of Chick-Fil-A spend their money.

 

[KC3KNM]

I was actually thinking about some folks issue with how the owners of Chick-Fil-A spend their money.

Sounds a lot like “some folks issue” with football players kneeling. Kind of silly to get upset about and if you don’t support it, don’t give that organization your business.

 

[H_Rocket]

Sounds a lot like “some folks issue” with football players kneeling. Kind of silly to get upset about and if you don’t support it, don’t give that organization your business.

Ladies and gentlemen we have today's winner!

 

[crossfire]

Tom Brady got a million dollars from PPP program and goes out and buys a 2 million dollar yacht. And we got thousands with no jobs, food, or housing. Something is FK up in this country.

 

[Funkworks]

Tom Brady got a million dollars from PPP program and goes out and buys a 2 million dollar yacht. And we got thousands with no jobs, food, or housing. Something is FK up in this country.

Another way to look at it is that millions of people paid Tom Brady to entertain them and by buying a yacht, he allowed yacht-makers to have jobs.

In any case, I don't watch football. Just because.

 

[KC3KNM]

Tom Brady got a million dollars from PPP program and goes out and buys a 2 million dollar yacht. And we got thousands with no jobs, food, or housing. Something is FK up in this country.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...en-s-Lakewood-Church-got-4-4M-in-15800887.php
https://www.newsweek.com/religious-...ppp-loans-megachurches-amass-millions-1515963
https://www.motortrend.com/news/texas-man-uses-ppp-loan-money-buy-lamborghini/
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2020/...pp-loans-favored-the-historically-advantaged/
Seems like a lot of it went where it wasn't really needed. Would've been cool to support small businesses, but instead we're funding mega churches, lamborginins and pro football players.

 

[Vitruvius]

@KC33KNM AMEN!!!!!!!!! Sing it Preacher

 

[Howitzer]

I care because my Bills are finally good!

 

[Hobie1dog]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/ne...en-s-Lakewood-Church-got-4-4M-in-15800887.php
https://www.newsweek.com/religious-...ppp-loans-megachurches-amass-millions-1515963
https://www.motortrend.com/news/texas-man-uses-ppp-loan-money-buy-lamborghini/
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2020/...pp-loans-favored-the-historically-advantaged/
Seems like a lot of it went where it wasn't really needed. Would've been cool to support small businesses, but instead we're funding mega churches, lamborginins and pro football players.

post of the month

 

[crossfire]

And then there us the NBA a Milwaukee buck player just signed a huge contract which he is being paid $165K per day for 5 years.

 

[ThirstyBarbarian]

Another way to look at it is that millions of people paid Tom Brady to entertain them and by buying a yacht, he allowed yacht-makers to have jobs.

In any case, I don't watch football. Just because.

He was talking about money Brady got from the government Payroll Protection Program in the covid relief bill. It’s supposed to be used by businesses impacted by COVID to pay employee salaries, not used by rich people to buy yachts.

 

[afadeev]

And then there us the NBA a Milwaukee buck player just signed a huge contract which he is being paid $165K per day for 5 years.

Why do you care?
Do you know how much the CEO of your company makes?

I see nothing constructive coming out from being envious of other peoples' wealth or compensation. Ever.

He was talking about money Brady got from the government Payroll Protection Program in the covid relief bill. It’s supposed to be used by businesses impacted by COVID to pay employee salaries, not used by rich people to buy yachts.

Alas, there are no limitations on how PPP funds are intended to be used. You may wish, or have assumed, that there were some restrictions on how they should be spent, but none were legislated.
"Paycheck Protection Program is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the payroll" :
https://www.sba.gov/funding-program... Protection Program is,an interest rate of 1%
Most of the PPP $$$ in my area went to local churches, law firms, and sports facilities.
A few to restaurants and self-employed folks.
By and large, I view PPP to be a massive government boondoggle.

BTW, the funds disbursed under PPP are a 1% loan, which may, or may not, be subsequently forgiven. I did not read enough to figure out the forgiveness criteria.

Then there was these guys in AZ and CA, who used PPP funds to fund political bill-boards:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/28/politics/trump-billboards-ppp-loan-invs/index.htmlhttps://thegrio.com/2020/08/28/gas-station-uses-ppp-loans-to-pay-for-trump-billboards/
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[Not Quite Nominal]

And then there us the NBA a Milwaukee buck player just signed a huge contract which he is being paid $165K per day for 5 years.

If someone else wants to pay him that sort of money, what business is it of mine or yours? It only becomes my business when it's my money.

 

[dr wogz]

we can also talk about hand-outs 12 yrs ago..

IGA
'the big 3'
other assorted banks

and other 'too big to fail' companies..


and to quote F. Zappa: "Tax the churches"..