The Official Unofficial BS Report Notes Page

2230 DS: one of the players’ main concerns is that “you’ve got to be able to play for your career contract” - guaranteed money (which they currently have, and sometimes harmful to the product). owners want to make contracts shorter, more incentivized and aligned with continued performance.

4930 the Jets let Braylon Edwards go. ML: ”you have to understand the dynamics of the locker room. there’s no way Braylon Edwards could walk back into the Jets locker room taking a $1M salary when he was supposed to be a beloved free agent, and he’s looking across the locker room and Santonio Holmes is making $10M a year. players never take less [money], or significantly less, to stay in their own locker room. when they hit the market, you got a better chance of stealing a guy at the same price rather than keeping him” So, the Jets never could have kept Braylon for the price he signed with the other team.

1430 best ballparks: Fenway, Wrigley, Dodgers. newbies: San Fran, Pittsburgh, Seattle

2230 underrated american cities: Milwaukee and Pittsburgh

27 NFL strike: “in any other sport (mlb, nba, nhl) when they go on strike or they get locked out, the fan reaction is usually threatening never to come back, sickened at millionaires bickering over money. you never hear that with football (nfl). it’s a crack addiction. ‘please come back, we need you’”

3430 which sport has the most satisfying waning-moments-of-the-game celebration? DD: football Victory formation. TITLE GAME, not the super bowl. “we’re on our way to the superbowl!!”

3830 Green Bay is Titletown, Pittsburgh is City of Champions

2430 SM: “when people say ‘oh i hate commercials,’ it’s like saying ‘my least favorite part of the grocery store is the checkout’”

(hulu, grantland, tv, monetizing on a product that starts out as free or must rely on advertising to survive, and the consumer’s entitled attitude to entertainment)

6 an NFL expansion team in Europe is possible (and the only major american sport able to do so because they only play one game a week. also, the nba has done a good job globalizing.. the nfl, as hot as it is, could get even bigger). the likeliest country would be Germany.. culture most receptive to american football. maybe London. maybe Vienna.

8 pickup hoops tip: run to the free throw line! easy to grab rebounds

28 HA: “not to beat a dead horse, but the Hornets do not have ‘the guy’ who takes the shot, and they’re the best [crunch time] offense ever.. ..it’s not close. they just kill.”

58 random idea: finals be a 2-2-3, the last three games in VEGAS

31 tv: Good Times every episode: guy who thinks he’s going to get job so he buys something expensive

1830 barkley grandma: stand up, don’t be a punk. cause if they make an asian joke or a jewish joke with you, theyre making a black joke behind your back

2030 when you’re rich and famous your job is to bring along for the ride as many people as possible

53 biographies. ck” i don’t care about their life until they start having sex and doing drugs”