Just to clarify.. the poison pill was being discussed in conjunction with the franchise tag. It is a fiscal impossibility they would be able to use the franchise tag because of the timing window of the pill.
Theoretically, a new contract could remove the pill as long as it is signed during the two day window.
The argument was ownership could find a way to extend his stay by utilizing the tools of the CBA. There are no viable CBA tools, only a contract extension.
Watson did his jail time and is receiving every penny the NFL didn’t take from him in fines. Watson is doing whatever he can to earn another contract… but there is zero chance he will sign one in Cleveland. He never wanted to be here, he now hates it here and he is ready to be out of here so he can bad mouth the city, the fans and anything else related to Cleveland he can come up with. WATSON will be the ultimate reason there isn’t a chance in hell of a new contract in Cleveland… thank God!
That's due to those fiscal conservative values they keep talking about. You know, cut taxes and spend more. That's how math works for them.
It's trickle up economics ... and it bloody well works darn well.
I mentioned trickle down economics the other day ... The theory that if you give the rich more they create more jobs and it's better for the economy. Yada yada yada. It's been PROVEN not to work but some still want to claim you can't aggressively tax the super wealthy ... "Because" ... Well, just because.
Here's an alternative perspective. Gary's Economics has a big following on YouTube and elsewhere. He talks about the lower and middle classes being squeezed ever more... How the average price of a house used to be about 3.5 times average earnings .... And now it's much much much higher ... This guy was a Uber successful banker and made millions and he talks often about how the entire system is rigged in favour of the super wealthy.
This sound bite just talks about the impact of giving the super rich more money (tax cuts) Vs putting that money into the hands of the low/middle class. He talks a lot of sense.
I wouldn't do anything. I think we all realize that we are kinda playing with house money so far - we aren't going to be good enough to actually win anything, but we do have a decent young core. One more solid draft and a QB to mold its the plan
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I cant get the image to show up. Its eight old coins front and back.
"Hey grok, what is a 30 m dollar fine to a person worth 157 B compared to a guy making 100k a year?"
Thoughts >A $30 million fine is 0.0191% of a $157 billion net worth. If you apply that same tiny percentage to someone earning $100,000 a year, it works out to about $19.
I agree it looks small, but fines shouldn't be based on a persons net worth. What they did before to accumulate that worth doesn't matter.
I agree. It's sobering nonetheless; that's a lot of money. My comment was mostly based on the scale... enough money to change people's lives for generations is $19 to him.
But trump is aiding Russia be on the doorstep of our NATO allies.
We weren't at war with Russia before. We were helping Ukraine weaken one of our greatest enemies at a fraction of the cost it would be to go to war with them.
It was a wise, strategic way to weaken Russia. Now trump is aiding Russia in its war with Ukraine. Stop trying to defend that. It isn't attractive. And then people such as yourself call the other side communists.
I absolutely despise that this war happened. Ground invasion would be super costly in lives just due to the terrain alone. We’re all but wiped out on munitions somehow…. After most of the 40 trillion dollar deficit was spent on military. Funny how poorly mismanaged it is… I mean the MIC.
And the utter incompetence of this admin and it’s war chiefs is on the keystone cops level. Everything it does, is somehow the wrong thing, every time. We are getting drug by a third world regime. Embarrassing. It will take a drone heavy war or major losses to win this now. If the Iranians had started it, I would have been ready to nuke them before letting them do this to the world with oil. But we started it. BB suckered Trump into it. He’s an idiot. They were never goin g to have a nuke soon….. never. Now, I imagine they already have some access from Russia. Russia openly helps them kill our soldiers and helps attack us with drones while trump cups Putin’s nads lovingly for it.
Kegsbreath spoke out of turn. The day he said it I would have like to put B2A on him…. Stupid. This drunken imbecile is single handedly destroying our military. But I’m happy THEY are setting the renewed precedent of executing traitors by firing squad. I think many traitors will be uncovered in the next several years. I may have to renew my marksmanship cert.
Oh, there is one big thing that may happen even though none are pushing it…. There will be, inevitably, some form of wealth tax or redistribution. And I say about damn time. I don’t want their money, even though most billionaires have stolen or milked from the working class, used our government and laws to take advantage with their wealth. But I don’t think a single billionaire and damn sure trillionaires should exist at all. Financial success's should have a 100% tax cap. Nobody needs more than they can spend in a lifetime living an exceptional, yet ordinary life. And I’ve only recently became a believer in this watching big money kill our country in a coordinated effort.
Trump, Elon, and all the tech bros are perfect examples of this. I don’t mind them being wealthy beyond comprehension until I see the rest of us pay for their BS excess and god complexes. Think about it. Elon Bought Twitter, bought Trump’s second term, shut off Ukraines star shield intel, consults with PUTIN and other world leaders all the time. He’s trying to influence elections and results in order to bend the world to his vision. And is now helping the Ellison’s gank CNN. He is way too powerful for any single person.
You may think these are the same for everyone and he has a right…. To buy a presidency? To spread hate? Hell, if you got the bottom 60% to combine and spend 100% of their wealth, Elon could outspend them himself. Think about that. Think think about Elon being a commie.
I certainly won't dispute that with one exception. The only thing is, up until this year thus far, that deal in no way did anything to keep this team competitive.
Until this season watson only played in 19 games and looked terrible doing it. The only season the Browns were actually competitive since watson was signed was in 2023 when they signed Flacco off his couch with 11 wins.
The other three seasons were 7 wins in 2022, 3 wins in 2024 and 5 wins in 2025.
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You seem to forget that President Trump had split terms. Lot's happened between the two terms.
I also wonder why if he is ticked that Canada doesn't want to be the 51st state, why with the partial tariff and not on everything?
Seriously, I can't believe I am even having this discussion with you.
Timing is everything, As I mentioned. Trump came into this second term saying he wanted to make Canada the 51st state. That started this mess. I am convinced that was his way of Bullying or at least attempting to bully canada into a deal that was more favorable to us.. That almost never works with a strong country like Canada.
You can deny it if you wish, but it's real and it's there for all to see. Except you I guess.
The bowl games are just that. A bowl game. Everyone knows these schools have no chance of winning a national title which is why they aren't in the tournament.
It accomplishes exactly what you described.......
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It gives a showcase to a small school that may have otherwise not had a chance to show it.
And it does so without promoting some absurd claim that these teams are worthy of competing for or are vying for a national championship.
On one hand with these bowl games nobody is trying to fool, convince or con anyone into thinking those teams have a shot to win a national championship. On the other hand they are.
Now before we go any further, I'm not trying to convince you or anyone else that I'm right and you're wrong. What is happening is we are looking at the exact same situation and coming to entirely different conclusions and are presenting our case to each other. It's never anything personal to me.
