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re: Pac12 is dead; are we next?
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:41 pm to RatRodDawg
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:41 pm to RatRodDawg
quote:you could have just said "Yes"
Didn't know you Wildcats would be interested, but I should have known that about your program. You sound like a diehard fan
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Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:41 pm to RatRodDawg
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My work is primarily located only here: Hollywood. I work for Paramount Pictures. Perhaps soon we'll be able to leave and go elsewhere, but for now it's here.
Does it bother you that much though?
I mean isn’t the film industry pretty liberal as it is?
If it bothered you so much why would you go into that field?
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:43 pm to BrerTiger
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That's a damn fine question for him.
I live in Oregon and I don't hate it. I knew it was liberal when I moved here. I moved here for the natural beauty and it has not disappointed at all. I backpack in the summer and ski/snowboard in the winter.
I work in finance and after a year in Charlotte i was moved to nyc
I figured it would be really bad but it was the complete opposite
I guess i also don’t care enough about it to let me down
But where I live and my industry is far from it
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:43 pm to RatRodDawg
Atlanta's liberalism is more demographically based with more blacks as a % of overall metro pop. Whereas Houston has tons of Spanish, many who vote dem but still are are culturally conservative. And more whites. As does Dallas. There is more money in the Texas cities therefore more structure and parent involvement in the schools. So kids take on more of an active role in activities. And particularly in the public schools.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:45 pm to Bengalbio
Southeastern football will never die...may change a bit, but never die. Just let the western folk do their thing. I’m sure they’ll replace football with a sport where there are no losers and the scoreboard reads Team A has 3 pride points and team B has 3 pride points.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:48 pm to Bengalbio
I actually think video game popularity is another factor. Ppl love that shite and it’s ridiculously popular in competitive aspects. Kids in high school are just not participating in sports like they used to in general. Video games have gotten so good that a lot of ppl in general would rather stay in and game with their friends than go out and spend money.
Obviously there are a lot of factors but I think this is one that is over looked.
Obviously there are a lot of factors but I think this is one that is over looked.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 8:50 pm to LBU Bama
Fortnite World Cup winner won $3mm this year
At 16
That’s more than a Dodge Charger
At 16
That’s more than a Dodge Charger
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:00 pm to Groundscrew85
You made my point stronger even though I know you didn’t mean to. The problem with what you’re arguing is that you’re assuming everyone ends up this way. Not true.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:00 pm to LouisvilleKat
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you could have just said "Yes"
I'm sorry; wasn't meaning to offend you in any way.
I'm just saying, "No", as in, "no, I'm not a parody of anything (I think). Paradoxical maybe, but when I am, it's on purpose. But, that's not often.
So, to answer your question, "no", is my answer.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:07 pm to I Bleed Garnet
I love football as much as the next guy as long as it's someone elses kids getting their brains bashed in. Some guy was telling me all about the camps, trips, training etc his kid was doing. I told him that seemed like a lot of investment, he said it was worth it because his kid might get a scholarship. I told him I would send mine to some ACT classes and he could spend one day taking a test and get a scholarship. I think I pissed him off. As others have mentioned, unless your kid just absolutely loves the game and might legit go pro, there are much better options.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:15 pm to ThundrHawg
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love football as much as the next guy as long as it's someone elses kids getting their brains bashed in. Some guy was telling me all about the camps, trips, training etc his kid was doing. I told him that seemed like a lot of investment, he said it was worth it because his kid might get a scholarship. I told him I would send mine to some ACT classes and he could spend one day taking a test and get a scholarship. I think I pissed him off. As others have mentioned, unless your kid just absolutely loves the game and might legit go pro, there are much better options.
I think I’ll know if my kid is going to be physically gifted to play football
If not I’ll make him play lacrosse so he can get into a really good school and then work on Wall Street
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:16 pm to GatorPA84
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As a mother
FIFY
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:17 pm to HTDawg
Bunch of fricking candy-assed pansies in this thread.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:20 pm to ThundrHawg
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Some guy was telling me all about the camps, trips, training etc his kid was doing. I told him that seemed like a lot of investment, he said it was worth it because his kid might get a scholarship.
He's right. Few days at IMG, few days in Rock Hill, the regional camps to get there (and we're not doing the full circuit), 7 on 7 all over the dam place. I do it because my kid loves it. I'm not counting on a scholarship but would gladly take one. Have no fantasy about going pro. It'll hopefully settle down some now that he's in HS.
Bright side of dwindling footballers is my sons scholarship odds go up!
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:20 pm to GatorPA84
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mean as a father I can honestly say I would not want my son playing football unless he was the kicker or something. Too much risk involved.
I'm in the same boat. I had three concussions and a torn ACL. I'll see how I feel when the time comes, feelings might change.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:23 pm to I Bleed Garnet
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I think I’ll know if my kid is going to be physically gifted to play football
Maybe, maybe not. Kids who are full grown at 14 look mighty good for a while. We all knew kids who were grade school phenoms and couldn't play a varsity sport as a JR or SR.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:24 pm to Bengalbio
As long as there is the possibility of making millions, football will be fine.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:26 pm to jimdog
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There is more money in the Texas cities
Atlanta has as much money or more than either Dallas or Houston.
Median household income for (city proper)...
Atlanta = $65,381
(source: deptofnumbers.com/income/georgia/atlanta/)
Dallas = $67,382
(source: deptofnumbers.com/income/texas/dallas/)
Houston = $63,082
(source: www.deptofnumbers.com/income/texas/houston/)
Atlanta's richest neighborhood is Buckhead, the 2nd wealthiest enclave in the Southern U.S., next to Palm Beach, FL, and the ninth wealthiest in the nation.
Pricey neighborhoods?
Buckhead in Atlanta = $341,000 (source: Forbes Magazine); average net worth in Buckhead? $1.4 million (source: The Gadberry Group)
Highland Park in Dallas = $200,001
West University in Houston = $130,959 (source: city-data.com)
Atlanta and the rest of the Greater Atlanta area has the money, more so on average than in Dallas or Houston. Remember, blacks in Atlanta are the wealthiest, on average, in the nation next to Washington, D.C.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:30 pm to Bengalbio
How many tens thousands of of kids play football every year? How many millions have played over the past century and a half? How many of those millions and millions suffered long term effects?
You're so much more likely to suffer life debilitating injury driving a car. So all you "dads" worried about your special little darlings, let me ask you this: you gonna take his keys away too? You gonna keep him in your basement and feed him tendies in exchange for goodboy points?
No wonder we're so mentally weak as a nation. Weak dads make weak sons.
You're so much more likely to suffer life debilitating injury driving a car. So all you "dads" worried about your special little darlings, let me ask you this: you gonna take his keys away too? You gonna keep him in your basement and feed him tendies in exchange for goodboy points?
No wonder we're so mentally weak as a nation. Weak dads make weak sons.
Posted on 9/4/19 at 9:31 pm to WorkinDawg
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Maybe, maybe not. Kids who are full grown at 14 look mighty good for a while. We all knew kids who were grade school phenoms and couldn't play a varsity sport as a JR or SR.
If my kid has my genes, which he will.
He will not be a grade school phenom. Is what i was getting at
He’ll be 5-3 100bs
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