Crowknowsbest

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For a fraction of the cost they would have paid previously. Now they cant go vertical on the pad since there are hotel rooms lining the entire surround. Its at best a single floor retail building now. Was worth way more when it affected the entire design and layout of the hotel.

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This. Assuming he dies there, the best path for his kids is probably to let it become such an eyesore that it impacts the hotel’s revenue enough for them to pay an outsized amount just to demo it. Very little development value there now.

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People from all walks of life will use a Wal-Mart, Costco or Sam's Club. That is a common lived experience along with using the countries vast highway system or the airport system and all will do a remarkable job of adjusting one's view on others.

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Idk, I don’t walk through the airport and think “all these people are morally shitty.” They may smell like actual shite, but most are minding their own business.

The responses in this thread affirm this poll, unfortunately. America is culturally judgmental, and that’s reflected across the religious and political spectrum.

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When George Clooney secured French citizenship last year and confirmed that his family’s main home is now a farm in Provence, it sent a strong message about the standing of the American Dream. Clooney has been unusually blunt about what the move represents: a bet that his children would have a “much better life” in a country where fame matters less, privacy laws are stronger, and childhood can be more ordinary than it would be in Los Angeles.

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This is a terrible example. George Clooney and his kids’ issues are not applicable to most people.

An actual issue is when you have large numbers of highly educated and high earning young professionals choosing to take their families elsewhere. That isn’t happening yet on a meaningful scale, but acting as if it could never happen would be foolish.

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That popularity isn't b/c of schools like Texas Tech, and the only time they did hit national relevance was....beating a school like Texas (in the final moments no less)

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Why should national relevance be the determining factor? College football grew to be a behemoth as a regional game.

It’s obviously true that there are 15-20 schools that draw the most eyeballs and are the real powers in the sport, but it’s also true that most college football fans are affiliated with programs not on that exclusive list. A lot of college football viewership comes from fans of “have nots” watching “haves” because they are generally interested in college football due to their interest in their own school. If you kill off their own school, will they really still watch OSU, Georgia, Alabama, LSU, Michigan, etc? I think a lot of those fans tune out if there’s no connection, even if that connection was always tenuous.

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Tech is just mad they are a have not. Taking it out on the SEC and B1G haves.

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I’m a Georgia fan but have serious doubts that what’s best for the “haves” is what’s best for college sports as a whole. I think the haves would most likely come to regret killing off the have nots.

Becoming an unregulated second rate NFL is not in college football’s best interest, in my opinion.

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LSU brand is as hot as it’s ever been

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That’s objectively false.

Curling.

Disagree on golf. Driving distance is always an advantage no matter how short the course, unless we’re talking putt putt.

I think there’s a difference between intentionally visible vs hidden tattoos. I won’t comment on someone getting a small hidden tattoo that is actually intended for themselves.

Getting large visible tattoos seems to fall in line with a general cultural shift into a kind of aimless narcissism, possibly derived from social media and celebrity culture. The idea that a lot of people feel that they need to project curated content about themselves out to an audience at all times, even if the messaging vehicle causes personal or professional harm. There are a lot of subcultural factors at play that explain pockets of heavy tattooing, but the broader cross-demographic use over the last 10-15 years is clearly a symptom of some larger cultural change.

I propose a hard 24 year old cap on eligibility. The minute you turn 25, you are ineligible, even in the middle of a season.

Eligibility is also forfeited immediately upon written intent to enter a professional league.

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These guys are getting paid now too. So my empathy for a 18-19 year old making 500 grand a year to play football is less than 0 when he is knocked around by someone more established than him

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Not going to be very many 18 year olds getting paid if 25 year olds are an option.

All these “good” 25 year olds were once “not good” 18 years olds who are now attempting to pull the ladder up behind them.

IMO, the NFL would actually be forced to step in if college football eligibility limits are blown away. The NFL needs high potential 18 year olds to have a college entry point in order to maintain the league’s talent level.