2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

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Araysar

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Looks like an iceberg. It's perfect for the Titanic that is the Minnesota Vikings.
 
Tarrant

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moontayle_sl said:
Let's be clear as to why it's an enclosed stadium: Potential for at least one Super Bowl game. The game in New Jersey this year? An anomaly. A "reward" for simply building a new stadium in the biggest market in the States. Minnesota wouldn't get that consideration so they have to build it with a roof. Plus, with a roof you get multiple considerations. Even Jerry World is on the table again, despite the week of the Super Bowl being frozen in ice and the seat fiasco.
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This, a Superbowl would never come here without an outdoor stadium. Could have got around it with a retractable roof but this solves the issue really. All the feeling of an open air stadium without having to deal with -25 degree temps in the winter.

The thing is literally going to be equipped to handle every sporting event in existence as well as any other venue as well.

Again I like it. I fucking hate the Metrodome and in a city that prides itself on it's architecture it made sense to go the route they did. Looking forward to walking through it once it's all finished.
 
Slaythe

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This modern architecture style is kind of a thing up here. Looking at mock ups I agree it seems kind of weird but I think it'll fit in up here a little more than you dudes realize.

And to echo Tarrant...yeah...anything is going to be better than the Metrodome.
 
Gravy

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Well, if the fan base is happy about it, then good on ya. I have no idea about the financial structure of who is paying for the stadium, but more likely than not it's the fans.
 
Tarrant

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Of the $975million it'll cost, Taxpayers are on the hook for $350million.

They've already put in a bid to host a Superbowl and one soon to host the Final Four.
 
Rengak

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Araysar_sl said:
Looks like an iceberg. It's perfect for the Titanic that is the Minnesota Vikings.
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It looks like the Sandcrawler from Star Wars. No word yet on whether or not all stadium employees will be replaced with Jawa's.

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Famm

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Felix Jones? Really, Philly? They just love guys who get hurt all the time.

Eagles sign RB Felix Jones
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Maybe they want to get rid of McCoy!

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/92...delphia-eagles

The plaintiff in the suit, who goes by the name "Mary Roe" in the complaint, alleges that on Dec. 18, 2012, McCoy's publicist invited her and 15 other women to a nightclub party. They were transported on a party bus provided by Premier Luxury Rentals, also named in the lawsuit.

According to the complaint, McCoy sprayed the people on the bus with water. When the plaintiff complained, McCoy told his bodyguard, "Big John," to "get her."

"Big John and/or McCoy then struck plaintiff in the face, causing her to fall to the ground, physically restrained her while she was lying on the ground, poured a beverage onto her hair, clothes, and body, and forcibly dragged and pushed her," the complaint states, according to multiple media reports. "McCoy ordered the driver to stop on the side of the highway, and after the driver did so, both Big John and McCoy then forcibly ejected plaintiff from the bus."
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Ha!
 
jooka

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McCoy is nothing when looking at Titas. Talk about the deep end. What the fuck are these guys thinking?
 
Jozu

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Nah that really happens in some states including Massachusetts. You can get pulled over for having your front windows being tinted too dark, and its a 500$ fine for each window.
 
Gravel

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What the fuck? How does Smith still have a job in the NFLPA? If I were a player, I'd be pretty pissed right now. They not only screw up the current CBA, but now they're doing this on top of that?

NFL Players' Performance-Based Checks For '13 Season To Be Deferred Two Years

The NFLPA recently informed NFL players and agents that players' performance-based pay checks for the '13 season will be deferred for two years, NFLPA Assistant Exec Dir for External Affairs George Atallah confirmed. Players will receive the payment in March '16 instead of March '14. Atallah noted the reason for the deferral was to provide more salary cap room this year. He said, "In the early years of this deal, where revenues were not growing at the rate we expect them to grow when the television money comes in, we engaged in a process to smooth the salary cap." The NFL salary cap went up $2.4M to $123M for the '13 season. Atallah said the deferment of the performance pay was a small part of the reason for the increase. The main reason the cap went up is NFL revenues went up, he said. The NFLPA first told agents about the deferral of the '13 performance-based pay at the agent meeting during the NFL combine. Some agents privately expressed concern about the payments being deferred. Agents said the deferral potentially could adversely impact some of the lowest-paid players in the league. Atallah said, "Players are going to earn the money. It is just going to be deferred." Performance based pay designed to reward players who have smaller contracts but participate in a significant number of NFL plays. It is calculated so that players with the smallest compensation get a much higher percentage of the performance-based pay pool. For example, a player like Redskins RB Alfred Morris who was a sixth-round draft pick last year, would receive a very large performance-based paycheck and Broncos QB Peyton Manning would receive a very small check, even though both players started and participated in a significant number of plays in the '12 NFL season.
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More:Union measure to hold onto some player monies contentious but smart

In that article, it sounds like the NFLPA is claiming it's in the best interest of the players so they don't go broke. Can you imagine any normal corporation trying that shit? These both came out in March, too. No idea why it seems like no major media covered it.
 
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