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When the commissioner's name is Bettman can you really be that surprised?
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It should be noted that BWM for Kane yes, but gotta take a moment to talk about how lovely the NHL is. Allegations came out about sexual abuse of hockey players on the Chicago Blawkhawks in 2010 (in the past few months). The NHL has done nothing but no comment at this time, basically doing what they can to cover it up. But this comes out on a player gambling on his own games, NHL immediately responds with “we take this very seriously and will investigate, the integrity of our game is extremely important.” Also, they don’t mention the concern of potential abuse of his wife or child at all. Just incredibly pathetic all around. I’m a bit of a hypocrite because I’ll still watch hockey for the record. But it’s still infuriating to see them blatantly show what they care about and what they’ll just sweep under the rug.
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 13:38 |
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Is there any sports league that isn't a hotbed of greed and corruption?
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 15:02 |
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Armacham posted:Is there any sports league that isn't a hotbed of greed and corruption? When you get down to things like local youth leagues, it becomes more of an either-or thing.
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Armacham posted:Is there any sports league that isn't a hotbed of greed and corruption? No.
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 16:02 |
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Armacham posted:Is there any sports league that isn't a hotbed of greed and corruption? That frisbee running game yet
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 19:37 |
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I’d imagine ultimate and disc golf are relatively greed and corruption free because there’s barely any money in it.
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Bird in a Blender posted:I’d imagine ultimate and disc golf are relatively greed and corruption free because there’s barely any money in it. Elysium fucked around with this message at 19:50 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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Duckman2008 posted:It should be noted that BWM for Kane yes, but gotta take a moment to talk about how lovely the NHL is. Not just abuse of players but that they later gave the abuser coach a recommendation for his next job. At a high school.
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# ? Aug 1, 2021 22:57 |
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I really didn’t know there was this much money in discs. Feels BWM for somebody.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 01:54 |
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A mil per year for the top guy in a sport is still hilariously small, in the grand scheme.
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There's something nice about a sport where someone can become the top guy, and still have a 10+ year career ahead of them.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 02:15 |
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The park district in my hometown has their big main park that was really fancy and elaborate on the early 20th century but slowly and steadily fell into disrepair over the decades. By the early 2000's it was pretty rundown and seldom used. They turned a big chunk of the paths through the woods and streams into a disc golf course. The place is now consistently packed on weekends and they've been able to dump a ton of money into renovating lots of other facilities there. Pretty gwm for the community. No idea disc golf was so popular.
brugroffil fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Aug 2, 2021 |
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You can play while drinking/smoking.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:03 |
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Farewell Sundae!
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:06 |
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Weatherman posted:Farewell Sundae! rip to a real one
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:20 |
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It's not going to be the same without him
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:31 |
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what happened
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:47 |
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bob dobbs is dead posted:what happened He resigned to spend more time with his family and asked for a ban to make it stick.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:50 |
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drat looks like he was zbah too drat
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:52 |
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I thought the goatman was dead
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 04:58 |
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Bird in a Blender posted:I really didn’t know there was this much money in discs. Feels BWM for somebody. Unlike Ultimate, there is a lot of product to move in Disc Golf, way more business potential. In Ultimate, 14 people play at a time with 1 disc. In Disc Golf, each player plays with 14 discs… New disc models come out all the time with slightly different flight characteristics. Discs get worn out over time, and often lost to ponds or woods, and need to be replaced. More than that people love shiny new designs and collect special edition discs that are dropped like a new pair of air force one sneakers that scalpers pick up to resell on ebay. Then there’s bags, carts, rangefinders, branded merch, practice baskets, etc.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 05:12 |
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Elysium posted:Unlike Ultimate, there is a lot of product to move in Disc Golf, way more business potential. In Ultimate, 14 people play at a time with 1 disc. In Disc Golf, each player plays with 14 discs… Shoot sounds like there’s a market to revive Hacky Sack into Sack Shotz, the new mini golf sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Buy, sell, and trade different fabrics and fillings starting at just $9.95!
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 05:45 |
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Midjack posted:He resigned to spend more time with his family and asked for a ban to make it stick. Not that I post in this particular thread, though I lurk, but I think it says something about the forums when my first response is "I don't know how that person is, but I'm super glad a poster isn't legit dead", because that was my first worry.
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Elysium posted:Unlike Ultimate, there is a lot of product to move in Disc Golf, way more business potential. In Ultimate, 14 people play at a time with 1 disc. In Disc Golf, each player plays with 14 discs… I'm a super casual disc golfer, but after 15 years I've accumulated a bag and about a dozen discs. It's still one of the cheapest sports out there.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:34 |
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you'd think disc golf would be cheap but that chain goal thing look slike it could get expensive real quick
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:40 |
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Most of the time that's the park's expense, and they buy heavy duty ones for years of use. It's pretty hard to damage them, though I'm sure someone has. You can probably buy a modular one for your backyard and that would be good enough if you were serious about getting in some practice. My little neighborhood park has 3 or 4 of the good ones in various locations, so if our HOA can afford it it's probably not that much overall.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 14:44 |
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Found this trolling for r/relationship thread content: AITA for leaving in the middle of an appointment? quote:I went to a chiropractor after having been in a car accident a little over a year ago. He had my MRI results so he was aware of my issues. He started the visit by having both of us put litmus paper in our mouths. He said because my paper didn’t turn blue I was mineral deficient. He offered to sell me two containers of vitamins for $35 and said he’d take $5 off to “help me out”. Next he had me put a weighted harness on my head and lay on a raised head rest. After this I was put on a TENS machine. I was in the same room as multiple other patients with no dividers or privacy sheets and the lack of privacy seemed odd. I took the TENS machine pads off and I said “I’m not really into this. Thanks, enjoy the day” and I left. A family member is friends with the Dr. and they said I was rude for not finishing the appointment. AITA?
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Alan Smithee posted:you'd think disc golf would be cheap but that chain goal thing look slike it could get expensive real quick About 80$ for a home practice basket, and 300$-400$ for permanent baskets for the course, at least last time I bought one. Disc golf was originally played with objects or tone poles, and people still set up renegade object courses at local parks (e.g. tee from bench by fountain, target is lamp post by entrance sign) which are basically free, but not as satisfying personally.
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Soylent Pudding posted:Found this trolling for r/relationship thread content: Chiropractors are very BWM because in addition to not actually being doctors they can gently caress you up worse than how you started.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:33 |
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rude: leaving an appointment when you realize you're being scammed. not rude: being a scammer
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 16:36 |
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I don’t know much about Tori Spelling, other than the fact that she was once on 90210, her dad was super-rich TV producer Aaron Spelling, and she is terrible with money. Tabloid sites must love her, though, because they've been keeping up with her exploits in financial chaos for years now. March 2008 Tori Spelling had hundreds of thousands in credit card debt quote:“I had a hit TV series, so I didn’t really need [my parents] for anything,” she said. All that changed when “90210″ went off the air. Spelling says that at one point she owed hundreds of thousands of dollars on her credit card and that she came close to bankruptcy, all because of her “bad shopping habits.” October 2013 Star: Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott are flat broke & on the rocks again quote:“Tori didn’t get her fair share of her father’s wealth,” the insider says. “She struggled a lot financially but did manage to make ends meet from doing reality shows with Dean.” But as their family size increased [they have four children], so did their expenses, and Tori was forced to come up with creative ways to bring in more money: She wrote six books, launched a jewelry line with HSN, opened a furniture store and, most recently, started a children’s clothing line. “The money from Tori’s random business vantures helped to keep them afloat,” the source says. “But it wasn’t enough to maintain their lifestyle.” October 2013 Tori Spelling admits she & Dean McDermott are so broke he can’t get a vasectomy? https://www.celebitchy.com/330606/tori_spelling_admits_she_dean_mcdermott_are_so_broke_he_cant_get_a_vasectomy/ December 2013 Tori Spelling is so broke she blew $10,000 on a Thanksgiving family getaway quote:And Radar has learned the group booked three rooms at more than $500 each for the four-day holiday weekend–and had no problem handling other hotel expenses, such as a $35 per day parking fee and Thanksgiving buffet costing $115 per adult and $35 per child. Tori spent even more for the other meals and activities! January 2014 Tori Spelling would love to divorce Dean McDermott, but she can’t afford it? quote:McDermott recently entered a rehab facility in Los Angeles, after the pair’s seven-year marriage was rocked by allegations that McDermott cheated with a woman named Emily Goodhand, who claimed she had sex with the actor during a two-day romp at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. February 2014 Dean McDermott told Tori Spelling she needs rehab for her spending habits quote:Dean McDermott was spotted for the first time on Monday outside of his family’s Los Angeles home, exactly 30 days after he checked into rehab for the “mistakes” he made, the “pain” he’d caused his loved ones and so that he could “become the husband and father my family deserves.” October 2014 Tori Spelling & Dean blew $18 million, she has 127 storage vaults of junk quote:Tori’s continuing with this theme. The latest episode revealed that Tori has plowed through $18 million since marrying Dean. A lot of this amount includes Tori’s ridiculous real estate adventures. She also has a warehouse full of what she calls “treasures.” A literal warehouse full of Tori’s junk. October 2014 Tori Spelling refuses to change her lifestyle: ‘My dad wouldn’t have wanted it’ quote:Tori: [crying] “I’m sorry. I just feel responsible for so many people, and I can’t do it. The responsibility of having to take care of so many people financially. And the fear of that? It doesn’t matter. People, they look at me, and they’re like [sarcastically], ‘Oh, poor you.’” May 2015 Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott blow through $594k per year with no income quote:They’re cash poor, out of work — and they burned through all their savings years ago. Yet Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott continue to spend money as though they’re sitting on a pile of it. “They’re living off credit cards,” says an insider. “Tori pays the minimum on the cards, so the bills keep doubling and tripling.” January 2016 Tori Spelling sued by Amex for $38k, her last payment in June bounced quote:Tori Spelling’s deep in the hole with American Express, so much so … it’s filed a lawsuit to get back the dough. January 2016 Candy Spelling on daughter Tori’s debt: ‘I’m paying all her bills now’ quote:Would you be willing to help [Tori] out? February 2016 Tori Spelling downgrades to a $7.5k a month rental home with pool, gym quote:Tori Spelling… and her family have moved from their home in Calabasas, California to a rental in Encino, PEOPLE has confirmed. July 2016 Tori Spelling owes over a quarter million in back taxes: predictable? quote:Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have been hounded by bill collectors, and the big dog on the block is now the State of California. April 2017 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott’s bank accounts drained by IRS quote:Page Six has learned that the IRS has emptied bank accounts belonging to late TV mogul Aaron Spelling’s daughter Tori Spelling and her husband, Dean McDermott. June 2017 Tori Spelling ordered to pay $220k in default ruling after not showing up to court quote:E! News has obtained the court documents in which a judge ruled they will now have to pay off a $220,000 default judgment. July 2017 Tori Spelling, deep in debt, threw a huge party for her daughter with ponies quote:In photos obtained by E! News, guests, including 90210 costar Jennie Garth, Tori’s mother Candy Spelling and her brother Randy Spelling, were also treated to face painting, pony rides, piñatas and an elaborately decorated birthday cake. January 2019 Tori Spelling ordered to pay 88k to American Express for unpaid debts quote:The credit card company filed a writ of execution, a court order forcing a judgement, earlier this month to collect $88,246.55 from the 45-year-old actress, according to the docs. February 2019 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott consider downsizing to 8.5k/month house https://www.celebitchy.com/610615/tori_spelling_and_dean_mcdermott_consider_downsizing_to_85kmonth_house/ February 2019 Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott served for failing to pay back $200k loan quote:According to legal documents obtained by Us Weekly, the couple were served earlier this month in regard to their case against City National Bank. The company wants to examine the pair’s finances after they allegedly declined to pay back more than $205,000 in debt. July 2020 Tori Spelling had money seized from her bank account, again, for nonpayment of debts quote:Tori Spelling had money seized from her bank account after she refused to pay back debts she owed to American Express. July 2021 Dean McDermott wants to file for divorce from Tori Spelling but can’t afford it quote:DEAN McDermott “wants to file for divorce” from Tori Spelling but “can’t afford the expensive split” right now, a source exclusively told The Sun. It's hard to tell what my favorite part of this saga. I'm torn between the revelation that she's too broke to get her husband a vasectomy, the fact that they spend $126k on nannies even though dad stays at home and mom works only intermittently, or the boldness of the IRS in just draining their bank account. I also love that in 2016, they "downsized" to a 7.5k a month house, then considered "downsizing" to a 8.5k a month house in 2019.
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William Bear posted:January 2014
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speaking of lovely TV stars https://twitter.com/rpyers/status/1422198732141961222
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Alan Smithee posted:speaking of lovely TV stars She's going to be governor, definitely not bwm.
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quote:Should I take on another car loan? Lots of people apparently think that living in Downtown Denver is a deathtrap unless you are driving a 4WD all-terrain vehicle with chained tires. I'm also wondering what 2018-2019 model year convertible is a collectors items that is rapidly going up in value from the purchase price. quote:Financing recommendations for engagement ring with House purchase in near future quote:
quote:I would try layaway for the ring. No credit check or interest. quote:Yeah, op straight up can’t afford an 8k ring (let alone a 10k wedding!) with only 50k in the bank if they want to buy a house. Here’s a tip, if you need to ask for help on how to swing a big purchase, you probably can’t afford it. I can’t believe how the wedding industrial complex has brainwashed people into spending this kind of cash. quote:
quote:The wedding is a non factor. It's a year from now. quote:
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm also wondering what 2018-2019 model year convertible is a collectors items that is rapidly going up in value from the purchase price. Nothing that someone making $115k/yr can afford, and also not if they're actually driving it. As per the usual when we hear bullshit like this.
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# ? Aug 2, 2021 18:38 |
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It's a (hopefully) short-lived trend but right now literally all cars are collector's items rapidly going up in value from the purchase price. Driving by a dealership is an eerie sight right now.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:It's a (hopefully) short-lived trend but right now literally all cars are collector's items rapidly going up in value from the purchase price. Driving by a dealership is an eerie sight right now. All the ones near me are repaving their lots right now!
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