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[mestevo]

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Ezekiel Elliot won't be fined for jumping into the Salvation Army display in the end zone last night, but he said he's going to make a donation to the Salvation Army anyways.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Jerruh said last night that he hoped the league would fine him so that he could take them to court, which would get the Salvation Army plenty of attention.


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[LowerWolf]

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Per ESPN, the Salvation Army says donations were up 61% since Zeke's celebration last night.

[kingkilla56]

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Homeless people aren't taxpayers. Their money isn't used for the stadium. [emoji14]

Do y'all have a playbook for when it comes for excuses to not help people in your country? Light bill too high, can't afford to feed them, may have to clean up building afterwards, they didn't contribute to stadium so they aren't worthy of a helping hand. I mean how many more reasons for lack of humanity are there in your book?

[SPTO]

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Per ESPN, the Salvation Army says donations were up 61% since Zeke's celebration last night.

A little publicity like that goes a LOONG way. I gotta say that while i'm not a big fan of Jerruh his support of the Salvation Army is quite commendable. I believe they've had that Salvation Army bucket thing there for 20 years now?

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Do y'all have a playbook for when it comes for excuses to not help people in your country? Light bill too high, can't afford to feed them, may have to clean up building afterwards, they didn't contribute to stadium so they aren't worthy of a helping hand. I mean how many more reasons for lack of humanity are there in your book?

Look at those people on welfare getting all that free stuff that MY taxes paid for!

And yet people could give two ****s about the billionaire getting public money to build a stadium that does not "bolster the economy" as advertised and usually gets some kind of break on taxes on the revenue.

Fleecing people.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Jags GM David Caldwell said that the team is interested in speaking with Former Giants' Coach Tom Coughlin about coming back to coach the team again.


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[wco81]

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You sounds like your priorities are right where they should be.

Homelessness has been a problem for decades in this country.

It hasn't been a priority for anyone in this country. You don't see politicians running on eradicating or reducing the numbers of homeless people nor even citizen-driven ballot initiatives.

People can donate to food shelters like Second Harvest but nobody wants to pay more taxes to increase programs which might address the situation.

You can bet NFL owners and many other high-paid employees of teams don't want to. The 32 teams collectively generate over $10 billion in revenues and don't pay a dime in federal taxes.

They will do charities which give them good PR opportunities, like players visiting kids -- sick kids even better. Otherwise, who really expected an NFL team would be interested in getting involved?

[steelerfan]

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Chances are, you have a coworker that's functionally homeless.

No. I don't.

I'm self-employed and my only co-worker is my business partner. He has a very nice home.

As for my comment above, it was a joke (I thought the [emoji14] made that obvious). Unfortunately, many people do not have a sense of humor.

[steelerfan]

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All that said, as it stands, I certainly deserve to be laughed at for defending him.

You must've heard something from Mark Madden, like you heard that Marc-Andre Fleury would be moved last offseason.

[Jr.]

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Per ESPN, the Salvation Army says donations were up 61% since Zeke's celebration last night.

I'm fully expecting the NFL to sue for advertising costs. We all know the NFL doesn't let anyone make money or get recognition from them without a cost.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Because none of us really didn't see this coming:

As the NFL grows and the NFL looks for ways to expand fan engagement, a new opportunity is coming in 2017.

The league has announced the launch of the NFL Combine Experience, which will provide unprecedented access to the annual dog-and-pony show that has evolved around what primarily is an effort to get comprehensive medical information on incoming players.

Implicit in the press release is the notion that the Scouting Combine will have an official Media Center, separate and apart from the current collection of folding tables and portable TV desks that litter the hallway inside the doors to Lucas Oil Stadium. For the folks who cover the Scouting Combine, that will be a fairly significant change.

“Fans will have the opportunity to watch the Bench Press; access the Media Center to view press conferences and interviews with Combine prospects; and enjoy a free festival with interactive games, youth football clinics, player autograph sessions with NFL Legends, virtual reality sessions, and more,” the league’s statement explains.

Plenty of scouts will hate the change, in part because they generally hate change of any kind. The presence of fans will definitely be a potential distraction and intrusion; however, the entire operation continues to be a business, and business interests require maximizing the opportunities for exposure and revenue-generation presented by the Scouting Combine.

And if exposure and revenue-generation are possible at a time when nothing remotely resembling football is being played, the National Football League wins. Again.

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[ImTellinTim]

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It's weird enough that people watch the Combine on TV. Actually travelling to watch 21/22-year-olds bench press is a whole extra level of crazy.

[NDAlum]

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In my sick and twisted mind I think of what group of people might benefit from that trip the most...

The beautiful women who don't have any life skills to offer other than trapping a future NFL player lol

They could find that diamond in the rough before he gets the check!

[wwharton]

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I was a big Brock fan even into the offseason but I don't think it would have been me scoffing at punts, I know the team is bigger than the individual.


All that said, as it stands, I certainly deserve to be laughed at for defending him.

It wasn't you. You two were on the same side of the argument right around when he got benched for Manning, but he was going waaaaay over the top and all the way through the playoffs. Can't remember who it was either, and I'm guessing he'll continue to remain quiet like he has this entire year, lol.

Homelessness has been a problem for decades in this country.

It hasn't been a priority for anyone in this country. You don't see politicians running on eradicating or reducing the numbers of homeless people nor even citizen-driven ballot initiatives.

People can donate to food shelters like Second Harvest but nobody wants to pay more taxes to increase programs which might address the situation.

You can bet NFL owners and many other high-paid employees of teams don't want to. The 32 teams collectively generate over $10 billion in revenues and don't pay a dime in federal taxes.

They will do charities which give them good PR opportunities, like players visiting kids -- sick kids even better. Otherwise, who really expected an NFL team would be interested in getting involved?

I'll defend you a bit on this...

Someone brought up the comparison of opening up our own personal homes which isn't a great one to one comparison, but to use that in this example... it'd be like giving the keys to our homes to strangers and then going out of town for a few days.

The homeless problem is horrible and I honestly wish I was willing to do more, but I have to admit there is a limit for me and I think for most of us. We can look at this from the sideline and say it's easy to just open the doors to the stadium for the homeless but that really is ignoring the cost that goes with it. Are we bringing any staff at all in there? Security? Any other safety measures put in place to protect areas otherwise not needed because of the level of built in protection when the doors aren't opened? What kind of electricity will be run to make it different than sleeping on the streets?

Personally, I have great respect for this gesture because it is likely costing a great deal of money for some one or group to make the CHOICE to do it. I'm not really sure why the discussion needs to go much farther than that. I have no ill will to the other stadium owners who have not/will not do it either.