Upcoming against Thunder will speak volumes

Nutriaitch said:

I wouldn't even know where to find quinoa

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They’ve got it at the H‑E‑B. (In case you’re interested)

After 2 games Harden has been as advertised. Maybe, and I mean MAYBE based on his past history, he is motivated to make this work. It’s possible that adding him and getting rid of the 2 malcontents and the guy who could never stay healthy is what this team needed (don’t sleep on Schroeder either). One figures there’d be a bump immediately, we’ll see how they come out after the break (and hopefully they can beat the Wizards Wednesday)

Njoku makes it official, he’s done as a Brown

LordJeffBuck said:

In 60+ years (probably a lot less) all "professional" sports will be virtual. That's your "hard reset".

Why pay real Pat Mahomes $50 million a year when you can pay virtual Matt Pahomes zero? The entertainment value will be the same (or better) and you will still be able to bet on the games (with far less shenanigans because virtual players won't "throw" games).

As far as markets go, it will be the entire world because you can locate a virtual team anywhere and the virtual players can all be "local" so the fans will have an immediate connection with their team.

Music and movies are already going virtual/AI. Can sports be far behind?

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Eh I don't think so. People are still going to want real sports with real people.

it’s getting so close i can smell the dirt and grass.

CMic said:

Pics or you served it over quinoa.

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I wouldn't even know where to find quinoa

How would being virtual make thrown games less likely?

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I was telling my wife last night that I thought one of the toughest things to do as an exceptional athlete was knowing when to walk away. I think that time already came for Lindsey Vonn but she ignored it and tried again. And then, this.

Zem said:

Klosterman interview about his book. The "death of football" is just a small section of it.

"...in the book I kind of argue what I think's going to happen to football in 60 or 70 years. There are economic issues - particularly with television, advertising, some of these things - that as they balloon to even greater and greater heights, where the amount of money is so great that the NFL can only continue expanding, it does become fragile. ..."

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buckeyemania11 said:

I don't think football will ever "end" but I think definitely the NFL and college are both going to be eventually faced with situations where they have to do a hard reset

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Jaxbuck said:

Like any business-sell more to the same customer or go find new markets to sell your stuff into.

Obvious answer for NFL is new markets.

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In 60+ years (probably a lot less) all "professional" sports will be virtual. That's your "hard reset".

Why pay real Pat Mahomes $50 million a year when you can pay virtual Matt Pahomes zero? The entertainment value will be the same (or better) and you will still be able to bet on the games (with far less shenanigans because virtual players won't "throw" games).

As far as markets go, it will be the entire world because you can locate a virtual team anywhere and the virtual players can all be "local" so the fans will have an immediate connection with their team.

Music and movies are already going virtual/AI. Can sports be far behind?

Watson? You have a pro bowler.

Zem said:

For now, I guess. But in 60 years? I don't see Mumbai or Santiago being real excited to join the nfl. I'll be like, enough already. But dissecting the author's reasoning requires reading the book, or maybe the NYT article, and I have yet to do either. Besides, I can't get past the disadvantages for a team flying 9+ hours to play football.

For college, as I stated earlier, we're the only country on the planet that has college sports anywhere near this level.

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College football is really the 22 and under pro league. College affiliation means less… see Indiana.