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dragurd said:
So I have an important question. I have youtube 4k so why in gods name is the fucking superbowl not in 4k NBC?
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I can't justify the cost for YT 4K with the fact that almost nothing is in 4K. The fact that they charge extra for something that doesn't cost them anything more infuriates me. 4K is so beautiful and it'll be forever until I see anything in it live again outside of a free preview.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
I can't justify the cost for YT 4K with the fact that almost nothing is in 4K. The fact that they charge extra for something that doesn't cost them anything more infuriates me. 4K is so beautiful and it'll be forever until I see anything in it live again outside of a free preview.
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Lots of Buckeye games on FOX and 3 college football games a weekend on Fox and one on ESPN but everything else besides olympics is sparse and even with Olympics being on a lot it doesn't seem to be simulcast which is weird. Some soccer I don't care about.
 
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3074326 said:
I like how Montana loves Kyle Pitts. The rookie TE for the Falcons who played at Florida and was born in Philly. Totally makes sense. Haha
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BLANK FAMILY OF BUSINESSES CLOSES ON PURCHASE OF PARADISE VALLEY RANCH
https://blankfoundation.org/article...-closes-on-purchase-of-paradise-valley-ranch/
PARADISE VALLEY, MONTANA – The Arthur M. Blank Family of Businesses announced today it has closed on the purchase of Paradise Valley Ranch. Located between the city of Livingston and an entrance to Yellowstone Park, the approximately 9,300-acre Paradise Valley Ranch is near Mountain Sky Guest Ranch and West Creek Ranch, two interdependent properties belonging to the Blank Family of Businesses.

“We are thrilled with the opportunity to purchase Paradise Valley Ranch,” said Blank. “This will be a great addition to our other two ranches in Paradise Valley – Mountain Sky Guest Ranch and West Creek Ranch. We will evaluate our new property over the next few months to produce a thoughtful plan that preserves the land’s natural beauty and utilizes the spectacular setting for bringing people together in meaningful ways.

“What’s most important for our neighbors to know is that this purchase is about conservation, not development,” Blank continued. “We will respect the tradition of ranching while keeping our lands in their original, intact state for the sake of beauty and wildlife.”

In addition to expanding Blank’s portfolio of businesses, the purchase of Paradise Valley Ranch will serve as an additional platform for the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation’s philanthropic work in Montana. Giving back to others is a core value in all of Blank’s businesses. Through AMB West Philanthropies, Blank has granted more than $6 million to help Montana community efforts on early childhood development, wellness, suicide prevention, and conservation.

“When I purchased Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in 2001, it became the first company in our Family of Businesses,” said Blank. “For two decades, we’ve been part of the Paradise Valley community – this is our home. We care about all of the people who work and live here. We hope that our history of meaningful philanthropy in Montana and our responsible stewardship of these lands demonstrates that we can forge a plan for Paradise Valley Ranch that both serves and preserves.”

About the Blank Family of Businesses

In addition to the Arthur M. Blank (AMB) Family Foundation, the Blank Family of Businesses includes:

AMB Sports + Entertainment in Atlanta, Georgia (National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United, and Mercedes-Benz Stadium); the 41-store nationwide PGA TOUR Superstore, America’s leading golf retailer; AMB West in Paradise Valley, Montana (11,000-acre Mountain Sky Guest Ranch purchased in 2001, 6,300-acre West Creek Ranch purchased in 2017, and 9,300-acre Paradise Valley Ranch purchased in November 2019); and our Atlanta-based Family Office which provides support services for all our businesses. With a diverse portfolio of sports, entertainment, retail and hospitality serving unique customers, the Blank Family of Businesses are guided by six core values: Put People First, Listen and Respond, Include Everyone, Innovate Continuously, Lead by Example, and Give Back to Others. These core values drive all decision-making while acting as a moral compass for the way our businesses serve our fans, customers, guests, Associates and our communities.

In 1995, Blank started his Family Foundation. As co-founder of The Home Depot, Chairman of the Blank Family of Businesses, and one of America’s leading philanthropists, Blank has invested more than $425 million of his personal fortune in causes that directly benefit local and national interests. These efforts are primarily focused on providing opportunities for children and families, especially those most in need, through education, youth development, health and wellness and civic empowerment. The Foundation also supports the arts, wildlife conservation, green space preservation, and programs for military veterans.
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Atlanta Falcons owner buys more Paradise Valley land
https://406mtsports.com/professiona...cle_0e19f8e9-d342-538c-bc58-ab58e82eb2e2.html
More than 9,000 acres of land in the Paradise Valley that had once been surveyed for development by a “doomsday cult” has been purchased for conservation.

“The whole butte could have had houses on it,” said Tim Murphy, of Hall and Hall, a Montana real estate firm that represented the buyer.

The $19.5 million sale was finalized on Nov. 12, and the land is now owned by the Arthur M. Blank Family of Businesses. Blank is the billionaire owner of the Atlanta Falcons football team and co-founded Home Depot, the home improvement retailer.

“What’s most important for our neighbors to know is that this purchase is about conservation, not development,” Blank said in a press release. “We will respect the tradition of ranching while keeping our lands in their original, intact state for the sake of beauty and wildlife.”

In a nod to historical use, the current lessees will be allowed to continue cattle grazing and farming on the land.

Adding up
This is the 12th transaction by Blank in the area over the past 15 years. It all began in 2001 when he purchased the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch. Prior to this most recent purchase, Blank had bought the West Creek Ranch, which adjoins the 10,000-acre guest ranch.

“For two decades, we’ve been part of the Paradise Valley community — this is our home,” Blank said in his statement. “We care about all of the people who work and live here. We hope that our history of meaningful philanthropy in Montana and our responsible stewardship of these lands demonstrates that we can forge a plan for Paradise Valley Ranch that both serves and preserves.”

How the new acquisition will be folded into the current dude ranch operations is still unknown at this time. As noted by Yancy Arterburn, ranch manager, the new property is a 20 minute drive from the guest ranch.


“The property will be evaluated over the next few months to produce a thoughtful plan that preserves the land’s natural beauty and utilizes the spectacular setting for bringing people together in meaningful ways,” according to the press release.

Owners
Live Water Properties in Bozeman had listed the 9,260-acres of deeded land — another 280 acres are a BLM lease — for $19.95 million. The acreage is on the west side of the Yellowstone River about nine miles south of Livingston. About 1,700 acres are irrigated crop land. In the winter the ranch is home to a herd of elk that can range from 500 to 2,000 head, Murphy said.

The seller was listed on property records as Element Land Co. LLC, a foreign limited liability company. Earlier records showed Marianne C. Liebmann as one of the agents of the company. Liebmann is one of the heirs to the Cargill agricultural fortune.

The Church Universal and Triumphant had owned the ranchland at one time. The church purchased land throughout the valley after moving its headquarters to Montana in the 1980s.

Big sale
Murphy called the sale of the ranch one of the larger ones to take place in years in the Paradise Valley. The area has long attracted wealthy out-of-state buyers drawn by the scenery of the Absaroka and Gallatin mountain ranges and the close proximity of the Yellowstone River and Yellowstone National Park.

“This is one of the largest intact ranches in the Paradise Valley,” said Jeff Shouse, of Live Water Properties.

“The surrounding area is one of the most sporting-oriented locations in Montana, renowned for a number of legendary fisheries and world-class hunting options for upland birds, waterfowl and big game,” according to the Live Water Properties online listing.
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Arthur Blank buys Dome Mountain Ranch
Published on Thu, 12/16/2021
https://www.livingstonenterprise.com/content/arthur-blank-buys-dome-mountain-ranch
Arthur M. Blank’s AMB West Holding Company has purchased Dome Mountain Ranch in the Paradise Valley just north of Yellowstone National Park.

Terms of the sale were not disclosed, but fayranches.com had the ranch listed at $45 million. The ranch consists of about 6,300 acres of deeded and leased land. AMB West Holding Company is an investment arm within the Blank Family of Businesses, which are owned and operated by Blank.

Blank will rebrand the property in the coming months as the organization intends to use the ranch as a destination hunting and fishing property, according to a press release announcing the acquisition. With the purchase, Blank now owns Mountain Sky Guest Ranch, West Creek Ranch and Paradise Valley Ranch.

“The new ranch is absolutely breathtaking, and we are thrilled to add it to our portfolio of properties in Paradise Valley,” Blank stated in the release. “While we develop a new brand for the ranch and define how it will be utilized going forward, I assure our friends and neighbors throughout the valley that … caring for this precious land and its natural resources will be of highest priority.”

Dome Mountain Ranch has more than 4 miles of the Yellowstone River frontage, is adjacent to U.S. Forest Service land and contiguous with the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. than 30 acres, two of which are stocked with rainbow and brown trout. The ranch is bordered by the more than 4,000-acre Dome Mountain Wildlife Refuge and the 300- acre Dailey Lake. It is one of the last and largest remaining private wildlife preserves just 20 miles north of Yellowstone National Park, according to the ranch website.

The ranch also has roughly 140 acres under pivot irrigation for orchard grass, needle and thread, clovers, little alfalfa and sanfoin, according to the property listing. It has about 5,300 acres of deeded land, with 470 acres leased from the state of Montana and another 508 leased from the federal Bureau of Land Management.

In 2017, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously to endorse the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks’ proposal to acquire the Dome Mountain Ranch. The listed asking price at the time was $25 million. FWP’s intent was to add the land to the existing Dome Mountain Wildlife Management Area.
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Not saying that this is the reason why Kyle Pitts is so popular in Montana, but there is SOME connection and it's not totally random!
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You can take Stafford out of the "S-E-C! S-E-C!"

But you can't take "S-E-C! S-E-C!" out of Stafford

Well, maybe not the best analogy, but this is some "Team S-E-C!" fan type of shit coming from the Motor City:



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'Detroit Rams' gear 'flying off shelves' as fans embrace Stafford's journey to Super Bowl
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...thew-staffords-journey-super-bowl/6753970001/
He wears a different uniform these days, three time zones away.

But former Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford continues to be good for business in Michigan, where many fans have taken up fandom with his new team, the Los Angeles Rams, as they prepare to play in Sunday's Super Bowl against the Cincinnati Bengals.

A local sports apparel and memorabilia store in Livonia has even started selling "Detroit Rams" t-shirts, hoodies and other collectibles.

"We got them in yesterday and they have been flying off the shelves," said John Yu, owner of Pro Sports Zone in Livonia. "A really hot item."

The line of "Detroit Rams" clothing has been mocked by many on social media and on local airwaves — on 97.1 The Ticket, former Green Bay Packer and Lion guard T.J. Lang said, "I hope that store goes out of business," which was met by a laughing emoji posted on Facebook by Yu — but the sellers are laughing all the way to the bank. Yu said he placed an original order of 100 shirts to see how they'd sell, and quickly realized he'd need to place another order.

The shirts were designed and produced by a local clothing company called The D Line, which has a history of spotting popular trends in the Detroit sports sphere and quickly capitalizes when the market is hot.

The blue t-shirt features a logo similar to the Detroit Lion, albeit facing the other direction — right, instead of left — with a Ram head similar to the one used by the Rams. There are slight differences, of course, to avoid copyright and trademark issues. The "Detroit Rams" font is also unique. The shirts are available for $20 at TheDLine.com, or 23 at Yu's store. The t-shirts also come in black, and the hoodies come in blue and black. Also available in the "Detroit Rams" line are long-sleeved t-shirts, tank tops, baseball caps, stickers, flags, post cards, magnets, even a blanket and a child's onesie.

A spokesperson for The D Line said Friday shortly after noon that they've sold about 500 "Detroit Rams" t-shirts, and expect to sell several hundred more this weekend, before Sunday night's Super Bowl.

It's the second-best-selling short by TheDLine, behind the "Second Deck" line, which played off an on-air home-run call by former Tigers TV analyst Rod Allen.

Several national media outlets jumped on the "Detroit Rams" story Friday, including Bleacher Report and Barstool Sports' "Pardon My Take" podcast. The story took off so swiftly on social media Friday that the owner of The D Line had to turn off his notifications on his cell phone.

Stafford, 34, was the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Lions in 2009, and played 12 seasons with Detroit before he was traded to the Rams for Jarred Goff and draft picks in January 2021. Stafford played in and lost three playoff games with the Lions, but has guided the Rams to the brink of the NFL championship.

And many fans of the Lions — who, perhaps you have heard, have never won a Super Bowl, or even played in one — remain all-in on No. 9

"It is exciting for Detroit fans to see one of their favorite players doing well and making it to the Super Bowl," said Yu, whose store also has found success selling officially licensed Rams gear, including Stafford and Cooper Kupp jerseys and autographs.
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