The Unknown Poster

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Thats too bad about the Statute of Limitations with Baio. Eggert's story is believable. Hopefully she can get some closure now.

I turned the corner on Craig as Bond. I like the films. He's very physical and there is a brutalist style to the movies. But Im not a big Bond guy so I dont get as upset as others. I liked Brosnan the best.

Because you often turn the discussion from the topic to the poster.

Actually what you said was that there was an overwhelming left bias which isnt really true. Someone else even mentioned that being Anti-Trump isnt a left position. He's a disgusting racist, misogynistic jerk. You've said you dont mind those things. My point was that there is a difference between a discussion and a debate. I think many people here discuss Trump and US politics and while many agree, its a discussion. If someone's stated motivation is to create a debate because they like Trump and none of the nasty, negative aspects to his presidency matter, its not really a relevant debate, in my mind. You're free to post what you want. Only the mods can say otherwise. But I think my point is accurate that the rare Trump supporters dont really want to discuss, they want to deflect. To be fair, we could just ignore you and keep discussing amongst ourselves. to be clear, being Anti Trump is not a left bias. To think that, shows a VERY right bias...an alt right bias in fact. There are a lot of people right of center who are left of Trump, me included. And also to be fair, I know there are left leaning people who post in this thread that I would disagree with about many things politically. And Im sure I'd agree with you on many things. But for me (and many right wing people), we dont say "thats a liberal so I have to take a counter position", if a liberal is correct, he's correct. And whether you're far left or a right wing non-Trump supporter, if you're correct, so be it. Just because Im right wing doesnt mean I have to share all right wing opinions and it sure doesnt mean I have to support Trump. Anyway, thats a long winded way of saying, I agree you're entitled to your view but if you have a minority view, dont get mad when the majority disagree.

How much does it cost to erase his name from the Nobel Peace Prize?

Thats not remotely what I said.

Only the alt right gun nuts could consider banning doors before guns. Just wait, eventually a prison will be decommissioned and some politician will recommend turning it into a school.

Yeah I dont know if I agree with the idea WWE *will* up offers significantly over what they would before these new TV deals. They usually adhere to a pay structure though they have paid more for special guys, like Brock. Ronda obviously. Omega is probably number one on their list. Okada would be there too. It would take a lot to get Okada to leave Japan. I dont think money is the way to get Kenny (though he's a businessman so if they offered something crazy, he'd have to consider it). Things like schedule, creative and merchandising might mean more. Being in bed with FOX might mean more for some guys too, if there are cross-branding opportunities. Kenny could benefit from that. It all comes down to what Vince is willing to spend. And I have never heard what he thinks of Kenny. Kenny has always been a Hunter & Regal guy and they've wanted him for years. But if WWE gets annoyed by New Japan or shows like All In, its so easy for them to make deals the top guys there cant refuse.

Some more TV news (this is the biggest news, perhaps in WWE history), from Mr Metlzer: - Both TV deals go into effect October 2019 and run for 5 years - RAW remains on USA from 8-11:05 (Eastern) - SD moves to FOX, Friday 8-10PM (Eastern - estimated by one insider as worth about $4 million per week, and printed reports listed it as $205 million per year (virtually the same) and the two deals combined were talked about in the $445 million to $475 million range. - The WWE’s deals with both USA and FOX, for a combined $2.2 billion to $2.4 billion over the five years, covers October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2024. - According to Sports Business Journal and other industry sources, FOX was wanting exclusivity for UFC, although was willing to accept a joint offer, but not at the $10 million per show price tag, although that figure is a little misleading because there is a lot of other programming involved. FOX told WME IMG last week that they were pulling their offer off the table, which clearly coincided with using that $200 million budgeted and offered to sign WWE. It’s notable that they, in making the choice, felt 52 weeks of Smackdown on Friday nights was more valuable than 20 UFC shows combined with the ancillary programming that to a degree carried FS 1 and dominated programming on FS 2, which will now have hundreds of hours that would be needed to fill. FS 1 does consider ESPN its prime rival, so UFC going to ESPN may have changed the dynamic as compared if they had gone with NBC or Turner. - “UFC played chicken with FOX and lost.” - FOX had recently canceled several popular shows and the word from those within the organization just a few weeks ago to us was it was getting rid of some regular programming to clear the deck for WWE programming, but at the time the belief was that was for Raw, which USA Network looks to have kept, since it had the right in its contract to match any outside offer. USA made the decision to match the biggest outside offer for Raw. USA declined to match the Smackdown offer. - Vince McMahon’s WWE stock value would be $1.845 billion, and in a trivia note, it is possible he could be worth more overall than Ted Turner for the first time ever. - WWE actually had a slightly higher bid from either Amazon or Facebook, but going with FOX was a no-brainer because it would be far better than either streaming service - FOX has also promised to heavily promote its WWE content during its other sports like NFL, College Football and Major League Baseball games. - Regarding WrestleMania week, in theory this would move the Smackdown show in the city from the Tuesday night to the Friday night. That would put it against the major indie shows in the past that ran on Fridays. Saturday would likely be NXT and ROH’s big show, so most of the top indies would stay away from that night. So the question becomes if they would stay away from Friday as well and move to Thursday. The Hall of Fame would have to move to either Thursday or Tuesday, with Thursday making far more sense. - While Friday night is a worse night for drawing viewers than Tuesday, the increase in exposure from being on the FOX Network, both because it’s a far higher rated station, and because it is available in far more homes, will more than offset it. In fact, it would be expected that Smackdown would have more viewers than Raw, because of the power of FOX and far greater visibility. - There is also a risk involved, in the sense that there is far more pressure on network television to draw ratings. If Smackdown can’t do competitive numbers, it could be moved, taken out of prime time, moved to FS 1 or dropped at the end of its contract. Unlike with USA, where it’s a lock that Raw will no matter what be among the top rated cable shows, even if it goes back to heavily declining numbers like from 2015 to2017. - Starting in October 2019, the single biggest priority for the company would be the Friday night ratings on FOX, far more than USA’s ratings, and thus, the biggest events should be slated for there. - growth, or lack of growth in the network number, which was seen as the key figure in analyzing WWE business, is now pretty much meaningless. The network was thought to be the future, but the network is now just an ancillary form of income and traditional television is the future, at least until the end of 2024, or longer unless the bubble bursts. - literally they could double everyone’s current pay tomorrow, and they would still be paying at the same rate as UFC, and at about one-fourth the rate of major sports. The point being, the idea of offering someone a $3 million per year guarantee to leave New Japan, whether they’d want to do it or not, is something they could easily afford to do now, but in 2020, they could offer someone $5 million without blinking an eye.

SD was originally on Thursday. It was created as competition for WCW Tbunder. Friday is generally a poor night for tv though wrestling holds its audience a bit better. It moved to Tuesday because USA wanted it live and it was very difficult for wwe to do a live production on fridays with their schedule. Presumably Fox would want it live so I’m not sure if wwe will hire a separate production team or just work their current team on a tough schedule. I’ve seen the issue of guys moving back and forth come up but raw and sd were on different networks before with no issue. When it debuted there was no brand split and guys worked both. I think it will be the same. But it really makes SD the key show because it’s on the main network. Fox will want big stars. You can almost certainly pencil in ronda for SD. If brock is there, him too. But it’s all speculation right now.

Yup. Very boring. Very vanilla. Although SD was a lot better this week but mainly for good work not good stories Moving to fox should improve things but likely just for short term. And it’s not til next year.

A discussion doesn’t have to include support for all positions. That’s a debate. I like a good debate. But don’t confuse it with a discussion. What generally happens is it quickly turns focus on the word on posting rather than the issue. Generally trump supports don’t make nuanced arguments. They say morning matters but the economy. So it’s not a discussion. It’s support for Trumps position that he could murder someone in Times Square and his supporters wouldn’t care.

UFC signs with ESPN for its entire tv package ending their relationship with FOX. Five year deal worth $1.5 billion. Effectively Fox went with WWE over UFC (reportedly). Breaks down as: 20 events per year on ESPN+ 10 events per year on ESPN 12 PPV prelims per year on ESPN

Well, Im a right wing person so no one is really my left wing candidate. And even if that were true, it doesnt excuse Trump's lack of care for the shootings. He's the President, not Hilary. And he clearly doesnt give a rats ass.

Correlation does not equal causation. If it were true, its all the more reason for strict gun control since a majority of American voters last election voted for the left wing candidate as opposed to the right.

Left wing views cause mass Murderers?

Reports out that Fox will be the new home of SD on the main network. Massive deal for WWE. Reportedly $200 million per year. With tons of promotion. Will be on Friday’s on FOX. Going into tv negotiations it was expected wwe would get $240-300 total now they look to get $240 for RAW and $200 for SD. And being on Fox is massive. They could literally book Roman to crap for two hours and it won’t matter. This means huge profits. No word on if SD will be live on Fridays. You’d have to expect fox wants it live but that would be really tough for wwe. But money talks.

The expansion draft was likely too slanted in favour of the expansion team. But really Vegas fleeced a lot of teams who did a very poor job. Can’t blame Vegas for doing a good job. Chevy didn’t get fleeced at all. He handled it well. lets not pretend that MAF isn’t the single biggest reason they are here. They are a good team but He’s stolen games. Good for them.

I can’t be the vitriol online towards the Jets. It’s the western conference final. They are one of the final four. And it’s not over we should be celebrating them. How soon people forget.

Yeah but how about NO doors. Problem solved. And who cares about emergency evacuations anyway.

I bet the dead students didnt have guns. If they had guns, they'd be alive.