Brutus_buckeye

Not trying to take anything away from the Cavs. What happened in 2015 was awesome. Also, the 90s was a pretty dark time for Cleveland basketball and the NBA was down in general during that period too.

That was nice but the cavs are a distant 3rd in fan loyalty in Cleveland behind the browns and Tribe. I remember back in the 90s when the cavs ranked behind Ohio state basketball and the Browns (and the Browns weren’t even around at that time) in fan passion

^the time before the super bowl did not exist in the eyes of many. Heck, they only had about 1/3 of the teams at that time. So beyond the great players enshrined in Canton, most of what happened then is unknown by anyone outside of Cleveland

God hates Cleveland. It is why the only championship they have won in 70 years is in the sport they care least about.

I think it could have squeezed by

The E-1 Visa program needs to be expanded and should be doubled. Start getting qualified and educated professionals in who are trained and can help with the labor shortage. Right now, they exhaust the supply by like the 2nd day after they open up applications for the year. It should take most of the year to get reach the app limit.

This is a pretty cool conversion to a single family house in Norwood and certainly improves the housing stock in the area.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nflpa-backs-off-notion-injunction-001453655.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall So, it looks like any fight with Watson and the league will be for anything from week 7-X. If I were Watson I would want to negotiate something to keep this from going to the following season where he stands to lose much more

I agree with you the suspension is stayed and he would start week 1 theoretically but it does put Watson in a quandary. 1) on one hand, he could play all of 2022 under the cloud and distraction and hope he prevails in court with no suspension or most likely the 6 game suspension that was originally given to him. I do not think the court would reduce the 6 game suspension since they are likely only deciding if the NFL has the power to discipline him beyond the 6 games in the CBA (IMO So if he waits until 2023 to serve any suspension, he is out a lot more money given the backloaded nature of his contract. 2) On the other hand, he could try and negotiate somewhere in the 9-12 game range, put it behind him and escape with the least amount of money at stake since he gets paid such a small amount this year. If I were Watson, I would look to cut a deal and put it behind me. However, I can see why he would fight it too and I do think he gets screwed a bit on the due process part by the NFL. I have my doubts as to his success in court given Brady's struggles 6 years ago, but I do agree he has a worthwhile case. Plus, it also strengthens his negotiating hand some since he could air a lot of dirty laundry the NFL may not want out there. I think there is a deal to be cut for both sides if either side is truly willing. Watson is going to have to give up more games and the NFL may need to come off their fine some, but there is a deal out there for both sides, I bet in the 9-12 game range maybe

Watson (and the Haslams) are best to negotiate at this point to keep it to 12 games because obviously the league is pissed. The owners dont like the Haslams and I bet part of the reason they are all in to go after Watson is the other owners are not happy with Haslem resetting the QB compensation market on someone with a checkered history like Watson. Watson is best suited to keep the fines as low as possible and get it done this year.

I would love to see a Kansas City flight now, although I do not think there is enough business to justify it I would also love to see another Europe flight which may be a bit more likely.

While I agree with you the violence is an issue that can hold back the area, I do think that much of the progress that has taken place will allow the neighborhood the ability to continue growing. I remember back in the late 90s and early 2000's when Main Street was spurring an OTR revitalization. This was only 2-3 blocks but it showed the potential of the area at the time. The problem was that there was still not a strong concentration of people living there that when the crime came and riots happened in 2001, it chased a lot of business away. That area was so reliant on people coming to the area from the burbs that it could not sustain itself when a shock hit. Today, there is a large concentration of residents in the area to act as an anchor for a shock like this and sustain things. Now if council and the Mayor do not address this, it will certainly cause people to move away if they do not feel safe but it will take a number of events over a period of time instead of one event such as this reverse the ascent of the area. However, if council passes policies that kneecap law enforcements ability to do their jobs, then certainly the neighborhood will decline again.

^ That's a chamber of commerce type photo.

That is the thing I have always questioned. From Watson POV he does not give up much to take the suspension this year but putting it off to next year would cost him dearly. Which is why i was a bit surprised that he did not accept a 12 game suspension this year offered by the league to get it over with.

If the NFL Dear similar longer suspension, especially like a year or longer, what stops him from taking her to court and Getting an injunction like Tom Brady did? If it goes to federal court, it will not be heard until sometime next year. I can’t see why he would sit in the prime of his career All the court case is playing out. Did the commentators offer any insight on that?

found this interesting in conference realignment discussions. The Big 10 is what I pretty much expected it to be but what really stood out was Cincinnati in the Big 12

So given the NFL is appealing it seems the odds look pretty good for Watson to start week 1 this year and play all season

I get your point, I think you are ignoring a few things about the automation and that what you think was just posturing by companies to hold down wages is actually in-fact happening but you are not seeing it. your position is that over the last 2 years, everyone crying about low wages or labor shortages would just shift to automation. It is not that simple, plus you need people to actually run the machines. Fewer but you still need them. You do not just flip a switch and all McDonalds and Wendy's or other franchise locations decide to go virtual or remote. Everything happens incrementally. you start by cutting one or two employees and introducing a machine. The machine may not even be fully utilized at first, but as it catches on, you cut a couple more employees. You may start at locations where wages are the highest, but regardless, you do it incrementally. Think of the internet. Pretty much most companies had large call centers up until 10-15 years ago. Now, many companies barely offer a phone number for customer service. Everything is done by an app and chatbox. Dont believe me? Try calling Google for customer support. Now you have a ton of call center people no longer with jobs. Same can be said for many bank tellers as banks go virtual now. It is all happening incrementally, but it is happening. The switch has been flipped but you just have not seen it yet.

So, if info emerges in the pending case, you would assume the NFL could reopen the matter as a fresh claim and then treat it all as a new incident then, correct?

Since Covid? Yes, they have. Factories quit manufacturing goods because they did not have the staff. Shipping ports were closed. The JIT economy was no longer able to function how it was designed. You now have an inflationary environment where in order to get goods to market, companies are paying much higher wages for low skilled labor that was a lot cheaper 2 years prior, which really just pushes up inflation and the real wage benefit is marginal. This is what is going on now and the economy is transforming but you do not choose to notice. Do you see flowers blooming on a plant when you stare at it or do you suddenly wake up one day and see a flower in full bloom. Think of it like this.

It is going on right now, it is incremental and you do not notice it as much but it is going on. It is not something where you flip a switch and one day all the employees are gone now replaced by machines. Furthermore, you have a supply shortage going on and labor shortage at the companies that make the machines. You still need the employees while you get the equipment in which could take 6-9 months in some cases.

Because there are plusses to having those employees when you pay them X but if you need to pay them Y it is no longer worth the cost of the employee. For example, it may cost McDonalds $100,000 per year to have 3 employees behind the counter at all times. They know that with those 3 employees they will generate $150,000 in revenue. If, at current rates, they replace 2 of those employees with a kiosk, they only pay $75,000 per year (because it cost money to run the kiosk and there are subscription fees) but they only generate $135,000 in revenue. You can argue that McDonalds is still economically benefited by replacing the employees with the machines, but you cannot figure in the soft benefit of the employees (i.e. does it make the restaurant cleaner, other employees are safer, better overall customer service, etc.) which helps to even out the economic savings of replacing them with machines. So to a certain level, many companies would keep the employee around instead of replacing them with a machine, however, there come a point where the savings of a machine grossly outweighs the benefit of having a live employee. When you double the wages of the minimum wage staff, the machines look much more palatable despite some of their limitations.

that is a misconception on automation. What it means is that instead of 30 people having jobs making minimum wage, you now have 10 making double minimum wage to run the machines.

But you also have to admit that the NFLPA would never agree to more teeth in the CBA for such infractions (or at least would demand a pound of flesh for agreeing to such terms) so the NFL, being bound by the CBA cant do anything about it. People hated in the past that Roger Goddell was judge/juror/executioner, and the NFLPA was able to get some due process provisions in the new CBA. Whether you like the length of the punishment or feel it is much too inadequate, everyone should at least be satisfied that the punishment was handed out by an independent arbitrator who was there to guarantee due process for those players involved. from that standpoint at least, it was a successful outcome.

For the win