So I understand some football was played this weekend?
And some more will be played tonight, it seems.
Meanwhile the NFL is reeling from this 8th Circuit opinion released last week that allows players to challenge drug tests under their own state laws.
Preemption is great! (Unless it's bad).
Other sports are affected too:
Meanwhile, the 8th Circuit's precedent allows players to use state laws to challenge their sport's drug-testing policies, which could have broader implications for the NFL, the NBA, MLB and the NHL.
I totally agree -- wait a minute, the NHL?"The integrity of competition in any league hinges on uniform enforcement of rules, policies and procedures," said Deputy NHL Commissioner Bill Daly. "The integrity of any collectively bargained, league-wide drug-testing program hinges on the same uniform application.
"If allowed to stand, this ruling would compromise the stability of competition and undermine the public's confidence — a result that benefits no one."
Are they still in business?
Come on, at least use a sport that matters.
You might as well consider an amicus from the peewee junior beach tennis association or the National Darts League or the Toy Train Aficionados as well.
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Now the union has another bargaining chip and the fans pay 15 bucks for warm beer.
I honestly don't understand the human fascination with tribal sporting events. If the average American man paid half as much attention to politics as he did to sports, we wouldn't be in the sad state we are.
Trillions in corporate welfare? Who cares? Pass me a bud, while I watch overpaid jocks run around in tights.
Reggie Dunlop: What are you guys doing?
Steve Hanson: Puttin' on the foil!
Jeff Hanson: Every game!
Jack Hanson: Yeah, you want some?
Rumpole knows JACK about football.
Godwhacker:
Perhaps a political fantasy league could turn the tide. For instance, you can draft a congressional representative, and the positive or negative scoring would include:
-reelections
-debates
-votes on the winning or losing side of an issue
-getting his/her name on a bill
-filibusters
-appearing on Meet the Press
-scandals
-SNL parodies
12:01
I like the idea, but why stop with 'fantasy'? Our lame representatives and senators should be subjected to full on tackle games, and irate citizens should be allowed to chase them down the field, occasionally grinding them into the turf.
Also, when politicians take corporate money, they should be forced to wear the logo of that corporation on their 'uniform,' much like they do in Nascar. That way, we'd know who they were really representing.
Godwhacker - sour grapes. You know you want in the shower.
Showering with other men is an entirely different story. Hell, that's why I joined the military!
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