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I'm still laughing at "unionizing might hurt the Wildcats in their goal of winning the Big Ten"
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Northwestern is only 14 years removed from their last Big Ten title, and they won a bowl game once, you jerks.
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Apr 8, 2014 07:02
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R.D. Mangles posted:Yes, a corporation will be willing to pay US dollars to license the likeness of Northwestern football players. It's not like their market value would be in the hundreds of millions. poo poo, a handful of mcchickens would probably cover it. More than the cut of the profits they get now.
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Apr 8, 2014 07:10
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I'd rather EA just make up names of Northwestern football players and sees if anyone notices. Here are some suggestions: Cornelius Touchdownbilt III Phil MCAT Barry Schwartz Pete Campbell The Fifth Baron Saxeburg-Goethe Steve Urkell Trevor Siemian
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Apr 8, 2014 07:18
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I got Jesus Boehner as an auto-generated name one time in an NHL game. I would've let him walk in free agency if he had a normal name, but instead I paid his rear end and made him a fixture for a decade, even though he was like the 4th best player on my roster at RW.
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Apr 8, 2014 07:30
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Quest For Glory II posted:I'm still laughing at "unionizing might hurt the Wildcats in their goal of winning the Big Ten" It'll put them at a huge competitive disadvantage against The Ohio State University: https://twitter.com/sganim/status/453527959458938880/photo/1 
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Apr 8, 2014 19:06
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Hahaha loving politicians. You'd think they'd realize paying players would actually benefit a program like Ohio State who can outspend small schools
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Apr 8, 2014 19:07
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oldskool posted:It'll put them at a huge competitive disadvantage against The Ohio State University: Seems legit. Well, I guess we're done here boys.
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Apr 8, 2014 19:09
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oldskool posted:It'll put them at a huge competitive disadvantage against The Ohio State University: I can tell it's a big deal because Sara Ganim is throwing her hat in the ring.
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Apr 8, 2014 19:11
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Volkerball posted:Madden pulls a profit. Even smaller sports manage to get their likenesses secured while still providing quality games. It's absolutely petty. We'll ruin the sanctity of the game played by student athletes just out there having fun if we let them be in video games! Madden is one of, if not the, top selling game franchise. NCAA was... Somewhat less.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:24
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Isn't NCAAF a skin of Madden? How much extra expense is that to create?
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Apr 8, 2014 20:40
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When the NCAA is finally smashed or whatever happens, I wonder if the age-limit on players will have to go to. There is no reason not to have 25 year olds on the team if it isn't attached to a university. I kinda like that to be honest, Eric Crouch could still be playing.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:42
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Sash! posted:Madden is one of, if not the, top selling game franchise. NCAA was... Somewhat less. Fifa sells more than it just in terms of sports franchises. I'm sure Call of Duty and other heavy hitters sell more as well.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:53
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Femur posted:Isn't NCAAF a skin of Madden? How much extra expense is that to create? Skin 4x the stadiums & uniforms, plus the code to randomly yet competently regenerate 20% of the game's roster base every season and being able to create schedules based on a handful of parameters because you can shuffle conference affiliations, all while being the guinea pig for Madden innovations because it releases a month earlier.
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Apr 8, 2014 20:56
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vaginal culture posted:When the NCAA is finally smashed or whatever happens, I wonder if the age-limit on players will have to go to. There is no reason not to have 25 year olds on the team if it isn't attached to a university. I kinda like that to be honest, Eric Crouch could still be playing. This is the exact reason I want the NCAA gone. I want a massive, unregulated system of minor league teams with entire rosters of, not good enough for NFL, but still talented and fun players.
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Apr 8, 2014 21:03
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NCAAF14 owns but the biggest problem is that the uniform update packs cost like a dollar each after the first one which is bullshit
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Apr 8, 2014 21:05
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oldskool posted:It'll put them at a huge competitive disadvantage against The Ohio State University: Doesn't this just mean that they could unionize as private employees?
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Apr 8, 2014 22:10
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computer parts posted:Doesn't this just mean that they could unionize as private employees? Who would be their private employer? Everybody else at a state university is a public employee.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:14
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Sash! posted:Madden is one of, if not the, top selling game franchise. NCAA was... Somewhat less. NHL is even less than that, but they still secure the rights to players in every minor league you can possibly think of, all over the world. It's got to be a similar amount of teams as all of FBS football.
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Apr 8, 2014 22:16
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NCAAF would be a better game if it was just a skin on Madden. At least up until the last time I paid attention, NCAAF was its own engine and lagged about 2 years behind Madden. Would be interesting if they just combined them into one giant game, allowing you to play both levels.
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Apr 8, 2014 23:17
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One of the NW players (a kicker?) on espn yesterday said their first vote was just to file to make unionization possible for any ncaa player. He said support for them actually forming a union there might be a bit lower (not to mention all the political coercing going on now).
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Apr 8, 2014 23:20
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effectual posted:One of the NW players (a kicker?) on espn yesterday said their first vote was just to file to make unionization possible for any ncaa player. He said support for them actually forming a union there might be a bit lower (not to mention all the political coercing going on now). A whole lot of NW football players are going to have incredible internships this summer.
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Apr 9, 2014 05:43
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FizFashizzle posted:A whole lot of NW football players are going to have incredible internships this summer. There's going to be an SMU-style slush fund to bribe the players to not form a union, and when the NCAA finds out it'll be glorious
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Apr 9, 2014 05:48
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R.D. Mangles posted:I'd rather EA just make up names of Northwestern football players and sees if anyone notices. Here are some suggestions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT1nGjGM2p8 I dont know if anyone posted this yet, but its pretty good. edit: Fudge. edit2: Working as a teacher, white people do some hosed up names too. But you can bloo-bloo all you want about a joke I guess idk. Schwack fucked around with this message at 06:06 on Apr 9, 2014 |
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Apr 9, 2014 05:50
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Man black people sure have zany names.
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Apr 9, 2014 06:00
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FizFashizzle posted:Man black people sure have zany names. To be fair they are both half black and half white so they are half allowed to make fun of black people names.
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Apr 9, 2014 06:22
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football player names are, unironically, way better than regular names. they're just on a way higher level that most people can't really comprehend so they just look at them and go "haha oh black people" Seriously, football player names are like old school Gundam names of the new world
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Apr 9, 2014 06:23
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Nebraska Cornhuskers star Quarterback, Quattro Bajeena
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Alouicious posted:football player names are, unironically, way better than regular names. they're just on a way higher level that most people can't really comprehend so they just look at them and go "haha oh black people" Jadeveon Clowney Blake Bortles Teddy Bridgewater Bishop Sankey Austin Seferian-Jenkins Ha Ha Clinton-Dix This draft has some unreal name talent.
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Apr 9, 2014 06:52
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I got a lot of texts asking "What is that Alabama safety's real name?". I mean technically it's Ha'Sean but he's been going as Ha-Ha forever.
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Apr 9, 2014 07:45
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Aaron Donald. 
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Apr 9, 2014 11:14
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Now we have players against players.ESPN posted:Northwestern's Trevor Siemian said Wednesday it was wrong for former quarterback Kain Colter and other players to explore unionization without first taking their concerns to their coach and administrators. Also, what. Take it to the coach? What's he going to do about people asking for medical coverage?
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Apr 9, 2014 22:32
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The same dude who thinks "unionizing might hurt the Wildcats in their goal of winning the Big Ten."
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Apr 9, 2014 22:35
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He's probably just a good ol' christian boy who thinks he doesn't deserve anything until he proves his worth (And as a corrolary, disabled/old people shouldn't get gov' assistance). There are a lot of young people now who have had "bootstraps" fed to them by their reaganite parents and mass media.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:39
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Instead of turning this into a terrible D&D thread can we please just laugh at "unionizing might hurt the Wildcats in their goal of winning the Big Ten."
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Apr 9, 2014 22:42
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I'm glad someone else is finally on board with laughing at that sentence.
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Apr 9, 2014 22:42
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effectual posted:He's probably just a good ol' christian boy who thinks he doesn't deserve anything until he proves his worth (And as a corrolary, disabled/old people shouldn't get gov' assistance). There are a lot of young people now who have had "bootstraps" fed to them by their reaganite parents and mass media. Nah its seems to be a simple "I am friends with the coach and you don't go over friends heads" Which is hilarious but common thought among college athletes. Bro no matter how much you may think it, they are not your friends. CharlestheHammer fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Apr 9, 2014 |
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Apr 9, 2014 22:46
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Other things that may hurt Northwestern's chances of winning the Big Ten:
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Friends don't let friends play with a serious concussion. Football: not even once.
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Detroit_Dogg posted:Other things that may hurt Northwestern's chances of winning the Big Ten: Ohio State? Having less B1G wins than NIU?
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