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1 hour ago, TheBrownBottle said:

And this is why charity, ultimately, isn’t a societal good.  The selection of ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’.

 

The Newcastle United Foundation one is lost on me mind.  Christ, I think the owners have enough spare change rattling around to support that one. 

I think I know what you mean, but still.

29 minutes ago, cubaricho said:

We both went to UCF

I wonder if there would be enough interest for a college football thread.

2 hours ago, cubaricho said:

I don’t think Plumlee is the dude. Couldn’t come up with the goods when it was needed.  

Who do you guys support?

1 hour ago, Stifler said:

Nah. They only want to have a timer so they can do adverts like they do in American Sports.

There has been enough incidents in the US where there has incidents happen after the clock, and in NFL you regularly see both sides stroll off before the clock has finished.

There is no doubt in my mind that we will just start having incidents where the officials say the clock we are all watching is out to theirs whenever they need too.

What the hell are you talking about?  You like to post about the US (politics, sports), but everything you say reads like someone who half read a tourism flyer.

What the fuck does the bolded even mean?

Just now, hakka said:

 

Tails bid is rejected for being under Watfords asking price.

Joke is on you, there is no tails.

2 minutes ago, thomas said:

I believe in Harvey Dent David Kent

Heads he signs...

5 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

I am with you there, man. As you

know, it’s been overrun by shock jocks. I can’t stand fuckers like Skip Bayless, Stephen A Smith, and Nick Wright. They are Paid massively to be wildly wrong, and total cunts about it.

I was just kind of thinking back, and trying to pinpoint when the whole shitty hot take thing started.  Not really sure.  I guess it just bothers me that being a fucking idiot has become a monetizable asset.  Humans have more access to information now than ever before, and it depresses me that we choose to make absolute morons, who actively try to dumb down the species, millionaires.

34 minutes ago, Northerngimp said:

Thats how my boss looks when he takes his vest off after a teams meeting.  The vest wearing twat. 

Skip, or the skeleton?  Because Skip might just be the single worst thing in US sports media.

29 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

That's what this forum would look like if we just reported after the event.

Oh, I didn't mean it about the posters on here.  Speculate away, I love all the speculation.  I just can't stand the "journalists" who constantly throw shit at the wall hoping something will stick.

16 minutes ago, Vinny Green Balls said:

I sometimes think that Skip Bayless is one of the posters.

12 minutes ago, madras said:

Often the best journalism is informed speculation. 

This is what "informed speculation" gets you:

Isn't Romano pretty much just a news aggregator with a catchphrase, not an actual journalist?

27 minutes ago, B-more Mag said:

 

The away dressing room for the University of Iowa

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/11/michigan-football-pink-iowa-visiting-locker-room-decorate 

5 minutes ago, LV said:

 

 

 

*bacon whopper 

Wasn't sure where to put this, but guess it fits in here.

5 minutes ago, thomas said:

The bed ... it's so wet already

1 minute ago, POOT 2.0 said:

 

Sky

Keith 

Fab

To name a few more reliable. 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd imagine "including" means the add ons are part of the 50m

Thought this was pretty cool.

30 minutes ago, gazza ladra said:

At what point — if at all — does that FFP kick in and it bites Chelsea / Man United in the ass? How can they afford to pay 200- 300 K a week to bit players? They’ve got the five subs now, which I suppose helps.

 

Answering my own question: they’ve create the rules (ffp, 5 subs) to consolidate their position. If the league starts to inconvenience them in the least, they’ll blow the whole thing up and f*ck off to the esl. Barcelona has already committed themselves. 15% of their future La Liga television rights is 15% of nothing. 

25% 

Thought this would fit best here...

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1548917012021145606.html 

and

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/barcelona-sell-further-15-laliga-tv-rights-sixth-street-2022-07-22/

About barcelona spending.

EDIT: That values their la liga tv rights at $80m per year, which seems low?

32 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Great post. So it's based on the length of contract rather than the payment schedule then? Interesting.

Yes, I was just wondering if there was something special that makes accounting for transfers under FFP different from general accounting rules.  It appears that there isn't, so the depreciation for the whole of the sale price would start from the beginning over the length of the contract.

1 minute ago, STM said:

 

Busy day transfer rumour wise eh.

You'd have been better off making this post in one word installments.

Just now, Abacus said:

It makes no real difference.

 

If you're committed to pay £10m, then it doesn't matter too much as to when you actually hand over the money.

 

So, it would be £10m over 5 years no matter how you structure the payments.

 

There are other benefits to paying later - like if you had to borrow the cash to pay upfront and got charged interest on that borrowing. That interest would affect FFP.

 

But assuming you don't need to borrow, no.

 

The other thing with paying up front is that you might get them cheaper to start with if the selling club needs cash. I.e. if you're paying up front, a club might be happier to sell for £9m rather than £10m in the first place.

That's what I figured, same as a business buying a new vehicle.  Pay up front or take out a loan, depreciation still starts right away.