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    The WNBA: Thread II

    As you’re no doubt aware, it’s a lot easier to manipulate the bottom line (profit) than the top line (revenue), which is one reason players’ unions have negotiated revenue splits rather than profit splits. But the fairness of a given revenue split really turns on what percentage of profits the...
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    Raptors' Jontay Porter banned from NBA for betting on games

    Probably less likely now than it was when most sports gambling was illegal and tied to organized crime. Stories railing against sports leagues’ supposed hypocrisy must generate clicks, but I find them to be insipid. For better or worse, our society has decided the benefits of legalized gambling...
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    The Krafts

    If memory serves, the CT Legislature stripped out some of the most generous promises made by Rowland, such as the guaranteed sale of luxury suites and the make-up payments for local sponsorship dollars. Once you stripped out those elements, the deal was generous, but not egregiously so. At that...
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    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    Well, a statistic needs to measure something, and the jury’s out as to whether the OP’s proposed metric does that. I’m just saying it doesn’t necessarily need to be predictive; there’s value in accurately quantifying what already happened.
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    My Ideal Metric - TOTAL bases

    Forward-looking and backward-looking stats each have their purpose. The analytics movement has traditionally focused on forward-looking stats because (1) the people who have a financial interest in getting smarter (front offices, gamblers, et al.) are more interested in predicting what’s next...
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    Matchweek 33 - In which I can’t come up with anything

    Brutal loss for a team that’s probably in the final year of its window. Lots of decisions to make this summer, starting with Salah.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    I had the same reaction.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    @Rovin Romine can speak for himself, but if there’s evidence that money was stolen from Ohtani for other purposes, that tends to show that the money that was wired to the bookie was also stolen from Ohtani, as opposed to being sent with Ohtani’s blessing to cover someone’s gambling debts. On the...
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    The Juice Expires (OJ Dead at 76)

    Is there any reason to think he did? Most murderers and domestic abusers don’t have neurological conditions. And I didn’t see any signs during his (admittedly limited) public appearances during his later years.
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    The Juice Expires (OJ Dead at 76)

    Obviously not. In-depth discussion of the racial divisions that were laid bare by the trial probably fit better in V&N, though. I didn’t realize he was a first-team All Pro five consecutive seasons (1972-76). That’s pretty rarefied air — Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Aaron Donald, Anthony Munoz...
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    The Juice Expires (OJ Dead at 76)

    I posted a separate thread in V&N, recognizing that the discussion is likely to range far beyond football, and perhaps veer into “political” topics. Feel free to discuss here. I just wanted everyone to be aware of the other thread.
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    As others have said, the feds’ focus here is the people running an illegal gambling ring. Gamblers usually aren’t prosecuted solely for placing bets. On the theft issue, whatever outcome is acceptable to the victim (Ohtani) will be acceptable to the feds, so long as Mizuhara cooperates with the...
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    Shohei Ohtani’s attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling

    Citing “a source with direct knowledge of the investigation,” ESPN reports that Ohtani’s claim that he was a victim of theft is accurate. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39917827/shohei-ohtani-ex-interpreter-faces-federal-charges-source-says
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    Flush It and Get Over It!

    Still glad to have you back. :) It’s my fault, folks. I went downstairs to do a couple chores after they went up 5-0.
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    The TrevorEnding Story: needs shoulder surgery, out for the year (4/9 update)

    Disagree with the bolded. If the Padres offered Bogaerts for Story right now, Breslow would laugh at them. 4/90 left on Story’s deal (from this year forward) is a garden-variety bad contract. The 10/250 left on Bogaerts’ deal has the potential to be Pujols-level bad.
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