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Monday, June 1, 2015

Here Come The Subsidies For The Rich? Crony Capitalism

Racetrack Grandstand Imploded To Make Way For NFL's Possible Return To Los Angeles

By Josh Peter, May 31, 2015, USAToday.com

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — It stood for almost 75 years. It fell in less than 20 seconds.

The city of Inglewood took another step in clearing the way for the NFL’s possible return to Southern California when on Sunday morning it demolished the grandstand of the now-closed Hollywood Park racetrack.

The site is to be used for the construction of a proposed 80,000-seat stadium that would serve as home to an NFL team — something this region hasn’t had in two decades.

Stan Kroenke, owner of the St. Louis Rams, is a partner in the stadium project, and about 75 Rams fans gathered before the 6 a.m. demolition. They let out a cheer after low-level explosives brought down the concrete grandstand that held as many as 65,000 people when Seattle Slew once raced at the track.

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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Brady's Not Backing Down!

elderstatement.com May 17, 2015 Associated Press , NFL 0 Comments

'Deflategate' appeal could test powers of NFL commissioner

By Associated Press/USA Today, May 16, 2015

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — This is no longer about deflated footballs.

Tom Brady signaled in his appeal of his "Deflategate" suspension that he will put NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's credibility on trial, further inflating the stakes in what started as a silly little scandal about the air pressure in footballs.

The expected federal court case — and, to borrow a phrase, it's more probable than not that's just where it's headed — could define or limit the powers of the commissioner long after the Super Bowl MVP returns to the field.

"I think this is much bigger than a four-game suspension for Tom Brady," said Gabe Feldman, a Tulane Law School professor and the director of the Sports Law Program there. "This is part of that continuing battle for the role of the commissioner in disciplinary matters.

"This is a decades-old principal, that the office of the commissioner was created in part to protect the game and to determine what's in the best interest of the league. This is why (the league) bargained for this back in 2011 — that the commissioner is in the best position to determine that."

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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Bet He Said Nothing About Killing 2 People!

elderstatement.com May 16, 2015 Jimmy Traina , Late Night with David Letterman 0 Comments

Here's A Vintage Clip Of OJ Simpson Talking About Breaking The Law On Letterman In 1989

By Jimmy Traina, May 15, 2015, Fox Sports

"You ever have any trouble? Speeding tickets, that kind of thing?"

That was the question the soon-to-be-retired David Letterman posed to O.J. Simpson back in 1989 when the former NFL running back and then-NBC Sports analyst appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman."

The Juice then went on to tell a story about getting stopped by the highway patrol in California for doing 170 miles an hour.

Simpson also tried to use the logic that the car he was driving, a Ferrari Testarossa, was safer when doing more than 100 miles an hour.

You can hear the discussion in the two one-minute clips here:

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

DeflateGate="Misdemeanor"

elderstatement.com May 12, 2015 Deflate-Gate , Deflategate 0 Comments

Tom Brady Suspended Four Games, Pats Fined $1M and Lose Two Draft Picks

May 11, 2015

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Nothing To See Here--No Videotape, No Crime

elderstatement.com May 06, 2015 Associated Press , Deflategate 0 Comments

NFL Finds Patriots Employees Probably Deflated Balls

May 6, 2015, AP.org

Tom Brady: Unbelievable.

The 243-page report on "Deflategate" came out Wednesday and stopped barely short of calling the Patriots star quarterback a cheater. It did, however, call some of his claims "implausible" and left little doubt that he had a role in having footballs deflated before New England's AFC title game against Indianapolis in January and probably in previous games.

In his report, attorney Ted Wells said the quarterback "was at least generally aware" of all the plans to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch. Wells said it was "more probable than not" that two Patriots employees - officials' locker room attendant Jim McNally and equipment assistant John Jastremski - executed the plan.

For his trouble, McNally asked for expensive shoes and signed footballs, jerseys and cash. He brokered the deals over a series of salty text messages with Jastremski that portray Brady as a hard-to-please taskmaster. "F--- Tom," one read.

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