>>32446
Can’t wait. When’s the draft btw?

>>32446

Third. Alrighty then, time to start mocking out my draft strategy.

>>32447

Sat, September 1st, at 7 PM CT, was what I remember seeing..

>>32449
Won't be able to make it but you can put it on autodraft.

>>32449

5 PM ct, 6 et, September 1st.

>All this talk of GOAT coaches
>no mention of Don Shula
>The only coach to achieve a perfect season
>The coach with record for most wins

way to kick off the season

>>32445

Nobody cares about the preseason other than degenerate gamblers.

>>32445

Good. Fuck The Eagles.

>>32445

>kick off the season

Jumping the gun a bit

>>32408

>Cubs_visit_2015_NLCS_opponent.jpeg

>>32411
Looks a lot like Wrigley Field to me.

>>32408
remembering that the Royals and Mets competed for a WS title just 3 years ago makes me laugh heartily.

thank you

>>32437
The parity should make people hopeful. Lots of fans and writers spent the late 90s and early-mid 00s bemoaning the relative lack of it. If my team has to pull a Houston and bottom out for 3 or 4 years to stockpile a team that can compete for 3, 4, or more if you can keep 'em together, then I'll take that tbh.

Harrison Bader is incredible.

I hope some England supporters stick around for the finals. I do like the random horn blowing the tune to September by Earth, Wind and Fire during a match.

>>32381
I dunno about that after England lost their 3rd place match.

>>32388
It was a good reminder to England that they got lucky.

And France has won the World Cup. Good effort by Croatia going that deep in the tournament though.

>>32389
Yeah no kidding

Holy shit that assist from Wayne Rooney to Luciano Acosta to score the gamw winner and get the hat trick was awesome.

>Auston Matthews confirmed talks have started with the Toronto Maple Leafs about a contract extension, but the 20-year-old center said there is no urgency to get a deal done.

https://www.nhl.com/news/auston-matthews-toronto-maple-leafs-talking-contract-extension/c-299603558?tid=277350296

[TED DIBIASE'S THEME BLARING IN THE DISTANCE]

RIP Stan Mikita - https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/08/07/stan-mikita-obit/

>>32422
That sucks. I bet the manager at his restaurant is taking it pretty hard.

>>32422
Goddammit, why couldn't it have been Bobby Hull instead?

This season is gonna be rough, I can feel it. I don't wanna go back to being the late-90s/early-00s Hawks agian. My liver is strong but it's not that strong.

>inb4 "three cups" or some fucking nonsense

>>32424

Can't win em all. I'd rather the Blackhawks never turn into the Red Wings, either. Shitty seasons are good for humbling fanbases to prevent them from becoming blithering assholes (see Red Wings fans, Boston fans, etc.). As long as they don't go full Buffalo Sabres and hit the bottom of the cellar then I'm fine with some down seasons while they sort their shit out.

>>32356

Well, reports are that they're trying to trade off Kevin Love. Most likely for older players with high contracts. If they do that, they're in full tank mode. The roster is all young guys, so they could develop, but the Clarkson deal is trash and Hill, JR, Tristan, and Clarkson are all gonna be difficult to trade.

>>32356

Coaching is literally killing Lue, I'm betting he walks away before the season begins. He has no hope to win another title as it is, might as well go full rebuild and hire a new coach to oversee player development (something Lue absolutely has no talent in doing so).

God damn the Suns are actually giving Devin Booker a 5 year, $158 million contract extension. I mean the Suns are one of the worst teams in the league so giving their best player a huge contract was the only way to keep him considering the coaching changes they’ve had the past couple of seasons. Let’s just hope it pays off for them even if they’re gonna get fucked by the likes of the Warriors, Rockets, Spurs, etc.

>>32372

What the hell else are they going to spend their money on. Chiggyjester?

>>32286
Toronto's got itself a nice rental if he shows up.

There’s elephant polo

Looks like a crazy ass game but I'm sure it is. Good luck trying to start a club though.

the more things I read about Australia lately, the more I hate it, they're on a mission to make it shitter and shitter

DICKS EVERYWHERE

people that are just placing small-time money on shit (march madness brackets at work, fantasy football with your friends) won't have to hide it any more, and states can possibly regulate and make revenue off of it. I don't know how that would look or if it would be a good thing for the average joe fantasy player, but as a Floridian I think we're gonna head towards legalization post haste and I guess I support bringing more revenue to the state. high rollers/pro gamblers, meanwhile, will have more cities of sin in which to party and bet (see: Miami) and states will likely make more revenue off of that too. fairness of competition will not change, at least not until the incentive to take falls exceeds bonuses players and coaches already get for winning playoff games or making certain benchmarks (which I don't see ever happening). plus a lot of bets these days aren't "I bet the eagles will beat the pats" but more like "Foles will have 200 yds by the end of the 2nd" or "LeBron will have 3 setups to K-Love in the 1st 5 mins." really specific shit like that is a lot harder to engineer if youre worried about the integrity of the game being affected. and if players were somehow incentivized to fulfill these weird, specific parameters the games would become so chaotic that I'd say fairness would be restored just by virtue of everyone having such disparate goals. a given team winning would be incidental, not rigged, lol.

and then for the low-life sleazy gambler nothing's gonna change. if you're not a playboy (and thus can't get credit from a casino), bookies are still the only people around that will offer credit, and once this is all regulated and sanitized they're still going to have their market of people who otherwise couldn't gamble at the more reputable venues (which is still a sizeable chunk of people).

the angle i find more interesting is how this will change sports media. they've already had vegas "insiders" on places like ESPN explaining how lines are made or whether or not you should take the points and shit like that, but I think now gambling advice is gonna explode even more as a niche in the Sport Media Talking He…

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>Players will throw games

No pro player is gonna throw a game for money. They have enough. College could be a problem but probably not and here's why. They could be potentially throwing games/point shaving already in a unregulated illegal gambling bet. If its regulated we will know exactly whos placing bets and if the money can be followed we can see if the players benefit.