2010 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[MMA_scientist]

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let's have another contest.

[Luke]

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OMFG watch this

[youtube:2zmiinl4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSe9M18SZNs[/youtube:2zmiinl4]

[SPX]

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This looks pretty pimp. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQHWfji5 ... r_embedded

[Mr. IWS]

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Im watching the UFL game on versus right now, and no exageration, there were more people at my kids JV game on Tuesday, then at this game right now.

[SPX]

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When you guys win a bet, are you more excited that you WON money or that you DIDN'T LOSE money?

[Mr. IWS]

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When you guys win a bet, are you more excited that you WON money or that you DIDN'T LOSE money?

Generally, Im more happy that I won, but sometimes, especially in football, If my team is getting their ass kicked or some shit like that, and I get a couple cheap scores for a push, Im pretty stoked about that too.

[zY|]

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Generally I'm just shocked that I actually picked a fight correctly.

[SPX]

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Generally I'm just shocked that I actually picked a fight correctly.

What the fuck are you talking about?

And besides, when was the last time that you actually made a bet?

[zY|]

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Generally I'm just shocked that I actually picked a fight correctly.

What the fuck are you talking about?

And besides, when was the last time that you actually made a bet?

What the fuck are you talking about? I answered your homo question.

And I make bets all the time. Just because I don't generally record it in your Captain's Log doesn't mean anything.

Come at me, bro!

[SPX]

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What the fuck are you talking about? I answered your homo question.

Do you lack confidence in your ability to cap a fight?

And I make bets all the time. Just because I don't generally record it in your Captain's Log doesn't mean anything.

Well you rarely put anything in the events' betting threads.

[SPX]

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Following Oscar De la Hoya’s bold comments to Ben Grossman of Broadcasting & Cable, Richard Schaefer has decided to distinguish himself from his fellow Golden Boy CEO and clarify his company’s raison d'etre.

De la Hoya recently inspired controversy, by saying "The Don Kings and Bob Arums have had a chokehold on this sport for the last 40 years. [...] Now, we have to think outside the box; we have to think like the NBA and MLB and have one commission and one major promoter in the sport.”

Many interpreted the comments as a bid for domination of professional boxing, and concluded that would result in a number of far-reaching changes in the sport, for better and worse. De la Hoya appeared to imply he wanted to stomp out smaller promotional companies and destroy the generative quality of business competition in boxing, a situation that currently guides Dana White’s Ultimate Fighting Championships, a mixed martial arts promotion.

"I don't think I'm following the UFC model," Schaefer said. “We have our own model, which is called the Golden Boy model. I don't have a problem working with other promoters, which we have shown in past shows. What we want to be is, we want to be a home to any fighter who is a free agent.”

He continued: “We are interested in continuing to build our stable and expand our franchise both domestically and internationally and I think that's what he (De La Hoya) meant. I don't think that in boxing, to be the only promoter is going to work. The entry level to become a boxing promoter is very low. There are always going to be a host of promoters out there."

Aside from that Schaefer stated his company is not set to exclusively promote in-house fighting, which would seem to be the reality if Golden Boy were ever to achieve a viable boxing monopoly. He added that, despite an ongoing lawsuit with Top Rank Promotions, the personal bearings of things should have no place in halting business transactions and giving fans good inter-promotional fights.

"Whether it involves working with Top Rank or someone else, I don't think personal feelings between promoters should interfere with fights being made because that really short-changes the fans and you short-change your fighters," Schaefer confessed.

Contacted in rebuttal to the question in his Las Vegas offices, Bob Arum was asked if he would do business with Golden Boy the way things stand right now.

“No comment,” he replied.

[Mr. IWS]

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Captains log

Thats pretty interesting with De La Hoya. I think boxing has gone to far down the path that it has, for that to work. It would be great though.

[SPX]

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Thats pretty interesting with De La Hoya. I think boxing has gone to far down the path that it has, for that to work. It would be great though.

I don't know. I think competition is a good thing.

I mean, UFC is the king, but having Strikeforce, Bellator, DREAM, WVR, etc is positive for the industry I believe. Also, variety is nice.

[SPX]

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I assume ya'll have seen this before, but it still cracks me up:


[youtube:jjsb7r9i]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJyG7B6tAI[/youtube:jjsb7r9i]

[SPX]

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Damn, this is brutal. . .


[youtube:8tae0nhj]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKwCQWjTyI0[/youtube:8tae0nhj]