GUESTS:
DANIEL KILGORE 530
TIM RYAN 5 PM
PHIL STEELE 4 PM
DUBS COUNT DOWN TO TIP OFF 7 PM
TOPICS:
MLB NEW AGREEMENT:
GOOD:
-ASG means nothing
-Don't have to give up a first rounder for Type A FAs starting in 2018
-Luxury tax is brutal - Bad news for Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox
-A's are no longer stealing money -Free money will be phased out 75%, 50, 25 , 0 ---$40M last year
- The All-Star game will return to simply being a spectacle, rather than determining home-field advantage for the World Series, per the AP. Now, the World Series team with the better regular-season record will enjoy an added home game, which seems clearly a better approach.
- To accommodate additional off-days, meanwhile, the league will kick off the season in the middle of the week beginning in 2018, per Rosenthal (via Twitter). Some of those days could go toward international marketing efforts. MLB intends to put on regular season games abroad as soon as 2018, Morosi tweets, with London and Mexico the most likely targets. The CBA is expected to accommodate that new addition.
- The Athletics “will be phased out as a revenue-sharing recipient over the next four years,” Rosenthal adds (via Twitter). The A’s slice of revenue sharing will go to 75%, then 50%, then 25% over the next three years before disappearing, according to the AP.
- In other team-specific news, the Yankees seem likely to benefit under the new deal, per Rosenthal (Twitter links). Beyond the removal of the revenue-sharing multiplier previously reported, the organization will keep revenue-sharing offsets related to the fact that it paid for its new ballpark.
- The league will ban incoming MLB players from using smokeless tobacco, with existing players grandfathered in another wrinkle, per Sherman
- ROSTERS: In one notable realm, there will be no changes. The sides decided against modifying the active roster rules, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports on Twitter. Rosters will remain at 25 players, rather than moving to 26, and September roster expansion will not be curtailed.
- LUXURY TAX: Meanwhile, the luxury tax threshold will rise from $189MM to around $195MM in the 2017 season, Sherman further reports (links to Twitter). It’ll then reach $210MM over the five-year span. ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark provides the full schedule of the luxury tax line, via Twitter (as Rosenthal had previously suggested, also on Twitter). Between the $195MM starting point and $210MM max level, the tax will kick in for the intervening years at $197MM (2018), $206MM (2019), and $208MM (2020).Additionally, the CBA imposes new penalties for spending over the tax line that figure to serve as a rather notable deterrent to big-market spending. Going past the threshold for the first time comes with a 20% tax, which increase to 30% for a second year and 50% for a third. There’s an additional 12% added on top when teams exceed the mark by between $20MM to $40MM, while going past $40MM triggers the maximum penalty — which can reach a 90% tax on overages. (That information comes via Bob Nightengale of USA Today, via Twitter; Sherman and Stark previously sketched the parameters.) Teams that go $40MM over the luxury tax line will see their top draft pick fall by ten spots, the AP adds.
- NO MORE LOSING FIRST ROUND PICK FOR SIGNING TYPE A FREE AGENTS:
- Beginning next offseason, there will be three categories of teams in assessing the loss of a pick for signing players who turn down qualifying offers, per Blum and Hawkins. Revenue-sharing recipients would lose their third-highest selection (not necessarily a third-round choice). Revenue-sharing contributors would lose their second and fifth-highest selections and also sacrifice $1MM in international signing availability. And all other teams would stand to give up their second-highest pick along with $500K in international bonus funds.
- In terms of compensation, an organization which loses a QO-declining player who signs for $50MM or more will pick up a draft choice “after the first round.” If a QO-declining player inks for under $50MM with another organization, the draft compensation slides to “after competitive balance round B.” There’s a different set of rules for teams that are over the luxury tax line; any compensatory picks they receive will take place after the draft’s fourth round.
-Nats could be close on McCuthen
WARRIORS:
QTR POLL MVP:
-Harden
-Westbrook
-Durant
-Green
-LeBron
NBA:
-CLIPPERS AT CAVS TONIGHT
49ERS:
-Kap puts house in San Jose on market for 2.9M
WOULD 49ERS FANS JUMP SHIP TO THE RIADERS --THE NFL THINKS SO........
- For all the talk of the Raiders moving to Las Vegas, Breer expects the league to keep close tabs on Oakland’s proposal. That’s because the league wants to maintain a foothold in the North Bay area. Now that the 49ers have moved to Santa Clara, the league is hopeful that the Raiders could expand their fan base with the Bay’s affluent residents. It also helps that Oakland is easier to get to than Santa Clara. Recently, there has been word that the NFL would actually prefer to keep the Raiders in Oakland.
Where could Colin go: (Not making $14.9M anywhere else)
Jags: Jacksonville still will gives Borltes time.
Texans: Osweiller gets another year
Jets: Fitzpatrick, drafted Hackenberg in 2nd round, Geno Smith , Bryce Petty - Is Kap better than those guys?
Bears: Cutler gone, will draft in top 5
Browns - LIkely drafting #1
49ers: Likely drafting top 3
Back ups:
Cardinals: Back up Palmer, can't run Arians downfield throwing offense
Bills; Taylor?
Dolphins: Tannehill
Chiefs: Alex Smith
Ravens - Flacco, Harbaugh connection
Sets: pats, saints, raiders, Falcons, Pack, Cowboys, Seahawks, Lions, Steelers, Redskins, Chargers, Giants, Panthers, Ravens, Titans, Chiefs, Cardinals, Vikings, Bengals, Colts, Bucs, Bills, Eagles, Broncos,
Best places to start: Where would you go?
-Bears
-Browns
-49ers
But all three liekly to draft young QBs
Jags
Texans
Waiting one more year for those QBs to fall on their face again
Jets - None of those QBs can play
Dolphins - Tannehill not secure long term
Back up:
Cards - Good weapons, Palmer older
Chiefs - Run and play defense
Bills: Taylor is like Kap, good RB, defense
RAIDERS:
-Gronk out for season - How much does that help raiders? (A ton because Raiders can't cover TEs, let alone 2....
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski needs back surgery, according to a source who spoke with Vic Carucci of The Buffalo News (on Twitter). The surgery is expected to keep Gronk out for eight weeks, which means that he will be out for the remainder of the regular season.
OF COURSE THE NFL IS WAITING UNTIL THE LAST DAY TO RULE ON ALDON SMITH
COMING UP WITH A PLAN IN OAKLAND OR MORE USELESS TALK?
WHERE ARE THE RAIDERS GETTING $1.3B
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis might have his eyes set on moving his team to Las Vegas. But, that doesn’t mean keeping the franchise in Oakland has been ruled out.
There’s now a reported figure of what it would cost to keep the Raiders in the Bay Area. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the price tag for a new stadium in Oakland would cost $1.3 billion.
What might be more important is how that money is divided up as the city of Oakland and a private group led by Ronnie Lott attempt to keep the team in town. Fortress Investment Group would contribute $600 million to the project, Davis would put in $300 million, the NFL would commit $200 million and there would be $200 million funded publicly through the city and Alameda County.
It’s not a terrible proposal, but $200 million in public money still might be too much to ask for. Recently, San Diego residents voted against a plan to help publicly fund a new stadium/convention center addition for the Chargers.
NFL:
49ERS WOULD GET FIRST PICK IF THEY TIE BROWNS:
The Browns have four chances left to avoid an 0–16 record and NFL infamy. A win, though, and they could lose their grip on the No. 1 pick because they have played a more difficult schedule than San Francisco. (The NFL draft order tiebreaker favors the team with a worse strength of schedule.) Cleveland’s best chance at victory may be its next game: Week 14, vs. the struggling Bengals. The Browns also could catch a break in Week 17, if the Steelers have sealed their playoff fate and thus clear the bench. Will Cody Kessler, Josh McCown or Robert Griffin III be the QB who tries to save Cleveland from a winless season? All three are working back from injury; all three are on track to be available for that matchup with the Bengals.
CFB:
****Note: The Heisman odds are currently off the board as the odds are astronomical in favor for Lamar Jackson. The Oddsmakers are currently in discussions on if they’ll be re-opened.
Conference Championship Lines
AAC Championship Game
Temple +3½
Navy -3½
ACC Championship Game
Virginia Tech +10½
Clemson -10½
Big Ten Championship Game
Penn State +2½
Wisconsin -2½
Big Twelve (defacto Championship Game)
Oklahoma State +11
Oklahoma -11
Conference USA Championship Game
Louisiana Tech +10
Western Kentucky -10
MAC Championship Game
Ohio +19
Western Michigan -19
Mountain West Championship Game
Wyoming +7
San Diego State -7
PAC 12 Championship Game
Colorado +8
Washington -8
SEC Championship Game
Florida +24
Alabama -24
OTHER:
-Shefter will do NBA as well
FUN:
-The price is wrong bitch: Golfer attacks another with iron
-Tip: Don't call the judge a cowardly bitch
-Everyone hates a rogue beaver
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