Emotion Recollected in Tranquility

Posted on April 8, 2020 by boom booms room staff

The start of April 2020 has been tough. But, April is National Poetry Month, and it’s worth celebrating. Isn’t it? We don’t have too many choices otherwise.

Could there ever be a better name for a poet than William Wordsworth? Wordsworth, the old wordsmith, wrote: “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.”

We have lots of powerful feelings these days. And, if you can keep your mind in a great place there is ample time for tranquility too.

With that as the backdrop, we present a poem so skillfully penned you would think it was carved from the edge of a surgeon’s scalpel. It comes courtesy of an avid reader.

My Corona

We all had great jobs and unemployment was so low.

The market was way up, as we watched our retirement grow.

The U.S. was great again, and impeachment was a dud.

K.C. had won the Super Bowl, and Patrick Mahomes was a stud.

March Madness was starting. Who would be king of the hoop?

Instantly, life changed when a Chinaman undercooked his bat soup.

But The Masters was starting soon. We can’t miss Sunday’s back nine.

And baseball too? But that’s America’s favorite pastime!

Social distancing is the CDC’s rule to observe.

All the models say we’ll flatten the curve.

What about Biden and Bernie and the democratic race?

6 feet apart, wear a mask and shelter in place

Corona is novel and like nothing we’ve ever seen.

Get in your house and serve a 14 day quarantine.

“Hydroxychloroquine and ZPak might help”, says the president.

Dr. Fauci says “No”, because there is no precedent.

Can’t we just try? It might save our neck!

“No!”, says the Government. We’ll send you a check.

Well done. Bravo. Amen.

Play Ball

Posted on April 7, 2020 by boom booms room staff

Is the stock market trying to tell us something? The Dow was up over 1000 points yesterday. In premarket trading it’s up another 750 points this AM.

We hesitate to even speculate. We will, however. But, we suggest that you keep hoarding toilet paper, if you can find it, in the meanwhile.

Does Wall St. see light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against the enemy that we cannot see?

President Trump said last evening that he can see it. Is President Trump trying to tell us something? He always does. In a way it’s part of his job. He sees it that way for sure. Jimmy Carter told us in ’79 to use less energy and examine our lives when energy was in short supply. Barack Obama told us that the manufacturing jobs were gone forever. Trump is a tad bit more of an abrasively aggressive solutions-oriented president.

He said this on the same evening that he brokered a few deals. He talked to two companies that must have some very advanced medicines or medical procedures in an effort to help Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Great Britain. Johnson is now an ICU patient. He also talked to India. They are major producers of a drug that is rapidly gaining traction in the fight.

Have you ever heard of hydroxychloroquine? It’s the same drug that Trump mentioned two weeks ago as hopeful and was taken apart by the media for a) giving medical advice when he wasn’t a doctor, or b) giving false hope. Soon “hydroxychloroquine” might roll off of your tongue as easily as “social distancing” does today.

There are now more than a few doctors in a few countries that are treating coronavirus patients with the drug and in many instances in combination with one or two others. We suggest that you read it for yourself. We make no medical claims here.

IS MLB trying to tell us something? Major League Baseball and its players are increasingly focused on a plan that could allow them to start the season as early as May and have the support of high-ranking federal public health officials who believe the league can safely operate amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources told ESPN. Can you almost hear the crack of the ball off of the wooden bat off in the distance?

One thing is for sure. We can’t live like we are for too much longer. The world is built around commerce. No commerce for too long means 1930’s bread lines that stretch too long.

The road to recovery on Wall St. has many potholes and left turns in front of it. The medical road to recovery mandates that we drive six feet apart and is somewhere on some hill that might be flattening.

Trump is in the on-deck circle. When the medical umpires think it’s safe enough he wants them to bellow “PLAY BALL.” Don’t we all?

It’s a Fine Line

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020 by boom booms room staff

There’s a fine line between civility and incivility in this U.S. of A. Have you ever been stuck on a crowded plane for an extended period of time? If so, you know.

And, the line seems to blur by the day these days. It was there in the White House Press Room for all to see again on Sunday.

Reporters at the briefing repeatedly asked President Donald Trump why he chose not to wear a medical mask after he and his task force recommended that America start doing so just last Friday. Nevermind that the reporter was not wearing a mask at the time he asked the question. At least they don’t mask their disdain of the president that ended daily press briefings well over a year ago.

Trump used the backdrop of the loud whirling blades of his Marine One helicopter to “control” these scribes, especially the ones who are “fake news.” But, the enemy that we cannot see forced Trump to confront the enemy that he can see all over again.

Another reporter, who also was not wearing a mask, noted that former Vice President Joe Biden said he would start wearing a mask outdoors. That’s going to be difficult for Biden though. The mask-wearing won’t be difficult, it’s the verification part. No one has seen Biden outdoors or indoors in quite some time. The #WhereIsJoe continues to trend on Twitter.

When we do see old school Joe indoors on his disastrous live feeds, he coughs straight into his hand old school style. By hiding is he attempting to mask his rapidly declining cognitive/communicative skills? Here is his latest. If you can decipher the message, please share it in the BBR comment section today.

Could a Cuomo write-in nomination happen? The NY mayor is getting plenty of airtime from the non-Fox channels. His leadership during this existential crisis (far greater than climate change right now) is lauded daily. He’s asked, begged, and demanded more masks, like the ones that no one in the briefing room wears, for New Yorkers. Ventilators are in short supply as well. New York didn’t put many of the above away for a rainy day.

Then he asked all hospitals in NY to share their equipment and supplies. In other words, late to the social distancing need, NY got federal help and now he wants upstate to bail out the boroughs as well. Have you ever been stuck on a crowded subway train for an extended period of time? Too many Yanks were until not too long ago.

CNN doesn’t mask its affection for Cuomo. They haven’t been this enamored with a possible candidate to take down Trump since Michael Avenatti appeared nearly nightly prior to his multiple run-ins with the law. We forget. Who (er, how many) exploited Stormy?

And then there’s a not-funny irony to all of this. In the City That Care Forgot, no one forgot to put on their masks for Mardi Gras. And the result of putting on a costume and a mask and partying in the streets in NOLA has been a disaster. Latoya Cantrell who has masqueraded as a mayor there for one year said that she received no federal warning not to “laissez less on temps roulet” (let the good times roll).

Do Cantrell and Cuomo play the federal help card, or bash the intervention of same for their political gain as necessary?

It’s the civil thing to do.

Another reporter asked Dr. Anthony Fauci why he was not wearing a mask. Trump grinned as Fauci responded that the main reason to wear a mask was to protect sick individuals from spreading the virus.

Nevermind that the CDC Saturday advised us all to wear masks. It’s the civil thing to do.

Heck, if President Trump was wearing one we would have been spared from seeing the grin.

It’s a fine line.

Trying Times. No Respect. Stay Safe.

Posted on April 3, 2020April 3, 2020 by boom booms room staff

As we near the end of week three of sheltering in place we look for the positives. We are positive that we have had the opportunity to get reacquainted with our family in a way “normal” life doesn’t even allow. With that comes benefits and drawbacks like most anything else in life as we know it.

So, it got us to wondering, WWRDSAT. What would Rodney Dangerfield say about this?

It’s been great, you know? With the restaurants closed we’ve been able to eat a lot more home-cooked meals. But my wife, she’s a bad cook, you know? Very bad. At my house, we pray after we eat.
The other day we were running low on food. She went to the store, you know? I got a call. Halfway there she ran into a tree. I asked her, ‘did you swerve to avoid it?’ She said, ‘No, but I did blow the horn.’
The way she drives, are you kidding me? Vehicles are very cheap right now. I went out and bought the perfect second car for us. A tow truck.
My sex life has suffered too. That I can tell you. The other day I went out on my bicycle to get some exercise. As I turned back down my street for home I see a grown man running down my street. I said “hey what are you doing running down my street naked?’ He said, ’cause you came home early.’
My wife, I thought the next day she wanted to make it up to me. I got home from my walk. She greeted me at the front door in some very sexy lingerie. The problem was she was headed out.
It’s getting worse you know. She told me that she was cutting me down to twice a month. I figured that wasn’t so bad really. I know some guys that she cut out completely. No respect.
I’m getting desperate in these times. I figured I’d quit the online gambling. I called gamblers anonymous. They gave me two to one odds that I wouldn’t make it.
I went down the local AA meeting too. They charged me ten bucks to get in and said there was a two-drink minimum. No respect.
The way my kids live their lives isn’t helping either. My daughter, she’s been picked up so many times she’s starting to grow handles. They ended her senior school year early. Nonetheless, she was voted “most likely to conceive.”
I only wish my son’s room was as clean as his weed.
I tried to break up the monotony yesterday. I told my kids, let’s play hide and seek. They never came to find me.
I figured some alone time might be best for us all. I decided to go outside and skate on the pond in our neighborhood. My wife suggested that I wait until it gets warmer.
I tried to close my eyes and think back to better times. My childhood. Ah, yes. I remember my mom telling me that she had morning sickness after I was born.
She said the doctor told her that he did everything that he could, but I lived.
Even growing up was tough. I had to stop playing in the sandbox. The cats. They kept trying to cover me up.

Trying times.

No respect.

Stay safe.

Ten Piece Nuggets-Random

Posted on April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 by boom booms room staff

With news coming at us from all angles and sports news scarce, we chose the Ten Piece Nuggets route this AM. Below are as random of a collection of thoughts on a wide range of subjects as you can get. A lot of time on our hands means that a lot enters and exits the mind these days. The delivery matches the country’s mindset we think. Look at it this way- at least you don’t have to tip for this delivery.

Are you still surprised that Tom Brady is a Tampa Bay Buccaneer? Stuff happens, especially in 2020. Jerry Rice, Brett Farve, Joe Montana, and Marcus Allen all starred for one team for a long time. They all won Super Bowls. They all are in the HOF. And, they all finished their careers with a different team. Nonetheless, it will still look strange when (should we say if?) Brady trots out from under the pirate’s ship this fall.
OJ Simpson is yet another. The longtime Buffalo Bill finished his career in a different uniform too. He became a 49er for a stint. Of course, he also wore a different uniform for two other stints as well. One was for a year in the LA County uni. And, he made yet another comeback with about an eight-year run (Run OJ, run) just outside of Vegas. But we digress.
Speaking of drama in Vegas, predictably the NFL show must go on. The draft is later this month, but won’t be held in the middle of the Bellagio Fountain as planned. It will be done virtually like it was many, many years ago. An in-studio set and a network of computers will replace a smoke-filled room and 30 phone lines. We predict record numbers will watch and watch.
Why record numbers? If America couldn’t turn its eyes away from Tiger King, the Netflix documentary smash hit, it’s a Vegas sure tell that we are all looking for something to get our minds off of the silent enemy.
While on the Tiger King subject, we wonder. Is the only one in jail, Joe Exotic, the most “normal” person of all of the actors/characters/people in the seven-part series? And, isn’t there another documentary screaming at Netflix emanating out of this one? How did Carole Baskin’s first husband just disappear? No one just disappears.
And, since we are all bored out of our minds, BBR recommends Succession to you. The characters are filthy rich, awkward, weird, and out of their minds, too. The staff wrapped up watching season one last night. You could do worse.
Adam Schiff, who thankfully we were able to forget for two months, is back at it. He wants his House Intelligence(we have our doubts) Committee to investigate what we the government did wrong as this pandemic raced to us and through us. Too soon? It’s never too soon to grab the narrative.
Speaking of investigations, should someone look a bit deeper into the $25 million given to the JFK Performing Arts Center? The ink isn’t dry yet on the money that the Feds should not print, but will. It was announced, and BBR is looking deeper into the facts, that the Center made a $5 million donation to the Democratic National Committee late last week. We don’t know the exact definition of money laundering. But, this looks like it could use a second rinse cycle to get the tough stains out.
At a time when nearly all hospitals have canceled elective surgeries for the foreseeable future, Planned Parenthood is requesting donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) for its staff as the group demands elective abortions continue during the coronavirus crisis in the United States. Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood’s fighting the restrictions of our current state of shutdown. The group is suing the state of Texas for banning services after declaring abortion “non-essential.” This one is getting interesting.
And, finally, here is a BBR staff plea. Tell everyone you see or talk to who is not practicing social distancing to please do so whenever possible. Does it help or not is not the question. It’s not the question because it would be better to do it and find out it doesn’t help than to not do it and find out that it would have. It’s not very hard either.

Time to run. Joe Exotic called while we were penning this. He says that he knows where Hoffa is buried too.

The Softest Mask You’ll Ever Own

Posted on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by boom booms room staff

Yesterday, right in the middle of the 5PM EST Coronavirus White House Briefing, CNN cut away. They decided that they weren’t going to give complementary advertising airtime to the airiest, make that “the softest pillow you’ll ever own.” You know the jingle, ‘for a great night’s sleep and a whole lot more, it’s MyPillow.com.”

Donald Trump introduced Mike Lindell, Founder of My Pillow, to the assembled and those watching worldwide. Trump was trumpeting another private enterprise that has redirected its production to help fight the enemy that we can’t see. Lindell’s company is in the sleep business, but by Friday expects to be producing 50k protective hospital masks a week.

And therein lies the divide. Make that, therein lies the canyon.

The Democratic Party wants the government to do more in this time of crisis. And, it should. And the Democrats want to point out all of the shortcomings of the Trump leadership during this terrible time. And, it is their right. The party also has willing media to carry their water. CNN, MSNBC, and others almost gleefully report the negative and spin it south 24/7.

It wasn’t too long ago that the Republican Party wanted the government to do more in a time of crisis as well. And, it should. The Republicans endlessly pointed to the Bengazi Embassy fiasco that resulted in four Americans’ deaths. And, it is their right. The party also has willing media to carry their water as well. FOX led the endless cry of the need to investigate Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s role in the disaster.

But to the right of Republicans, conservatives want the government to do even less. They believe in capitalism as religiously as a Mike Lindell ever-present cross hanging from his neck. And to the left of Democrats, socialists want the government to do it all. They believe in the redistribution of money as crazily as Bernie’s coiffed hair flails in the spring breeze.

So, CNN has staked out a position of left of center to appease its audience. It’s the Democratic base actually. Trump is bad. Private enterprise is bad. Mike Lindell is bad. Lindell advertises on Fox. Fox is competition. Cuomo ranting for more federal aid and ventilators is good.

And FOX has staked out a position of right of center to appease its audience. It’s the Republican base actually. Trump is good. Private enterprise is good. Mike Lindell is good. Lindell advertises a ton with us. CNN is competition. Trump ranting about bad media and fake news is good.

So, here comes the 2020 CARES Act. It’s $2.2 trillion. Republicans at the trough wanted more for business and less for individuals. Democrats wanted less for business and more for individuals. In the end, they both got what they wanted. They aren’t conservatives nor socialists. They’re just big spenders.

Oh, and they both approved the $25 million for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. just like they both approved the Solyndra money. Three days before Obama departed he appointed Susan Rice and Valerie Jarrett to the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees.

Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.

And, CNN and FOX will be there to tell you all about it. And, it’s either news, or fake news, or fair and balanced, or not, depending on who you watch.

America should try a pillow from MyPillow.com right about now. We could all use a good night’s sleep.

16 innings, 2 pitchers

Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by boom booms room staff

Baseball should be in full swing by now. As you know, it’s not. And, it’s might be a while before it is. So, in its absence, inspired by a Super 70’s Sports tweet, we went digging and found box score gold.

It also took a while to complete a regular-season ballgame on July 2nd, 1963 when the San Francisco Giants hosted the Milwaukee Braves (they moved to Atlanta in 1966) at Candlestick Park. All told the game lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes. That’s not crazy long by today’s standards, but it was back then.

What took so long? It was a 16 inning game. Why didn’t it take longer? It didn’t take longer because there were zero pitching changes and likely very few trips to the mound. Additionally, our guess is that very few batters stepped out of the box for very long either.

Loser Warren Spahn’s record dropped to a still sterling 11-4 when his screwball offering was accepted by Willie Mays in the bottom of the 16th. Mays hit it over the left field fence for a walk-off 1-0 victory. It was starter Spahn’s 201st pitch! It also was his 42nd year on earth!

The winning pitcher was Juan Marichal (13-3). Marichal threw 227 pitches! Somewhere right now Tommy John’s left elbow is deep in a bucket of ice.

Fifty-nine times a Brewer stepped to the plate. Eight got hits, four walked, and one reached on an error. None scored.

Feared hitters Hank Aaron and Eddie Mathews from Milwaukee and Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Felipe Alou, and Orlando Cepeda from San Fran went a combined 4-31 before Mays ended it.

San Fran manager Alvin Dark called it “the greatest game he ever saw pitched.”

“I said to myself three times, ‘This will be my last inning’,” a weary Juan Marichal said quietly. “Each time I went out there again.”

Who needs relief pitchers anyway?

If you’re a baseball geek, or if you remember getting your baseball news in the next day’s paper, the boxscore is below.

Take a look. You’ve got plenty of time on your hands these days.

Milwaukee Braves	ab	r	h	rbi
Maye lf	6	0	0	0
Bolling 2b	7	0	2	0
Aaron rf	6	0	0	0
Mathews 3b	2	0	0	0
Menke 3b	5	0	2	0
Larker 1b	5	0	0	0
Jones cf	5	0	1	0
Dillard ph,cf	1	0	0	0
Crandall c	6	0	2	0
McMillan ss	6	0	0	0
Spahn p	6	0	1	0
Totals	55	0	8	0

San Francisco Giants	ab	r	h	rbi
Kuenn 3b	7	0	1	0
Mays cf	6	1	1	1
McCovey lf	6	0	1	0
Alou rf	6	0	1	0
Cepeda 1b	6	0	2	0
Bailey c	6	0	1	0
Pagan ss	2	0	0	0
Davenport ph	1	0	0	0
Bowman ss	3	0	2	0
Hiller 2b	6	0	0	0
Marichal p	6	0	0	0
Totals	55	1	9	1

Milwaukee	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	–	0	8	1
San Francisco	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	–	1	9	1


Milwaukee Braves	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Spahn L (11-4)	15.1	9	1	1	1	2
Totals	15.1	9	1	1	1	2

San Francisco Giants	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Marichal W (13-3)	16.0	8	0	0	4	10
Totals	16.0	8	0	0	4	10
E–Menke (12), Kuenn (5). 2B–Milwaukee Spahn (3,off Marichal), San Francisco Kuenn (6,off Spahn). HR–San Francisco Mays (15,16th inning off Spahn 0 on, 1 out). Team LOB–11. IBB–Mays (2,by Spahn). Team–9. SB–Maye (5,2nd base off Marichal/Bailey); Menke (1,2nd base off Marichal/Bailey); Cepeda (2,2nd base off Spahn/Crandall). CS–Crandall (1,2nd base by Marichal/Bailey). IBB–Spahn (2,Mays). U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan. T–4:10. A–15,921.

It’s ICYMI Friday

Posted on March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 by boom booms room staff

It’s in case you missed it Friday.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tested positive for COVID-19. Why do we act so surprised when a celebrity, dignitary, athlete, or any other big who hah contracts the virus? The virus doesn’t know who’s who. It practices the diversity that we preach.

New Orleans Saints head football coach Sean Payton tested positive two weeks ago. He announced that doctors “cleared” him yesterday. If you had it and are now clear does that mean that you can do as you please without fear of reoccurrence? We guess so. You can only get the measles once. Is there a doctor in the BBR house that can set us straight?

Harlem Globetrotter legend Curly Neal passed away yesterday at a too early 77. The baddest, baldest dribbler on the globe was a great showman. He played (performed) in roughly 6000 games and won every one of them. He also won over millions of fans on five continents. Check out the one-minute highlight video here. Do it. You’ll still have 23:59 of stay at home time to fill afterward today.

Isn’t Sweet Georgia Brown the greatest theme song for a show ever? Close your eyes and whistle it. It’ll take you back to your childhood in a Harlem, NY minute.

From the Monday close to the Thursday close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 20%. It’s the largest three day gain percentage-wise for the average since 1930. Based on this morning’s opening a four-day winning streak looks dicey. Let’s not get greedy.

Boris Johnson’s news aside, the path chosen today was to lighten it up a bit. It’s been another long week. So for today, that’ll do it.

We’ll keep it short and sweet. Sweet like Georgia Brown.

(Almost) Ten Piece Nuggets

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by boom booms room staff

Welcome to the next day of your shelter in place life. The canned soup blues got you down? Worry not. We’ve got some fresh nuggets, heavy on opinions, for you.

Do you think nearly eight years ago that Barrack Obama was vulnerable in his reelection bid? He was. Do you believe that Mitt Romney was a below-average candidate from the right to knock Obama off? He was.
Do you believe that it took a candidate as weak as Hillary Rodham Clinton to lose to Donald J. Trump? It did. Even so, she carried the popular vote. Trump was in the right place at the right time. The middle of America was very tired of the same old, same old from an old and tired candidate. And he smartly milked that for every vote that he got and she didn’t campaign hard enough for.
Do you believe that Joe Biden looks like a very tired same old, same old candidate? He does. Is President Trump in the right place at the right time again? He is in spite of his shaky Coronavirus leadership missteps. If it were Biden we would call them gaffes.
Do you believe as bad as Biden is he still has a chance? He does. He does if he even gets to the general election, that is. The #WhereIsJoe isn’t going away soon.
It’s still 222 days till the general election. What’s all of this sudden talk about Cuomo coming in on a white horse to steal the White House? Crazy times make room for crazy twists and turns. The DNC has shown great willingness over multiple election cycles to bend or break the rules to get to the candidate of their, not the people’s, choice.
Cuomo bashed Trump for a lack of ventilators just this past week. Where do a state’s responsibility end and the federal governments begin exactly? CNN and MSNBC called his NY handling of the crisis very presidential like. What do DNC, CNN, and MSNBC have in common? Everything.
Mayor Latoya Cantrell of New Orleans bashed Trump for his poor handling of the spread of the Coronavirus as well. He could use some help, no doubt. To that end, we hope that the mayor and her husband will get around to paying the 90k they owe from several years of back federal income taxes soon. It’ll help offset some of the $2 trillion that we are about to give to jumpstart our economic system.
Would it have been a good idea to cancel Mardi Gras, Ms. Mayor? For financial reasons probably not. For political reasons probably not. For medical reasons probably so. Citizens from all over the world partied and stood toe to toe watching parades for 14 straight days through 2/25. NOLA’s parish (county) is the sixth most infected one in America behind the five boroughs of NY on a percentage basis.
Breaking news! Nugget 10 was just traded for a four-pack roll of Charmin. We’ll take a four-pack for one nugget any day. The BBR Board of Directors will meet today. A vote to approve the move is expected to pass unanimously.

Post digestion you should get on your Peloton bike for a bit. Ride in place rhymes with shelter in place.

The Show

Posted on March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 by boom booms room staff

For the NBA and the NHL, the regular season quickly became the suspended season. For MLB, the regular season that was about to start became the delayed season. For the NFL, the offseason goes on.

The NFL really doesn’t have an offseason though. One of the greatest marketing machines that the world has ever known, the NFL has turned the offseason into a continuum of events and news stories all perfectly designed to hype it’s players, about to be players, teams, schedule, and league.

The scouting combine is followed by the free agency frenzy. Individual workouts, mock drafts, more mock drafts, rumors, and then the real draft is next. Offseason voluntary OTA’s (organized team activities) are numerous and anything but voluntary. The preseason gives way to the regular season which gives way to the post-season playoffs. And the grand finale, with two weeks off to build the hype, is the Super Bowl.

The year 2020 is threatening to be different though due to an overtly obvious 500-pound gorilla in the room. The NFL draft is a three day made for TV extravaganza. It’s so big that two productions, ESPN and the NFL’s own NFL Channel, cover it.

Yesterday by a 6 yay to 1 nay vote the GM committee that oversees the draft process voted to delay it. How can we properly conduct individual workouts, administer physicals, and administer psychological exams they wondered? And, what if teams in “hot spots” cannot conduct the draft from their headquarters?

The NFL office said thanks for the recommendation. And then they said, the draft will go on April 23-25 as planned. They already put the planned Vegas draft pick flotilla to the middle of the Bellagio Fountains on dry dock. It’s being moved to a studio for all to see.

GM’s work for the owners. Owners like revenue then publicity then GM’s. Some like publicity then revenue then GM’s.

Will the draft go on as scheduled? Could it be a bad look for the league to showcase itself in the middle of the global pandemic? Or, would it be viewed as a very welcome relief from the replay boredom that a sports starved world craves?

It’s a big decision. It’s why Roger Goodell makes the big bucks. Actually, he makes the big bucks because the owners pay him so.

WWJJS? What will Jerry Jones say?

The NFL never takes a knee unless it’s lining up in victory formation. Ask Colin Kaepernick.

The show must go on!

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