SShoe
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1 minute ago, brianstl said:
Do you think kids should be allowed at games without a negative test result?
Yes because they don't currently have a choice in the matter.
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2 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said:
I don’t get the sudden “what about the kids?” attitude that has sprung up. Nobody gave a flying fuok about kids until everyone else could get vaxxed up. Now everyone is trying to be the Wu Tang Clan(you know because Wu Tang is for the kids)
Huh?
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1 hour ago, 757billiken said:
If you feel safe, go to the game. If you don't feel safe, don't go. If your hopes are a zero COVID world, you're delusional. Vaccines work to prevent the vulnerable. They, however, do not stop transmission. You can still get the virus from a vaccinated person.
I teach at ODU where the staff and students are required to be vaccinated. I still have students who need to quarantine. Covid will always be around. Trust the science and understand if you're vaccinated, you're good to go. Very few fully vaccinated individuals are dying. If you're vaccinated, don't worry about the unvaccinated. That's on them.
This entire conversation ignores the many fans who can't yet get vaccines (kids). I'd personally like to bring my three kids who are all currently ineligible for the vaccine without having to worry about them catching it. They'd probably be fine, but 10-day quarantines are no picnic.
Good policy should reward good and responsible behavior. If you don't want to get the vaccine or a negative test, fine. Just know you could miss out on some fun stuff like a Billiken ass-kicking of Auburn.
The entire idea that we shouldn't have rules/laws because people will just break them is also silly.
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3 hours ago, Slu let the dogs out? said:
+1 Definitely wouldn't be the most efficient use of settlement money.
What needs to happen regardless of hypothetical settlement money is a complete redesign of Tucker Blvd. between Cole Street (Square office) and Clark (City Hall). 8 lanes of traffic is absolutely insane. Scale it down to 4 lanes at most and make it pedestrian- and biker-friendly. It would reduce traffic (what little there is), traffic accidents, and no more drag racing down Tucker. Area could be used for festivals, markets, gathering space to watch the Blues in their next Stanley Cup in the year 2095, etc. Great example is Lancaster Blvd. in Lancaster, CA:
https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/build-great-places/lancaster-boulevard
Obviously some differences between Lancaster/Lancaster Blvd and St. Louis/Tucker Blvd and the built environment around them but endgame is the same. I'm sure @SShoe has even better ideas. Also curious how you’d spend settlement money if awarded
I have no idea how any potential winnings could be used, but I think you're right on the money, Slu let the dogs out. Downtown's current road network could definitely use a diet and some major improvements. Would make it safer and far more appealing to pedestrians. Some targeted real estate investments paired with those improvements wouldn't be the worst thing either.
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9 minutes ago, Slu let the dogs out? said:
Excellent points. To be clear, I'm not against eliminating TIFs and tax abatements altogether as they are certainly a crucial part of the capital stack for some projects. As you said, these incentives have become ubiquitous to the point that most developers just expect them in every deal. There clearly needs to be some reform in that regard. Don't know the specifics of these Cortex residential projects but the way Jones is going about doesn't seem wise, especially if these developers were promised TIF financing under the previous administration and now have large gaps in their financing. Hopefully Jones can find a way to allocate resources to the northside while also supporting one our region's greatest assets in Cortex.
It's not just the developers that have to adjust. One thing people don't often recognize is the impact these incentives have on land values. In fact, it's often the sellers/speculators that receive much of their benefits because the incentives increase the amount that developers can spend on acquisition and make the project work, which helps drive up land prices. Getting those land prices back down to reasonable levels where a developer can still make a project work without the incentives is far more difficult once market expectations become set.
Because they knew Cortex was going to take decades to develop, the TIF was set up to be flexible over time so that developers could adjust to changes in the market, maximize TIF revenues, and so the City could review each new project as it came in. In many ways, KDG's proposal is just a new TIF within the larger district and I don't believe there's any reneging on prior deals.
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Each deal is complicated and should be evaluated independently to determine whether or not the incentives are necessary or beneficial. Like most things, the problem is that politics tends to get in the way via aldermanic courtesy and other nonsense.
While I'm cautiously happy to see Jones attempting to roll back the use of these incentives and/or leverage them to increase investment in other parts of the city, doing so is tricky for a number of reasons. The market has gotten used to these incentives being available and if you pull the rug out too quickly, it could certainly halt investment/progress.
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30 minutes ago, Compton said:
You talking about the Pitt game?
yep
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8 minutes ago, almaman said:
Not the kid from Iceland
He had a green light, just not from 30' with 15 seconds left in the shot clock.
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18 minutes ago, WVBilliken said:
That one year everybody can transfer and be immediately eligible rule is for this year only. Going forward the old transfer rules will apply. Now will the NCAA grant more immediately eligible waivers than in the past? .... very likely.
This may be irrational, but I fear the NCAA will allow immediate transfers going forward.
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Anybody know if Williams can handle the ball when Yuri's out? If he can, then there's really no need for another PG.
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I always felt like Nesbitt's move made a lot of sense. Go to Memphis early to see what it's like, get acclimated, and then have the opportunity to decide if it's the right fit without really losing anything.
It's also possible that Nesbitt went to Memphis, got homesick and wanted to come home.
I'm excited about nearly every player on this team, but if the Bills want to take the next step, we need to get this type of prospect as well.
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26 minutes ago, wgstl said:
I dont remember Obi having any sort of mid range game, always felt like it was either a 3, or within 3 feet of the rim.
That's pretty much the state of basketball today
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The last call on Collins was awful for its lateness and the phantom 5th on French was equally bad, but the worst call of the game was the charge on French where the guy was standing in the middle of the circle. There's 2 points we didn't get back. Add on French's ridiculous foul on the 3 where the guy then made all 3 FTs. Stupid on French for getting that close, but also a total acting job by the shooter.
Refs were about as bad as they come last night and they were definitely a factor in this one.
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2 minutes ago, SShoe said:
Pretty sure we beat them there during Goodwin's freshman year.
Edit - nope, just checked. We actually choked down the stretch of that one.
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11 minutes ago, NH said:
I don’t think we’ve won at their place since 2013-2014 team.
Pretty sure we beat them there during Goodwin's freshman year.
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30 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
Dear God, have you forgotten that Saint Louis University is a Catholic school? I thought you liked us?
Signed Sad Billiken Fan
That's why it rained here all day on Saturday instead of snowed.
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2 minutes ago, slufanskip said:
And if they had played and then had an issue and we found out they knew there was a possibility regardless of how small, everyone would be saying how careless it was for them to play. They don't care about the players or their families, etc ...
This definitely feels like a moment where a rush to judgement is not the best move.
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3 minutes ago, brianstl said:
Roy, go like at Toppin's offensive numbers last season and then look at Perkin's numbers so far this season. Now tell me what you see?
I love Perkins, but Toppin required soooo much attention from defenses. Jalen Crutcher is clearly a good player, but he's already showing how much Toppin meant to that team.
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12 minutes ago, Littlebill said:
AJ Green is out for the season and the Valley presents only one decent chance at a Q1/2 win. They'd essentially have to go undefeated in the valley
yuck, didn't realize he was out for the whole season.
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17 minutes ago, wgstl said:
True, But also would computers hold on to the fact that UK was simply a bad team at the time of the UK/Richmond game? I could see that happening.
Also I really think LSU and NC state will both be top 35 teams. LSU has a really good chance of top 25
Some ranking systems might, but the ones that count don't give earlier games any less weight.
I think when it's all said and done, the computers are going to love our wins vs. LSU and NC State.
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5 minutes ago, wgstl said:
Not much can change at this point. Loyola if roughly 50th in a few ratings I looked at, this is their last chance, after that they will need to dominate the A10.
Well, I think it depends on how much better Kentucky gets by the end of the season. They often aren't very good in November/December, but are rolling by the end of the season. If that happens, and Northern Iowa gets healthy and rolls through the Valley, their stock could rise.
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15 minutes ago, Littlebill said:
I think once they beat Kentucky, it was like holy cow, but now we've seen what Kentucky is. That win has lost its luster. N Iowa was supposed to be a good win, then they underwhelmed early and lost their best player. Rich hasn't run teams like we have. Frankly, they don't have the wins that we do either. Most metrics are certainly unimpressed with Richmond
Hopefully that changes. Richmond is a good team and we need their metrics to reflect that.
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10 hours ago, majerus mojo said:
Unsung part of the night— are we no longer a god awful FT shooting team? Is it official yet?
So much of it has just been not having our offense go through French and Goodwin for everything. And Goodwin's FTs looked pretty smooth last night.
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I asked this question in another thread, but don't think there was an answer. Are the computer models still giving additional weight this season to road and neutral wins over home wins? If they are, we need to find some more road games since home court advantage is mostly negated this year.
2021-2022 Season
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I think Delta changed the overall concern level for kids, but I can assure you that my concern level for my kids' health has always remained high. My wife and I do not keep them out of most things (school, sports, etc.), but we also make sure to assess increased risk wherever it may be.
I clearly need to brush up on my Wu Tang.