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3 days ago

@Tonysmarkettips He had an out but kept pressing the issue. The media have no problem putting Jed's business out there but still havent said much on Shanahan.

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@HondoCarpenter I want to see how the 1st team defense will hold up. Are we going to get enough pressure upfront?

3 days ago

@timkawakami This shouldnt be a bigger story than the Shanahan cover up.

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5 days ago

@vegasraiderdad You jinxed him.

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6 days ago

@Tonysmarkettips You're exposing a systemic issue where depending on how connected one is or isnt decides which stories stay buried and which come out. I don't agree with how media exploits grieving families but it must be dealt with the same across the board.

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@Tonysmarkettips @ShellyBradbury @Schrotenboer Ethics in journalism is dead and real journalism is on life support.

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@AllohEddy @LasVegasLocally They should clarify that. They have the most expensive tickets on the secondary market. Face value is between $80-$450. My seats run about $120 per seat.

8 days ago

I just went 82-0, think you can go 82-0? https://t.co/PfVxH7R1IR

8 days ago

@VinnyBonsignore @Raiders @HoustonTexans Doesn't tell us much but good for the young guys to experience.

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@basportsfan @Tonysmarkettips The ponzi scheme run by Walter and having to come up with money due to pay investors. I would do a deeper dive into Ohtani's gambling as well but I wasn't referring to him.

9 days ago

@NotaBidenfan @ABC7 Back a few decades the commander in chief was not a pedophile and conman.

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9 days ago

Dodgers owner Mark Walter is under a federal investigation and a whole lot of pressure. He just sold the Lakers only 14 months after buying the Lakers, he is selling his shares in Chelsea FC, and well the pressure is mounting and rumors are swirling about the Dodgers. The one key component here is Shohei Ohtani who is owed still $680 million by the Dodgers and well most of the contract is deferred until the 2040s. These two facts belong together, because Ohtani does have the richest contract in sports history, and that contract is owned by an owner who is under federal investigation. Basically, Ohtani gave the Dodgers a loan and now it looks like he might have loaned the wrong man. Let’s break down the money. Ohtani’s contract is worth around $700 million dollars but right now because of the contract’s structure most people do know he takes home around $2 million a year. The rest of that money? Well it’s going to according to his contract be paid out 2034 to 2043. But he’s not the only Dodger whose deal is structured this way. They owe a total of over $1 billion dollars to nine different players with the payments being deferred all the way out to 2047. We all know about the infamous Bobby Bonilla day for the Mets where they pay him every July (that just ended), well the Dodgers took Bobby Bonilla day, injected it in Barry Bonds steroids and built a championship roster on layaway. They get the superstars today, the rings today, and the bill is due in the 2040s. But one thing about deferred money and sports contracts is kind of insane. It’s not secured. Many are saying that it was Ohtani’s own idea to defer the money so the team could build a winner around him. Now, that may be true, but the money is not secured. Unlike most loans, there is no collateral, he doesn’t have a personal guarantee on Dodger stadium or anything of that sort. All he has is a promise, and it looks like he trusted the wrong man. If something happens cash wise, Ohtani is just another creditor standing in line looking for his money. And Walters seems to be in huge trouble. But there is one thing in Ohtani’s contract that many people are missing. He has a “key-man” clause. If Walters sells the Dodgers (whether by choice or force) or if their executive Andrew Freidman leaves, Ohtani has the option to opt out of the rest of his contract. Which is funny, he wasn’t trusting the Dodgers franchise, he was trusting Walters himself. And Ohtani has said he would not opt out, but when facts change, opinions can too. So if Walter has to sell, Ohtani basically can overnight become a free agent. And with an impending lockout and Walter needing cash, I think he might have to sell. And there is a darker road to the Dodgers problems and that is bankruptcy which might seem far fetched for a pro sports franchise but the Dodgers did go bankrupt in 2011. And a team bankruptcy can ask the courts to reject a contract which basically makes the player an unsecured creditor fighting to get pennies back on his dollar. And Ohtani’s $680 million with ZERO collateral? That’s something that has no leverage in a courtroom. Now none of this is a prediction, and this can all play out in Ohtani’s favor, and Walters may even keep the Dodgers. But sports structure always assumes one big thing. And that is the franchise owner is stable. And that seemed like a given with Walters as he was buying assets and spending money left and right. But it’s harder to believe when he is under investigation and selling everything he owns. Ohtani made a bet worth $680 million dollars that the people who run the Dodgers would be safe and good standing when he turns 40. Well, his money is riding on a promise and hope.

GeorgeOnTap's tweet photo. Dodgers owner Mark Walter is under a federal investigation and a whole lot of pressure. He just sold the Lakers only 14 months after buying the Lakers, he is selling his shares in Chelsea FC, and well the pressure is mounting and rumors are swirling about the Dodgers. The one key component here is Shohei Ohtani who is owed still $680 million by the Dodgers and well most of the contract is deferred until the 2040s. These two facts belong together, because Ohtani does have the richest contract in sports history, and that contract is owned by an owner who is under federal investigation. Basically, Ohtani gave the Dodgers a loan and now it looks like he might have loaned the wrong man.

Let’s break down the money. Ohtani’s contract is worth around $700 million dollars but right now because of the contract’s structure most people do know he takes home around $2 million a year. The rest of that money? Well it’s going to according to his contract be paid out 2034 to 2043. But he’s not the only Dodger whose deal is structured this way. They owe a total of over $1 billion dollars to nine different players with the payments being deferred all the way out to 2047. We all know about the infamous Bobby Bonilla day for the Mets where they pay him every July (that just ended), well the Dodgers took Bobby Bonilla day, injected it in Barry Bonds steroids and built a championship roster on layaway. They get the superstars today, the rings today, and the bill is due in the 2040s.

But one thing about deferred money and sports contracts is kind of insane. It’s not secured. Many are saying that it was Ohtani’s own idea to defer the money so the team could build a winner around him. Now, that may be true, but the money is not secured. Unlike most loans, there is no collateral, he doesn’t have a personal guarantee on Dodger stadium or anything of that sort. All he has is a promise, and it looks like he trusted the wrong man. If something happens cash wise, Ohtani is just another creditor standing in line looking for his money.

And Walters seems to be in huge trouble. But there is one thing in Ohtani’s contract that many people are missing. He has a “key-man” clause. If Walters sells the Dodgers (whether by choice or force) or if their executive Andrew Freidman leaves, Ohtani has the option to opt out of the rest of his contract. Which is funny, he wasn’t trusting the Dodgers franchise, he was trusting Walters himself. And Ohtani has said he would not opt out, but when facts change, opinions can too.

So if Walter has to sell, Ohtani basically can overnight become a free agent. And with an impending lockout and Walter needing cash, I think he might have to sell. And there is a darker road to the Dodgers problems and that is bankruptcy which might seem far fetched for a pro sports franchise but the Dodgers did go bankrupt in 2011. And a team bankruptcy can ask the courts to reject a contract which basically makes the player an unsecured creditor fighting to get pennies back on his dollar. And Ohtani’s $680 million with ZERO collateral? That’s something that has no leverage in a courtroom.

Now none of this is a prediction, and this can all play out in Ohtani’s favor, and Walters may even keep the Dodgers. But sports structure always assumes one big thing. And that is the franchise owner is stable. And that seemed like a given with Walters as he was buying assets and spending money left and right. But it’s harder to believe when he is under investigation and selling everything he owns. Ohtani made a bet worth $680 million dollars that the people who run the Dodgers would be safe and good standing when he turns 40. Well, his money is riding on a promise and hope.

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18 days ago

While we're all giving Adam Schefter, Chris Simms, and Tim Kawakami crap for staying quiet after Kyle Shanahan's accident -- lets not forget about Nick Wagoner. If there was a media coverup, then it appears Nick Wagoner was also complicit because he co-authored a story with Schefter 2 minutes after the 49ers released the info and you couldn't possibly write this story with sources in less than 2 minutes. At least 4 members of the media knew and stayed silent. Did Schefter tell Wagoner that Kyle was at fault?

Tonysmarkettips's tweet photo. While we're all giving Adam Schefter, Chris Simms, and Tim Kawakami crap for staying quiet after Kyle Shanahan's accident -- lets not forget about Nick Wagoner.

If there was a media coverup, then it appears Nick Wagoner was also complicit because he co-authored a story with Schefter 2 minutes after the 49ers released the info and you couldn't possibly write this story with sources in less than 2 minutes.

At least 4 members of the media knew and stayed silent. Did Schefter tell Wagoner that Kyle was at fault?

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24 days ago

What? EMS allowed Kyle Shanahan to wait for his wife to arrive? His injuries suggest potential collapsed lungs where they can fill with blood and cause death. The facial laceration gets treated as possible brain bleed until its ruled out. EMS are trained to avoid distractions like someone requesting waiting for a loved one. I have some questions: 1.) How did EMS justify waiting for Kyle's wife to show up and bypass their trauma transport protocols? 2.) Was 49ers security staff on site and strong-arming EMS workers? Did Palo Alto PD play a role in breaking EMS protocol? 3.) Why did Kyle's wife need to be on scene instead of going to the hospital which is about the same distance from their home as the accident site? Is it possible she needed to be there to complete an NDA with payment from a joint bank account, or maybe she needed to take something home that Kyle couldn't bring with him to the hospital or leave in the car that was towed away. 4.) Why are journalists not asking these obvious questions?

Tonysmarkettips's tweet photo. What? EMS allowed Kyle Shanahan to wait for his wife to arrive?

His injuries suggest potential collapsed lungs where they can fill with blood and cause death. The facial laceration gets treated as possible brain bleed until its ruled out. EMS are trained to avoid distractions like someone requesting waiting for a loved one.

I have some questions:

1.) How did EMS justify waiting for Kyle's wife to show up and bypass their trauma transport protocols?

2.) Was 49ers security staff on site and strong-arming EMS workers? Did Palo Alto PD play a role in breaking EMS protocol?

3.) Why did Kyle's wife need to be on scene instead of going to the hospital which is about the same distance from their home as the accident site? Is it possible she needed to be there to complete an NDA with payment from a joint bank account, or maybe she needed to take something home that Kyle couldn't bring with him to the hospital or leave in the car that was towed away.

4.) Why are journalists not asking these obvious questions?

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28 days ago

There is one aspect of the official narrative in the Kyle Shanahan story that is PROVABLY wrong and no other journalist will talk about it. Also, are we really sure that the 21-year-old accident victim wasn't injured? [The petition to release bodycam footage is pinned to my profile]

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