I think whatโs frustrating is their opinions are being manipulated by companies that refuse to consider anything but market share or quarterly profits. No logical person would watch a pro golf tournament and say โYes, watching them hit shorter clubs is the best.โ But they have been convinced by years of marketing and now influencers being purchased that any changes are personally trying to make golf harder on them, the 15-handicap. Itโs madness. Golf is now so grossly interwoven with equipment money (from messaging to literally funding the media we consume) that itโs like American health care, it would be almost impossible to untangle all the various remoras clinging to the host, profiting while insisting itโs serving the consumer. Baseball has made a lot of mistakes but imagine if we couldnโt contextualize Shohei Othani because some beer league softball player insisted they both be able to play the same double-walled metal bat.
Good way to view the Tuch situation: look at the wingers from 2010-2013 drafts aka the ages Tuch would be in the 1st half of an 8-year deal (Tuch was 2014 draft). How many of these wingers right now would you be happy paying $11+ mil per year?
Iโd confidently say 2, maybe 3.
@JeremyWGR@Coldsabre26@MattKopnak As opposed to saying they donโt like him and donโt want him back? ๐ you think the young guys donโt want his spot for more ice time and more money? Cmon man
@Persimmon_Blade@thwacknicklaus Idk, football changed the rules, so did hockey. IMO the records set 20-40 years ago would never been broken again with out competitive the bottom ends of the leagues have become. It sounds great for the leagues to say they have the best players of all time now though.
@news4buffalo When heating demand moves from nat gas to electricity, the grid must expand to handle the added load. Those infrastructure costs don't disappear, they're typically recovered through electric rates. Small biz & homeowners have every right to ask how that impacts affordability.