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The NFL is about to increase the use of technology in its officiating. The league is close to using an electronic system for measuring first downs and will expand the use of instant replay as an officiating tool in 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/06/02/nfl-electronic-first-downs-replay-assist/

also consider improving portion sizing. A good food scale seems like a silly purchase, but it's a handy tool to have for various things (baking! portioning for freezer! burger patty making!) Instead of everyone at the table getting a 12-16oz steak, the average home meal should really be about 4-6oz of red meat per plate. So split that steak in half for double the meals.

If you have an irrigation sprinkler system at the house or are contemplating putting one in: tie it into a separate water meter instead of the primary water line to the house. The primary water line will bill you for both water and sewer, while the irrigation-only meter will bill you for only water usage. Cutting out the sewer portion of the bill when you're only doing outdoor watering will save you money in the long run

Agreed w/ above. use cool/cold water wash/rinse unless you have a specific reason to use hot. consider using a lower temp dry cycle instead of Medium Heat if you'd like as well. Don't use "normal" or "hot" if you can avoid doing so

For red meat, consider ordering online vs going to a local store. Snake River, Creekstone, and other reputable steak places (NOT Omaha or other mass-market advertisers) often have sales of prime NY or ribeye primals that you can cut down to your own desired steak sizes. Sale prices (again, for prime) can be lower per pound vs buying locally. It might only be $1/lb less, but it's still less cost and higher quality. You may also have a farmer out in the sticks that butchers/sells their own meat off the farm that could be worth trying out as well. Sams Club and Costco meat prices are also competitive vs grocery store, and also seem to be generally higher quality/turnover vs grocery stores. (Costco does "blade tenderizing", which some people aren't fond of but shouldn't be a concern in general) For chicken, grocery store sales will be better pricing than Sams/Costco. Sams will have Giant-Sized Chicken Pieces compared to grocery stores chicken sizes - which may not parcel out well to an individual household's meal planning needs. Costco's chicken pricing may be a smidge higher but they also package for the freezer for you

Seems there's a class action lawsuit claiming antitrust rules were violated by the NFL with how it handled DirecTV Sunday Ticket. The suit is asking for individual team subscriptions, and potential for each customer to get as much as $2k in refunds If this works out, could be a good day for fans Actual details in the link https://brobible.com/sports/article/nfl-sunday-ticket-antitrust-lawsuit/

Time to change your ticketmaster (and likely, your Panthers ticket account) passwords. Ticketmaster customers' full names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and order history information including ticket purchase details and Ticketmaster event information. hackers also allegedly have customers' partial payment data which includes names, the last four digits of their credit card numbers, and card expiration dates. https://mashable.com/article/ticketmaster-data-breach-shinyhunters-hack

BIG fan of the pylon and line marker camera technology that's come along in recent years. It's definitely helped a lot for replays

Biggest issue isn't whether the ball is over the line or not, but being consistent with ball placement when the player is ruled down

There it is https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40231476/mlb-umpire-angel-hernandez-retiring

Waiting for LEDs to be implanted under the field so we can have a real, in-stadium-viewable ten yard marker

Just one, hopefully

Too bad you'll miss the Munich game which is after Oktoberfest

They had Panthers london merchandise. Keep in mind European sizes run small. You may need to up your game from L to XXL

Fox’s former No. 1 NFL analyst won a Sports Emmy Tuesday night for Outstanding Personality – Event Analyst category. "When he stepped on stage to receive the award, the former tight end addressed the elephant in the room by naming Brady, but also making a joke about the ESPN+ Toy Story telecast that also won an award on Tuesday night replacing everyone in the category,

(heh - fixed that for you. it's funny because it's true)

the largest indoor pickleball facility in the world is in Macon GA. (Your joke is still valid about the championship) https://www.gpb.org/news/2023/12/21/worlds-largest-indoor-pickleball-facility-opens-in-macon

Retrofitting the JAX stadium, with a covered seating area. They'll play in the stadium during most of the construction (with one season limiting capacity to the mid 40k's), and playing one season in Orlando before returning to JAX. Locals are wondering why they're putting this much money into the stadium if the team plays 2 games a year in London.

For a concert, it's supposed to be incredible. On non-concert days, you can see an IMAX movie designed for the Sphere. People I know who've seen the film say it's kinda awesome... but not worth seeing more than once. Go for the experience more than the film itself. Both situations, it'll be a pricey ticket. =_=_=__ I do recommend getting the best $12 burger on the Strip: the No Pants burger in the Absinthe courtyard at Caesars. (ticket to absinthe not needed to grab the burger).

(for comparison: last year Vegas had us at +6000 to win the SB, in mid April'23)

I don't think anything shifted with the schedule release. Mid April, Vegas was offering the same odds. They're also doing +2000 for Canales to win Coach of the Year

August 8th to even week 1 would have been a long time for "plenty else to do and see" to kill time Notes: * the Mirage is closing in July for a three year refurb/construction * wouldn't be surprised if the Copperfield show at MGM closes soon/quickly, based on recent news publications

Liked this as a schedule release video vs the painting thing

KC's wasn't bad, but unsure if it warranted a repeat of last year's. MIA: short, to the point. No fluff. NO: Honest. "Every year we assign the interns the job of the release video". Bonus points for the pretending to not know who Drew Brees was Tennessee's? Still funny - even if they had to edit in other comments to make it work

Bears: funny takes on other teams, including us