Ground Hog Day, Gambling, MLB, CBA heat, Tom Brady GOAT & 42 is the answer

Ground Hog Day – ESPN Jeff Passan peaks out to see his shadow and
the baseball winter continues to extend 


Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt & Bill Murray seek a better
tomorrow. 

Marvel’s Dr. Strange & Dormammu stuck in a time loop. -
Time to Bargain

Baseball fans stuck in Time Loop with MLB & MLBPA. 

CBA – MLB & MLBPA - Points of Discussion Pool for
Arbitration


Minimum Wage increase


Salary Floors and Penalties – Other leagues deploy but not
MLB


NBA model could be implemented.


Earlier Free Agency


Competitive Balance Tax


Draft Lottery – setup to avoid Tanking


Service Time Manipulation

Ken Rosenthal remarks from The Athletic article

 42 is The answer to  Life the Universe &
Everything. Just ask Google Douglas Adams, author, Hitchhiker’s
Guide to the Galaxy

42 – in Baseball Jackie Robinson

42 years of age when GOAT Tom Brady joined the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers

Brady was 199th pick in NFL draft came out hungry

Tom Brady drafted in 18th round as a Catcher for the Montreal
Expos

Brady was the shot caller as a catcher and as a quarterback

Will Brady pick up the glove again and join baseball
again 

Brandon’s advice – “Don’t Doubt Tom Brady”   
                 
                 
         

Chicago Cubs – moving Santos & Williams statues to build
a sportsbook in front of Wrigley

Sara Sanchez of Bleed Cubbie Blue shared Cub fans response –
80% negative

2018 MLB & MGM partnership begins

Gambling in Sports – FanDuel, MGM, DraftKings & Caesar’s

Nationals Sportsbook with BetMGM has just opened

Wrigley Sportsbook will be partnered with DraftKings

MLS Audi Stadium in Washington with Sportsbook, Caesars
outside Chase Field w/Diamondbacks

 Tampa Bay Times - List of stadiums with sportsbooks –

When does gambling dollars give back to the community and the
fans

Can Gambling and Sportsbooks keep baseball relevant or is it
just a bad idea? 

No sight of a CBA before Super Bowl 

Looking forward to April 5th Opening Day of Minor League
Baseball, MiLB

It’s Ground Hog Day all over again, and again, again, again

“Dormammu, I've Come to Bargain”



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