Recruiting Forum Football Talk VI

[Glitch]

I wish the capacity for the stadium was larger than 60k, now tickets will be ridiculously expensive

Titans will suck and you can pick some up on the cheap in the secondary market when season ticket holders are desperate to recoup even a little of their costs.

 

[Orange.]

I wish the capacity for the stadium was larger than 60k, now tickets will be ridiculously expensive

Really? 60,000?

 

[Glitch]

SIAP

Tennessee is working to get Chris Cole to OV here for the Austin Peay game before he announcing on sept 10th. As of now, it looks like it will happen.

AP

Thanks, Jimmy.

 

[UpstateVol613]

 

[UTProf]

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Headed to Nashville to load up Tekken. It's gonna be so good!

 

[knoxvol52]

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Really? 60,000?

Average capacity of most teams in NFL lol I just googled the same thing...

 

[Orangeburst]

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might have to have Simmons stand on the on button

2 haves and ons in same sentence. impressive

 

[Orangeburst]

Stanford and Cal in ACC
this is so stupid

 

[TN-POSSUM]

might have to have Simmons stand on the on button

*2 haves and ons in same sentence. impressive

yes!



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[Ron Swanson]

I'm not sure what the jackpot was but I'm guessing close to 2 billion. Let's just say 1.4 billion. 50% tax woukd get you 700 mill. So how is 38% equal to getting 600 mill? I'm asking because I have no clue about this

The lump sum payment is about half. Then you would have to pay taxes. So if the lottery was $1.5bil. The lump sum payment would be around $750mil. Then you’d had to pay 24% in federal taxes and any state taxes as well if applicable. Lottery is a scam. It’s the government taking money from the people.

 

[Vol423]

The lump sum payment is about half. Then you would have to pay taxes. So if the lottery was $1.5bil. The lump sum payment would be around $750mil. Then you’d had to pay 24% in federal taxes and any state taxes as well if applicable. Lottery is a scam. It’s the government taking money from the people.

24% federal tax rate? Dream on.

 

[BigSteve09]

when i won the 900,000,000 lottery i took the lump sum and after all the taxes and the check services and handler services and transportation services and state fees and so on, and so on, and so on, i was left with 25 dollars, which i donated to vol club

 

[Ron Swanson]

24% federal tax rate? Dream on.

Well we are talking about winning the lottery after all.

 

[KptVFL]

"As I was trying to sling my arm and sling the snake off, the snake wrapped around my arm," she told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.

I’m as surprised by the bolded as I am by the story. Had no idea CBS and BBC were connected.

Makes perfect sense!

 

[Devo182]

Ultimately though not even my favorite Nolan film.

That's an impossible bar though.

I was revisiting he and Aronofsky's film lists a couple month ago. Dear lord those 2 have been killing it for a few decades now with very few misses as directors.

Christopher Nolan

Darren Aronofsky

 

[Orange_Crush]

That's an impossible bar though.

I was revisiting he and Aronofsky's film lists a couple month ago. Dear lord those 2 have been killing it for a few decades now with very few misses as directors.

Christopher Nolan

Darren Aronofsky

Meh. To hear you describe them, you'd think they'd done The Great Outdoors, or Uncle Buck.

 

[UTProf]

Well we are talking about winning the lottery after all.

If they give me a billion five I'm not gonna complain about the taxes. Lord. Priorities people.

 

[Devo182]

Someone mention hot rockers? I submit Nita Strauss
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Not so much "hot" in the model sense like posted above, but some dope women of rock whose music is great:

Paz Lenchantin:
(Pixies, A Perfect Circle, Entrance Band...she's a legend...)



Tash Sultana:



Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast and a best-selling author (very good writer for folks that enjoy musical autobiographies...have been reading her's and Moby's recently):

 

[Girth Brooks]

The lump sum payment is about half. Then you would have to pay taxes. So if the lottery was $1.5bil. The lump sum payment would be around $750mil. Then you’d had to pay 24% in federal taxes and any state taxes as well if applicable. Lottery is a scam. It’s the government taking money from the people.

The IRS has never purchased a lottery ticket but wins every time.

100% odds.

 

[knoxvol52]

Not so much "hot" in the model sense like posted above, but some dope women of rock whose music is great:

Paz Lenchantin:
(Pixies, A Perfect Circle, Entrance Band...she's a legend...)
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Tash Sultana:
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Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast and a best-selling author (very good writer for folks that enjoy musical autobiographies...have been reading her's and Moby's recently):

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Uuuh where is Joan Jett is this discussion???

 

[KptVFL]

Not so much "hot" in the model sense like posted above, but some dope women of rock whose music is great:

Paz Lenchantin:
(Pixies, A Perfect Circle, Entrance Band...she's a legend...)
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Tash Sultana:
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Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast and a best-selling author (very good writer for folks that enjoy musical autobiographies...have been reading her's and Moby's recently):

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If ya know, ya know!

 

[Devo182]

Rush is my VN signature
we have assumed control 2112 2023

True story:

Geddy Lee originally thought they were being included in "I Love You Man" as a joke about them and thought they were going to be made fun of. Didn't know the director was a huge fan and it was more of a tribute to them...

...and strangely it ended up leading to a Rush Revival.

 

[Ace]

I do not know about the lottery, but when my rich aunt died I ended up owing $300.

 

[Devo182]

The lump sum payment is about half. Then you would have to pay taxes. So if the lottery was $1.5bil. The lump sum payment would be around $750mil. Then you’d had to pay 24% in federal taxes and any state taxes as well if applicable. Lottery is a scam. It’s the government taking money from the people.

Lol 24%. If only. That's merely the required witholding for those that take the cash option.

Top tax bracket is 37% last I saw. So, effective tax rate of...well...36.99% or so.

Yes the cash option is much less than the annuity option, that much should be obvious. All lotteries are based on annuity payouts. I think the cash option is favorable though, given the imputed annuity interest rate (something like only 4-4.5%).

But yes, all "legalized gambling" via the state is a tax on the mathematically inclined.

The best one can do is buy tickets centered around a $600 million dollar payout. The -EV drops close to 0. Enough to warrant an "entertainment expense" for some. Spend $20 at -EV of $2...most can swallow that. It's the ones that spend $20 a week at -EV of $19 week after week you really wonder about.

As for the "government taking money from people" - I'd say it is people voluntarily (albeit maybe misinformed? Or maybe not sadly) throwing money away and into the futures of college students. Often the poorest...funding the future of young folks, many already better off than those buying tickets. Still a money funnel upwards I do agree. But that's folks' choice. At least legalize poker (a game of long-term skill) and stop being hypocrites.

 

[TheMagnificantOne]

Cash lump sum reduction eats you up before federal taxes