OK, so I get $586 million (which seems low, given recent sales prices). Forbes has the Panthers at $1.05 billion. Any Forbes dudes out there who want to tackle this? Read more

I know the roster depreciation allowance is a hobbyhorse of yours. We've addressed it now in a couple posts on the site, but I don't think I've adequately conveyed just how bizarre the logic is behind it. Could you explain why rosters *don't* depreciate the way livestock does? And why is this writeoff on the books in… Read more

It's the all-but-the-kitchen-sink wing of the NFL. There's some more info here: http://deadspin.com/5821386/audited-financials-operating-profit-for-nfl-ventures-lp-rose-from-999-million-to-13-billion-last-year Read more

On page 9 in the doc above, there's a reference to a part owner selling back his share of the team: "the Partnership redeemed 1.28% of its membership interests in a partial redemption of the interests of one of its members. In exchange for the member's interests, the Partnership paid the member $7,500,000." Is there… Read more

Regarding Jerry Richardson's claim before the lockout that owners had a negative cash flow of $200 million. Dennis Howard suggested he may have been factoring in a roster depreciation allowance to arrive at that figure (misapplied though it may be). Your thoughts? Read more

I brought up the RDA in reference to his $200 million thing, that's all. Read more

I thought the column was great. The misstep was doing his whole "... but I like the guy" bit. That opened up his flank to all the dumb counterattacks (e.g. http://www.shermanreport.com/turning-tables-on-will-leitch-went-too-far-in-takedown-of-darren-rovell/) that treated Leitch's thing as a social faux pas instead of… Read more

I used that once! Read more

Check the comments: http://sportsjournalism.org/uncategorized/journalistic-standards-in-reporting-of-the-teo-hoax-qa-with-deadspins-tommy-craggs/ Read more

Oh, and Rovell? Knew him a little in college. He was a talking haircut even back then. Pleasant enough, though, and lacking both the platform and the temporal power to do any real harm to the world, unlike now. Read more

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I met Simmons during the brief, ridiculous Grantland flirtation. We got along fine, I thought, though I had nothing to contribute to his brief monologue on the hottest women to come out of Massachusetts. (It was a two-woman race, if I recall, with Dushku and Menounos neck and neck at the quarter pole, at which point… Read more

March 11. It'll be fun. Read more

He's doing the audio version of his new book. Jeremy Irons wasn't available. Read more

Earlier in this series: http://deadspin.com/5984688/ Read more

I've met him. You don't think we were laughing about this in the office for days? Read more

Yeah, eventually. It'll molt a few times before it arrives here, though. Read more

Nah. Meet John Koblin: http://deadspin.com/5980345/this-photo-of-two-male-49ers-fans-making-out-is-awesome Read more

Only your weird uncle likes The Band. Read more

Goddammit. Don't do that next time. I'm very approachable, despite all appearances. Read more