Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Dak Prescott has one-upped the Cowboys & signed his franchise tender.
  • Now he’s winning the PR battle, because he’s not holding out of training camp.
  • The one-year tender is worth $31.4 million, per league guidelines.
    • The holdup to a long-term deal is the length of the contract.
      • Dak wants four, so he can hit free agency again at 30.
      • The Cowboys want five, to maximize their return on the investment.
  • FYI – the franchise tag for QBs in 2021 will be $37.68 million.

• David Tyree is no longer the Giants’ director of player development.
  • He had been in the job since 2014.
  • He will now be turning his attention to a juice shop he’s opening in New Jersey.
    • It’s called “Clean Juice”, and they’ve got franchise opportunities available NEAR YOU!

• The NFL is getting pushback from both teams and players because they are forcing them to identify & codify their “contact tiers”.
  • This is important because the agreement to reopen contains specifics about whom & how many people in each tier are allowed to interact.
    • Tier 2 are people like general managers, football operations employees, other assistant coaches, video personnel, security and other essential personnel.
  • There will be daily testing of all Tier 1 & 2 employees, and there might be “surprise inspections” by the league & union.

MXC Monday – Episode 113: “Gambling Industry vs. Medical Professionals”

• This should be near & dear to Hippo.

“The classic battle between care givers and card counters.”

This was the last episode of the first season. Don’t worry – we have four more seasons to go. Hopefully sports will come back by that point.

Tonight’s … entertainment?:

• Ford v Ferrari – 7:25 PM | HBO
  • A fantastic car movie. Worth your time.
• Wrasslin’:
  • Monday Night RAW – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
  • In case you missed it, or didn’t care at the time, I broke down the madness that’s gone on in wrestling over the last few days. I think it’s worth your time.
    • We all had fun in the comments.
• Top Rank Boxing on ESPN – 8:00 PM | ESPN
  • Moloney-Franco (super flyweights)
    • Andrew Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) vs. Joshua Franco (16-1-2, 8 KOs) in a super-flyweight title bout in Las Vegas.
• Botched – 9:00PM | E! / E! Canada
  • Pop-up fun facts from Season 6, Episode 13.
• KBO League:
  • Doosan Bears vs. SK Wyverns – 5:25AM | ESPN / TSN3

How desperate are the networks for any real sports? Here’s the highlighted post-midnight offering from “The Deuce”.

• Classic WNBA Basketball: 2018: Phoenix Mercury at Seattle Storm – 2:00 AM | ESPN2

Networks, like blogs, need #content.