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[ghost]

The guy being interviewed here called Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and CEO of FTX, a fraud several months ago. FTX is the crypto exchange that had an NBA naming rights deal and Tom Brady as its pitchman that went down in flames a few weeks ago. At 4:44 of this vid, the CNBC interviewer asks this guy if he's surprised so many people got taken in by what apparently was akin to a Ponzi scheme. He says,

"No I'm not. When you have the greatest quarterback of all time and his supermodel wife doing a commercial, picking up the phone and saying 'are you in?' To me it looks like a pump and dump scheme...People get very influenced by people like Tom..."

I'm concerned about how many young athletes in the NFL got taken by FTX and if any of them had their fortunes wiped out. Herbert, for example, has talked about crypto in the past. I wonder how much he has invested. Fortunately for him, his biggest payday is yet to come. Some NFL players, such as OBJ apparently, took their entire salaries last year in crypto.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/7-nfl-players-that-chose-crypto-over-cash-salaries

Aaron Rodgers, Trevor Lawrence, and Tom Brady lead the list.

[CivilBolt]

https://cointelegraph.com/news/7-nfl-players-that-chose-crypto-over-cash-salaries

Aaron Rodgers, Trevor Lawrence, and Tom Brady lead the list.

Steph Curry was in it as well

[jamrock]

https://cointelegraph.com/news/7-nfl-players-that-chose-crypto-over-cash-salaries

Aaron Rodgers, Trevor Lawrence, and Tom Brady lead the list.

Remember when Russell Okung took his whole salary in Bitcoin?

[ghost]

Remember when Russell Okung took his whole salary in Bitcoin?

Yup. He was the main yahoo I thought of.

[Boltjolt]

I've yet to hear about anyone who got actual money by selling any Bitcoin or any crypto. Plenty of stories of those who can't. I really haven't paid any attention to crypto, just wasn't interested.
Bitcoin was a big thing in my area of the Bay I was working at when it was well under $1000. Dudes were going nuts trying to buy in. I recall it being somewhere around 6 to 700 hundred.

[Velo]

I've yet to hear about anyone who got actual money by selling any Bitcoin or any crypto. Plenty of stories of those who can't. I really haven't paid any attention to crypto, just wasn't interested.
Bitcoin was a big thing in my area of the Bay I was working at when it was well under $1000. Dudes were going nuts trying to buy in. I recall it being somewhere around 6 to 700 hundred.

A friend's son who had just graduated college and got a job as a software engineer way back in 2008-09 was taking all or a large portion of his salary in Bitcoin. It was the first time I'd heard of it. His dad - my friend - was pretty worried about it. But the kid got in early and cashed out with a nice little fortune. That is the only happy story I personally know of involving crypto. Warren Buffet called it rat poison squared way back when and I've always avoided it.

[Velo]

The Jets are one of the teams standing in the way of the Chargers and a wildcard berth. But they have a severe QB problem, they've benched Zach Wilson and are going with Mike White who started the season third on the depth chart. They also have Joe Flacco. But IMO the Jets aren't going to stay in the playoff race with either of those guys. Zach Wilson's maturation and eventual ris being compared to Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell.

[ghost]

The Jets are one of the teams standing in the way of the Chargers and a wildcard berth. But they have a severe QB problem, they've benched Zach Wilson and are going with Mike White who started the season third on the depth chart. They also have Joe Flacco. But IMO the Jets aren't going to stay in the playoff race with either of those guys. Zach Wilson's maturation and eventual ris being compared to Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell.

Zach's workout was a knockout. This is this kid's wakeup call. It isn't coaching either, it is a distinct possibly that he has developed the yips.

Let Joey describe the symptoms of a QB with the yips.

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[Boltnut]

Left on Jets schedule:

Minnesota, Buffalo, Seattle, Miami...
This is a 9-8 team... just like the Patriots... just like the Bengals...

[Leslie Grossman]

Left on Jets schedule:

Minnesota, Buffalo, Seattle, Miami...
This is a 9-8 team... just like the Patriots... just like the Bengals...

agreed, Bengals may have the toughest schedule left in the whole league.... I am holding off on them for an AFC Future bet
Won't be surprising to me if Chargers, Bengal, Pats, Jets all finish 9-8

[Boltjolt]

The Jets are one of the teams standing in the way of the Chargers and a wildcard berth. But they have a severe QB problem, they've benched Zach Wilson and are going with Mike White who started the season third on the depth chart. They also have Joe Flacco. But IMO the Jets aren't going to stay in the playoff race with either of those guys. Zach Wilson's maturation and eventual ris being compared to Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell.

Yes but they have a good defense and we don't. Flacco could be just enough. We'll see about White.

[Topcat]

Remember when Russell Okung took his whole salary in Bitcoin?

Back in June of this year, Okung's Bitcoin worth was $16 mil...after the June Bitcoin crash, he was only worth $5 mil...oops...and since June, when BTC was worth $22k, it's slipped to around $16k...double oops...and with this recent FTX scandal, I don't think Bitcoin and the other Craptocurrencies have bottomed out as new revelations come out daily about which corporations and governments were heavily invested and levereged in Crapto...buckle yer seatbelts...triple oops...

Okung's Bitcoin woes: https://www.celebritynetworth.com/ar...went-negative/