Why Do I Continue to Read Peter King?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Bush's salary for the game considered to be earned in the state of Washington, which has no income tax? Thus, the player would keep that $120 since it's not taxed by Louisiana.
I suspect Peter is not doing the greatest job at being an editor-in-chief if inaccuracies like this make it to publication.
Cousin Walter said:
Would the income tax be levied against the gross (pre-fine)? (I am not a tax preparer; neither is Peter king. That's the point)
He could have made the same point just as effectively by saying, "After taxes, Bush probably took home less than 10% of his game check." But no, he has to show us just how goddam smart he is. He's the kind of guy who thinks that a book must have been meticulously researched simply because it has a lot of footnotes.
Wait, what? If his primary residence is in LA, he'd have to pay LA taxes on his salary for that game just like any week, right? Income tax is based on where you live.
I work in New Hampshire every day, and for an employer that's based in New Hampshire, but I still pay Maine income taxes.
What am I missing here?
I work in New Hampshire every day, and for an employer that's based in New Hampshire, but I still pay Maine income taxes.
What am I missing here?
It's based on both. I live in NH and work in MA, so I pay MA state taxes. However, since I'm not a resident of MA, any days I work outside of MA I do not have to pay tax on. They can't tax me for work-from-home days.
If his primary residence is in LA, then he's likely paying LA state tax. Otherwise he doesn't owe them anything for that game.
If his primary residence is in LA, then he's likely paying LA state tax. Otherwise he doesn't owe them anything for that game.
It's amazing Peter was able to fill up his column. I mean there is absolutely nothing going on in the football world this time of year. I'll bet that ESPN.com is blank.Vandalman said:
So, what are you folks doing next Sunday evening?
Not even going to post the text, but he felt it necessary to give us a play-by-play of his leaving his apartment on the East Side of Manhattan™ to go pick up his media credential at some hotel nine blocks away.
Corsi said:
Did he stop by any Starbucks on the way and give the barista some tips on how to make a latte?
joe dokes said:
Yep.
I'm sure Jim Koch is just fucking thrilled that you likened his newest beer to one of his competitors before you even put it to your lips.
If this dunderhead had one ounce of his self-proclaimed beer knowledge, he'd know that coriander and orange peel are the two main ingredients of a witbier. Allagash isn't treading new ground with this recipe; it's been around for hundreds of years.
:Facepalm:Corsi said:
That is so King in a nutshell. He fancies himself to be a self proclaimed 'Beernerd' but when you scratch even the most surface of surfaces he reveals himself to know absolutely nothing about the subject and is much more at home with dropping names and cozying up to whatever CEO is willing to use him to hawk a product. And then he's too clumsy to even hawk it right. King is an epic lazy fail of a Royal Court Fop.
Man, I'd have loved to be in the Sam Adams office when Koch saw that item. That's "we will never spend a dollar with SI or MMQB again" territory.
I can't get over the "What a country" line. That's utter BS. He was making a self-congratulatory tweet of his ability to pull 6,500 words of artistry out of no material, but he needed a segue and he used one that made no sense because he didn't want to come out and say, "I'm such a pimp."
Unless he means by "What a country" something along the lines of, "I can't believe how much I get paid for this crap."
Unless he means by "What a country" something along the lines of, "I can't believe how much I get paid for this crap."
I believe that puerile profanity occasionally has a place. Is fuckwad still a word?
King is writing about the Media Day circus. Ok. Fair enough, even though he's writing about the writers, not the players. Then we get this:
Some Middlebury kid -- maybe one who is trying to makie it in the same business as you -- has the once in a lifetime opportunity to interview an alumnus who is about to play in the Super Bowl; that's EXACTLY the same as some attention-seeking jokers in costumes. Fuckwad.
And this....the profanity has not been invented yet:
She interviewed ME. I got her excited.
NOBODY knew who he was. NOBODY. Except ME. Peter Fucking King.
Does the Onion have a spaceship onto which they kidnap reporters and replace them withe over-the-top replicants?
King is writing about the Media Day circus. Ok. Fair enough, even though he's writing about the writers, not the players. Then we get this:
Some Middlebury kid -- maybe one who is trying to makie it in the same business as you -- has the once in a lifetime opportunity to interview an alumnus who is about to play in the Super Bowl; that's EXACTLY the same as some attention-seeking jokers in costumes. Fuckwad.
And this....the profanity has not been invented yet:
She interviewed ME. I got her excited.
NOBODY knew who he was. NOBODY. Except ME. Peter Fucking King.
Does the Onion have a spaceship onto which they kidnap reporters and replace them withe over-the-top replicants?
joe dokes said:
Hard to imagine that this is the same guy who used to drop a line about his daughter's high school sports team in his column every week.
Peter King: sensitive to the hopes and dreams of young people who are related to him.
I would love to see if King was even on the Slovenian broadcast. I highly, HIGHLY, doubt that he was. More likely, the reporter was making nice because nobody else would talk to her.
I spent nine days in Slovenia about five years ago; it's not some fucking backwater. You know what they do a lot of there? Skiing. In fact,Slovenia is home to arguably the best women's downhill skier in the world.
Given that the Winter Olympics start in about a week, and their team has already had a death threat, something tells me that the Super Bowl is not going to be a particularly big news story, and that one fat American sportswriter isn't going to be featured in that story at all.
I mean, he genuinely thinks that because he graced their nation, once, for lunch, several years ago, he will become the subject of a news story that Slovenians will take note of. If that's not a perfect example of the Ugly American stereotype, I don't know what is.
I spent nine days in Slovenia about five years ago; it's not some fucking backwater. You know what they do a lot of there? Skiing. In fact,Slovenia is home to arguably the best women's downhill skier in the world.
Given that the Winter Olympics start in about a week, and their team has already had a death threat, something tells me that the Super Bowl is not going to be a particularly big news story, and that one fat American sportswriter isn't going to be featured in that story at all.
I mean, he genuinely thinks that because he graced their nation, once, for lunch, several years ago, he will become the subject of a news story that Slovenians will take note of. If that's not a perfect example of the Ugly American stereotype, I don't know what is.
Corsi said:At least Thomas Jefferson wore a suit to media day.
Hahaha.
Since the other guy has a pencil and notebook, and King only has snacks and beverages (along with his Padres(?) sweatshirt and Twins hat), it looks like Pete was only *giving* interviews on Media Day.
And Neva Pavcic does not appear to be a football rube:
https://twitter.com/nezapavcic
given whats here, I bet she she spoke of football, and wonders why people are so obsessed about the weather for a game that's played in bad weather all the time.
The self-important manner in which many NFL talking heads (PK, Of course, being the worst offender) present the sport has really grated on me as I've aged. To the point where it's a major factor in my loss of interest. This might be the apex.
Very good point.
He got unfettered access and the only story we got is that Peter King is the only one who knew who he was! Plus the insinuation Peter King was the only one on the entire field capable of speaking football with a football guy.
He got unfettered access and the only story we got is that Peter King is the only one who knew who he was! Plus the insinuation Peter King was the only one on the entire field capable of speaking football with a football guy.
You know why, right?
It's almost certainly because King probably didn't know anything about the guy, found himself standing next to him, read his name tag, and said "Oh, hey. Wow. Hi, uh, Charlie. Peter King. So...How's it going?"
The coach could very well have imparted some information about the Seattle Secondary, but King probably didn't feel like jotting anything down because it didn't fit his preconceived ideas of what he was going to write about for the day. He would have had to re-configure his entire mental outline, and that's too much work.
It's almost certainly because King probably didn't know anything about the guy, found himself standing next to him, read his name tag, and said "Oh, hey. Wow. Hi, uh, Charlie. Peter King. So...How's it going?"
The coach could very well have imparted some information about the Seattle Secondary, but King probably didn't feel like jotting anything down because it didn't fit his preconceived ideas of what he was going to write about for the day. He would have had to re-configure his entire mental outline, and that's too much work.
In all likelihood, he will shoehorn something from that conversation into the Monday column.
Scenario A: Peyton has a huge day. "When I was given the chance to talk with Coach Manuel he agreed with my notion that Peyton would look to exploit..."
Scenario B: Sherman and the secondary have a huge day. "When I was given the chance to talk with Coach Manuel he agreed with my notion that the secondary would give Peyton and the receivers fits."
Scenario A: Peyton has a huge day. "When I was given the chance to talk with Coach Manuel he agreed with my notion that Peyton would look to exploit..."
Scenario B: Sherman and the secondary have a huge day. "When I was given the chance to talk with Coach Manuel he agreed with my notion that the secondary would give Peyton and the receivers fits."
Excellent point. Really, this has to be read against his condescending lines about the non-legitimate journalists who were making a farce of media day. [SIZE= 14px]Each on its own is pretty awful, but in symbiotic conjunction they really drop a bead on the his sense of self, and it's a bit much.[/SIZE]JayMags71 said:
This post also got me thinking about Joe Gibbs's interview with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night. Like, I know they play around a lot and do some weird stuff with the editing, but they got Joe Gibbs to say that he thought that the Super Bowl was the "greatest thing man can create" and I didn't get a sense it was in any way wry or ironic or an attempt at humor. This in an interview when he said that he devoted his time to two things now: his ministry and auto racing.
It's quite a bit and worth watching for a number of reasons, but yeah, suffice to say I agree that the whole "football is important vibe" really turns me off.
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Answers like that are exactly what I'm driving at.
Fucking jerk.
Oh boo-fucking-hoo. Heaven forfend that some people aren't taking Super Bowl Media Day(tm) seriously. This is FOOTBALL, people! Let's not make a mockery of it by inviting people who are having "fun".
Fucking jerk.
I'm psyched I got my response to your last post in before this one.JayMags71 said:Answers like that are exactly what I'm driving at.
Oh boo-fucking-hoo. Heaven forfend that some people aren't taking Super Bowl Media Day(tm) seriously. This is FOOTBALL, people! Let's not make a mockery of it by inviting people who are having "fun".
Fucking jerk.
I mean, if a theory yields correct predictions, then it's science, yeah? What he said is almost exactly what I said he was being like, except more dickish.
Wow.
This is why Peter King loves being on the Football HoF committee. He gets to prove to you that he is a SERIOUS FOOTBALL GUY, who has SERIOUS FOOTBALL OPINIONS which are taken SERIOUSLY by other SERIOUS FOOTBALL MEN.
And while football writers are the worst, in the last few decades, sports writers have such an inflated sense of self that it's sickening. Look at the way they reacted to the internet; blogs and message boards in particular. "What? You dare challenge me on a player? Before you start your infantile caterwauling, I will let you know, good sir, that I went to the University of Ohio and majored in journalism!"
Armando Salguero from Miami herald was added to HoF voters panel. If you read him you'll know he knows little about football
Serious question: is MMQB been successful? I never read it. Ever. Grantland is a success. Is this?
Serious question: is MMQB been successful? I never read it. Ever. Grantland is a success. Is this?
I'm not sure Grantland is successful. Every once in awhile I read that it's a money loser.
What that means, I'm not sure (other that they're probably in the red).
What that means, I'm not sure (other that they're probably in the red).
Hm. One of those scores, and presumably the context of the losing score, looks quite different from the others.
So, let me ask you, Peter: why are you giving this asshole free press? Two paragraphs and the vine video in your column?
Also: thanks for letting everyone know what 9/11 was. Can you tell me about the Holocaust now? Pearl Harbor?
I don't know if Bettis belongs. However, I do know that King makes a piss-poor defense of his HOF credentials.
Step 1: point out a really bad stat that suggests he doesn't belong.
Step 2: give a qualifier, "Big Back", that makes the scope of the argument deceptively small. So he belongs because in a field of two, he was better than Natrone Means?
Step 3: Give a bunch of anecdotal stories that could be made about nearly any other starting running back in NFL history: "He outran good defenders once! He ran through a really good LB once! He had a lot of yards in a game I saw!"
What a delightful argument! One that A) enhances King's position with a potential source; and B) makes no sense unless you ask "and take money from WHERE to do that"?
A) HEY HE LIVES IN NEW YORK SIGHTING!
B) That's a long time, but it's really not noteworthy, especially given the shit that went down in Atlanta last week.
Yes, you appear to be really preoccupied by his death. Way to be respectful.
holy shit.