Lucas Niang opts out...

[O.city]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Nope, but again, that happens when they actually do it.

We shouldn't just decide they're going to do it now, when we have zero evidence they will.

We have all of human history of idiocracy. Someone will **** it up and people will think they're all doing it.

News at 5

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by O.city

We have all of human history of idiocracy. Someone will **** it up and people will think they're all doing it.

News at 5

Sure somebody will.

That doesn't mean Lucas Niang will. The doesn't mean that every player that opts out will. People tend to paint with a REALLY broad brush.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Sure somebody will.

That doesn't mean Lucas Niang will. The doesn't mean that every player that opts out will. People tend to paint with a REALLY broad brush.

One of the best quotes from a generally brainless movie you'll ever see:

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

No, you can never know how a single person will react to something. But we have a looooooong history with people in general and we know how any large enough group is likely to operate.

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Nope, but again, that happens when they actually do it.

We shouldn't just decide they're going to do it now, when we have zero evidence they will.

I think we can look at the behavior of people in their early 20s nationwide and have a pretty decent idea of what they're likely to do. Especially in concert with what we've seen from several MLB players. Niang himself was out at protests.

We don't have a smoking gun, but we don't exactly have 'zero evidence' here either.

We don't know exactly how any single individual will act, but we can use the law of large numbers to give ourselves a fair idea of how the group writ large is likely to behave.

But ultimately that's why I say that I'm not sure many of them are being honest with themselves. Again - we shall see.