Funny RR Quote is Full of Wisdom
"The main thing is to win, and we've won," Rodriguez said. "It's like winning a prize and winning $10,000 and being all upset because you have to pay taxes on half of it. Still going to take the money, you know, and be happy with it and move on. It may not be as exciting as taking [all of the] money, but you're still taking half or more."
October 5th, 2010 at 1:35 PM ^
You've seen the Lion King, right?
October 5th, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
It's hyper-bowl.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:36 PM ^
Good find! Hopefully GERG opens up some offshore accounts and we can keep all of the money.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:38 PM ^
Or he's laundering it to pay for that amazing head of hair.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^
money can't buy something so majestic - believe me, i've tried
October 5th, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
Not sure if this was intentional but associating our defense with the Pit of Despair is quite apropos at this stage.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
I hope RR uses the money to buy GERG the book "Blitzing for Dummies"
October 5th, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
Blitzing For Dummies
*WARNING: if you don't have experience in the secondary, this book could result in safeties covering receivers one-on-one. The author is not responsible for big plays surrendered to streaking tight ends or receivers isolated on freshman DBs.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:37 PM ^
That's probably the best quote that describes Michigan right now.
October 5th, 2010 at 4:49 PM ^
UM was most certainly an "underdog" in quite a few games under (the good and honorable) Coach Carr - if the betting lines and final scores mean anything.
Good quote from RR but nothing's better than Brian's about water torture and Japanese school girl sex!
October 5th, 2010 at 6:14 PM ^
a win is a win no matter what way you look at.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:39 PM ^
Remember when some guy (from MI, I think) won $300 million or something in The Big Game and all the talk was about how he'd "only get half" due to taxes. Yeah, I'll bet he was really sad about winning $150 million. He deserved the full amount, right? Seeing as he hard earned it and everything... I'm glad RR and I think along the same lines. This and the "Obama has a hard edge" line (probably not real, as it is from an impersonation by one of the players) make me like his choices of example.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:41 PM ^
He did take the risk of losing his $1 or whatever weighed against the tiny probability of actually winning. Also, I'm not sure the gov't provided any service to earn the $150M that he was forced to given them.
That being said, he should have been aware of the tax laws and if it was so troubling to have to give away half, don't buy a ticket in the first place.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:46 PM ^
But this thread of discussion has nothing to do with football.
October 5th, 2010 at 1:48 PM ^
I might be wrong about this, but don't state governments typically run the lotto? -- thereby providing the service of a fair lottery for the players, and providing the non-playing public the service of raking in a bunch of cash from such operations. Obviously whether the second half of that is okay is a matter of opinion not for this board.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:07 PM ^
The lottery has sometimes been called "Taxes for the poor."
October 5th, 2010 at 2:20 PM ^
I believe that's "a tax on the poor." Not sure if that was the meaning you were going for or not, but that's the conventional wisdom.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:31 PM ^
Is how I've heard it said.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
I just won a FREE scratch ticket from the scratch ticket I bought earlier today.
Who's the idiot now, losers!
October 5th, 2010 at 2:21 PM ^
A tax on people who suck at statistics.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:33 PM ^
Couldn't an economist make the argument that for a particular person, the utility of winning $150M could actually be sufficiently greater than the value of the $1 ticket that the horrendous odds are offset? I'm not an economist, but once you start looking into the perceived value of things - which is really all utility is - things get a bit more complicated than simple odds, no?
Which, of course, is why economics is a bit of a crackpot science. But that's another argument.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:36 PM ^
That made me laugh...People in my office play the lottery in a pool. I will join them after I have been struck by lightening - twice.
October 5th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
Yes they do, and if I am not mistaken most (all?) of the money goes to the public school system.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
an optional tax.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:28 PM ^
Anyone else having an especially difficult time working this week?
October 5th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
Nope. I've just avoided it altogether.
October 5th, 2010 at 2:57 PM ^
Are you my boss? And if you are, no, I'm not having any difficulty at all working this week.
October 5th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
...Am I? You're wearing brown shoes. I see you. GET YOUR ASS TO WORK!
October 5th, 2010 at 2:58 PM ^
This week has been as bad as I thought it would be. I've been just reading up on any and every thread about UMs defense all week. I need Saturday to get here before I get fired!
October 5th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
I never cared this much. Why now at 36 yrs old can I not stop thinking about Denard? Does this mean I'm gay?
October 5th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
October 5th, 2010 at 5:04 PM ^
You can't be gay for one person. Unless you're a lady. And you meet Ellen.