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Reply to comment by intellifone in NFL will not resume Bills-Bengals game by wewewawa

Pure logistics. With it being the last week of the season, there’s no time to make it up without messing up the playoff schedule. Plus, in the NFL, all teams play on the same day the last week to all have the same (earned) rest days for the first playoff games, there’d be a lot of flack if Buffalo or Cincinnati got punished playoff wise as a result of the injury.

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Reply to comment by KidNeuro in TIL the guy who played Nick the bartender in "It's a Wonderful Life," Sheldon Leonard, became one of the most successful TV producers in history, having created the Andy Griffith Show, Dick Van Dyke, among many others. As a tribute, the two main characters on "Big Bang Theory" were named after him. by latchkey_adult

Ah, I’ve always questioned that retort. I think technically, if they did it without permission AND admitted it was a direct inspiration, the producers of It’s a Wonderful Life could sue Sesame Street for it. By publicly saying “no, there’s no inspiration there, just a funny coincidence”, they covered their butts from legal liability. The idea that there’s two independent set of characters in broad American media named Bert and Ernie that interact with each other when those nicknames are pretty uncommon seems highly unlikely to me.

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Reply to comment by Buckeye_8621 in Major League Cricket set for July 2023 launch in Dallas by NoQuestion4045

I’m sorry, I’m trying my best to keep up with football, basketball, and baseball. I know I won’t have time for another sport and I know that means that most people won’t be able to keep up as well. (Plus the cynic in me knows they’ll probably ignore Ohio so not a whole lot of pressure to get into it)

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