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I have often wondered how a thread gets official, does Bubba pass a magic wand over it, or one of the Mods bless it?

We sacrifice a n00b at the alter of Dan Snyder the Overlord of all things Redskins. :evil:

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Steelers cut LB Joey Porter

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers released veteran linebacker Joey Porter on Thursday.

The 29-year-old Porter, who was in the final year of his contract, had been the starting right outside linebacker since 2000, the year after he was drafted by the Steelers.

Porter was to receive a $1 million bonus on March 6, and was due to earn $4 million in 2007.

"It's a business decision that was made," Steelers spokesman Dave Lockett said.

Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert said the salary cap was the reason Porter was cut.

Releasing Porter allows the Steelers to get under the NFL's $109 million salary cap by Friday, when the free agent signing period begins.

"Releasing a player like Joey Porter, who has meant so much to this franchise and helped us win a Super Bowl championship, is not an easy thing to do," Colbert said. "It's definitely a salary cap-related issue where we needed some short-term relief. But we also had to factor in what our cap situation's going to be in 2008 and 2009 and beyond. ... I'm sure Joey will attract a lot of interest (from other teams) very quickly."

Porter, who was signed through 2007, says there are no hard feelings.

"The organization has always been good to me," Porter said in a television interview. "It was a great run in Pittsburgh. I have no problem with them at all. I think it was a tough decision that they had to make, and it was one they had to make and they did it in the right way."

Porter, who played 122 games and made 106 starts, was an integral part of the Steelers' defense. An outspoken sack specialist — his 60 sacks rank fourth in team history — Porter's trash-talking was one of the subplots leading up to the 2006 Super Bowl, when the Steelers beat the Seattle Seahawks.

In the lead-up to the title game, Porter called the Seahawks' Jerramy Stevens "soft" and "a first-round bust."

In December, Porter was fined $10,000 by the NFL for what the league called "vulgar, inexcusable statements" after he made a derogatory slur questioning Cleveland tight end Kellen Winslow's sexual orientation following a 27-7 win over the Browns.

Porter also recorded 498 tackles and 10 interceptions for the Steelers.

Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/steelers/2007-03-01-porter-cut_x.htm

Should we make a move for this guy?

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']There should be an extremeskins introductory class that people have to watch before they can post on extremeskins. Make a video' date=' put it on a website that expalins everything to them and don't let anyone new post until they have watched it.[/quote']

Nah.

It's much more fun for us to just take 'em out back & beat the :pooh: outta them. :)

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']There should be an extremeskins introductory class that people have to watch before they can post on extremeskins. Make a video' date=' put it on a website that expalins everything to them and don't let anyone new post until they have watched it.[/quote']

They would watch that just the same way as they read the rules. Not at all.

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