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Take Slip·Sep 6, 2017
#PMT-2017-0906-10656
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Millennials have ruined the tradition of cheating in baseball

Millennials have ruined cheating in baseball. That's what I'm taking out of the story.

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Big CatBig Cat

Les Miles is coming for Magic Johnson's title as the most obvious tweeter on the internet

Magic, you're on the hot seat. If Les [Miles] starts figuring out how to predict MVPs and stuff, Magic might be out of a job.

Magic Johnson's Twitter remained a meme for years, while Les Miles' social media presence faded as he returned to coaching at Kansas and then left under controversy.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The band Toto is responsible for more deaths than Hitler because of their songs about rain

It's those assholes from that band Toto when they blessed the rains over there. They just turned all the rains in Africa into hurricanes. Toto the band is responsible for killing more people than Hitler.

The claim is scientifically and historically impossible.
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Liam (Bubba)Liam (Bubba)

Men should cover up their legs and never wear shorts

Hot take. The once and future king of Mount Rushmore season, shorts. Cool take. I kind of hate shorts. I think men should cover up their legs.

This is a subjective fashion opinion.
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Take Slip·Sep 1, 2017
#PMT-2017-0901-6242
Greg McElroyGreg McElroy

Alabama would have lost by 40 points to Texas in 2010 if Colt McCoy didn't get hurt

I think we would have lost by at least 40. It's in large part, too, because if you guys have been to the Rose Bowl in January, it's that humidity. It's the humidity in the air that gets you, and I'm just not sure we were conditioned well enough to hang if Colt didn't get hurt.

Hot TakeCFBScorchingSarcastic
McElroy is clearly being sarcastic here; Bama was the favorite and eventually won the game.
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#PMT-2017-0830-8421
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Incest should be legal if the people involved are attractive enough

There should be a rule against making incest illegal if you're hot enough... every time that you see purebred dog, guess what? That dog's got a shitload of incest in its lineage. If you're above like a nine... you should be allowed to commit incest because those are good genes you got going on.

This is a satirical/subjective opinion and cannot be 'correct' or 'incorrect' in a factual sense, though it is legally incorrect in almost all jurisdictions.
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Take Slip·Aug 28, 2017
#PMT-2017-0828-8209
Brent MusburgerBrent Musburger

I will not vote for Sam Darnold for the Heisman if USC changes the name of their horse Traveler

I will not vote for [Sam] Darnold if they change the name of that horse... I got to vote. If they mess around with my horse, I'm off him. I won't vote.

USC did not change the name of the horse, and Sam Darnold did not win the Heisman (Baker Mayfield did). Musburger's actual vote remains private.
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#PMT-2017-0828-8211
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Brock Osweiler being benched is a win because it keeps him off the Browns jersey of failure

His name is not going to be on that Browns jersey that has the list of every single quarterback that they've had for the last 20 years. Because once your name goes up there, it's up there forever... And Osweiler would be like the perfect punchline on that thing.

This is a subjective 'spinzone' take on a player's reputation.
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Take Slip·Aug 25, 2017
#PMT-2017-0825-2968
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

It is only socially acceptable to burn LeBron James' jersey

Any player that is a traitor to the town that he was born in and then leaves twice. That's fair. So LeBron James. It is now socially acceptable only to burn LeBron James' jersey.

Social acceptability is subjective, but the take is delivered as a joke regarding LeBron's unique status.
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Take Slip·Aug 25, 2017
#PMT-2017-0825-2973
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sport of boxing will implode if Conor McGregor beats Floyd Mayweather

The sport is going to implode if Conor McGregor beats maybe the best pound-for-pound fighter of all time. So you're saying maybe it's time for the panic button for the sport of boxing.

McGregor did not win, so the 'implosion' didn't happen, making this a moot point, but the premise of the impact remains a hypothetical.
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#PMT-2017-0825-2984
Big CatBig Cat

Anyone who isn't 'Team Russillo' is on the wrong side of history

This is a heavy one, but you don't want to be on the wrong side of history. So if you're not Team Russillo, you're going to be on – history will not look fondly upon you.

History generally views the incident as a funny, drunken mistake rather than a serious crime, aligning with the hosts' stance.
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Take Slip·Aug 21, 2017
#PMT-2017-0821-1161
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Major League Baseball should arm umpires with tasers to defend themselves against players.

What if we just gave tasers to umps? Oh my god. Yes, let's arm umpires. Yes. I'm 100% on board with arming umpires. ... We need to start arming them so they can defend themselves.

This is a satirical policy proposal that has not been implemented.
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#PMT-2017-0818-7978
Big CatBig Cat

Oatmeal raisin is a trash-ass cookie

Because that's a trash-ass cookie. That's a trash ass cookie. Oatmeal raisin is not a Mount Rushmore cookies cookie.

Preference for cookies is inherently subjective.
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#PMT-2017-0818-7981
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The 2017 solar eclipse is a shadow designed by scientists to get us excited about space

I think it's Something that's designed by scientists to get us excited about space, but it's actually pretty lame Well, you know what the in eclipse is it's a fucking shadow. Yeah, we're excited about a shadow.

While technically a shadow, his claim that it's 'designed' or 'lame' is a satirical take on public interest.
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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2017
#PMT-2017-0816-6123
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Big Ben is a hypochondriac who spends his time searching WebMD

I think it's time that we officially diagnosed Big Ben as being a hypochondriac. Big Ben, when he's not on the practice field studying the playbook, he's at home searching WebMD.

Subjective characterization, though Roethlisberger's injury history was frequently mocked for its perceived theatricality.
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Take Slip·Aug 16, 2017
#PMT-2017-0816-6124
Big CatBig Cat

Coach K used his knee surgery as an alibi to recruit Marvin Bagley

Coach K went into surgery on Friday, and then boom, on Monday, the best recruit says, I'm going to Duke. Now, he went in surgery at Duke's hospitals, so is there a chance he just didn't go to the surgery, and that's the greatest alibi ever, and he was on a private jet greasing the wheels... for Bagley?

Hot TakeCBBHotSarcastic
This is a satirical conspiracy theory with no factual basis, though the timing of the commitment was real.
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#PMT-2017-0814-10113
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The wind in Chicago will help Roberto Aguayo's accuracy by pushing the ball back to the uprights

He's so wildly inaccurate that the wind is actually going to push his balls back towards the uprights.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Aguayo's accuracy did not improve; he was waived by the Bears before the regular season even started.
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#PMT-2017-0814-10118
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Patriots would be viewed as frauds if not for the coaching collapses of Pete Carroll, Dan Quinn, and Andy Reid

A 30 for 30 about how everybody would look at the New England Patriots as being the biggest chokers of all time if it weren't for the three biggest Super Bowl collapse coaching jobs with Pete Carroll, Dan Quinn, and Andy Reid forgetting how clocks work. If it wasn't for those three, then everybody would say, I think the word we'd be using with the Patriots wouldn't be dynasty. It would be fraud.

The Patriots won another Super Bowl the following year (2018), and while those specific collapses helped, their continued success made it hard to label them 'frauds.'
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Bryce Harper injured himself because he was too focused on adjusting his hair for the cameras

The real culprit in this situation, I don't know if you saw, but as he was stepping on the base, Bryce Harper was more concerned with adjusting his hair. The hair flopped out, and he put his hand up there to try to straighten his hair out, look good for the cameras. Guess what? You should have been paying attention to your knee.

Hot TakeBaseballHotSarcastic
The injury was caused by slipping on a wet base, not his hair adjustments, though PFT is using the visual for comedy.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

McGregor will pay goons to bet on Mayweather so he can lose the fight and still get paid

I think that McGregor is sending out a bunch of his goons to every single casino, putting money on Floyd Mayweather to win in the first round, and then he's going to come out and just shoot him, take him down, do like a double leg, beat the shit out of him, and then lose the fight, but he still gets paid like a few million dollars for winning.

McGregor did not do this; he fought a standard boxing match and lost via TKO in the 10th round.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19557
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Any amount of weed up to 50 pounds should be considered personal use for Zach Randolph

I think any good lawyer will be able to get him off because there's no amount of weed that's too much for Zach Randolph to have as personal use. ... You could have like 20, I'm going to say 20 to 50 pounds of marijuana, and that should have qualified under personal use for the two of those guys.

This is a comedic exaggeration; legally, 50 pounds of marijuana is never considered personal use.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19572
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is cold because space is cold

If you got a rocket ship and you took it into outer space and you stuck your finger out the window, your finger would freeze because space is cold. So if the sun's hot, how come space is cold?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The sun's core temperature is approximately 27 million degrees Fahrenheit; the theory is scientifically impossible.
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Take Slip·Aug 11, 2017
#PMT-2017-0811-19575
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tim Tebow literally cured autism by shaking a fan's hand

No, he cured autism. ... Well, he went up and shook the guy's hand, and then he went up and hit a home run. ... so he cured autism, so it's okay to vaccinate your kids.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Autism is a developmental disorder and cannot be cured by a handshake; this is a purely satirical take.
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#PMT-2017-0811-19576
Big CatBig Cat

Coach K uses surgery as an excuse to take a break when his team is struggling

Coach K. He just gets a surgery every fucking day. ... Usually when his team's like, oh, maybe the number one recruiting class isn't so good. ... he's had every part operated on, so he doesn't really have any other excuses.

This is a subjective conspiracy theory common among Duke haters.
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#PMT-2017-0809-5321
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Alabama football would be terrible if it had higher SAT requirements

Josh Rosen... said that if you raise the SAT score requirement to get into Alabama, they'd have a shitty football team. So he's calling the entire state of Alabama dumb, basically... why would anybody want to go to school in Alabama if they had to be smart to go there?

This is a hypothetical insult and can't be strictly verified.
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Big CatBig Cat

The moon controls both the oceans and human periods

The moon controls all the earth's oceans and periods so it's just kind of it just controls all the liquids in everyone's bodies that's why sometimes when guys look at the moon they start coming. It's just gravity pulling it out of her balls.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically and physically incorrect in every way.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is scientifically cold because space is cold

Where do you land, by the way, on our theory that the sun is, in fact, cold? I'm a fan of the space that just seems to shut everybody down. Space is cold and everyone just... When you said you were willing to hear it out, I was just going to say space is cold. That's it.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, the sun is an extremely hot star.
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Take Slip·Aug 4, 2017
#PMT-2017-0804-780
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Colin Kaepernick should change his name to 'Cody' to get signed by an NFL team

I think step one, we say this to a lot of quarterbacks, change your name. Change the first name. Give me a good, solid American name like Cody. Cody Kaepernick. That screams rodeo cowboy.

A humorous PR suggestion that was never attempted.
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#PMT-2017-0802-8961
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Butts are on the Hot Seat because boobs are back in style

My hot seat is butts. Big hot seat because New York Post... they just wrote a trend piece about how boobs are back. So going to put butts square on the hot seat. Guess what? You thought it was cool to have a big butt? Everyone that went out there and got butt implants, you might want to see if those go two ways and you can just move them up to your chest.

Fashion trends are cyclical and subjective; there is no objective metric to prove one body part is 'back' over another.
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Take Slip·Aug 2, 2017
#PMT-2017-0802-8971
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Space is cold, therefore the sun is actually cold

Why is space cold if the sun is hot? We think the sun is cold. Outer space is black, but it's cold. So shouldn't outer space be really, really hot? [The sun] is not [hot]. Have you ever looked the sun directly in the eyes? Never have. Right. So does it even exist?

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Scientifically, the sun is a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma. Space is cold because it is a vacuum with few particles to hold heat.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Michael Jordan would amputate his own leg just to win a game against LaVar Ball

Michael Jordan is also so competitive that if LaVar responds to him, he might get his leg amputated just to play one game of basketball and beat him.

This is a comedic exaggeration and not a literal prediction.
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Take Slip·Jul 31, 2017
#PMT-2017-0731-12308
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

LeBron James is dead and Steph Curry murdered him

LeBron James is dead. D-E-D. Dead. Steph Curry murdered him. Kyrie backstabbed him, went behind his back. Very Shakespearean, this whole thing.

The statement is metaphorical; LeBron James is physically alive and remained the top player in the league for years following this.
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Take Slip·Jul 28, 2017
#PMT-2017-0728-13141
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I would bet on Stephen A. Smith in a fight against LeBron James

I would put money on Stephen A. Smith in a fight against LeBron James.

LeBron James is 6'9" and 250lbs of elite muscle; Stephen A. Smith is a sports journalist. The outcome is obvious but the fight never happened.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mitchell Trubisky will win at least five Super Bowls

Kian, tell me, as a Bears fan, that Mitch Trubisky is going to be a franchise quarterback and probably win no less than five Super Bowls.

Trubisky never won a Super Bowl and was eventually replaced by the Bears. He became a journeyman backup.
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#PMT-2017-0726-4232
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Mike Vick's dog training experience will help him as an NFL coaching intern

There are actually probably some lessons from [Mike Vick's] dog training days that he could directly apply to training athletes. He's going to keep his young quarterbacks on a short leash until they're trustworthy.

This is a satirical analogy and cannot be factually proven or disproven.
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#PMT-2017-0726-4241
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Watching football is more dangerous than playing football because of binge drinking

I would even submit that watching football is more dangerous than playing football because when you're watching football, you're binge drinking. You're around buddies. You're more likely to get into a fight. You're more likely to puke, pee on yourself. You get all sorts of diseases from that.

This is a comedic/satirical claim and not meant to be factually evaluated.
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Take Slip·Jul 21, 2017
#PMT-2017-0721-12235
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Prisons are dangerous because inmates aren't allowed to masturbate

That's why our prisons are so dangerous, because there's a bunch of guys that can't crank it. They just got testosterone going out their eyeballs.

While lack of sexual release can lead to frustration, prison violence is a complex sociological issue with many contributing factors beyond this.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The sun is actually cold and is a big fraud

2017 is the year that we found out that the sun was a big fucking phony. The sun is not hot, and if you want any more proof, space is cold. How come it gets cold at the top of Mount Everest? ... Because there's hot magma underneath the earth as far away from the sun as possible.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
The sun is a star composed of hot plasma, with a surface temperature of approximately 5,500 degrees Celsius.
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Big CatBig Cat

Mike Gundy's mullet should be considered an NCAA recruiting violation

I actually threw out the idea that [Mike Gundy's] mullet might now become a recruiting violation because who wouldn't want to play for him?

Hot TakeCFBMildSarcastic
Hair has never been categorized as a recruiting violation by the NCAA.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Serena Williams could beat Tiger Woods in golf right now

The real question is it sounds like Serena Williams could beat Tiger Woods now.

Hot TakeGolfScorchingSarcastic
Even at Tiger's absolute worst, he remained a professional golfer capable of shooting professional scores that Serena Williams, a tennis player, could not beat.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Pregnancy is controlled by a woman's mind and Plan B is usually a placebo

Plan B, to my understanding, is actually more often than not a placebo... it tricks the woman's body into thinking that actually she's not pregnant because pregnancy is controlled ultimately by your mind. Only mentally weak women will get pregnant.

Hot TakeLifeScorchingSarcastic
Biologically impossible and factually incorrect; Plan B is a hormone-based medication and pregnancy is a physiological process, not a mental one.
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#PMT-2017-0717-4528
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Lonzo Ball playing well in Summer League means the Showtime Lakers are back

The Lakers are back. Oh! The Lake Show is back. So Lonzo Ball's been playing pretty well in the Summer League, and so that can only mean one thing, and that's the Showtime Lakers are back.

The Lakers were not 'back' immediately; they missed the playoffs in 2017-18 and 2018-19, only returning to prominence after signing LeBron James.
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#PMT-2017-0717-4532
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Tennis is the only sport where crying is acceptable and mandatory

I think that if there's one sport where crying is acceptable, if not mandatory, it's tennis. In fact, if Federer had wept... You have to cry in tennis. Then he's the classiest gentleman of all time to play the game.

Crying is common in tennis but certainly not a mandatory rule or generally viewed as essential by non-satirists.
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0714-7685
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Floyd Mayweather plays up his illiteracy to have an excuse for tax issues

I have kind of a stay woke actually on Mayweather. I think that Mayweather isn't actually illiterate but he likes to play it up because that way he has an excuse when he doesn't fill his taxes out correctly.

There is no evidence Mayweather's literacy is a calculated tax strategy; he has faced actual tax issues with the IRS.
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#PMT-2017-0714-7687
Big CatBig Cat

Owning a dog and having a child are essentially the same thing

Owning a dog and a kid, same thing. Yeah, for example, sometimes my dog, he sleeps in really, really late, and I have to wake him up to take him outside to use the restroom. ... Stella's taken care of all day [by a walker], just like your baby.

Inherently subjective comparison intended to provoke parents, though the responsibilities are factually vastly different.
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0714-7693
Mark TeixeiraMark Teixeira

Wearing a dry-fit jockstrap while golfing will change your life

I'm going to give you three things that will change your life. Number one, jockstrap while golfing. ... Number two, Gold Bond powder. ... Number three, baby wipes. If you do those three things, I guarantee your life will be better. Calvin Klein makes these dry-fit jock straps that are like silk. It's like sleeping naked in silk sheets.

This is entirely based on personal preference and comfort, though Teixeira is emphatic that it improves quality of life.
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0714-7696
Big CatBig Cat

Painting your dog is fucked up and the dogs feel embarrassment

I think painting dogs is really fucked up. I think the dogs know. Dogs can feel embarrassment. They can. I'm standing pretty hard on this one.

Scientific consensus on whether dogs feel 'embarrassment' is debated, though they certainly react to human attention and changes in environment.
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Take Slip·Jul 14, 2017
#PMT-2017-0714-7694
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I am firmly on Team Paint Your Dogs

I am firmly on team paint your dogs. Dogs don't see color, by the way.

It's a matter of ethics and opinion regarding animal treatment.
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Take Slip·Jul 12, 2017
#PMT-2017-0712-17753
PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Aaron Judge's height will eventually drive him toward playing football

With Aaron Judge, the thing about him is he could be the face of baseball. His problem is he's too tall. I'll tell you why. He is a guy that once he starts having a lot of success in a sport that's maybe not as athletic as some other sports, people will be like, why didn't you play football? And then he'll start talking about football. All roads lead back to football.

Hot TakeFootballHotSarcastic
Aaron Judge has remained exclusively a baseball player and has become one of the greatest of his generation, never pursuing a football career.
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#PMT-2017-0712-17760
Big CatBig Cat

The Marlins fake their attendance numbers using Wi-Fi logins

I bet the Marlins do their attendance based on how many people log into the Wi-Fi every night. It kept on kicking us out like every 10 minutes, and then it would just come right back on. I bet the Marlins count it as like 50 people... every single person counts for like 15.

Hot TakeBaseballFireSarcastic
While teams often inflate attendance numbers, there is no evidence the Marlins used Wi-Fi login cycles as a specific counting metric.
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