At what point does a contract dispute become an outright "he no longer works here"? It's like when Kramer was on strike from H & H Bagels for 10 years.

Kickoff

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Regular or pre?

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Is Mac using vacation days or just unpaid leave?

If he is using the caca days that means he has about 6-7 months in his contract. That's insane.

He doesn't have a contract so this is unpaid

reg!

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It's not "vacation" or "unpaid leave". His contract expired. He's simply not employed by the Score.

From what Mac posted, he just told Mitch he's gone for a few months after his contract expires.

I don't even think anybody knows if contract talks have actually begun.

But the Score must want him back or else you'd think they would have announced a new show if they didn't.

Mac can choose the day he returns to the Score. This seems obvious.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

If you think about it, Zim probably likes it. These subs are probably getting paid 20% of what Mac got per show, if that. And there really isn't enough time of bad for the ad rates to drop. So Zim is making money during these 2 months.

Zim:

Look, Mac has a history of depression and anger. He will find a way not to sign with the score. It's just the way his brain works.

he isn't in the dpression or anger mode from what I can tell, he is going with the flow, Mr Happy

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I just hope that Mac is ok. The worst thing for an addict is to have extra time on their hands with nothing too do. I hope Mac isn't sitting in his smoke filled gazebo again.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

He's been doing a lot of landscaping projects, according to his Facebook.

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From everything I see on Facebook, he is doing just fine.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Watch your twitter, FB feed or Tribune site tonight, but really nothing more than that pictured above.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I'm gonna guess "the Game has made an offer to Mac" story.

Here's what the wise Larz has to say:

He was NOT in any type of rehab. McNeil has been in Canada fishing for most of the last month and a half. It was a trip he has had planned for a long time. He is now back home in northwest Indiana and working on contract negotiations with CBS Radio. The negotiations are at an impasse, at least for now. The sticking points are not about money, but about other issues.

The ball is in McNeil's court. He can accept the great offer from WSCR-AM, he can take a far worse offer from another station, or he can leave Chicago sports radio and fish all day, every day. Right now, McNeil seems to be leaning toward option #3.

...or in other words, Clsssic game of chicken

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

He has to sit a year if he doesn't resign.

I can certainly see him doing that.

There is no reason for the Game to offer him anything. CBS has the right to match. And will.

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Mac's not on?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Mac has a 1 year non compete clause?

With regards to CBS having the right to match, does this mean that if they do match a competing offer that Mac must accept the matching offer? He couldn't still elect to take the competing offer?

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

This is the kind of stuff that makes me dislike Larz. He wants to be Feder, but his editorializing is ten times as blatant and always defends people no one likes, or at least shouldn't like. At least Feder talked shit about Randy Michaels.

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The man is trying to run a credible newsworthy website...JUST LIKE ME~! I applaude him.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

The Chicago Media Chat board, which I think at one point had a bunch of posters using variations of our usernames, has actually turned out to be a nice alternative to the Larz board.

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It was another board, it was the one where the Forum Kings came over here and tried to pull some traffic...it was actually pretty funny and not a bad site but it wasn't Chicago Media Chat.

It's layout was something close to CSFMB

Speaking of Feder, I just went over to his site for the first time in a while and learned that not only is Kathy of Eric and Kathy opening a restaurant, so too is the team of Lou Canellis, Kip Lewis, and HARD BAKE. While the Larz board futzes around with which idiots are calling this week's Bears game, this is news you can use.

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Mac just tweeted this:

@DanMcNeil670: Sorry no news yet on return 2 @670TheScore airwaves. We're talking. Sincere thanks 2 all who've expressed missing me. I miss your musk also.

Mac probably wants a ton of vacation time like Howard Stern

I hope he is getting a good editor for his book.

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Hasn't brandmier done something similar. More than once. They just want a show the way the want it. Johnny with Kent was ok better again with buzz. They have their thing and want their audience. Not a terrible thing