$20 million or 2 years

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  1. Mar 3, 2015 #1
    Banned for being awesome

    Banned for being awesome Well-Known Member

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    Flipping on the radio this morning I land on ESPN radio and they are doing some hypothetical talk and they came up with an interesting challenge. You get 10 chances to make a basket from 1/2 court - if you make just 1 you get $20 million after taxes. Miss all 10, you get 2 years in prison.

    Would you take the challenge? 20 million is huge, but so is 2 years.

    If basketball isn't your thing (I am life long awful at it) relate it to something around surfing that would challenge you. You have 10 tries to do something very hard for your skill level, accomplish it once = 20 million, fail and off to prison.
     
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  3. Mar 3, 2015 #2
    seldom seen

    seldom seen Well-Known Member

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    Man could I just do the 2 years for 20 million?
     
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  5. Mar 3, 2015 #3
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    Banned for being awesome Well-Known Member

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    2 years for $20 million is too easy.
     
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  6. Mar 3, 2015 #4
    ibc

    ibc Well-Known Member

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    No sh**, dude. It would only be 8 months probably after credit for good behavior.
     
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  7. Mar 3, 2015 #5
    Riley Martin

    Riley Martin Well-Known Member

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    2 years might be hard depending where you get locked-up at.

    Two years in a California State Prison could affect you for life.

    Now 2 years in a sane, rational state like Florida, full of solid citizens, wouldn't be too bad.
     
    Riley Martin, Mar 3, 2015
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  8. Mar 3, 2015 #6
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

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    Hoop was just about all we did until high school. Many full nights at the Y were spent bombing half-court shots. Give me a warmup sesh and I'm down any day to put it all on the line for 10% efficacy from half-court.
     
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  9. Mar 3, 2015 #7
    Riley Martin

    Riley Martin Well-Known Member

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    I bet you $40 that you can't make one shot from half-court out of 10 attempts.

    Look me up on your next work trip to Jersey.

    Efficacy, ha.
     
    Riley Martin, Mar 3, 2015
    Riley Martin, Mar 3, 2015
  10. Mar 3, 2015 #8
    antoine

    antoine Well-Known Member

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    either way it's a win
     
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  11. Mar 3, 2015 #9
    EmassSpicoli

    EmassSpicoli Well-Known Member

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    I'll take you up on that Billy. And I'll buy you pizza and Kasser's with my winnings. So basically, you'll be watching me sink a deep trey and just doing your normal thing with the refreshments.

    Any blacktop near Asbury Park? Bet those cats run some hard game.

    I'm not in Jerz for work til late June bro. Won't dare head there until my new HAZMAT suit comes in lol
     
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  12. Mar 3, 2015 #10
    MFitz73

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  13. Mar 3, 2015 #11
    Sniffer

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    The odds of making a half court shot is about 2% (I looked it up on some gaming site and that sounds about right).

    So no thank you, I can barely handle hemorrhoids let alone 2 years of prison.
     
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  14. Mar 3, 2015 #12
    bubs

    bubs Well-Known Member

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    Because of this thread I'm going to shoot 10 half court shots today at the gym.

    Will report back.
     
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  15. Mar 3, 2015 #13
    nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

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    Yeah. But that's if you take just one shot. Your odds will go up as you get warmed up and can make corrections.
     
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  16. Mar 3, 2015 #14
    Barry Cuda

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    Two years in "La Princesa" prison in PR would change your gender. If you are not a "princess" when you go in, you definitely are one when you get out.
     
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  17. Mar 3, 2015 #15
    nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

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    [video=youtube;29FCBTH8c7U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29FCBTH8c7U[/video]
     
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  18. Mar 3, 2015 #16
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    Man I am thinking the opposite. The more you miss with 2 years on the line the more it gets in your head. If you don't make a shot in the first 5 I think you are toast.
     
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  19. Mar 3, 2015 #17
    followoz

    followoz Active Member

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    money can't buy time or health, and those are the 2 things you are jeopardizing by going to prison
     
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  20. Mar 3, 2015 #18
    nynj

    nynj Well-Known Member

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    true that... Pressure would be huge with 6,7,8,9,10
     
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  21. Mar 3, 2015 #19
    Barry Cuda

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    Awwww, what a bunch of pansies!! Just shoot away!!
     
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  22. Mar 3, 2015 #20
    Sniffer

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    Your audience….

    shower_prison.jpg
     
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