Good Morning. This is the Daily Breakroom. We’re here to make you smarter in sports in less than 5 minutes. We’re mixing a little business with sports today.

Here’s what we got:

🍗 Chicken Wing Fiasco

📺️ A Sports Network Gone Bankrupt

🏈 Rodgers Update

⛳️ Making Golf Harder

Let’s do it.

Chicken Wing Fiasco

One of the great places to catch games and enjoy chicken wings is being sued. That’s right, our beloved Buffalo Wild Wings, with cheap beers, consistently decent wings, and a plethora of TVs to watch the action, is being sued.

B-Dubs is being sued by an Illinois plaintiff who alleges that BWW are being deceptive as “boneless wings” are actually just chicken nuggets.

Honestly, I’m a little shocked. I’m not sure what this person thought boneless wings were. Oh wait, the lawsuit actually helps out here. It reads “The name and description of the Products (i.e., as 'Boneless Wings') leads reasonable consumers to believe the Products are actually chicken wings,”. “In other words, that the Products are chicken wings that have simply been deboned, and as such, are comprised of entirely chicken wing meat.”

Who in their right mind ever thought when you ate boneless wings that you weren’t eating chicken nuggets covered in sauce.

The lawsuit also states, “Had Plaintiff and other consumers known that the Products are not actually chicken wings, they would have paid less for them, or would not have purchased them at all,”

I did the research so you don’t have to. An order of 10 bone-in wings costs $14.79 and an order of 10 “boneless” wings costs $12.20. Not a bad price although I do think the true crime here is that wings are now ordered by the tens and not the dozen. Not sure how they slipped that one by us.

The best part about all of this is that the B-Dub boneless wings aren’t even that bad. They’re all white meat.

Well, maybe the actual best part is B-Dubs’ response.

This whole thing is a bit outrageous. Watch your sports, eat your wings, and don’t ruin it for the rest of us.

Going, Going, Gone!

Diamond Sports Group, the largest owner of regional sports networks did not hit a home run. The company, which is a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, has filed for bankruptcy. The company owns 19 networks and has the rights to 14 MLB teams, 16 NBA teams, and 12 NHL teams.

The reason for the bankruptcy is something we have no idea about, you can read the WSJ for that. We think it has something to do with debt restructuring or aliens, just a guess.

Diamonds plans to continue to produce and carry all the games during the bankruptcy so you shouldn’t see any change in the televised games. That is important as the MLB opening is about 3 weeks away.

Aaron Rodgers Christmas List

Aaron Rodgers has supplied the NYJ with a wish list of free agents as things are looking likely that Rodgers’ next stop is East Rutherford. Most recently, the Jets and former Packers WR, Allen Lazard, agreed to a four-year deal. The wish list also includes wide receivers Randall Cobb, Odell Beckham Jr., and tight end Marcedes Lewis. This could be a move for Rodgers to need less time to get comfortable with his WR group as he likely only has 1 or 2 years left of high output.

We’ll keep you updated on the Rodgers story as there is still no official news that he is a New York Jet.

Making Golf Harder

The United States Golf Association a.k.a. USGA and the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews a.k.a R&A are proposing a new rule that would allow certain tours and tournaments to require elite players to use a golf ball that meets certain maximum distance criteria when tested under specific launch conditions.

The new rule would state that the overall distance couldn’t exceed 320 yards when hit with a clubhead speed of 127 mph. This rule won’t affect recreational golfers but it will have an impact on tour players if it goes in affect at certain tournaments.

The purpose of this rule is to make golf more sustainable as courses for PGA and other elite events have had to be modified to adjust for the longer hitting distances. 25 years ago, PGA tour players averaged 267 yards on drives. This season, players average 297 yards per drive.

This rule change isn’t supposed to take place until 2026 and the two governing bodies are awaiting feedback from golf ball manufacturers.

That’s all for today. We hope you enjoyed the read.

Have a great Wednesday!

-The Daily Breakroom Team