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Sodboy13

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  1. There have probably been at least six "final and ultimate" deadlines to secure ownership since this whole debacle started. And yet, here we sit. If the NHL doesn't get their owner by early '12, they'll set a new deadline for, say, June of '12. This is known in American slang as "kicking the can down the road."
  2. I don't think that follows at all. There is great demand for Maple Leafs tickets. That doesn't necessarily mean that any other team in the area would be able to capitalize on the unmet demand. Toronto Legacy should be breaking ground on that 30,000-seat indoor arena any day now.
  3. No. Fake fake fake. Yes. It's just a couple of years old. Reebok changed the branding on their tags from "Rbk" to "Reebok" after the first year of the Edge overhaul, and then eliminated the vector logo this year. So it's overstock from a couple of seasons ago, not a counterfeit.
  4. Crest is squished, just about everything on the back is misaligned, and there's no Reebok logo. But hey, cheap!
  5. Blues Brothers 2000 wasn't that bad. It was a sequel to arguably the most iconic Chicago film, shot in Toronto to save on the budget. It was a PG sequel to an R film. It rankles the locals.
  6. Oof. Dixie Square West. Maybe Dan Aykroyd will make another horrendous Blues Brothers sequel and trash the joint.
  7. It's surprising to me because this isn't from a crowd shot, and it's not a local ad. It's an actor, in wardrobe, in a national campaign from the N-F-frickin'-L.
  8. There's a DirecTV Sunday Ticket commercial featuring a guy in a Packers jersey, and I'm almost certain the jersey is counterfeit. The sleeve stripes are all incorrect widths, and they're sewn-in, when they should be screened. The fakes are so prevalent, they're actually showing up in advertisements for NFL property. I think we just went down the rabbit hole.
  9. Does it count as astroturfing if the poster is obviously from one of the counterfeit operations?
  10. And they'll get to witness a team significantly worse than the one no one's watched the past two years, since their only notable offseason moves have been retaining Yandle and Vrbata.
  11. I don't think that's a knockoff. Looks like a Majestic replica.
  12. That place really has some variety. Where else can you get jerseys for "Miami Hot" and "Miamii Heat"?
  13. Why do so many counterfeiters sell "Saint Patrick's Day" versions of jerseys? Is there seriously market demand for these things?!? Apparently there is. I've seen plenty of the bootleg St. Patrick's Blackhawks jerseys over the past couple of years. This past winter I was a bit surprised to see an official St. Pat's replica jersey in the front window of the Blackhawks store on Michigan Avenue - one designed exactly like the most popular counterfeit version, no less. I asked the clerk about it, and he told me that, yes, the green jersey was a direct response to the fakes; apparently, team and/or league officials saw so many of these green knockoffs during the victory parade, they decided to make their own officially licensed version of it. (Because, hey, what's the counterfeiter going to do, sue them for IP theft?) I'm convinced this is why the Blackhawks have decided to discontinue their fauxback thirds, as that seems to have become the most popular choice among the "$40 on eBay" crowd. Yes, a third jersey is supposed to create additional revenue, but I'm sure that trained eyes in the Blackhawks' organization couldn't help but notice the tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue in the seats at the United Center every game.
  14. KING-TV reporter Chris Daniels is reporting Chicago Wolves owner Don Levin is part of a group interested in putting an NHL arena in Bellevue, Washington. All is extremely preliminary at this point, but Levin's no slouch.
  15. Oh God, it'd be the Grand Rapids Rampage all over again. *shudders* I don't see why that's necessarily a bad thing, the Rampage were always one of the better supported AFL franchises. Once the "big AFL" hit, Grand Rapids didn't even bother to compete, fielded consistently horrible teams, and drew announced attendances in the 5,000-6,000 range. It got dire there the second that NBC deal happened, and they still haven't brought back the franchise post-bankruptcy, even though everything's operating on an af2 level nowadays.
  16. I don't know that this is the proper forum to be discussing white stuff on merkins. Anyway, poutine is delicious. Had it in Windsor a few years ago, and seems to be making its way through the Great Lakes - I've seen some bars here in Chicago touting it as of late, and it's been added as a concession item at Miller Park this year. I hope they serve it in a helmet. Mixing ketchup and mayonnaise for a french fry dipping sauce is pretty excellent. And illwauk, anyone professing cheese curd ignorance should have been escorted out of Alpine. That's just poor parenting. Meet me at the border with a bag of garlic dill next week when I'm on vacation. Momentarily getting back on topic, I notice that, once again this year, the Coyotes have a Thursday night home game against the Kings in October. I am setting the over/under on attendance at 7,500, and you are free to use that however you see fit. It's kinda like Pat & Ron's Attendance Game, except Ronnie's got more life in him than the Yotes these days.
  17. This I disagree with. I feel the Winnipeg arragement should be the new accepted standard for any and all proposed expansion or relocation. You want a team? Prove your market wants it. Give us 13,000 season ticket committments and guaranteed corporate support for five years off the bat. I would argue that such contingencies are even more necessary in a market like Houston, which hasn't had a whiff of major-league professional hockey in 35 years - two generations. "It'll work because there's a big media market and all these corporate dollars" gave us Atlanta and Phoenix.
  18. If memory serves me right, the deal that Reinsdorf left on the table pretty much relieved him of any and all personal financial risk, and allowed him to sell to anyone of his choosing - whether they cared about keeping the Coyotes in Glendale or not - after five years. And that's before Glendale got really, really desperate. This time around might involve literal wheelbarrows of cash on his doorstep.
  19. On a semi-related note, Reebok announced last week that they'll be upping the price of an NFL screenprinted replica jersey another $5 to $85, citing rising material costs. For those keeping track, the going rate for an NFL replica before Reebok locked down exclusive rights in '02 was $45-50. Reebok immediately upped that to $65 upon landing the monopoly. I would certainly never pay that kind of price for a jersey, nor would I plunk down $300 for a customized authentic NHL jersey, much less a blank one. Exclusivity deals have killed competition, spiked prices, and I feel have contributed in no small part to the explosion of counterfeiters. I understand why people would be drawn to the fakes, especially if they don't bother with noticing the details. Still doesn't make it right, though. As for me, I buy legit, but I know better than to pay retail. You can still easily get a brand new NFL replica for $50 or less, or an NHL authentic for $150, if you know when and where to look. And when I can't afford one, I don't buy one.
  20. Nike is currently selling college replicas for $55-60, correct?
  21. I've seen several. I've noticed a couple of souvenir stores right in the middle of Chicago's Loop selling blatant fakes.
  22. Welcome to the free-market economy. Glad to have you on board. This is why I go to Blackhawks games once or twice a year instead of having season tickets, and why my seats are in the 300 level instead of on the glass. This is why I drive a Dodge Stratus instead of a Bugatti Veyron. If there are things out there which you can't afford, you're always free to explore avenues which may lead you to acquire more wealth and personal property. In the meantime, I'll just bask in the glow of the stupefying irony of you, of all people, calling for entitlements.
  23. It's not counterfeit, but it is piss-poor workmanship on a replica.
  24. The normal consumer doesn't know it's a law. Ignorance is not the strongest of defenses.
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