The_Admiral Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 There's a video of the press conference, but I'll volunteer to have my eyelids surgically removed before I sit through a bunch of Panthers crap just to verify a stupid Gary Bettman quip. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Their policy, as best I can suss it out, is that you're not allowed to hurt a fanbase's collective feelings, but because people in, say, Hamilton and Quebec don't have teams, they can't constitute fanbases, per se, and so they don't have collective feelings to hurt and subsequently manage. It was open season on Winnipeg fans before they had their team, and the mods didn't let them retaliate. So by saying "this commercial sucks" or "there are major rhetorical flaws and errors which I would like to point out," you are flaming an entire fanbase, I guess. See, here's what I'm talking about, in response to someone wanting to discuss people circumventing the new parking fees. Note that the mod doing the reminding is a Coyotes fan. Apparently it's "goading" an entire fan base. Those poor little souls. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramerica Industries Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Even the 'Hawks fans at HF are Coyote defenders? That's a sad world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 If I had a penny for every thread these days that gets locked at "Business of Hockey" for the loosest technicality of it not being "Business of Hockey," I'd be rich. Quote Twitter: @RyanMcD29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 I'll take a nickel for every zero-reply LadyStanley "Sharks middle manager scratches own ass" thread. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 http://islanderspointblank.com/islanders/report-barclays-center-to-pay-isles-millions-per-year-to-relocate-to-brooklyn/#more-43369 The Barclays Center’s owners have guaranteed the Islanders an unspecified annual payment to move them there, according to a report from Standard & Poor’s, which issued ratings on the arena bonds and highlighted the deal as a risk factor. People familiar with the deal said it runs in the tens of millions of dollars a year.Oh, it's a Cizikas Management Fee. Kind of the buried lede here is that the Barclays Center is falling well short of revenue predictions. I guess the good trust fund babies and additionally the people of Brooklyn didn't take to Jay-Z-themed popcorn and artisan urinals like we had hoped! Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Did the Barclays ever have a chance to succeed? The people of Brooklyn must have been angry when that thing was built. Quote Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Did the Barclays ever have a chance to succeed? The people of Brooklyn must have been angry when that thing was built.http://battleforbrooklyn.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just the look of Barclays is terrible enough! I didn't even know much about the eminent domain fight. If you want to build an arena that evokes Brooklyn brownstones, use stone. Not rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Did the Barclays ever have a chance to succeed? The people of Brooklyn must have been angry when that thing was built.http://battleforbrooklyn.com/I think I stumbled across that doc once on TV. Quote Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Many of us opposed the use of eminent domain, but not necessarily the arena itself. Frankly, I think the design is sublime.I'll have to read that Journal piece, but it sounds like an expenditure problem, as published revenues have been amazing - the Barclays Center was the nation's top-grossing concert venue in the first six months of 2013. Quote The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 GUY BEHIND SOUTHERN EXPANSION DECLARES SOUTHERN EXPANSION A FAILURE 2 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 "It's a testament to the fanbase that the Coyotes are still in Arizona".Uh............ Quote BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I'd argue that the California teams are doing well, even though San Jose isn't really a southern team, besides the Ducks posting losses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Kings are doing well but weren't part of the expansion. Sharks are doing well. The Ducks aren't a failure but aren't exactly a success. They just are. But even the most ardent northernist, if we're going to call them that, would concede that Los Angeles and the S.F. Bay Area are indispensable to a league footprint. Those have never been the issue. The issue has been medium-to-small markets with unsustainable population growth and shaky support for professional sports. This league has no business whatsoever puttering around in small southern towns like Raleigh and Nashville, and needed to put more planning into Phoenix and Miami if they were going to make warm-weather transplant suburbias work (and even then...). 1 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee. Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Much of the league's Minnesota era expansion can be boiled down to "which town is dumb enough to build us an arena first." Hence Columbus over Cleveland, Nashville over any other possible market, etc Quote Welcome to DrunjFlix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 GUY BEHIND SOUTHERN EXPANSION DECLARES SOUTHERN EXPANSION A FAILURE Figures it be the guy who went to prison and nearly took the Kings with him to hell to say that expansion was a failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Should we rename this topic, "NHL Merry-Go-Round?" Just saying. Quote Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I wouldn't, there are still a lot more drama with the Coyotes that will still come up. Besides, the NFL Merry go Round is 99% Rams talk anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil G Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 90% Rams 8% Jags 2% Other Quote Bruh check out my last.fm And my Rate Your Music Fantasy Teams: Seattle Spacemen (CFA) Signature credit to Silent Wind of Doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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