Still MIGHTY Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Ugh, this team just doesn't get it, do they?From their Facebook:"Last night's #Coyotes vs. Bruins game, a sellout (+ standing room only) crowd of 17,468 hockey fans, set a revenue record for a single game in the franchise's history.The future of the franchise and hockey in Arizona is bright thanks to great fans like you! #HungrierThanEver"And the comments are going as you imagine. All people of rational thought pointing out how sad that actually is and all Glendale kook-aid drinkers saying if it weren't for the real fans all the other teams fans couldn't even come to the arena and thanks for your money. Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Tennessee may have to repeal its "jock tax," which taxes NBA and NHL players for playing in Tennessee and then kicks the money back to the Grizzlies and Perds. This tax doesn't apply to NFL players and the Titans because reasons. It's something to think about when stupid twats allege that Nashville is a thriving NHL market. Thriving because the labor has to subsidize the team, maybe. The Perds also benefit from the city paying them an "arena management fee." Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Tennessee may have to repeal its "jock tax," which taxes NBA and NHL players for playing in Tennessee and then kicks the money back to the Grizzlies and Perds. This tax doesn't apply to NFL players and the Titans because reasons. It's something to think about when stupid twats allege that Nashville is a thriving NHL market. Thriving because the labor has to subsidize the team, maybe. The Perds also benefit from the city paying them an "arena management fee."I think many other places have that type of tax on "visiting employees" or whatever they want to call it, even if they don't kick that money directly to the local sports teams like it sounds like they do in Tennessee. If the law's invalid, they can probably just kick that athlete tax into the general fund and come up with a separate subsidy for the teams that happens to be similar in size to the revenue they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 LOL tweet from Coyotes:Halfway thru OT, chants of Let's Go #Coyotes met w/ chants by the #NHLJets contingent. A playoff-like atmosphere at tonight's game. Quote BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorinK92 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 LOL tweet from Coyotes:Halfway thru OT, chants of Let's Go #Coyotes met w/ chants by the #NHLJets contingent. A playoff-like atmosphere at tonight's game.Wow, the sound of two people must be deafening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 If your playoff atmosphere involves chants from opposing fan bases, then you shouldn't have a team. 1 Quote "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 LOL tweet from Coyotes:Halfway thru OT, chants of Let's Go #Coyotes met w/ chants by the #NHLJets contingent. A playoff-like atmosphere at tonight's game.Technically, because of Phoenix retaining all the records and history of Winnipeg v.1, all fans in that game were chanting in unison for the same team.Technically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 LOL tweet from Coyotes:Halfway thru OT, chants of Let's Go #Coyotes met w/ chants by the #NHLJets contingent. A playoff-like atmosphere at tonight's game.Technically, because of Phoenix retaining all the records and history of Winnipeg v.1, all fans in that game were chanting in unison for the same team.Technically.No. 1 Quote Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Race-baiting dickweed from the Panthers' SBNation blog has this to say about antipathy for the weak teams: This led me to believe that Canadians may be harboring a deep-seeded hatred for southern markets based on something beyond nationalism. In a way I believe the wanting of barring fans from the Sunbelt in the NHL is a subtle form of racism on the part of Canadians. The population of Canada is predominantly white much like the game of hockey. Yet much like the United States there are groups of individuals in Canada that believe in the notion of race as the sole deciding factor in superiority over other people. Also similar to the United States and humankind in general there are groups of well-meaning individuals of the majority that harbor some ignorant thoughts as a result of their upbringing and environment. What am I trying to say? I am saying that Canadians may believe, in a subconscious fashion, that NHL fans in the Sunbelt are not worthy or capable of appreciating hockey due to the racial makeup of the people of those regions. Latinos in Florida, Asians in California, African-Americans in North Carolina or even the thought of white people ignorantly categorized as rednecks and hillbillies in Nashville cannot possibly get this game due to their race. Asians in California brought us to this! Maybe people don't like your team because you're a dumbass. The rest of it is too dumb to even break down. It's just so dumb. EDIT: well, this masterpiece of a sentence deserves to be shared: Indeed the perception of hockey outside of Canada can be cruel as the world sees it as a bunch of thugs on skates fighting each other while a band of drunken hooligans watch and it only matters during the Winter Olympics even though nobody really cares about that version of the Olympics. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 ICS? Is that you? 1 Quote PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 ICS? Is that you?No, couldn't be, ICS would be trying to hump the Asians in California Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 So the Panthers announced that they're going to put up the curtains full time next year, except when building-packing opponents like Pittsburgh and Montreal come to town. Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 So the Panthers announced that they're going to put up the curtains full time next year, except when building-packing opponents like Pittsburgh and Montreal come to town.7th Man indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGM13 Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 So the Panthers announced that they're going to put up the curtains full time next year, except when building-packing opponents like Pittsburgh and Montreal come to town.They're out-Glendaling Glendale! Quote GO OILERS-GO BLUE JAYS-GO ESKIMOS-GO COLTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-04-04/news/sfl-florida-panthers-submit-new-proposal-to-county-20140404_1_florida-panthers-ceo-michael-yormark-doug-cifu The Florida Panthers have submitted a new request to Broward County, after the team's first plea for public funds bombed. But the essence of the team's request has not changed. The Panthers, who say they're losing millions each year, are still asking the county for a package worth more than $80 million. The new request looks largely the same. County officials have not analyzed the new paperwork; it was received in County Hall before close of business on Thursday. Some small tweaks: The original request to get rid of a reserve fund is no longer in the documentation, and there is a change in how profits are figured, when it comes to premium seating. But the underlying profit-sharing formula that has gotten so much attention from county commissioners remains the same: After the threshold of $12 million in profits is reached, the county gets 20 percent. Here's the excerpt:Second, to the extent that Net Operating Income or other funds remaining in the Operating Fund exceeds $12,000,000 during Operator’s Fiscal Year (if any), Operator shall pay Team eighty percent (80%) and County twenty percent (20%) of such Net Operating Income or other funds remaining in the Operating Fund. The Panthers are still asking for: * Relief from paying any more debt on the arena. The request would shift the Panthers' $4.5 million annual debt payment to the county, increasing the county's share from $8 million a year to $12.5 million, to be paid in hotel taxes for the remainder of the 2028 contract. That's $67.5 million, including this year's payment. * A $500,000 contribution each year from the county into the arena maintenance fund. That's $7.5 million in all. * Relief from paying more than $1 million a year in property insurance on the arena. The county would pick up the tab over $1 million. Based on a county estimate of $600,000 a year, which of course could change, the total would be $9 million. * Relief from paying an increasing amount each year into an arena renewal and replacement fund. The annual contribution would be capped at $250,000. A previous audit found the Panthers were under-funding the account already. Those deal points haven't changed. The team would still: * Contribute $500,000 a year to tourism efforts, as it does now. * Repay two outstanding county loans early. They total $10.1 million, Babich said. The balls on these guys. Dickweed Panthers fans are trumpeting that their owner made an IPO on his high-frequency trading firm and is now a multi-billionaire. Okay, then he can pay for this crap. 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 April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 <3 Jeff Vinik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 So the Panthers announced that they're going to put up the curtains full time next year, except when building-packing opponents like Pittsburgh and Montreal come to town.They're out-Glendaling Glendale!That might be curtains for the Florida Panthers Quote www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Those are curtains for the Florida Panthers.(And yes, I know Tnak is "joking") Quote | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 They don't have a sponsor for the curtains yet. They're missing Michael Yormark already. I'm thinking the Lexus Reduction Zone Reduced By NutriSystem. Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBubba Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 How funny would it be if they put images of crowd shots on the curtains to make the place look full? 1 Quote Nobody cares about your humungous-big signature. PotD: 29/1/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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