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Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
Legalized prostitution: now you're talking my quasi-Libertarian language.— May 7, 2012 8:57 p.m.
Ron Paul Criticizes DEA for Lockup of UCSD Student
I say that prohibition has its roots in Puritanism. I like the old saying that a Puritan is a person who is upset by the notion that someone somewhere is having a good time. The notion that legalizing will cause mass addiction is ludicrous. Just taking myself as an example, I wouldn't use heroine if you gave it to me, but I don't care if you use it.— May 7, 2012 8:53 p.m.
The Red Light Fight
Unless your statement was a joke or you were not paying any attention whatsoever to the traffic signal (surely an amazingly dangerous way to drive), I'd like to know how you accidentally ran a red light.— May 6, 2012 9:47 a.m.
Seau Apparent Suicide Could be Watershed NFL Event
And service with no expectation of reward for that particular service. There was a story on the radio the other day about a mountain climber who scales peaks in hours when other world-class climbers take days. During an interview with one such other climber, Mr. Speed Climber was lauded to the stratosphere. If I had been able to ask the interviewee a question, it would have been "Exactly what good has his climbing done for others that he would warrant such praise for it?"— May 6, 2012 9:31 a.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
I've never been to a game at Petco, but I found it much more convenient to get to Qualcomm than to the area surrounding Petco. So all your post and mine are evidence of is what our personal experiences and preferences are. This statement of yours, however, is spot on: "If this season's Padres played in Qualcomm it wouldn't make any difference because it isn't very entertaining watching a team that isn't winning and isn't expected to win."— May 6, 2012 9:16 a.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
And so people continue to prove vulnerable to the myth that the primary goal of a sports team owner is something other than to make money. Some of us know that if the Chargers could make more money going 0 and 16 than 16 and 0, the Spanoses would choose 0 and 16. Arborigine's comment above, "Pro sports are a tool used to distract the public from what the politicians are doing," is well taken.— May 6, 2012 9:08 a.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
"I'm simply confused as to how you equate people not coming to Petco this season because the team sucks with your opinion that building Petco was a waste of money" It was your previous implication that your attendance at Padres games has nothing to do the stadium they play in. I'm sure you are not alone in that sentiment. If the Padres were setting attendance records, Petco would still be a waste, because it would still be true that people (you, for example) would make their decision to see the Padres for reasons other than their stadium. Re: NFL team ownership and revenue sharing rules, you and I are evidently discussing them at cross purposes. I am approaching the topics from a philosophical standpoint, and you seem to want to focus on what the rules actually are.— May 6, 2012 9:01 a.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
I had read once that either the NFL or MLB has a rule that a team must be 50% owned by an individual. I have no idea if it's true, but if true, it would certainly put the kibosh on public ownership. @Tom: From a technical legal standpoint, a franchise is not exactly the same as a totally independent business (the franchise agreement has lots of legal jiggery pokery in it about not harming the brand, for example). But franchisee A is not the same entity as franchisee B, nor are either the same entity as the franchisor. That's why my question is a crucial one: are the 32 NFL teams part of one large organization which competes cooperatively against other entertainments, or do they compete with each other in a business sense? I have a hunch they do not compete with each other in a business sense (whereas two different McDonald's franchisees do). So the NFL is more like a department store and each team is like a different department of the store. Therefore *all* teams should share *all* revenue equally. That means Dallas' sky boxes should benefit the Chargers. We know NFL teams don't share luxury box revenue. That is logically insupportable if the NFL is one large endeavor, because the Cowboys can't play themselves every Sunday.— May 5, 2012 4:01 p.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
Which is exactly the assertion I say Tom's posts supported, even though that assertion was not his point. You've said it before (perhaps using these words, perhaps not): Petco was a bit of a boondoggle. @Tom, you *seem* to be taking personally my replies to you regarding my conclusions from your posts. If true, I can only wonder why.— May 5, 2012 3:45 p.m.
Bridgepoint Reports Poor Earnings, Stock Plummets
I like to point out to self-labeled free marketeers that Fed Ex and UPS are happy to deliver packages overnight, and then ask "But are they willing to deliver first-class mail to Jacumba for $.45, six days a week?"— May 4, 2012 4:11 p.m.