Comments on: Tempest in a tea pot: thoughts on the Joe Cowley controversy http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399 A blog about reading, writing, pop culture and sports. Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joe Cowley Twitter Account Deleted: Sports Reporter Faces Backlash After Sexist Rant | AddFree.eu http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399&cpage=1#comment-1110 Joe Cowley Twitter Account Deleted: Sports Reporter Faces Backlash After Sexist Rant | AddFree.eu Tue, 01 May 2012 13:58:38 +0000 http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399#comment-1110 [...] have put up with his bad behavior in the [...] [...] have put up with his bad behavior in the [...]

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]]> By: Ruben http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399&cpage=1#comment-119 Ruben Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:11:40 +0000 http://johnchidleyhill.com/?p=399#comment-119 As we have already debated this I'd like to throw this out there. I think the question of economics is overplayed by some of the major sporting leagues on this continent. I think the first and fore most question should be about being fair to the fans and not the owners. I also know that will never happen. Personally, I think that Rogers is holding the hopes and dreams of any baseball fan that currently resides in a city that does not have a professional team hostage by continuously pumping money into a team that doesn't make them any. Rogers views the Jays for exactly what it is, a cheap marketing vehicle for its other lines of business. Believe me when I say that the millions they "lose" on the Jays is made up in the unpaid media exposure they get through the team. But in the end what's the point? Attendence is pityful. Fan support is at an all time low. So let me ask the question, is playing to the 50,000 or so Jays fans in Toronto who come to games (talking buying a ticket, not part of a group or promotion) worth more to MLB then moving the team to a city like Tulsa or Memphis where hundreds of thousands would be passionate? As we have already debated this I’d like to throw this out there.

I think the question of economics is overplayed by some of the major sporting leagues on this continent. I think the first and fore most question should be about being fair to the fans and not the owners. I also know that will never happen.

Personally, I think that Rogers is holding the hopes and dreams of any baseball fan that currently resides in a city that does not have a professional team hostage by continuously pumping money into a team that doesn’t make them any. Rogers views the Jays for exactly what it is, a cheap marketing vehicle for its other lines of business. Believe me when I say that the millions they “lose” on the Jays is made up in the unpaid media exposure they get through the team.

But in the end what’s the point? Attendence is pityful. Fan support is at an all time low. So let me ask the question, is playing to the 50,000 or so Jays fans in Toronto who come to games (talking buying a ticket, not part of a group or promotion) worth more to MLB then moving the team to a city like Tulsa or Memphis where hundreds of thousands would be passionate?

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