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October 31, 2007
October 29, 2007
No Arbitration For You!
SEATTLE - In what was expected by everybody but the person that reads
to Clay Bennett, and Clay Bennett, the Sonics ownership's effort to
show one full year of good faith effort to get an arena deal done in
Seattle, cleverly disguised as a court battle to use Arbitration to
weasel out of the current lease three years too soon, was rejected
today in court.
Linked below is the ruling posted in the Seattle Times.
to Clay Bennett, and Clay Bennett, the Sonics ownership's effort to
show one full year of good faith effort to get an arena deal done in
Seattle, cleverly disguised as a court battle to use Arbitration to
weasel out of the current lease three years too soon, was rejected
today in court.
Linked below is the ruling posted in the Seattle Times.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/PDF/sonicsruling.pdf
Have a great day!
October 27, 2007
What we have here is a failure to differentiate.
SEATTLE - This past week the commish, David Stern, said among many other things "So there was no heart whatsoever for assisting the Sonics team."
What has been repeated many places as part of the headline has been the "no heart" part. It is sensational.
But what we have here, and there are many instances of this in sports quotes, is a failure to differentiate. The failure of the person talking usually leads to this. It's often said by somebody wanting something, or leaving a team, that Seattle (or insert your city here) didn't try/care/want me/value my years/value my effort/has no heart/kicked my dog... whatever. The fact of the matter is that it is a very rare instance where a city's fans or citizens has anything to do with the comments. The comments are almost always directed at the owner of a particular team. The fans don't own the team, they are two different entities.
The person speaking here, in this instance, was apparently talking about the politician's heart, had the full quote been read by most readers, as it was printed in this Seattle Times story:
I don't think that the fan/citizen reading the full quote could fail to understand that the quote was in direct connection with politicians. Unfortunately, the full quote doesn't fit on a headline very well, and sometimes not even into the story, as was the case in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The full quote was so butchered by Post-Intelligencer reporter Greg Johns that I'm sure more than a few fans and citizens felt offended, as if the commish was referring to them having "no heart". What we are likely to have here is a failure to differentiate.
Short story - long, is that it is almost never the case that the fans are the one failing a team, or player. Few sports actors are actually referring to the fans in the city. The speaker, the reporter, the reader, are usually missing intent and context. It's simply poor communication involving people too wrapped up in the moment, situation, or are are plain too stupid to communicate their ideas with a sufficient amount of clarity.
Owners, players, radio talking heads, newspaper reporters, the commish, the agents, do not stand in front of the moving vans. Fans have, do, will. As it usually is, just as it is now, the failure in all of this Sonics mess has ZERO to do with the actual fans.
It aint on me if this goes to hell, I play my role like a star, I'm just the fan.
What has been repeated many places as part of the headline has been the "no heart" part. It is sensational.
But what we have here, and there are many instances of this in sports quotes, is a failure to differentiate. The failure of the person talking usually leads to this. It's often said by somebody wanting something, or leaving a team, that Seattle (or insert your city here) didn't try/care/want me/value my years/value my effort/has no heart/kicked my dog... whatever. The fact of the matter is that it is a very rare instance where a city's fans or citizens has anything to do with the comments. The comments are almost always directed at the owner of a particular team. The fans don't own the team, they are two different entities.
The person speaking here, in this instance, was apparently talking about the politician's heart, had the full quote been read by most readers, as it was printed in this Seattle Times story:
A year ago, Stern testified before the state legislature on behalf of the previous, Howard Schultz-led ownership group and found little support in the state capital for plans to renovate KeyArena.
"The speaker [of the house Frank Chopp] out there said that it would get out of committee over his strenuous objections, shall we say," Stern said. "So there was no heart whatsoever for assisting the Sonics team."
The commissioner also cited the passage of Initiative 91, which prohibits Seattle from supporting teams with city tax dollars unless such investments yield a profit on par with a 30-year U.S. Treasury bond, and described the measure as "unique in the annals of American arena building."
After the Clay Bennett-led group purchased the Sonics last year, Stern said: "We were in consultation with the team that hired a whole new set of lobbyists and PR consultants and arena consultants. [We] did everything right."
I don't think that the fan/citizen reading the full quote could fail to understand that the quote was in direct connection with politicians. Unfortunately, the full quote doesn't fit on a headline very well, and sometimes not even into the story, as was the case in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The full quote was so butchered by Post-Intelligencer reporter Greg Johns that I'm sure more than a few fans and citizens felt offended, as if the commish was referring to them having "no heart". What we are likely to have here is a failure to differentiate.
Short story - long, is that it is almost never the case that the fans are the one failing a team, or player. Few sports actors are actually referring to the fans in the city. The speaker, the reporter, the reader, are usually missing intent and context. It's simply poor communication involving people too wrapped up in the moment, situation, or are are plain too stupid to communicate their ideas with a sufficient amount of clarity.
Owners, players, radio talking heads, newspaper reporters, the commish, the agents, do not stand in front of the moving vans. Fans have, do, will. As it usually is, just as it is now, the failure in all of this Sonics mess has ZERO to do with the actual fans.
It aint on me if this goes to hell, I play my role like a star, I'm just the fan.
October 13, 2007
PJ, here's how to pick a line up
SEATTLE - Steve at sonicscentral.com provoked me, with his comedy, The Point is Moot.
Hey PJ!
Not sure who to start, or finish games?
Try using a Fortune Teller.
It is more fun that a coin flip, and no matter what, Durant is Rookie of the Year.
Not sure how to fold one? Google for Paper Fortune Teller, or, ask a child, or follow these directions.
Click HERE for the full size PDF file you can print, and get to work on line-ups of your own.
Supersonics Pre-Season Radio, 2007
SEATTLE - Last year we had the opportunity to hear a radio broadcast that was produced for radio listeners, it was not simulcast television. The people on tv sometimes forgot that we could not see what they could see. For some unknown reason David Locke was less capable of describing where the players were in relation to the basket, and one another, than the guys that completely forgot there was a radio broadcast.
Well, those days are over. On the first broadcast of the first game Matt Pinto, the new Sonics RADIO broadcaster, told the listening audience before tipoff which direction the team would be going in relation to him. Pinto said what end the Sonics would defend for that half, and which direction the would be running on offense. The game had not even started and I had a better picture in my head of where the players were than I had all last year.
Pinto then described the action. Some of his euphemisms were a little corny, a bit cleche, and completely understood. I know that when I turn on the radio I'll know what is happening, and not who is happening. Isn't that the point? I don't know David Locke as a person, I know even less about Matt Pinto, but that's not why I'm tune in, is it.
Matt Pinto is every bit as good at radio play-by-play broadcast as David Locke was bad.
Welcome Matt Pinto!
Supersonics Preseason Radio story, 2006
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October 02, 2007
First Guess: John McCaw
SEATTLE - As an outsider I can only speculate as to who might have a large pile of money and the desire to own an N.B.A. franchise. The first name that came to mind was John McCaw. He has been an owner, he was part of a group that reports back on March 6th, 2006, wanted to take another run at having a franchise in Vancover, Canada. McCaw sold his half of the Canucks for about $140 million dollars
GM place is still there, he had a building to use there. If a new building were here would he have an interest?
I have no idea.
He's local. That's it.
GM place is still there, he had a building to use there. If a new building were here would he have an interest?
I have no idea.
He's local. That's it.
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