Re: Lockout

[bocelts@scsn.net (R. Bentz Kirby)]

Was this game televised?  Somewhere in my memories, I thought I
remembered such an incident, but was unsure if it was a real event, or an
embellished childhood memory.

Richard Cahillane wrote:

> Has anyone thought of an e-mail campaign to the owners and the
> players reasonable salaries for the players, reasonable profits for
> the owners, and reasonable ticket prices for the fans! I got to go to
> Boston Garden when I was a kid to see Russell Vs Chamberlain(the
> Celts won by 1, Chamberlain bent the rim and stopped the game for
> twenty minutes) and it didn't cost my father the equivalent of the
> two hundred bucks it would cost me to bring ONE of my kids to get
> decent seats and see the bleedin' Denver Nuggets. He (and I) will
> probably never get to see Jordan play. At least we got to see Walker
> last year (albeit from one of the banner seats, you know, the ones
> where you are at the same height as the banners). It would probably
> be asking too much to ask these people to consider the poor folk who
> make them rich while they are fighting over their piece of the gold
> plated pie.
>
> End of Rant.
>
> Richard
> (Tallest player in Shutesbury MA, former neighbor of millionaire John
> Calipari)



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Peace,

Bentz Kirby
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