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Re: McDonough: C's To Walker: Play Well, Create Value, Then We'll Trade You
An ingenious piece by Mr McDon'tKnow:
Play well, take us to playoffs and then we will trade you. Why? because
we don't like being in the playoffs, we prefer the lottery. - Mishra
--- Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Pitino are going to
> tell Walker to play
> his heart out this
> season, get the team to
> the playoffs, and
> prove to the rest of the
> league how great he
> is; then the team
> should be able to
> trade him and get
> something decent in
> return. In other
> words, Walker will
> be given a chance to
> work his way out of
> town. Sounds fair to
> me ...
>
> Want some good
> season tickets to
> the Patriots, Red
> Sox, or Celtics? The US
> Bankruptcy Court in
> Boston will provide an
> unusual opportunity
> to some well-heeled
> fan to ''win'' the
> rights to season
> tickets for each
> team. A businessman who
> is a longtime
> supporter of all three teams
> had to file for
> personal bankruptcy under
> Chapter 11. The
> court has decided his
> creditors would be
> best served by an
> auction of the
> tickets, with the rights to
> the tickets being
> sold to the highest
> bidder. The auction
> is scheduled to be
> held in the Federal
> Building on Causeway
> Street in Boston,
> located right next to
> the FleetCenter,
> Aug. 27 at 11 a.m. The
> Red Sox and Patriots
> are not pleased with
> the decision because
> they hold the rights
> to all of their
> tickets. They have
> informed the court,
> through Boston
> attorney Dan
> Goldberg, that they will not
> fight the situation
> but want it noted that
> they consider this
> an isolated case that
> will not set a
> precedent. The judge will
> allow the
> businessman to keep his tickets,
> which are on the
> 25-yard line at Foxboro
> Stadium, for six of
> the Patriots' l0 games
> this season. The
> successful bidder at
> auction will get
> tickets for the remaining
> four Patriots games
> this year and the
> rights to all
> tickets to those seats in
> the future; any Red
> Sox playoff tickets
> this year and the
> rights to the seats in
> question for all Sox
> games in the future;
> and all of the
> businessman's Celtics
> tickets, which are
> front row courtside,
> this season and in
> the future. Attorney
> Steve Shamban of
> Braintree, who is
> representing the
> bankrupt fan, said two
> Celtics season
> tickets were auctioned off
> by court order
> several years back and
> brought in $27,000
> just for the rights to
> those seats in the
> future. Paul E.
> Saperstein, who will
> conduct the auction,
> said he thinks the
> tickets for each of the
> three teams will go
> for substantially more
> than that.
>
>
> This story ran on
> page G3 of the Boston
> Globe on 08/14/99.
> © Copyright 1999
> Globe Newspaper Company.
>
>
>
>
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