Re: All the whining about Gaston

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uummmm, Andy, you missed a few classes and you need a refresher course in
economics and reality.

DanF

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Quek, Asst Manager Ad Sales,SCV" <ANDYQUEK@scv.com.sg>
To: <Celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 12:29 AM
Subject: All the whining about Gaston


> Have been seeing people going on and on about
> the luxury tax and how stingy Gaston is. Doesn't
> anybody realise that this is ultimately a
> business and not a hobby??
>
> If you dont realise it by now, times are bad. With
> the many companies announcing losses or worse
> bankruptcies and layoffs. Is it any surprise that
> many NBA bosses, INCLUDING GASTON, are being prudent
> with the luxury tax? Even the miami heat that has
> previously spent money like water in the early years
> of pat riley is holding back now. The reality is that
> in troubled times like this even winning the
> championship may not mean earning more money...
>
> I'm a soccer fan as well and have seen all the different
> soccer clubs all over europe go into panic mode the moment
> 3 major TV companies in 3 different countries that
> hold the TV rights to 3 different soccer leagues announce
> "difficulties". In England the TV company has in fact
> gone bankrupt and all the clubs, some have been around for
> more than a century, that were spending in anticipation of
> TV money coming in are now on the verge of bankruptcy. GOD
> FORBID but if any of the TV companies with NBA rights
> announce "difficulties"..... Dont say it wont ever happen
> coz I'm sure you would have said the same thing with ENRON,
> WORLDOM & QWEST.
>
> Why's Gaston stingy? Why isn't he spending? Simply
> put, its all down to the previous 7-8 years of
> Celtics decline. With that decline means a decline
> in attendance, merchandising, and most importantly
> TV MONEY. Add to that all the economic uncertainty
> and you've got one scared owner. Yes he did pay
> Pitino gazilion dollars but it didn't work out and
> now he's paying for it with a smaller budget all
> around. Yes we are paying for it to but what can
> we do? So why don't we just shut up, live with
> it and praise the god that we still have pierce and
> walker!!
>
>
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