Re: You Should Get What You Pay For

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tres Bien.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Celtics@xxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 1:28 PM
Subject: RE: You Should Get What You Pay For


> That's twice that Forant and I have almost agreed on something :-)
>
> Cecil
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Forant [mailto:dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: September 22, 2003 2:13 PM
> To: Celtics@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: You Should Get What You Pay For
>
>
> I like the way things have gone so far. Better than last season and maybe
> close to KA's last season with us.
>
> DanF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wright, Cecil" <Cecil.Wright@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <celtics@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:47 AM
> Subject: RE: You Should Get What You Pay For
>
>
> > I believe you must give the new ownership time to produce some results.
> Some folks can complain and berate them for what they have done thus far
> (Ray), or some choose to see the actual product sent out to the parquet
> before they make up their minds (most other fans).
> >
> >
> > Cecil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wayray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: September 22, 2003 12:35 PM
> > To: celtics@xxxxxxxx
> > Subject: You Should Get What You Pay For
> >
> >
> > Apparently the small (4th in the Boston Pro Sports Market) but
> enthusiastic
> > core of Celtics fans have embraced the mammoth ticket price increase
sans
> > any management expenditure for other than the bottom of the barrel free
> agent
> > signings.
> >
> > Well, you should get what you pay for, and if the other teams in the EC
> > outperform the Celtics, because their ownerships weren't so parsimonious
> > in the redistribution of cap space for quality free agents, then the
fans
> have no
> > one to blame but themselves for supporting the situation.
> >
> > Myself, I have no problem with sports teams gauging the fans for every
> cent
> > they have, as long as they give back something, ala what the Red Sox
> > have done these recent seasons, with the most costly ticket in baseball,
> but
> > balanced by a high and competitve payroll.
> >
> > The Celtics have sadly failed in this department the past few years.
> > One  can only hope, that either management rewards the fans for their
> > loyalty in future years by becoming active in the free agent market or
> > the fans vote with their feet and reject further abuses of goodwill.
> > Ray