Comments on Advance Indiana™: Colts Fire Away At Pacers And CIB

Thomas Paine...now you know Ir$ay doesn't lie! He...

2009-04-24T14:25:00.000-05:00

Thomas Paine...now you know Ir$ay doesn't lie! He's a Christian!

Don't forget, Thomas - the Colts got $48M to 'term...

2009-04-24T13:38:00.000-05:00

Don't forget, Thomas - the Colts got $48M to 'terminate' their RCA dome lease.

Anyone ever take their leased car back to the dealer and have the dealer give them a huge check AND another newer, bigger, fancier car?

Of course not.

How can Irsay say with a straight face that they g...

2009-04-24T10:38:00.000-05:00

How can Irsay say with a straight face that they gave $100 million to the city for building Lucas when they got that money right back FROM Forest Lucas for the naming rights??? Liar. I find this the most annoying thing about all of this, that Irsay made money on the naming of what is essentially a public building. The Colts have no skin in the game. If intstead that $100 million that Forest Lucas had paid to Irsay went to the city, that would be a completely different matter.

Guess what. They are all lying, each in their own...

2009-04-24T06:56:00.000-05:00

Guess what. They are all lying, each in their own perverse way.

The FDIC convention is good for about 5 days, IHSA...

2009-04-23T20:27:00.000-05:00

The FDIC convention is good for about 5 days, IHSAA 4 days, two concerts 2 days. In that short list you have the same number of days the Colts make use of the facility in a year.

Can anyone, with a straight face, claim that there couldn't be 2, 3, 4 times as many other events booked in there instead of the Colts?

Why do we need to bow down to Jim Irsay?

There are two valuable points lawmakers and city c...

2009-04-23T20:00:00.000-05:00

There are two valuable points lawmakers and city councilors should take away from the Colts letter. The Colts clearly are questioning the $20 million figure the CIB is claiming it will incur in additional expense in maintaining the stadium. The CIB's own inconsistency on the extent of these expenses presents plenty of cause for concern. The second point is one that I've been making all along. The Pacers' $15 million issue is totally self-inflicted. The Pacers claim they didn't ask for $15 million and the CIB has thrown it into the mix to build its own self-induced crisis. The rest of the letter is pretty much just spin, but I don't think you can dismiss those other two points in the letter.

OK, let's assume the Colt's never asked for a new ...

2009-04-23T19:23:00.000-05:00

OK, let's assume the Colt's never asked for a new stadium. Then why did they push such a tough negotiation so that they claimed almost every source of revenue it was to generate?

Hmmmm?

I suppose the CIB twisted their arm and FORCED them to!

Or the letter is a lie. Place yer bets on which one.

I'm not buying what the Colts are selling. I didn'...

2009-04-23T19:04:00.000-05:00

I'm not buying what the Colts are selling. I didn't think it could happen, but the Colts have me feeling sympathy for the CIB. I feel like I'm in high school again, watching the nerdy, naive kid (the CIB) getting picked on by the arrogant class jock (the Colts). It makes me want to kick the stuffing out of the jock.

This is a particularly strong Colt's statement. A...

2009-04-23T18:21:00.000-05:00

This is a particularly strong Colt's statement. At this point, who to believe? It is no wonder the City Council seems hesitant to endorse taxes, especially when these taxes are targeted and therefore discriminatory and even punitive on the public which had nothing to do with the atrocious CIB incompetence. If anything, the finger pointing of laying the heavy back onto the CIB should be of no surprise given the shenanigans of CIB's mismanagement. But maybe that's what we're supposed to believe?

Tony Dungy gave a speech at the statehouse when th...

2009-04-23T17:07:00.000-05:00

Tony Dungy gave a speech at the statehouse when they were cooking up the Colts Stadium deal a few years ago.

He described the steps they were taking to build up the team, and how they wanted to build a dynasty etc.

Then he said, "We want to do it here."

A not-so-subtle phrase, meaning the Colts are leaving - unless we get a new stadium.

A stadium the Colts wanted, and that the governor and mayor wanted to give them...the government likes building things, it lets them funnel money around to unions and to construction companies. Hence the new airport we didn't need, Pacers arena, etc.