Comments on Advance Indiana™: Politicians Line Up For Super Bowl Tickets

Cato(and Hoosiers in the HL), So let me get this ...

2010-02-01T16:37:46.890-05:00

Cato(and Hoosiers in the HL),
So let me get this straight, because I like the Colts and the NFL I am a "mug" who is somehow harming the fabric of our Country? And you're comparing my fandom to the Holocaust??
Overkill much??
Sometimes a game is just a game. Whether or not you or I like the financial aspect of the stadium has nothing to do with the fact that people enjoy being fans.
I imagine that talk like that keeps you from being seen as rational on other issues that you may be right about.
Please forgive me when I say "Go Colts"!

Wayne Madsen this weekend writes that it is common...

2010-01-31T19:56:20.591-05:00

Wayne Madsen this weekend writes that it is common knowledge that most NFL games are fixed for maximum television coverage, and maximum advertising revenues, and because of the heavy dose of legal and illegal betting on games, so that professional football is about as competitive as professional wrestling. I am glad to read here that Christine Scales turned down the Colts offer.

Coleman confirmed via Facebook that he did not pur...

2010-01-31T19:47:12.753-05:00

Coleman confirmed via Facebook that he did not purchase Superbowl tickets.

No, it's not hard to believe that this attack ...

2010-01-31T17:56:29.018-05:00

No, it's not hard to believe that this attack occurred. Recall the Bears fan who was killed following the Super Bowl.

The Colts are all Indy people have. The Colts matter more to these people than family or country.

These are small, bitter, violent trash people. The Colts draw out the worst in them.

Thanks for sharing the link, Downtown Indy. It'...

2010-01-31T17:19:42.893-05:00

Thanks for sharing the link, Downtown Indy. It's hard to believe someone could carry out such a brutal attack only a block from the stadium and nobody could identify the perpetrator. The story doesn't suggest IMPD is too interested in solving the crime.

I know that Christine Scales turned down the ticke...

2010-01-31T17:12:51.851-05:00

I know that Christine Scales turned down the ticket offer. I don't know who the other two councilors were.

The other side of the story: from a Staten Island...

2010-01-31T16:43:17.941-05:00

The other side of the story:

from a Staten Island website

Not proof one way or the other, but another viewpoint nonetheless.

Cato said: "The more chilling question is why...

2010-01-31T16:06:38.813-05:00

Cato said: "The more chilling question is why so many councillors would even care about going to the game. This overwhelming preference for lowbrow entertainment bespeaks a comprehensive lack of class."

I couldn't have said it better myself! Football is for mugs.

Public servants, huh? I guess they think that mean...

2010-01-31T13:41:33.195-05:00

Public servants, huh? I guess they think that means the public is THEIR servant.
And once again, you can't tell the republicans from the democrats.

Pat, I'd like to see Irsay pay the medical bil...

2010-01-31T12:52:51.973-05:00

Pat, I'd like to see Irsay pay the medical bills of the out-of-town Jets' fan who got his skull crushed by a two by four by one of our subhuman fans after last week's win. Nobody saw anything. Police made no arrests. The poor guy headed home the other day with a metal plate in his head and a huge medical bill from Methodist Hospital.

I'd like to know exactly which Councillors too...

2010-01-31T10:27:23.499-05:00

I'd like to know exactly which Councillors took the offer to buy two tickets apiece. Maybe those who declined will make their names known - all three of them. I'm surprised some enterprising reporter hasn't made a series of calls.

The Colts rep was saying it was a show of appreciation for their service. Isn't the public adulation enough? ;o)

Then again, the Colts SHOULD appreciate what the Councillors have done for them. But maybe they can show appreciation for the community instead and fund 50 randomly selected kids plus one parent to go to the games instead of those who claim to choose 'public service'.

You can bet that many of these tickets are being s...

2010-01-31T09:46:36.314-05:00

You can bet that many of these tickets are being sold to ticket brokers. Many of those tickets will net a 100% profit upon resale.

The more chilling question is why so many councill...

2010-01-31T08:52:45.864-05:00

The more chilling question is why so many councillors would even care about going to the game. This overwhelming preference for lowbrow entertainment bespeaks a comprehensive lack of class.

Have you ever watched a NFL game? $800 for 11 minutes of action, all for an outcome of questionable legitimacy?

No, thanks. I wish our Council would lead our City in demonstrating that there's a lot more to life than Football. Further, some of them must be fans of the Bears, Bengals or Oakland Raiders. Is it a qualification to office in Indy that an office seeker must like the Colts?

The Colts have eerily become the state religion in Indy. You must have noticed the creepy conformist mass wearing of blue on Fridays. Historically, such lockstep behaviors result in parts of the population being loaded onto boxcars.

I deeply worry that the NFL is teaching us precisely wrong means of viewing our countrymen. Recently, Melyssa commented that rampant NFL adulation is speeding us into "us vs. them" camps, with the "them" being fellow Americans.

The NFL is not a civilizing and harmonizing force at work in our country.

Gary? I know you have a memory like an elephant. ...

2010-01-31T01:26:53.623-05:00

Gary? I know you have a memory like an elephant.

So remind us.

Did the council in the Peterson Administration get Super Bowl tickets free or did they pay face value?

I honestly cannot remember, but I do remember it being discussed here.