Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-24 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/22/2003 10:30:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Out of curiosity, do you watch as many Yankee games when they are 30 games out as when they are in a pennant race? Did you follow the Knicks closely when they were out of the playoffs? I have not

RE: Football coverage observations

2003-01-22 Thread Horn, John
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I thought of another thing. As an employee, isn't a coach honor bound to maximize the profit of the owners by whatever means he can? But there has to be a limit. The notion that you can do anything as long as you don't caught could

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-22 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/22/2003 12:33:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The reality of pro sports is that winning is all that matters. By watching and going to games, we contribute to this, and must share the blame. In short, we set up a structure in which only those

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Football coverage observations In a message dated 1/22/2003 12:33:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The reality of pro sports

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-21 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- John D. Giorgis wrote: Dan Minette wrote: [I think John wrote:] Silly me for thinking that they were still playing a game out there, and deciding whether or not to respect certain participants in that game based on the way they played the game. I thought of another thing. As an

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-21 Thread Reggie Bautista
Debbi wrote: I can't speak to the football or basketball arenas (or really any professional sports area, since I just don't participate/watch, although when I was at LSU I did attend many home games), but I haven't gone to any horse shows of the park or performance horse variety (Saddlebreds,

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-21 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: Football coverage observations In a message dated 1/20/2003 9:44:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I thought of another thing. As an employee

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug GSV Go Raida's! Damn straight! I like the Raiders. But...the law of irony demands that I root for the Bucs, led by Chucky, to whip the team that fired him. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 1/20/2003 10:18:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, that was Chris Simms' dad, Phil. Only in Texas would Phil Sims would Phil Sims be referred to as Chris's dad. Phil did have a pretty good career leading the Giants to their first superbowl win

Re: Jessica Simpson Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:34 PM Subject: Jessica Simpson Re: Football coverage observations At 05:32 PM 1/20/2003 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/19/2003 11:55:51 PM Eastern

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:11 PM 1/20/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: I'm not happy about Parcells. I got annoyed with him when he walked away from the Patriots and left them scrambling, and when the Jets started being on more nationally televised games, I almost always rooted against them. Still haven't broken

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:58 PM 1/20/2003 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: Plus, I find it very hard to respect a Coach who told his players to fake injuries, so as to slow down the tempo of a big game. Sure, it was probably perfectly legal - but it showed an utter lack of honor, IMHO. What the

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: Plus, I find it very hard to respect a Coach who told his players to fake injuries, so as to slow down the tempo of a big game. Sure, it was probably perfectly legal - but it showed an utter lack of honor, IMHO. What the heck does honor have to

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: But how do you reconcile that with your own integrity, when you're in that situation? Surely your personal integrity is worth a lot more than a measly hundred thousand dollars or two. You *could* argue that part of that integrity involves doing what you have to to win,

Football coverage observations

2003-01-19 Thread Julia Thompson
1) The singer of The Star Spangled Banner for the AFC game was a lot better, IMO, than the one for the NFC game. (Who the heck is Jessica Simpson, anyway?) 2) I hate having to listen to Cris Collinsworth. I'd rather that someone with that particular voice not talk quite as much as he does.

Re: Football coverage observations

2003-01-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: 1) The singer of The Star Spangled Banner for the AFC game was a lot better, IMO, than the one for the NFC game. (Who the heck is Jessica Simpson, anyway?) 2) I hate having to listen to Cris Collinsworth. I'd rather that someone with that particular voice not talk