Le Tigre

But so short—and I mean SHORT—lived. Preseason 1969. “John Mecom, in 1969, did not realize that he had to register the uniform change with the NFL and did not do so. Needless to say, the league refused to register the helmet. The team wore the helmet once and that was it.”

No “Filthy Fucking Rich/Soon to be Filthy Fucking Rich Entertainers/Filthy Fucking Rich Agents versus Filthy Fucking Rich Franchise”…no vote

Some time—1,000 years from now—a newly minted AI cyborg will ask the older model: “Certainly WE didn’t come up with these hideous things?!”

The pre-Bird/Magic/Jordan NBA. Those were the days.

The Governor line-item vetoed 67 parts of the budget. 7 dealt with school funding and other education-related give-backs. Unless overrides occur—doubtful at best—the budget will have little to no impact on school funding.

Very much correct.

Brook Park is in Cuyahoga County.

The Bengals—and Cincinnati—were the beneficiaries of a gap in the space/time continuum, never to be repeated. And even that gap, was so favorable that Marty and Doc would never find it again. A bit of history that few remember is that—back in those AFL-NFL merger discussion years—the AFL was deciding the city for its 1968 expansion. It came down to Seattle (with its well-funded group and plans for the eventual Kingdome), and Cincinnati. Because of PB’s involvement—and his connection to the old-timers group at the top of the AFL pyramid (plus some “input” from the NFL old timer moguls), Cincinnati was granted the franchise. That Riverfront plans were further along didn’t hurt either. The AFL wasn’t guaranteed in the earlier mid-60’s negotiations that all of its franchises would be granted inclusion in the merger. The Bengals would have been last-in-first-out in that case. Riverfront was still 3-4 years away. But, the final agreement was for all-in as to the AFL teams (along with the “gift” of receiving the real Browns and Stealers in realignment) Lose the Bengals now…and this luck would never come to pass again. Ever.

I love Truckee. Some very cool bars/restaurants to go along with the amazing outdoors

Quite true. Then you have places like the Borough of East Rutherford NJ— where the Meadowlands sits. They don’t own or operate the sites—and have no obligation to maintain—but yet are allowed to assess taxes for private operations outside of the stadiums there. Technically it is state-owned land (a hybrid called the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority) which has the obligation for upkeep…but the Borough can “tax” other businesses on the property—even though the land by statute is tax-exempt. They are—and have been—embroiled in litigation for many years. A complete disaster

Their total assets (without liabilities) is around $120m No chance they can do anything without a loan

25 to be exact.

Funny thing is: if the County had no ownership/operator rights in the property, they would never see a dime paid to them…neither would they have financial responsibilities for operation. One of the many reasons government should not be involved in private enterprise.

That is funny…if you are joking? Franklin County cannot tie their own shoes. Columbus pols are feckless. Any stadium would have to be suburban, and the infrastructure—especially roads—are shit. Since western Licking County has been torn to hell from the Intel boondoggle, there is that space maybe? Let’s do it! 😄

I remember. Never did get used to seeing him in this uniform