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Mid-Season Minor League Team Folds: Could It Happen To Yours?
The business of minor league sports is always a difficult one. It’s completely gate-driven, and if the butts in the seats aren’t there, you won’t make money. A good arena lease is pretty instrumental to the success of a team, but if you don’t have the fans at the arena, you won’t be able to…
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The Attendance Issue Again
Monday was the annual rolling out of the “attendance woes” column by the Denver Post. Unlike most years, it was given this time to the more thoughtful Terry Frei, rather than the standard pallbearers. So there was less “bad fan” jabs and more “I’m kind of surprised” this year. It’s a nice change. I can’t…
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Thin Air: Tort Reform
– Elliotte Friedman called Winnipeg Jets goalie Ondrej Pavelec a below average goalie. He’s right, but let us get something clear here. This is real life, not Lake Woebegone, where all the children are above average. Everyone can not be above average. That said, he still is under-performing for a starting goaltender, and needs to…