Steve Ballmer outbids group including Laurene Powell Jobs for ownership of LA Clippers

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  • Reply 21 of 69
    froodfrood Posts: 771member
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    Originally Posted by Johnny Mozzarella View Post

     

    This sounds like the perfect role for someone with his skills and qualifications.

    Just make sure the chairs are bolted to the floor in his box when the Clippers loose.


     

    You don't think it will confuse the players when he tells them to just skate to wherever the puck is?

  • Reply 22 of 69
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member

    The Clippers need to get their own home court. Another 100 million is just a rounding error.

  • Reply 23 of 69
    talictalic Posts: 3member

    The new NBA basketball team name:  Los Angeles Clippys

  • Reply 24 of 69
    mrboba1mrboba1 Posts: 276member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

     

    Sports in today's media gets focus and attention disproportionate to its importance in our world. I recommend you and other readers 'distract' yourselves by reading Brian Tuohy's book, "The Fix Is In". You can also find much of his writing at: thefixisin.net. 


     

    It's a shame that humans cannot concentrate on more than one thing in their lives. /s

     

    You know what else distracts people? Internet rumor sites.

  • Reply 25 of 69
    conrailconrail Posts: 489member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

    Sports are a distraction that keeps us from knowing what's really going on in the world.  


    Yes, and thank God for them.

  • Reply 26 of 69
    mrboba1mrboba1 Posts: 276member
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    Originally Posted by Lord Amhran View Post





    Other than a one-word non-reply, why don't you try explaining how the buying of a sports team is newsworthy huh? So Ballmer buys a team big deal. Other than Steve Jobs's widow how is this even remotely related to Apple or Apple news?

     

    I actually wanted to see what people here would say about it, so I'm glad it's here.



    Why are you reading it? It's not like this is a TV channel and you are watching a program dedicated to Apple News and they are forcing you to watch it in order to get to the next story. You are in control of what you click.

     

    Plus, it is in "general discussion", which it is.

  • Reply 27 of 69
    zoetmbzoetmb Posts: 2,654member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

    Sports are a distraction that keeps us from knowing what's really going on in the world.  


    People who don't want to know what's going on in the world, for whatever reasons, don't need sports to distract them.   They can use anything else to distract them, whether it's movies, TV, books, music, cooking, religion, clubbing, dancing, fashion, Facebook, using Twitter, video games, coding, whatever.   If one wants to know about the world, one will, regardless of other interests that they may have.   The implication of your statement is that if we didn't have sports, we'd all know what's going on in the world.  That's incredibly naive.  

     

    Having said that, I've never understood the obsession with professional sports we have in this country, to the extent where every TV news broadcast as well as the New York Times and most other newspapers feel the need to report on every single professional sports score every single day.    They'll drop stories, especially detailed stories, about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, racism, starvation, the environment, medical care, etc., but they'll never drop a story about the night's games.   

     

    And I've never understood the obsession of grown men who need to wear the uniform of their favorite player (and overpaying for the privilege) just in order to toss a ball around in the park.   

     

    Decades ago, going to the ballpark was something that almost everyone could afford.   When I was a kid in the 1960s, the bleachers at Yankee Stadium cost 75 cents and the upper grandstand cost $1.35 (about $5.80 and $10.50, respectively, in 2014 dollars).   But today, you take a family to the ballpark and it can easily cost $300-$500.   And those are ballparks that in many cases, were funded by taxpayers.    My broker took me to a Knicks game a few years ago.  We sat court side and the price on the ticket was something like $500 (he was given the tickets by a season ticket-holder).   Yet the Dolans, who own the Knicks and the Garden, don't pay New York City anything in taxes for use of the Garden.    We really are suckers. 

     

    But if Ballmer wants to buy the team with his own money, that's fine.    It could be fun watching Ballmer freak out in the stands.   100 years ago, the super-rich funded universities, museums, libraries and opera houses.   Today they buy sports teams.   Maybe Darwin was wrong. 

  • Reply 28 of 69
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    Originally Posted by zoetmb View Post

     

    People who don't want to know what's going on in the world, for whatever reasons, don't need sports to distract them.   They can use anything else to distract them, whether it's movies, TV, books, music, cooking, religion, clubbing, dancing, fashion, Facebook, using Twitter, video games, coding, whatever.   If one wants to know about the world, one will, regardless of other interests that they may have.   The implication of your statement is that if we didn't have sports, we'd all know what's going on in the world.  That's incredibly naive.  

     

    Having said that, I've never understood the obsession with professional sports we have in this country, to the extent where every TV news broadcast as well as the New York Times and most other newspapers feel the need to report on every single professional sports score every single day.    They'll drop stories, especially detailed stories, about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, racism, starvation, the environment, medical care, etc., but they'll never drop a story about the night's games.   

     

    And I've never understood the obsession of grown men who need to wear the uniform of their favorite player (and overpaying for the privilege) just in order to toss a ball around in the park.   

     

    Decades ago, going to the ballpark was something that almost everyone could afford.   When I was a kid in the 1960s, the bleachers at Yankee Stadium cost 75 cents and the upper grandstand cost $1.35 (about $5.80 and $10.50, respectively, in 2014 dollars).   But today, you take a family to the ballpark and it can easily cost $300-$500.   And those are ballparks that in many cases, were funded by taxpayers.    My broker took me to a Knicks game a few years ago.  We sat court side and the price on the ticket was something like $500 (he was given the tickets by a season ticket-holder).   Yet the Dolans, who own the Knicks and the Garden, don't pay New York City anything in taxes for use of the Garden.    We really are suckers. 

     

    But if Ballmer wants to buy the team with his own money, that's fine.    It could be fun watching Ballmer freak out in the stands.   100 years ago, the super-rich funded universities, museums, libraries and opera houses.   Today they buy sports teams.   Maybe Darwin was wrong. 


     

    I agree with what you wrote, except for your first paragraph. 

  • Reply 29 of 69
    bobjohnsonbobjohnson Posts: 154member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

    Sports in today's media gets focus and attention disproportionate to its importance in our world. I recommend you and other readers 'distract' yourselves by reading Brian Tuohy's book, "The Fix Is In". You can also find much of his writing at: thefixisin.net. 


     

    Who cares? People have the capacity to choose what they pay attention to. I've never understood those who blame "the media" for social issues, especially in the age of democratized thought we live in now thanks to the internet. 

  • Reply 30 of 69
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    Originally Posted by BobJohnson View Post

     

     

    Who cares? People have the capacity to choose what they pay attention to. I've never understood those who blame "the media" for social issues, especially in the age of democratized thought we live in now thanks to the internet. 


     

    I care, because though you may not get your news from the media, many people all over the world still do. The media continues to exert great power to direct and control what constitutes "news", no matter whether or not you and I pay attention to it. That affects us all. 

  • Reply 31 of 69

    I find the whole Clipper thing very interesting...

     

    A white guy says something in the privacy of you own home. Have it covertly recorded. And even though he has never openly done anything racist to the players he gets banned for life from basketball.

     

    A black guy rapes a white girl. Buys her off to not testify against him. And gets a Nike sponsorship and all kinds of paid endorsements.

     

    Go figure...

  • Reply 32 of 69
    mpantonempantone Posts: 2,033member
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    Originally Posted by mstone View Post

     

    The Clippers need to get their own home court. Another 100 million is just a rounding error.


    I'm sorry, your $100 million estimate for a new arena is laughable.

     

    The Brooklyn Nets' new arena was $1 billion; the Orlando Magic's new arena was $480 million. The Golden State Warriors just picked up property in SF at $180 million, with at least another $500 million roughly estimated for the construction, totaling close to $700 million (I bet it ends up being closer to $900 million).

     

    A hundred million isn't going to buy squat in Seattle.

     

    If Ballmer wants to bring the team to Seattle, he probably needs to earmark $700 million and build the arena on privately-owned land without asking for significant taxpayer help if he doesn't want to wait years and years.

  • Reply 33 of 69
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
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    Originally Posted by Lord Amhran View Post





    Other than a one-word non-reply, why don't you try explaining how the buying of a sports team is newsworthy huh? So Ballmer buys a team big deal. Other than Steve Jobs's widow how is this even remotely related to Apple or Apple news?

    What do you want- another reason why Apply bought Beats so we can have 300 comments on if its a good deal or not?

    Or how about another rumor about the iPhone 6 that will make it 4 comments before an argument ensues on the naming convention.

     

    At least this is funny

  • Reply 34 of 69
    andysolandysol Posts: 2,506member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

     

    I agree with what you wrote, except for your first paragraph. 


    Only because it disagreed with you... people like you are as close minded as they get.

     

    Please educated us- what about his statement is wrong?

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     People who don't want to know what's going on in the world, for whatever reasons, don't need sports to distract them.


  • Reply 35 of 69
    island hermitisland hermit Posts: 6,217member
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    Originally Posted by mpantone View Post

     

    I'm sorry, your $100 million estimate for a new arena is laughable.

     

    The Brooklyn Nets' new arena is $1 billion; the Orlando Magic's new arena is $480 million. The Golden State Warriors just picked up land in SF at $180 million, with at least another $500 million roughly estimated for the construction, totaling close to $700 million (I bet it ends up being closer to $900 million).

     

    A hundred million isn't going to buy squat in Seattle.

     

    If Ballmer wants to bring the team to Seattle, he probably needs to earmark $700 million and build the arena on privately-owned land without asking for significant taxpayer help if he doesn't want to wait years and years.


     

    $100 million buys you an ice arena for a junior hockey team in a small city.

  • Reply 36 of 69
    dasanman69dasanman69 Posts: 13,002member
    Sports in today's media gets focus and attention disproportionate to its importance in our world. I recommend you and other readers 'distract' yourselves by reading Brian Tuohy's book, "The Fix Is In". You can also find much of his writing at: thefixisin.net. 

    So does tech.
  • Reply 37 of 69
    boltsfan17boltsfan17 Posts: 2,294member
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    Originally Posted by zoetmb View Post

     

    People who don't want to know what's going on in the world, for whatever reasons, don't need sports to distract them.   They can use anything else to distract them, whether it's movies, TV, books, music, cooking, religion, clubbing, dancing, fashion, Facebook, using Twitter, video games, coding, whatever.   If one wants to know about the world, one will, regardless of other interests that they may have.   The implication of your statement is that if we didn't have sports, we'd all know what's going on in the world.  That's incredibly naive.  

     

    Having said that, I've never understood the obsession with professional sports we have in this country, to the extent where every TV news broadcast as well as the New York Times and most other newspapers feel the need to report on every single professional sports score every single day.    They'll drop stories, especially detailed stories, about Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East, racism, starvation, the environment, medical care, etc., but they'll never drop a story about the night's games.   

     

    And I've never understood the obsession of grown men who need to wear the uniform of their favorite player (and overpaying for the privilege) just in order to toss a ball around in the park.   

     

    Decades ago, going to the ballpark was something that almost everyone could afford.   When I was a kid in the 1960s, the bleachers at Yankee Stadium cost 75 cents and the upper grandstand cost $1.35 (about $5.80 and $10.50, respectively, in 2014 dollars).   But today, you take a family to the ballpark and it can easily cost $300-$500.   And those are ballparks that in many cases, were funded by taxpayers.    My broker took me to a Knicks game a few years ago.  We sat court side and the price on the ticket was something like $500 (he was given the tickets by a season ticket-holder).   Yet the Dolans, who own the Knicks and the Garden, don't pay New York City anything in taxes for use of the Garden.    We really are suckers. 

     

    But if Ballmer wants to buy the team with his own money, that's fine.    It could be fun watching Ballmer freak out in the stands.   100 years ago, the super-rich funded universities, museums, libraries and opera houses.   Today they buy sports teams.   Maybe Darwin was wrong. 


    Professional sports are the number one source of entertainment we have in this country, so I can see why there is a huge obsession for them. Sports brings people together. For example, after 9/11, the Yankees in the World Series brought New Yorkers together. It gave people hours to get their minds of losing loved ones in the attacks. The World Series gave people a morale boost. It's the same as with soccer for war torn countries. People stop fighting and come together to watch their national team. Sports will always be an obsession here in this country and around the world. 

     

    I agree there are bigger stories that aren't published, but sports sells newspapers. The minute they stop covering sports, they have no readers. Same as with TV. As for prices, they are becoming outrageous. Problem is, people are willing to pay that much. Sports have turned people into suckers, especially for funding these new stadiums at our expense. An NFL stadium can have zero attendance the whole season and the team will still be making a ton of money. Baseball still has affordable tickets. Just about every team has family night discounts. 

  • Reply 38 of 69
    bobjohnsonbobjohnson Posts: 154member
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    Originally Posted by RegurgitatedCoprolite View Post

     

    I care, because though you may not get your news from the media, many people all over the world still do. The media continues to exert great power to direct and control what constitutes "news", no matter whether or not you and I pay attention to it. That affects us all. 


     

    The issue is education, not "the media." Our energy should be spent on teaching people to think critically and independently and draw their own conclusions -- that's the real fight. Blame "the media" all you want, but they are merely taking advantage of the situation, they didn't create it.

  • Reply 39 of 69
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    boltsfan17 wrote: »
    Professional sports are the number one source of entertainment we have in this country…

    What about porn?
  • Reply 40 of 69
    island hermitisland hermit Posts: 6,217member
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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    What about porn?

     

    Isn't that a professional sport...

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