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Minor League Man
07-15-2006, 02:18 PM
I'll chip mine in. I got an insult thanks to some gay hacker.

Mike. You are an idiot. Be sure to drink a lot at your party and then drive really fast on the way home.

Joe Newman
ABA CEO

Of course I told him somebody hacked, and he said he believed me, but it was still pretty funny to hear one of his insults.

Now it's your turn! Tell me your "favorite" "Joe-ism" response to an e-mail you sent him!
bectond
07-16-2006, 08:39 PM
Whenever I e-mail him he always gives me a quick response and he kindly rejects all of my suggestions. I don't know why he uses that tone with you.
panchess
07-17-2006, 11:42 AM
where Joe says, "Ethics will continue to be our foundation." is pretty funny.

Here is the quote before that other line from Joe:

It is the other league's methods that I question. Competition based on misrepresentations, altered emails, vindictiiveness and using proprietary information is not good competition. There's a reason that the other league had four teams going into this season after 61 years of operation. The fact that they have targeted the ABA for expansion doesn't change a thing. For them, it's business as usual.

If the ABA had any real assets, the CBA would be on the phone to their lawyer right about now. Bring on the Heavy Hitters (a highly-publicized law firm in CBA headquarters Albany).
Minor League Man
07-17-2006, 12:00 PM
Notice he doesn't even mention the CBA by name...
Pounder
07-17-2006, 12:07 PM
where Joe says, "Ethics will continue to be our foundation." is pretty funny.

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If the ABA had any real assets, the CBA would be on the phone to their lawyer right about now. Bring on the Heavy Hitters (a highly-publicized law firm in CBA headquarters Albany).

If the ABA had any basis to stand on, THEY would be on the phone to THEIR lawyers right now.

Nice one, Joe. Cheap is as cheap does.
panchess
07-17-2006, 12:10 PM
went to the D-League from the ABA. Was Joe as upset about that?

Obviously if you are trying to build a profitable enterprise, you don't want your best teams leaving. However, when you run a league with 50 teams and none of them complete a 36-game schedule, the wheat looks elsewhere, and the chaff remains.