WHAFAN
09-28-2006, 09:20 AM
I asked Joe Newman why the new Miami Tropics were playing an entire 36 game season against the same 4 opponents ( W. Palm Beach, Jacksonville, Tampa, and Orlando). Was it because they can't afford a bus trip to Georgia, they can't leave the state due to parole restrictions, or no one else wanted to play them.
His answer was to call me an idiot, a fool, and told me that me being the way I am is why my clocks are round. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN??? Did Joe have a stroke and didn't tell anyone?
Even having a semi professionally run team in this league is a waste of time. Thats like being the tallest midget.
The team in Chicago, the Rockstars, has absolutely no chance of being a success. They are playing in a church gym in the worst part of the city. The Bulls were barely drawing 6,000 people a game throughout the 70's with some pretty good teams. They were in the NBA for 20 years before Michael Jordan brought life to the franchise. The only successful minor league team in Chicago are the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. They average 12,000 fans a game in a beautiful arena. There has been no tv, radio or newpaper coverage of the ABA or the Rockstars. It doesn't matter if an ABA owner has unlimited funds to support his team. When the league is run by idiots, with teams that can't afford travel, hotels, or paychecks, why do these people continue to dump money into being the next George Steinbrenner?
I guess the leagues holding out hope that hot 20 year old babes dancing at halftime will sustain the fan interest. Every team's website ( if they can afford one ), has more info about dance team try outs than player information. No records are kept, no stats, no attendance figures, every team playing a different amount of games..........yet Uncle Joe insists that the ABA is a conduit for NBA scouts? What records are being noticed? I'm half expecting a Partridge Family bus to roll down the street with ABA teams on board passing around a hat to find donations for a hotel room so they can display their talents in front of a sell out crowd of 45 people at the jr high school gym down the street.
His answer was to call me an idiot, a fool, and told me that me being the way I am is why my clocks are round. WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN??? Did Joe have a stroke and didn't tell anyone?
Even having a semi professionally run team in this league is a waste of time. Thats like being the tallest midget.
The team in Chicago, the Rockstars, has absolutely no chance of being a success. They are playing in a church gym in the worst part of the city. The Bulls were barely drawing 6,000 people a game throughout the 70's with some pretty good teams. They were in the NBA for 20 years before Michael Jordan brought life to the franchise. The only successful minor league team in Chicago are the Chicago Wolves of the AHL. They average 12,000 fans a game in a beautiful arena. There has been no tv, radio or newpaper coverage of the ABA or the Rockstars. It doesn't matter if an ABA owner has unlimited funds to support his team. When the league is run by idiots, with teams that can't afford travel, hotels, or paychecks, why do these people continue to dump money into being the next George Steinbrenner?
I guess the leagues holding out hope that hot 20 year old babes dancing at halftime will sustain the fan interest. Every team's website ( if they can afford one ), has more info about dance team try outs than player information. No records are kept, no stats, no attendance figures, every team playing a different amount of games..........yet Uncle Joe insists that the ABA is a conduit for NBA scouts? What records are being noticed? I'm half expecting a Partridge Family bus to roll down the street with ABA teams on board passing around a hat to find donations for a hotel room so they can display their talents in front of a sell out crowd of 45 people at the jr high school gym down the street.