Benefits of having the baseball team leave town

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2 total messages Started by Dan Goodman Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00

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Author: Dan Goodman
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00

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1) Fewer traffic jams.

2) Crime will go down -- many professional athletes seem to lack the
ability to stay out of trouble.  And what gets into the papers is probably
the tip of the iceberg; team owners and personal lawyers probably keep a
lot of what the players do out of the news.

3) Newspapers and broadcasters would have more time to fill.  Sometimes,
they would accidentally fill the empty space with real news.

4) Some sportswriters would be forced into more honest employment --like
professional wrestling.



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Re: Benefits of having the baseball team leave town

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Author: sarlo
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 00:00

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Dan Goodman (dsgood@visi.com) wrote:
: 1) Fewer traffic jams.
More parking too.

: 2) Crime will go down -- many professional athletes seem to lack the
: ability to stay out of trouble.  And what gets into the papers is probably
: the tip of the iceberg; team owners and personal lawyers probably keep a
: lot of what the players do out of the news.
That and the drunken fans will no longer be stumbling out like the village 
idiots, screaming, puking, getting in fights, etc. The same can go for 
football and basketball and hockey too.


: 3) Newspapers and broadcasters would have more time to fill.  Sometimes,
: they would accidentally fill the empty space with real news.
Or they might go get real jobs. If this were to happen, an influx of 
sanitation workers would probobly occour.

: 4) Some sportswriters would be forced into more honest employment --like
: professional wrestling.
See above.

Professional sports should be abolished. The players and their cro-magnon 
fans waste too much of our time and space as is.


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