>>>>BTW if you want the Olympics you can have it. I don't see why I should be subsiding a bunch of lycra clad drug addicts running jumping and throwing things.
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>>>You shouldn't have to. Clubs matching that profile are what *made* the disco era <g>
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>>>( you could probably sublet your place during the Olympics for enough to fund a year in the south of France )
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>>Definitely. Maybe that would take the sting out of it for Grumpy Nick.
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>>Back to the Super Bowl, I read an excellent article online this morning about the Packers victory rally at Lambeau Field yesterday. They sold tickets for $5 (reportedly resold for up to $200) and they sold out in two hours, despite zero-ish temperatures. The players and coaches walked along the stands, exchanging high fives and letting fans touch the Lombardi Trophy. My favorite quote was from a lady who said she touched Aaron Rodgers's pinkie and is never going to wash her hands again ;-) There really is something special about the bond between team and town. Green Bay is the Packers and the Packers are Green Bay. Even a California kid like Rodgers clearly loves it there.
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>>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=6101078
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>>The game did indeed break viewership records. As I said before, I think it was a perfect storm involving the crap winter, the blue collar teams competing, and escape from the economy and financial worries.
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>>http://www.rttnews.com/Content/EntertainmentNews.aspx?Section=2&Id=1547372&SM=1
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>"financial worries"
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>sport is the opiate of the masses

There is definitely some truth to that. I am guilty as charged.