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Will they need to be proficient in kneeling?
I can’t believe people get so hurt over kneeling during the national anthem. It’s such a stupid thing to get upset over. Leave that kind of nationalism to the communists over in China and North Korea.
Why is it “stupid to get upset over,” Robert H? Professional athletes are some of the most privileged people in America who have benefited greatly from the opportunities America has afforded them, yet they are selfish ingrates when it comes to respecting The National Anthem.
I would question the estimate that Indianapolis receives up to $10 million worth of exposure when the Combine occurs. Yes, there are some random print stories about a few of the more interesting aspects of our city, but rarely are there any television reports on anything outside of the stadium.
I hope it, along with other convention events, go elsewhere.
Wow, Murray, what a party pooper you are. I feel sorry for you.
I feel sorry for how naive you are. People like you and Neil are content with riding a dying horse in the race to the bottom – built on exaggerations, lies and malfeasance.
Good grief. Move to an island cupcake.
Brent you are right. It seems like we just can’t get rid of the “party poopers.” The whole issue isn’t actual money but the prestige that this event brings. Indianapolis constantly gets ignored and put down by most of the press and national “in crowd” at every turn. So if they want to look elsewhere, good luck. Let them find out what the Big Ten found out; for important sports events its hard to beat Indianapolis. If you have been to most other cities they don’t do a good job. They throw a good party but functionally they do a poor job of centralizing everything and accommodating the actual job at hand.
The other commenters here remind me of the people that poo pooed the whole idea of developing the downtown back in the eighties. They prefer Indianapolis the way it was prior to 1980 when it seemed that they really did roll up the streets at 5:00 every day. While the current Mayor hasn’t done anything positive for downtown in the last year at least he didn’t let it all get completely burnt up or totally overrun with homeless like some other cities. The damage done can be fixed.
So let the NFL do what they want. It sometimes helps people to see what THEY MISS AND WISH THEY HAD MADE A BETTER DECISION.
The fact that you prefer to whore out the city’s resources for the near exclusive benefit of the downtown area, at the expense of the community at large in order to be the equivalent of the proverbial ugly girl at the popular lunch table that the others make fun of lets me know how bankrupt your senses, and fragile your ego actually are.
Traveling around the country, and world for that matter, an overwhelming majority of people do not discuss the sports atmosphere of Indianapolis’ downtown when it is brought up. Far less favorable things come to their minds, but in terms of sports, the 500 is by far the most popular subject outside of the Manning era. A sport independent of the downtown convention circus that you so questionably hold dear.
Well Murray, that “whoring” as you call it supports more than 83,000 jobs in Indianapolis. What happens to all those people? Sports and conventions have transformed what was a dying city (remember when the pigeons owned Monument Circle?) into a destination city that attracted Salesforce, Infosys, and many other tech companies, making your city a growing hub with higher paying jobs. Success begets success Murray, and it doesn’t just benefit downtown.
I can believe the economic impact numbers, the media exposure numbers not sure how you measure that. With Lucas Oil Stadiums proximity to hotels ,restaurants and medical facilities, I can’t see anyone else offering a total package as good as Indy.