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Welcome to The Score, your place for hard-hitting sports business news, fast-breaking updates and fuel-injected debate. Buckle up. I'm your host, Anthony Schoettle, IBJ sports reporter.
Indiana Pacers Blog Posts
Pacers pick shows who's in charge
June 25, 2009
Comments(35)If the Indiana Pacers tonight draft North Carolina center Tyler Hansbrough with the No. 13 selection, you’ll
know the people on the business side won out over the people who run basketball operations.
Ideally,...
MoreBird gives glimpse at draft plan
June 22, 2009
Comments(2)Larry Bird, Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations, said the team has its eye on four players
that can help the franchise right away if they’re available in the June 25 NBA draft.
“Three...
MoreFever "on the cusp" of profitability
June 5, 2009
Comments(0)The news that the Indiana Fever is seeking a corporate sponsor to put its logos on players’ jerseys might
give fans the idea that the WNBA franchise is drowning in debt.
Not true,...
MoreMorris: Vancouver rumors baseless
May 21, 2009
Comments(6)I try not to jump into the grind of the rumor mill too often. But the most recent rumblings about the
Indiana Pacers were becoming just a little too loud to ignore. More
Danny Granger faces big pressure
May 13, 2009
Comments(2)Questions linger about Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger.
Can Granger, who was named yesterday as the NBA’s Most Improved Player for the 2008-09 season, become a
lock down defender ala Ron Artest and Kobe Bryant?
Can...
MoreTwo with Pacers ties lead Wolves?
May 7, 2009
Comments(10)Former Indiana Pacers executive David Kahn has surfaced as the leading candidate to replace Kevin McHale as
Minnesota Timberwolves general manager. Former Pacers player Fred Hoiberg is being considered for a vice president...
MoreCIB debate goes overtime
April 30, 2009
Comments(2)Where do we go from here? When it comes to the Capital Improvement Board and this city’s sports facilities,
it’s anybody’s guess.
About the only thing we know for sure, the CIB has called...
MorePacers attendance: Time to convert
April 29, 2009
Comments(3)Earlier this week, I pointed out the Indiana Pacers’ 14,182 attendance this season was 28th out of 30 National
Basketball Association teams. I also pointed out, the team’s attendance represented a big increase...
MorePacers pain not isolated incident
April 27, 2009
Comments(8)The Indiana Pacers are far from the only National Basketball Association franchise hurting financially. And
the pain isn’t just striking small market teams.
While the first round of the playoffs rages on, several NBA...
MoreTake from poor (relief), give to CIB
April 21, 2009
Comments(7)That drip-drop sound you hear is not the rain outside. It’s coming from the irony dripping off the most
recent Capital Improvement Board bailout proposal.
A bi-partisan group of Marion County lawmakers is suggesting...
MoreCIB solution is simple, a bit scary
April 14, 2009
Comments(21)It may seem absurd. No, scratch that, it does seem absurd. But there’s a simple solution to solve the Capital
Improvement Board’s $47 million budget shortfall. Legalized sports gambling.
That proposal won’t see the...
MoreBird's wins, not pay stack up
April 9, 2009
Comments(2)The Cleveland Cavaliers are two games away from equaling the 1985-86 Boston Celtics’ best-ever NBA home record.
The Cavs are 38-1 playing on the banks of Lake Erie. They only have San Antonio...
MoreSenator hits nerve in CIB debate
April 3, 2009
Comments(15)In the quintessential exchange at yesterday’s Senate committee hearing about a potential solution to the Capital
Improvement Board’s revenue shortfall, Sen. Lindel Hume, D-Princeton, asked Indiana Pacers Chief Operating Officer
Rick Fuson about...
MoreKenley set to drop CIB bombshell
April 1, 2009
Comments(16)Sen. Luke Kenley will introduce his plan to solve the $37 million Capital Improvement Board revenue shortfall
to area reporters today at 5 p.m. at the Statehouse. But mums the word. Reporters will...
MoreMedia icon departs Speedway
March 27, 2009
Comments(23)Bill York, who has worked in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway press room since 1958, is no longer with the
Brickyard. IMS spokesman Ron Green confirmed that York and the Speedway parted ways, but...
MoreNBA: Apocalypse now
March 11, 2009
Comments(20)I’m not a sky-is-falling kind of guy by nature. But I think there’s a seismic shift underway in the NBA.
The Indiana Pacers' financial distress is just the tip of the iceberg.
I’m not...
MorePacers have explaining to do
March 10, 2009
Comments(24)Slowly but surely, Indiana Pacers officials are releasing more information about their financial distress. Last
month, Pacers brass told me they had lost money in nine of 10 years at Conseco Fieldhouse, including the...
MorePacers' Web traffic > attendance
March 4, 2009
Comments(4)The Indiana Pacers attendance is holding steady, though it's still near the bottom of the NBA, ranking 28th
out of 30 teams. The team’s traffic on its Web site, however, is faring much...
MoreTicket tax hike gaining favor
February 19, 2009
Comments(17)I have bad news for Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Colts and Indianapolis Indians ticket buyers. By the time
you buy tickets for next season’s games, you’ll likely be hit with a higher ticket tax....
MorePacers' long-term future at issue
February 16, 2009
Comments(10)As long as Indiana Pacers co-owners Mel and Herb Simon are alive, I’m convinced the team will not move
out of town, and certainly won’t fold. I’m not convinced there are many other...
MoreColts, Pacers state financial case
February 13, 2009
Comments(18)Sen. Luke Kenley, R-Noblesville, a key fiscal leader in the state legislature, has been busy in the last
week meeting with members of the Indiana Pacers and Indianapolis Colts. The primary topic: The...
MorePacers reach out despite pain
February 10, 2009
Comments(0)Even in a time of great economic distress, the Indiana Pacers have kept on giving.
Through grants across Indiana to over 40 organizations, annual scholarship awards and a $500,000 commitment
to...
MoreIndy's sports strategy under fire
February 9, 2009
Comments(12)Twenty five years ago, Indianapolis rolled the dice, betting that building this town on sports—amateur and
professional—would be a good way to shed the Nap-town image that had dogged the city. The gamble paid off
for decades, but now it’s...
MoreMotorsports marketer assists NBA
January 30, 2009
Comments(0)The National Basketball Association got an assist from an Indianapolis sponsorship consultancy, who oddly, works
solely in the motorsports realm.
NBA officials recently decided to loosen its rules on hard liquor sponsorships, to allow...
MoreTime for Ballard to face storm
January 28, 2009
Comments(11)Until now, Mayor Greg Ballard hasn’t weighed in on the topic of financially assisting the Indiana Pacers.
When last asked by the IBJ in late December, Ballard offered the following response.
“[The Pacers] haven’t...
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"And the success of the Indiana GOP to not allow an expansion of Medicaid had nothing to do with Indiana hospitals' financial woes? Fixed that for you; editorial bias rebalanced. Seriously, there are so many things wrong with Obamacare that the only way one can view it as a success is to assume that it was designed to fail our way into a government single payor healthcare system. The system is complex, creates huge regulatory burdens and overhead and yet still does not have adequate means to control escalating health care costs. But then when you elect a 10th grade math drop out with no quantitative reasoning skills to be President of one of the world's most important economies in troubled times, you can't really be surprised by blatant stupidity.
No NIMBYs here to chase off a decent development. We don't need tons of parking and we'd happily play the role of host to a downtown Whole Foods.
Whatever you do, don't change a single thing about Broad Ripple. I want it to look just like it did in the late '70s, with 30% of the north side of Broad Ripple Avenue burned out and plenty of places to park. That's right Broad Ripple, NEVER CHANGE. Let the world pass you by, don't improve your empty, abandoned lots full of weeds. Someday someone will want to film a zombie movie here.
Hollywood could step in and make a movie about the history about this forlorn series. It could be a full celebrity cast of characters. WOW. http://www.advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/02/indiana-taxpayers-forced-to-pay-for.html
This shouldn't come as a shock to many. Austin is a great city, and Indy needs to take some notes. Austin invests in decent transit options, has a highly educated workforce, embraces a creative class, and --despite being the state capital-- is not micromanaged by rural and suburban legislators. Want Indy to grow? Invest in the city (i.e. spend money). Raise taxes a bit, and use the money to improve education. And keep the state legislature out of Indy the other 9 months of the year.