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Pacers vs. Knicks almost sold out as ticket demand soars
May 8, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe team plans to provide gold t-shirts for all in attendance for Saturday's game, which tips off at 8 p.m. Ticket packages
for next season are selling as local enthusiasm builds.
MorePacers post solid attendance gains in regular season
April 23, 2013
Anthony SchoettleDespite the negative noise this year about Pacers home attendance, the team had its second consecutive season increase. Revenue
from tickets and sponsorships also rose.
MorePacers safe in Boston after bomb attack at marathon
April 15, 2013
IBJ StaffThe team was in Boston Monday, preparing for its upcoming game against the Celtics. At least two people were killed and dozens
wounded in a bomb attack near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
MoreBENNER: From the NBA to the Big Ten, putting butts in seats is king
March 9, 2013
Bill BennerEven watching the game from home on ESPN, a casual observer might have thought Bankers Lie Fieldhouse was a neutral court.
MorePacers general manager wrote the book on teamwork
March 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettleIndiana Pacers General Manager Kevin Pritchard believes character is forged in losing as much as in winning. He's shared that
philosophy in a recent book he co-wrote called "Help the Helper: Building a Culture of Extreme Teamwork."
MoreBENNER: Bird’s faith in Lance Stephenson now looks well-placed
March 2, 2013
Bill BennerI guarantee he’s closely watching the team he assembled and has a trained eye on the 22-year-old.
MoreArrival of NBA jersey ads likely to net Pacers millions
February 2, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe NBA is on the verge of allowing advertising on player jerseys, a potential source of revenue long resisted by major U.S.
sports leagues. The question now is how much money the move will generate for small-market teams like the Indiana Pacers.
MorePacers voice recognized in sportscasters Hall of Fame
January 19, 2013
Twice named Indiana’s Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, Boyle also
has been recognized as the top talk show host in Indianapolis by Indianapolis Monthly magazine.
MoreColts trying to tackle proposed ticket-tax hike
January 16, 2013
Cory SchoutenThe Indianapolis Colts are playing defense as city leaders move to hike a ticket tax on downtown events by 67 percent. The
team says raising the tax on tickets from 6 percent to 10 percent will harm its bottom line and that of local businesses that
rely on Colts fans.
MorePacers sign head coach Vogel to contract extension
January 8, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressFrank Vogel is in his third season as head coach of the Indiana Pacers. Entering Tuesday's home game with Miami, he has
an 82-56 overall record.
MoreBallard may wrest management of fieldhouse from Pacers
December 22, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinIndianapolis recently agreed to pay $10 million to help Pacers Sports & Entertainment run Bankers Life Fieldhouse for
another year, but Mayor Greg Ballard wants to find out in the meantime whether the city can get a better deal on the venue’s
management.
MoreCIB to consider 1-year extension with Pacers, source says
December 10, 2012
Kathleen McLaughlinThe Capital Improvement Board of Marion County is expected to seek a one-year extension of its current lease deal with Pacers
Sports & Entertainment, according to a former board member and current Indianapolis city-county councilor.
MoreNew NBA revenue split gives Pacers cash infusion
November 24, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement will dramatically boost the amount of money the Indiana Pacers get from
the league, but it won’t be enough to put the team in the black.
MorePacers TV ratings on the rise
November 10, 2012
IBJ StaffThe team's first game was the most-watched opening night game since 2007.
MoreResurgent Pacers see lift in ticket sales
October 6, 2012
Anthony SchoetleThe Indiana Pacers continued scoring long after last season ended in the second round of the NBA playoffs. The Pacers sales
staff hit high-water marks during the off-season that the franchise hasn’t seen in five years. And with almost four
weeks until the regular-season home opener Nov. 3, the Pacers are shooting for more.
MoreCase from 1970 revisited in dispute over NBA TV revenue
September 6, 2012
Associated PressThe NBA asked a Manhattan judge on Thursday to side with the league in a legal dispute that stems from a sweetheart deal enjoyed
by the former owners of a defunct American Basketball Association team — and despised by current owners of four NBA
franchises, including the Indiana Pacers.
MoreFieldhouse getting $16 million scoreboard, sound system
August 16, 2012
Scott Olson
The Indiana Pacers will open the season at Bankers Life Fieldhouse with a new $16 million audio and video system,
the team announced Thursday afternoon.
Pacers plan upgrades to Bankers Life Fieldhouse
August 16, 2012
IBJ StaffImprovements to the home arena of the Indiana Pacers will include a new scoreboard and a renovation of the arena's television
studios, said a source with knowledge of the planned changes.
MoreLatest CIB budget contains no new payments to Pacers
August 13, 2012
J.K. WallPayments on a three-year, $30 million subsidy ended this year, but discussions continue between CIB officials and Pacers officials
on future leases involving Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
MoreBENNER: Why Michael Phelps laps other great Olympic athletes
August 11, 2012
Bill BennerThoughts on this, that and the other while watching the world's athletes.
MoreBENNER: The basketball legend leaves us, as always, wanting more
June 30, 2012
Bill BennerJust as he did when his aching back cut his playing career short, just as he did when he left coaching, Larry Bird is abruptly
walking away.
MorePacers make it official: Bird out, Walsh back in
June 27, 2012
IBJ Staff and Associated PressThe Indiana Pacers made it official Wednesday morning: They are parting ways with basketball operations president Larry Bird
and bringing back Donnie Walsh.
MoreBird reportedly leaving as Pacers executive
June 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleDespite a recent endorsement from his bosses, Larry Bird is set to step down as Indiana Pacers president of basketball operations,
a newspaper is reporting.
MorePlayoff run pushes Pacers closer to profitability
May 26, 2012
Anthony SchoettleThe Indiana Pacers’ playoff run and a decreased player payroll—along with $10 million from the city’s Capital
Improvement Board—have brought the team closer to breaking even this year, but not out of the red, sports business experts
say.
MoreBENNER: Will playoff-fueled Pacer passion last until November?
May 26, 2012
Bill BennerCurious, isn’t it, that Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger plays the “we don’t get any national respect”
card when he, in particular, and his team, in general, spent virtually all of this past National Basketball Association season
not getting much in the way of local respect?
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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