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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.
MoreColts-themed restaurant could reopen with Irsay's aid
May 3, 2013
Scott OlsonIndianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay has pledged to throw the owner of the Blue Crew Sports Grill a lifeline by paying his rent
until the football season starts in September.
MoreSpeedway state funding plan approved by lawmakers
April 27, 2013
Associated PressThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway could get $100 million in state assistance for planned improvements under a plan approved
by Indiana legislators.
MoreNew pro soccer team to be called Indy Eleven
April 25, 2013
Anthony SchoettleIndianapolis’ pro soccer team doesn’t make its on-field debut until April 2014, but organizers on Thursday unveiled the club’s
name: Indy Eleven.
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.
MoreInvestment group may bring pro hockey back to Indianapolis
April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleProfessional hockey will be skating back to the city in less than two years if Indiana State Fairgrounds officials get their
wish.
MoreNot-for-profit credited with bringing dream of local pro soccer team to life
April 20, 2013
Anthony SchoettleThe Brickyard Battalion started informally as a support group for an imaginary soccer team. But it was the impetus for starting
a real-life North American Soccer League franchise in Indianapolis, scheduled to launch next year.
MoreColts confident they can sell new luxury suites
April 16, 2013
Anthony SchoettleColts officials say local demand remains high for suites, even as other NFL teams struggle, and that season-ticket renewals
are at 95 percent. The city will foot the $2 million bill for two new suites at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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.
MoreIndianapolis Colts, city reach deal on new luxury suites
April 8, 2013
Mason King, Anthony SchoettleUp to $2 million of the costs for the suites project and other improvements will be paid by the Capital Improvement Board,
the city agency which owns and operates Lucas Oil Stadium.
MoreIce to take over operations at Pan Am skating facility
April 5, 2013
Mason KingThe Indiana Ice have come to an agreement with owner Kite Realty Group to use the Pan Am Plaza skating facility as a training
center and venue for games after renovations this summer. It also will be open to the public for other ice-related activities.
MoreQ&A: 'Mad Dog' enjoying greener pastures with Indianapolis Colts
March 28, 2013
Chris O'MalleyJimmy Matis wasn't sure what he would do when he lost his job after 24 years at Q95, but in this life, he says, "you just
have to understand that you constantly have to learn."
MoreCollectors snap up Bush Stadium's salvaged seats
February 22, 2013
Cory SchoutenIndianapolis sports fans and collectors lined up Thursday to buy seats salvaged from Bush Stadium, snapping up more than 300
in the first day of the three-day sale — six times as many as organizer People for Urban Progress had expected for the
entire offering.
MoreBig Easy Super Bowl attraction crowds fall short of Indy's
February 4, 2013
Anthony SchoettleAttendance this year for the Super Bowl-related NFL Experience and downtown village in New Orleans fell far short of what
was achieved in Indianapolis last year.
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.
MoreNew Indy soccer team tops 1,500 season tickets
January 31, 2013
Organizers of the team say they've received deposits for 1,500 season tickets just two weeks after local developer Ersal Ozdemir
unveiled his plans to launch the minor league squad.
MoreColts GM Grigson named NFL executive of year
January 28, 2013
Associated PressIndianapolis Colts General Manager Ryan Grigson has been named Sporting News' NFL Executive of the Year, the
publication announced Monday.
MoreSoccer stadium could be development springboard
January 19, 2013
Anthony SchoettleLanding a North American Soccer League franchise might be the easiest part of Indianapolis developer Ersal Ozdemir’s
grand plan, which includes building a downtown soccer stadium and surrounding it with retail and residential space.
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 lose assistant coach Arians to Arizona Cardinals
January 17, 2013
Associated PressThe Arizona Cardinals have filled the NFL’s final head coaching vacancy by hiring Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator
Bruce Arians. The 60-year-old longtime assistant went 9-3 as Colts interim head coach while Chuck Pagano was undergoing treatment
for leukemia last season.
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.
MoreWell-known Indianapolis developer launching pro soccer team
January 15, 2013
Anthony SchoettleKeystone Group President Ersal Ozdemir plans to launch a soccer franchise in 2014 and build a soccer-specific stadium by 2017.
MoreIndians continue trend of higher profit
January 12, 2013
The city's professional baseball team has thrived financially since 2009, bucking the woes of the economy.
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.
MoreSurprise on-field success driving Colts' club-seat sales
December 15, 2012
Anthony SchoettleWhat had looked like a bleak scenario for renewals took a positive turn thanks to wins racked up by the team and rookie quarterback
Andrew Luck.
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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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