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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.
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Home playoff games could help Pacers turn a profit
May 15, 2013
Comments(6)As the Indiana Pacers draw within one win of their first Eastern Conference final since 2004, the team also draws closer to profitability. So far, the Pacers have hosted five home playoff games. That equates to a significant revenue bump over a non-playoff team.
Pacers fans thump Knicks boosters in TV ratings
May 8, 2013
Comments(6)Pacers postseason TV ratings are up across the board over last year. The draw of the Pacers-Knicks playoff series was strong
enough Sunday to steer a strong NASCAR fan base away from the race over to NBA Playoffs.
MoreThere's good reason for Pacers fans to love Knicks
May 6, 2013
Comments(5)Every hero needs a villain. And the Knicks have always been the perfect villain to galvanize the Pacers' fan base. The
big-city Knicks are the bad guys again this year at a crucial time for the Pacers in Indianapolis.
MoreSports broadcast veteran takes helm at 1070 The Fan
May 3, 2013
Comments(7)Greg Rakestraw beat out numerous outsiders for his new job. Now there won't be anything that goes over the air at Emmis-owned
WFNI-AM 1070 he won't be involved in, said company executives.
MoreSuper Bowl guru wants BioCrossroads-type effort for Indy sports
May 1, 2013
Comments(7)Indiana Sports Corp. CEO Allison Melangton is challenging local sports industry leaders to "think boldly" and help
Indianapolis become an international sports mecca.
MoreBig Easy writer says Indy should drop '18 Super Bowl bid
April 30, 2013
Comments(17)Within three weeks, Indianapolis should know whom it faces in its bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl. The bidding for the next
three Super Bowls is bound to be competitive. And a little ugly.
MoreTime for IndyCar Series to prove it can market drivers
April 25, 2013
Comments(32)Conor Daly and Takuma Sato provide the struggling IndyCar Series with prime opportunities to improve its brand awareness and
TV ratings. But driver promotion has never been the series' strong suit. It's time to turn that around.
MoreManti Te'o could find perfect home with Colts
April 24, 2013
Comments(7)All the noise about his fake girlfriend and slow 40-yard dash time have made football fans forget how good Manti Te'o
was over an extended period in South Bend.
MoreIndyCar getting one thing it needs even more than American stars
April 22, 2013
Comments(27)He’s not as American as apple pie, but Takuma Sato adds something to the IndyCar Series it has been sorely lacking in
recent years.
MoreLack of prime-time home games stuns Colts sponsor
April 19, 2013
Comments(12)Lucas Oil CEO Forrest Lucas can't understand how the Andrew Luck-led Indianapolis Colts got only one prime-time home game
on the team's 2013 schedule. All the early games, he said, kills West Coast exposure.
MoreAudi's entrance into IndyCar could cut both ways
April 17, 2013
Comments(31)While the addition of a new engine maker could significantly muscle-up the IndyCar Series’ global marketing, it also
has some series insiders worried the move could trigger an engine arms race and price some suppliers, teams and drivers right
out of the paddock.
MoreIndians' Schumacher, former IU football coach join elite group
April 11, 2013
Comments(0)Indians Chairman Max Schumacher is the first baseball representative and Bill Mallory becomes the second IU football coach
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MoreThe sooner Oladipo bolts Bloomington, the better for IU
April 10, 2013
Comments(10)Victor Oladipo, more than any player over the last decade and certainly during Crean’s tenure in Bloomington, is the
guy who could return IU to national prominence—more than he already has—and make Crean a rock star with recruits—more
than he already is.
MoreHead-turning Hot Wheels cars hit streets to promote Indy 500
April 8, 2013
Comments(44)For the first time, Indianapolis residents could see street-legal, full-size Hot Wheels cars zipping around their neighborhood.
And if consumers like the cars, they can fulfill a childhood fantasy and buy their own.
MoreAlford's journey back to IU may wind through Westwood
April 3, 2013
Comments(18)I couldn't help but wonder if part of the reason Alford left his comfortable job at New Mexico for the troubled waters
of UCLA didn't have more to do with his desire to get back to his roots in Bloomington than his ambition to become the
next Wizard of Westwood.
MoreLocal ad execs helped launch Florida Gulf Coast odyssey
March 29, 2013
Comment(1)Before anyone in Florida, much less across the United States, knew who this year's NCAA Cinderella story was, Borshoff's
Jeff Morris and Mark LeClerc crafted an ad campaign touting the small Fort Myers Beach college and its basketball program.
MoreCan Indy's big-league efforts outrun small-town image?
March 27, 2013
Comments(42)It seems no matter how much Indianapolis postures itself as a major-league city, there are those who will never consider it
anything more than a few high-rises amid a sea of cornfields tended to by a bunch of hayseeds.
MoreHinchcliffe victory good for GoDaddy, IndyCar and fans
March 26, 2013
Comments(31)Hip, young racer James Hinchcliffe is off to a good start this year. With a good finish at Indy this May, he will become more
than Danica Patrick's replacement driving the GoDaddy car. The series must promote his success to maximize the benefit.
MoreIU rips page from Butler playbook, uses hoops to raise brand
March 22, 2013
Comment(1)From IBJ's The Score: IU is launching an aggressive marketing campaign in places like Chicago, New York and Washington,
D.C. While the players and coaches aren't talking about the Final Four, IU's marketers have plans in place.
MoreButler's 'high aspirations' carry big-time risks
March 20, 2013
Comments(3)The move to the newly formed Big East athletic conference will cost Butler a lot more than its $2 million exit fee from the
Atlantic 10.
MoreCummins, MainSource throwing weight behind new running event
March 19, 2013
Comments(2)With new running races crowding the landscape, some fear the market has become saturated. This fall, a new marathon in Columbus
will do battle with two established events in Indianapolis.
MoreCentury 21 deal could boost Fisher's team to new level
March 15, 2013
Comments(35)If things go well at Indy, sports marketers think Century 21 could become a much bigger sponsor for Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing.
Clearly, the company has the resources to pour a seven-figure sum into the team.
MoreColts season-ticket renewals soar to near record high
March 13, 2013
Comments(0)After a surprising season behind a team built by new General Manager Ryan Grigson and led by rookie quarterback Andrew Luck,
the Indianapolis Colts have seen their season-ticket renewal rate jump 8 percentage points, to near 95 percent, this off-season.
MoreIU's Crean classless, misguided in postgame confrontation
March 11, 2013
Comments(53)IU basketball coach Tom Crean has become beloved by Hoosiers supporters for winning with class. After Sunday's victory
he departed that path, let his emotion get the best of him and did a disservice to his current players.
MoreIndy's new soccer team blowing sales expectations 'out of the water'
March 7, 2013
Comments(5)Still 13 months from kickoff, sales are so brisk that team officials think they may sell out of season tickets for their inaugural
season.
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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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