Posted on 12/21/2004 12:38:44 PM PST by timestax
Mayor of Indianapolis compares woeful Cincinnati Bengals, and Paul Brown Stadium to succesful Indanapolis Colts and their stadium!
The truth hurts.
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All 7 of the Bengal fans are very upset!
YEP YEP, you can say THAT again!! Cincinnat Bengals has become a "farm team", just like the Cincinnat Reds! eh
LOL--this is obviously a parody article. Imagine trying to make anyone think that Cincinnati has an NFL team! Laughable!
Do the Bengals still have a team?
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A: Because then Cincinnati will want one too.
Doormat teams can surprise every now and then. Look at Miami last night.
Well, if these people didn't attach their self-esteem to strangers who play a game for a living, they wouldn't have to worry about getting their feelings hurt over things like this.
Columbus already has a pro football team. We call them the Buckeyes.
(dejectedly) Ain't that the truth. When a team thinks it's gonna be a breeze, it often is (for their opponents).
Good point. A few key mistakes by Brady, and... Well, I was watching and I wa hoping for a competitive game, and I guess I got one LOL
I think it's great that Indianapolis is building a domed stadium. They can rent it out to the Ice Capades after the first round of the playoffs.
that was a good game.
Indianapolis has been to the Super Bowl how many times?
badda bing!
Go Blue!
>>The $800 million facility Indianapolis is proposing won't burden taxpayers. Funding for the stadium will be generated from slot-like gambling machines, hospitality tax and the team itself.<<
No, establishing government-run gambling as a revenue source, and then giving that revenue to a private person, instead of the general fund isn't harming the taxpayer. Driving away tourism and business with a hospitality tax isn't harming the taxpayer. (This would make sense only if all visitors were coming to watch the Colts.)
Damned idiots.
If you were talking about the Bengals from two years ago, I'd agree with you. As disappointing as the Bengals are this year, they're far from being the worst team in the league.
I think Carson Palmer is going to be a good quarterback. The Bengals have some good recievers, and a good runningback. They are not too many players away from being a playoff team.
And I'm not biased toward the Bengals - my favorite team is the Jags.
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