Comments for C’est what? La. to pay $7M to Hornets at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 9 out of 9 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 05:06:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15797 $7M for Hornets! Get the bug spray. - Been Netinyahoo Fri, 18 Mar 2011 07:43:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15791 time for the hornets to fly away! If you can't bring crowds to at least cover costs, its time to go. We're cutting the budget to the bone and no one wants to watch Hornets, NO, you gotta go. Bye bye. - BoFred Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:30:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15737 stu, the size of the "business" and the sum of money are irrelevant. State government should not be involved in promoting sports teams and should certainly not cut a check at a time like this. Bread and circuses indeed. Where is the TEA party? - Resident Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:50:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15722 Why don't we see any reporting on the positive economic effect the Hornets have on the city of New Orleans and state of Louisiana? The jobs the Hornets create? The tax revenue the Hornets create? The free advertising? Not to mention the fact that having the Hornets in New Orleans allows the state to host the NBA All-Star game, which is huge both from a publicity standpoint and in terms of economic impact. The NBA is big business and seven million dollars is a paltry sum, made even less significant by the fact that our return on that $7M is even greater. - stu Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:20:54 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15701 Bread and circuses indeed, or perhaps beads and circuses. That Piyush, a man of principle. Yes, indeed. - C. Coussan Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:50:41 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15669 Perhaps we could do as is done in Green Bay, Wisconsin and make those Hornets and the Saints owned by the city, or the state. Louisiana should just buy the teams and build a profit base for our investments rather than constantly shuffling funds off under the recurring threats of relocation. Of course, the irony of the government again owning and being the purveyor of the "Bread and Circuses" would not be lost on most of us. - Jason D. Faulk Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:41:14 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15667 what's the world coming to? - jay21 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:58:37 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15661 Yeah, but it's for the team, man. - K-dawg Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:35:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/news/indreporter/7946-cest-what-la-to-pay-7m-to-hornets#comment-15653 THIS is crazy... we are cutting schools but giving $7 Million to this team?!?!?!? - Reality Please... Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:26:15 +0100