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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by oledawg66 View Post
    Exactly. That's why they think the team in Baton Rouge is their team and why they try to copy Madis Gras and complain when people get drunk at the parades.
    So is it Dallas-East or Baton Rouge-North??

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    When I lived in S/BC I was continually frustrated at how people pined for sports and then whined that they what they got was sub-standard. The city got the World Football League, a bowl game, Continental Basketball League, Canadian Football League, and minor league hockey. And all the so-called "sports fans" did was b1tch that it wasn't NFL football, it wasn't Arkansas vs LSU (or SEC vs SWC/B12), it wasn't NBA, who cares about CFL, and finally, it wasn't NHL. The fools could never understand the big-time sports investors will NOT put their money and brand at risk simply because on a bunch of people say "you build it and we'll come." The city/region has had SO many opportunities to demonstrate it can support a team and time after time the citizens refuse to put their money where their mouth is.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by dawg1984 View Post
    When I lived in S/BC I was continually frustrated at how people pined for sports and then whined that they what they got was sub-standard. The city got the World Football League, a bowl game, Continental Basketball League, Canadian Football League, and minor league hockey. And all the so-called "sports fans" did was b1tch that it wasn't NFL football, it wasn't Arkansas vs LSU (or SEC vs SWC/B12), it wasn't NBA, who cares about CFL, and finally, it wasn't NHL. The fools could never understand the big-time sports investors will NOT put their money and brand at risk simply because on a bunch of people say "you build it and we'll come." The city/region has had SO many opportunities to demonstrate it can support a team and time after time the citizens refuse to put their money where their mouth is.
    Give us a Louisiana Tech University @ Shreveport campus (today's LSUS), and a few years of scheduling games in Indy and CenturyLink Center...let us work on the Indy Bowl for the CUSA championship game. I think S/B needs an anchor...and we could deliver it.

    I think a strong, full time presence by Louisiana Tech could help with this lack of "ownership" in the regional culture.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    A city that has sold its soul to the gambling industry cannot have a postive identity. Gambling does not foster a heathly, legitimate economy and it sucks the life out of other ventures around it...

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by DustyDog View Post
    A city that has sold its soul to the gambling industry cannot have a postive identity. Gambling does not foster a heathly, legitimate economy and it sucks the life out of other ventures around it...
    Only folks who don't understand economics 101 (most democrats) would disagree.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckK3 View Post
    Give us a Louisiana Tech University @ Shreveport campus (today's LSUS), and a few years of scheduling games in Indy and CenturyLink Center...let us work on the Indy Bowl for the CUSA championship game. I think S/B needs an anchor...and we could deliver it.

    I think a strong, full time presence by Louisiana Tech could help with this lack of "ownership" in the regional culture.
    That's not only what could happen, it's what must happen if we and this area are to ever become anything similar to our highest aspirations. But first someone with a leadership has to have the vision and the belief that it can be achieved. Until that happens we will continue to grind it out year after year with a lot of ups and downs. Which will still provide lots of entertainment, but also lots of frustration as well.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by maddawg View Post
    Only folks who don't understand economics 101 (most democrats) would disagree.
    I disagree to an extent and I've never been a democrat. The reason it works for Shreveport is that we are so close to Texas. Drive to any casino in SB and count the number of TX license plates in the parking garages compared to the number from LA. There are also residual jobs that are created. Granted a lot of the profit is not reinvested here and that's a loss but I still think the area nets on the positive side.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Hey, you could be in San Antonio. This city has proven to the best of its ability that it would support an NFL franchise, and the people are starving for it here. All I ever hear are nonsense arguments against it. Even Jerry Jones said a few years ago that he thought San Antonio could support its own team. With all sorts of wonderful things going for San Antonio right now, it's still not happening any time soon. Sometimes, things just don't work out... The biggest shame in Shreveport to me, was the loss of the Mudbugs though. How do you win a championship, and then dissolve? Now the only hockey in Louisiana is in Lafayette, and it's crappy SPHL hockey at that...

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ktulu7 View Post
    Now the only hockey in Louisiana is in Lafayette, and it's crappy SPHL hockey at that...
    I wish we had crappy hockey here in Shreveport.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ktulu7 View Post
    Now the only hockey in Louisiana is in Lafayette, and it's crappy SPHL hockey at that...
    I wish we had crappy hockey here in Shreveport.

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by sportdawg View Post
    I wish we had crappy hockey here in Shreveport.
    Speaking of that, I may go to a San Antonio Rampage game this weekend. It's the 10th anniversary, so all tix are $10. I dunno, it might be sold out... Oh well!

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    Re: Captains moving to Laredo...

    Quote Originally Posted by Ktulu7 View Post
    Speaking of that, I may go to a San Antonio Rampage game this weekend. It's the 10th anniversary, so all tix are $10. I dunno, it might be sold out... Oh well!
    Think I'm going to an Allen Americans hockey game Monday night.

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