Pred's Owner Craig Leipold Talks

[vopatsrash]

Find me a company that's bought out a naming rights deal within 6 years that didn't either go bankrupt or get bought out/merged in any sport in the past 20 years and I might start to reconsider.

think of it as Gaylord is kind of like Nashville's Enron, except with not near as much of the corruption. They are a company that has lost the respect of the local community because of how they've done business in nashville by tinkering with a lot of long-standing music/entertainment-related institutions and how they've helped put a dent in the top local moneymaker, tourism.

It doesn't mean anything to you, but to a lot of people in Nashville, getting Gaylord off the name of the arena would be similar to Houston getting Enron off the name of their baseball field.

To an outsider, it's "Holy cow, Nashville lost one of their main sponsors! they're in trouble!" To a Nashvillian, it's "they finally got rid of Gaylord. Thank goodness! Now we can move on."

It's addition by subtraction, and as has been stated, this is a much bigger picture issue than just hockey.

 

[Greschner4]

think of it as Gaylord is kind of like Nashville's Enron, except with not near as much of the corruption. They are a company that has lost the respect of the local community because of how they've done business in nashville by tinkering with a lot of long-standing music/entertainment-related institutions and how they've helped put a dent in the top local moneymaker, tourism.

It doesn't mean anything to you, but to a lot of people in Nashville, getting Gaylord off the name of the arena would be similar to Houston getting Enron off the name of their baseball field.

To an outsider, it's "Holy cow, Nashville lost one of their main sponsors! they're in trouble!" To a Nashvillian, it's "they finally got rid of Gaylord. Thank goodness! Now we can move on."

It's addition by subtraction, and as has been stated, this is a much bigger picture issue than just hockey.

Enron went bankrupt.

 

[triggrman]

Enron went bankrupt.

So there is hope.

 

[triggrman]

Gaylord pulled out of the recording industry to, does that also mean the death of music in Nashville? That's what Gaylord was known for, the Ryman, Opryland, the Grand Ole Opry, WSM, TNN and record labels. Now all I believe they own is WSM.

 

[vopatsrash]

Gaylord pulled out of the recording industry to, does that also mean the death of music in Nashville? That's what Gaylord was known for, the Ryman, Opryland, the Grand Ole Opry, WSM, TNN and record labels. Now all I believe they own is WSM.

And the Opryland Hotel....errr..."Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center".

 

[nomorekids]

Gee, this must be why, when the whole room turned eagerly to Craig Leipold on Saturday, waiting for the green light to okay the deal that everyone agreed on at 45 million, he stubbornly put the kibosh on it all and the season was canceled! :lol

Fie on those small markets! Even their supporters are pulling up the anchors and sailing away! We're doomed!

 

[darth5]

So there is hope.

Excellent, Trig!
A post on the locals can truly appreciate!!LOL
"We are not worthy!!"

 

[broman]

Sure it's a magnet. Why do you think salaries have been climbing buddy? No, not every team is going to climb to as high a payroll as the Wings - but to think it doesn't draw payrolls up is rather simplistic and naive. If a team can possibly conceivably imagine stretching their payroll to $30 million a year, there's no way in hell that the fans are going to settle for a team fielded on $11 million. If that weren't so, then you would still see teams with payrolls that low. There are 30 teams - it's pretty ludicrous to claim that all 30 owners/partnerships are that incredibly irresponsible with their money.

My point is that people here are argumenting that a cap would attract lesser teams to spend over their means and lead to a much more uniform spending pattern than under the current system. Others are saying this is not true, that while a cap would naturally condense the big spenders close to one another, small market teams would continue to spend markedly less just as they do nowadays. The difference is significant for sure when you are estimating the outcome of different cap scenarios and the overall effect they have on league finances.