Comments on: Atlanta Spirit owner: Lawsuit didn’t hurt teams

By: Failure

Failure — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:27:21 +0000

Both franchises have been failures—they are losing money with poor products, but raising prices during a depression. The morons that own and run this group should be incarcerated for incompetence.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:13:16 +0000

once again, proof that a one newspaper town produces low quality journalism… perhaps skip the interview, and just let Gearon write it..

By: The Bigger Fool Theory

The Bigger Fool Theory — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:40:22 +0000

We are so screwed. It does not matter if Belkin is in or out because all these guys are waiting for is a BIGGER FOOL than they are to come along and pay even more for the Hawks,and Thrashers. This is called THE BIGGER FOOL THEORY. This economic slowdown is not helping, therefore they have cut expenses all around Philips Arena to the bone and pay just above the league minimun for player salaries.

Haven’t they been trying to refinance the Philips Arena bonds since they day they bought the teams in 2004? I’d be interested in what the hold up is with that. Could it be that the ownership mess has scared the bankers away?

IMO Atlanta is not a hockey town but the arrangement with Philips Arena means they will stay put and continue to produce a lousy product in a league that has a worthless national TV contract and almost invisible local radio and TV coverage.

I cannot be sure, but I believe the only reasons they have not chosen bankruptcy is 1) would reduce the amount the BIGGER FOOL would pay and 2) the Hawks have been saved (somewhat) by making the playoffs the last two years. No guarantee the Hawks will make it again this year – stuff happens, you know.

Next time, a little more depth to your questions to the only Atlanta Spirit owner we seem to hear from around here. OR maybe you could get some insight from some of the others in the ownership group? What’s up with the rest of the Atlanta Spirit ownership group?

By: Tuesday Reading « Blueland Blog: The Official Blog Of The Atlanta Thrashers

Tuesday Reading « Blueland Blog: The Official Blog Of The Atlanta Thrashers — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:30:01 +0000

[...] A brief piece on Michael Gearon, co-owner of the Thrashers (AJC Business) [...]

By: Pompano

Pompano — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:58:52 +0000

Wow – I’ve seen college interns write more challenging pieces. Looks like Henry is just trying to score some free tickets

By: Pre-AtlantaSpiritGroup Hawks Fan

Pre-AtlantaSpiritGroup Hawks Fan — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:50:34 +0000

Why doesn’t some journalist press this guy on how condescending he was to Atlanta sports fans and insinuated they were ignorant and “potentially insensitive” when they voiced their legitimate concerns to him, as PAYING CUSTOMERS, about not wanting to pay high ticket prices to take their children to see tattooed, piereced, profanity-using, deadbeat & illegitimate-fathering, poorly educated thugz, felons and social degenerates instead of clean-cut, law-abiding athletes who hustle on the court, are good citizens off the court and who respect both the game and their fellow human beings?

By: BJohnDawg

BJohnDawg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:02:45 +0000

Henry,

You could have asked some tough questions of the guy. Instead I have to agree with earlier comments. To soft.. to puffy an article.
Where is the beef?

By: Curious George

Curious George — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:16:14 +0000

Did you ask about how the ownership group is now TOO CHEAP to hire competent, fan-friendly staff with people “skillz” to work at Philips Arena?

Did you ask about how the ownership group is now TOO CHEAP to open the doors on time to events at Philips Arena? (It isn’t like they don’t know when we are coming.)

Did you ask about how the ownership group is now TOO CHEAP to open up an adequate number of concession stands Philips Arena?

Did you ask about how the ownership group is now TOO CHEAP to turn on the PHILIPS televisions after which PHILIPS ARENA is named during the Bulldogs, Yellow Jackets and Falcons games?

Did you ask about how the ownership group is now TOO CHEAP to keep Philips Arena clean and reasonably sanitary?

Are all these questions a typical reader familiar with Mr. Gearon might want to know going to be coming up in PART 2 of this article??????

Belkin may look like a pedophile, but could he really do much worse as a solo sports owner?

By: "Chef" Tim Dix

"Chef" Tim Dix — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:06:21 +0000

Where can I find blue eye contacts like his?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:42:04 +0000

Wow, what a PUFF piece this was. Your article fails to show you asking any meaningful follow up questions or challenging his statement that the dispute did not affect the teams. Disappointing.