Comments on: Indianapolis politician thinks Colts fans deserve a refund http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Sat, 25 May 2013 13:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Scrip Club Lover http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406234 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:24:38 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406234 I don’t agree with this refund BS, but PLEASE, no one put a gun to your head to buy tickets to see a team that you KNEW played crap football.
STFU.
That’s right. Given your logic, how many teams would have had half-full stadiums this year, 10-12?
I can only assume that ‘your team’ is always the one that’s in first place. True fans buy tickets to support their team, regardless of how lousy they’re playing.
Further, I would suggest that if you’re reading this site, you understand how passionate football fans are. To abandon your team is shameful.
Shame on you.

]]> By: texasPHINSfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406233 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:58:06 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406233 The starters played into the 3rd quarter. This entire argument for “refund” and “getting your money’s worth” is a truckload full of bull to make the message sound better.
The reality is the starters only missed just over a quarter of play. You can challenge the coach’s decision all you want, but crying foul for money’s worth? Give me a break.
Don’t buy season tickets next year if you’re so damn adamant. Put your money where your mouth is.

]]> By: Serr8d http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406232 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406232

golongboyee says: December 29, 2009 2:13 PM
Serr8d – you don’t really believe this garbage, do you?…..it is great for a laugh though. THX!

You don’t believe me, huh?
(Shrugs) Read for yourself.

]]> By: Route36West http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406231 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:34:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406231 I said that right after the game if I payed for a ticket I would be furious looking for a refund.
Its a lil far fetched to think they will actually give their money back.
I think what makes more sense is if the Colts and other teams set-up away for fans who bought season tickets or single game tickets early in the season to sell the tickets back to the team BEFORE the game starts in the final 2 weeks of the season.
You never know when you buy tickets before the season if your teams is gonna basically forfeit the final couple games b/c their already in the playoffs.
Now this should only be available to teams that have already clinched a playoff spot. You shouldnt be able to sell your tickets back b/c your team sucks. Also it this should only be available for fans who bought their tickets before a certain date.
Because no one should be complaining about this if they bought their tickets when the Colts were 10-0. What did they think was going to happen?

]]> By: Blue Horse Shoe http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406230 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:25:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406230 “I think we have better things to do with our time than second-guess the decisions made by the Colts coaches.”
When is the last time you paid for a Colts ticket?
And if you think that was a coaches decision, then you are stupid, or getting paid off by Polian.

]]> By: Indyeagle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406229 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:25:14 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406229 I think all of us citizens deserve a refund for all of these politicians sticking their noses in our sports. We turn to sports to get away from politics, not the other way around. Retired or not, stay the hell away from football. You idiots have already wasted enough time, energy and tax dollars on steroids in baseball and now have the audacity to challenge a private organization on their business practices? What a joke.
Go print more monopoly money to feed and cloth the rest of the world while ignoring the poor and downtrodden in our own country you tool!

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406228 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:07:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406228 I want to pass a law that no advertising ever be allowed on Peyton Manning’s forehead! As much as it IS a great idea and tons of money could be made, I think it would cheapen the game.
I think it is ridiculous that he wants to sell space on that thing by the square inch. He is such a sell-out

]]> By: PurplePride45 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406227 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:44:06 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406227 Manning is fragile. I would’ve yanked him too. He’s definitely no Bret “Iron Man” Favre.

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406226 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:22:42 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406226 basedrum777, moron………when is the last time Manning has been hurt in a game??????
The Colts rested more than just Manning. If they had replaced Painter with Manning and kept everything else the same, the result would have been the same. The Colts should be ashamed for putting Painter out there with a patch-work team. The defense stunk as well as the offense!
Manning has proven that he is most effective when playing consistently.

]]> By: haroo http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406225 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:48:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406225 Refund or apology will not fix it. I’m a colts fan, but I want Colts to lose so bad because of you Polian!
Even if Colts win the SuperBowl – it will not matter. It’s over!
Polian will be remembered as the biggest bonehead that ruined the best teams in NFL.

]]> By: PurplePride45 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406224 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:41:57 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406224 Colts fans should get their money back for the entire season. This team is nothing compared to the Tony Dungy-coached teams of the past. Too bad.

]]> By: basedrum777 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406223 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:22:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406223 What the hell is going on? If Manning got hurt in the game would the fans be yelling he shouldn’t have even started? I think so…STFU.

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406222 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:14:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406222 I agree stop. Colts fans aren’t asking for refunds because they probably do not know what the term “refund” means. LOL

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406221 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:35:03 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406221 Polian will be exposed for the sham he really is the day Manning retires and the Colts go 2-14 the next year.

]]> By: stopjockin'myswag http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406220 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:13:24 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406220 Guess what fellas—-the Colt’s FANS aren’t asking for a refund. Only the whack-job so-called-politican. Why??? Oh, I don’t know, maybe just to get his name in print, maybe he lost a bet? At anyrate, get off the fans—they didn’t start this mess. They just wanted to see the best players play the best game the could and maybe, just maybe see a no-loss season.

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406219 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:13:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406219 Serr8d – you don’t really believe this garbage, do you?…..it is great for a laugh though. THX!

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406218 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:11:31 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406218 Philtration……..yeah, so shut the hell up loser!

]]> By: johnchrist http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406217 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:05:39 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406217 Just ridiculous! What do you Indianapolis fans prefer, a chance at a perfect regular season or a chance at a Superbowl victory?
Coach Caldwell’s job is to take his team to the Superbowl and if he beleives the best avenue for that is to rest up his players then that is his perogitive as head coach. There was no guarantee on your tickets that the starting players would play all 4 quarters, and even if they had there is still no guarantee that they would have won.

]]> By: Serr8d http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406216 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:24:46 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406216 straverse- Al Gore is a political scam artist. His ‘business’ successes were enabled by leveraging far-left political ideology to create a new ‘business’ model, ‘carbon credits’, from the junk science of global warmalism. He’s used fear mongering and scare tactics to create new wealth for himself. He is truly a misanthrope who really wants to see Earth’s population cut by 2/3rds, but was afraid of the backlash that would result from those statements. So, Al Gore embraced his Nobel-winning new methodology for achieving the same results, without paying a price for having said so.
You do know that the so-called ‘e-mail scandal’ is actually the uncovering of the greatest scam in science this century, right?

]]> By: stetai http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406215 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:23:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406215 Between the Mayor of Green Bay passing laws to change street signs and disparage Brett Favre, and this Indiana guy, I vote for a Federal law to be passed to stop local politicians to stop grandstanding on behalf of the NFL. Shouldn’t you all be keeping our streets safe, balancing budgets, and building bridges and stuff. We didn’t elect you for your viewpoints on sports.

]]> By: whatabunchofcrap http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406214 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:12:51 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406214 Furious George…I’d like the links to those articles. I can’t find any such admission.
WHAT A BUNCH OF CRAP!

]]> By: Furious George http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406213 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:06:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406213 @satchboogie
actually Manning is BELOW average in the playoffs. 7-8 is BELOW .500. and the Lolts certainly DID CHEAT to get into the SB. they have been caught pumping in fake crowd noise for years, disrupting opposing teams offenses. they also admitted to cranking up the heat in the stadium and locker room in the playoffs when they found out the Pats all were dehydrated and had the flu. even more, Polian has had to change the rules to get into the playoffs…. now you tell me who the cheats are…..

]]> By: Philtration http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406212 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:05:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406212 Maybe they should ask the Colts season ticket holders in Baltimore how they feel about it.
Some people need to know when to shut the hell up.

]]> By: whatabunchofcrap http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406211 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:53:35 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406211 golongboyee…how can you say the Colts shouldn’t have been 14-0? The last time I checked, there were 60 minutes in a game. And, the last time I checked, the Colts had more points on the board than their opponents in those 14 games. I think that means, if I understand football rules, that they won those games.
Some teams make their mistakes at the front of the game and some make them at the end. It all comes into play at the end. There’s no rules that state you must make your stupid mistakes in the first half! The team with the most points at the end wins.
Squeakers don’t mean they shouldn’t have won. It just means it was competitive at that time.
Every team across the league has had close wins.

]]> By: straverse http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406210 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:52:18 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406210 Serr8d- Nice narrow-minded viewpoint. Al Gore has been as good of a businessman as anyone. Same goes for Clinton. I have no affiliation with either party, but your statement is ridiculous.

]]> By: jpt http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406208 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:40:43 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406208 Indy fans wanting refunds are idiots. I agree with what berg posted.

]]> By: Serr8d http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406209 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:40:43 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406209 Beurt SerVaas is a Republican. All successful businessmen are Republicans. Because Democrats care more about pandering to loser-looters and buying the looter vote with Other People’s Money, seldom do they have need to learn the skillsets necessary to make their own money. Why should they, when they can win with the votes of the needy masses who always want something for nothing?

]]> By: Fanamine http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406207 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:40:41 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406207 I find it irrevelant that someone thinks the Pats are irrelevant. First, I need to know what irrevelant means. I am sure it must be bad. If there is one deniable fact? Doesn’t that mean the Pats’ cheating can be denied as opposed to not denied? Now, they are off the hook.
Has anyone considered the Colts wanted the Jets to win on purpose? I know it is a reach of a theory, but the Jets are less of a threat in the post-season to the Colts than the Steelers or Ravens. Perhaps, it is a bit far-fetched, but most stories here are exactly that.

]]> By: golongboyee http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406206 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:38:37 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406206 The Colts shouldn’t have been 14-0 to begin with. They are good but they are not THAT good. They benefitted from beating the odds and a lot of luck. They should be about 11-4 right now at best anyway. The hard truth is, odds ALWAYS catch up…..and guess where these odds WILL catch up with them……the playoffs. You can only beat the odds for so long!

]]> By: redsquare http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/12/29/indianapolis-politician-thinks-colts-fans-deserve-a-refund/#comment-406205 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:07:56 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbcprofootballtalk/?p=69890#comment-406205 What fan wants their team to intentionally not win a game? It’s crazy, it defies all logic. Besides, what evidence is there that resting starters, especially when you already have home field advantage, actually helps you win the SB?
The Colts have already lost something precious, something much more rare than a Super Bowl win.
Now, even if they win the Super Bowl, fans everywhere will be thinking, “what if?” After a SB win, looking back to one and a quarter easy games away from perfection will haunt the team forever.
In supposedly helping themselves toward their goal of a SB, the team has already made it a hollow victory, even if it comes. And after this week, who will have more hunger for it–the Colts, Chargers, or Patriots?
The Colts leadership has given the team one message this last week: we don’t trust you to win it all. You’re not good enough, not strong enough, you’re weak and need protecting.
The Chargers and Patriots are getting much different messages, I bet.

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