Looks like Douche-baggery runs in the Fam. Miami Heat fires 30 employees after

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  1. KingSpeed

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    I see nothing wrong with it for the reasons already mentioned. It's a business.
     
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    Yay the Miami Heat sold all their tickets!

    Now the question is, how is the rest of the league doing since that BS went down? Will the NBA be happy if the rest of the arena's have 10% attendance due to the fans figuring they don't even have a chance?
     
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    Depends on how long they worked there. Also, finding work isn't a snap in this economy and if that was the kind of job they had, it's not exactly awesome resume fodder. No offense to you as I too have worked similar jobs.
     
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    If they did not work long enough to get unemployment, do the Heat really owe them anything?

    Besides, guy on the RealGM Miami board is saying those guys made 30-40k last month. I think they will be doing fine.
     
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    30 to 40k!!! They shouldn't have been fired they should have been shot! J/K, but daaamn that is some sweet dough. Again I don't know enough about the situation to make informed comment. I'm only able to spout off, you know like usual. ;)
     
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    Some anti-Union poster made up the 30-40 number. (That would be $400K per year.)

    Why don't they apply to help the Cavs sell tickets? Keep surfing the LeBron cause and effect wave.
     
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    I wish them luck; unemployment sucks, and I wouldn't want to wish that on an enemy... except LeBron and Kobe (jackasses!)
     
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    How do you know they are anti-union? I know that's very in vogue for many right now cause it's the unions and not the Central Banks/Wall Street that caused this mess :rolleyes:
     
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    Idog, I don't believe the RealGM poster. Multiply over 30 sales people times over $30K per month divided by 10-15K season ticket holders and it increases the price over $100, maybe $300.

    As for your contention that unions are more poweful than the national banks that run our credit cards, you must be one of the few who work in a unionized environment, e.g. the government.
     
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    A Cleveland paper referred to the trio as the "Three My-Egos." I like that one.
     
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    You must have never worked sales. What percentage do you think they were getting a commission on? $100-300 is a very small price to pay, even if they only sold upper bowl seats.
     
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    Let's see... 30 people, $30k. That's $900k. 10k season tickets. That's $90 a season ticket in commission.

    $90 over 41 regular season games is a bit over $2 a ticket. Not sure if season ticket holders had to buy preseason games, too...

    That doesn't sound impossible to me.

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