Comments on: Please make me apologize… The FCC as Marketing Partner http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/ the mark cuban weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:04:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Kedar http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5174 Kedar Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5174 Pistons! Man those are piston fans. I think they love their team most. I hate those being a Laker fan but the courage they showed , gr8. I am not prasing them for thorwing bottles, or chairs, I am prasing that they did it on one sound from Ben. I rem last season they shouted all night long to stop lakers frm sleep ( which was not needed, they were already playing too bad) Whatever it is ...this should be stopped but every team should dream for such loyal fans! Pistons!

Man those are piston fans. I think they love their team most. I hate those being a Laker fan but the courage they showed , gr8. I am not prasing them for thorwing bottles, or chairs, I am prasing that they did it on one sound from Ben. I rem last season they shouted all night long to stop lakers frm sleep ( which was not needed, they were already playing too bad)
Whatever it is …this should be stopped but every team should dream for such loyal fans!

]]> By: Zach http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5175 Zach Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5175 I thought Jon Stewart nailed it when he said the problem with the intro was that it took attention from the beer commericals featureing scantily clad women fighting for a bottle. I thought Jon Stewart nailed it when he said the problem with the intro was that it took attention from the beer commericals featureing scantily clad women fighting for a bottle.

]]> By: Kyle S http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5176 Kyle S Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5176 Mark, I'm dying to hear (as I'm sure many others are) your take on the festivities at the Palace tonight. Personally, while my gut cheered on Artest on his quest to kick some drunken obnoxious butt, my brain screamed at him for being so childish and unable to control himself. As an owner, I'm sure you can appreciate the antipathy that all professional sports leagues have towards player/fan confrontations, especially in the stands. From a purely business perspective, I'm terrified if my players enter the stands because of the complete wildcard factor. Thank God for the Pacers and their owner that no one was hurt, that no one threw anything more serious than a drunken punch or a beer, and that no one snuck a switchblade or a blackjack through security. The thing I'm most curious to hear about from you (and that I expect would address in a blog entry even if I didn't pose this question) is about the conflicting interests you face. On one hand, your players are your product; losing them due to suspension decreases the quality of play, leading to a smaller gate, decreased ad revenue, etc. On the other, the players break an obligation to you - to stay healthy and focus on basketball - when they jump into the stands. Do you punish them for breaking that obligation? Do you protect them from the mercy of the NBA? What about the fans? Would love to hear your thoughts. -Kyle Mark, I’m dying to hear (as I’m sure many others are) your take on the festivities at the Palace tonight. Personally, while my gut cheered on Artest on his quest to kick some drunken obnoxious butt, my brain screamed at him for being so childish and unable to control himself. As an owner, I’m sure you can appreciate the antipathy that all professional sports leagues have towards player/fan confrontations, especially in the stands. From a purely business perspective, I’m terrified if my players enter the stands because of the complete wildcard factor. Thank God for the Pacers and their owner that no one was hurt, that no one threw anything more serious than a drunken punch or a beer, and that no one snuck a switchblade or a blackjack through security.

The thing I’m most curious to hear about from you (and that I expect would address in a blog entry even if I didn’t pose this question) is about the conflicting interests you face. On one hand, your players are your product; losing them due to suspension decreases the quality of play, leading to a smaller gate, decreased ad revenue, etc. On the other, the players break an obligation to you – to stay healthy and focus on basketball – when they jump into the stands. Do you punish them for breaking that obligation? Do you protect them from the mercy of the NBA? What about the fans? Would love to hear your thoughts.

-Kyle

]]> By: Sonny Baker http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5177 Sonny Baker Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5177 Mark, Somewhat ironic you post this considering the massive quantums of words that have multiple meanings. I know you listen to the Ticket (1310 AM) on occasion; have you heard some of their terms that are vulgar such as FUPA, peanut butter factor, grooming issues, and landing strip. Even your own wonderful play-by-play guy has issued "massive quantums" from time to time. Sonny Mark,

Somewhat ironic you post this considering the massive quantums of words that have multiple meanings. I know you listen to the Ticket (1310 AM) on occasion; have you heard some of their terms that are vulgar such as FUPA, peanut butter factor, grooming issues, and landing strip. Even your own wonderful play-by-play guy has issued “massive quantums” from time to time.

Sonny

]]> By: Jon F. Merz http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5178 Jon F. Merz Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5178 Mark, Just stumbled across this site and must say I had great fun reading it. One thing I'd like to point out (for what it's worth) is that so much of the current travesty that is the FCC and the religious right getting their panties in a twist over this stuff can eventually be traced back to what has become an excusable lack of parenting in this country. Nowadays, people leave their kids in front of a TV or a video game console and let that take over tha task of parenting. Rather than spend the time with their children - learning what makes their kids tick, what questions they have, and how they can positively impact their offspring - a lot of people merely shrug it off. So kids learn things from the media rather than from where they ought to, from their parents. This adds fuel to the fire of those who would curtail basic freedom of expression. Remember what it was like when you were a kid? Your folks would talk to you about stuff (well, most stuff, heh). Cripes I remember my dad explaining the function of breasts on a woman when I suddenly developed a fascination with my babysitter's one night and squeezed it. I was too young for the birds and bees talk, but he sat me down and told me how they function as food for babies and how important they were, etc. etc. etc. Parents, or rather supposed parents, don't take the time to do that anymore. It's easier to let the media school a kid. So of course these idiots are going to get upset. "Hey, whoa Nelly, my kid can't see a boob on TV - that means I might actually have to SPEND TIME with him and EXPLAIN things and TALK to him about it. And jeez, look at the time, I've got golf in thirty minutes. F that, I'll just call the FCC and complain and they can police the airwaves. Hell, I'm a taxpayer after all." Sad, sad, sad. As a published author, the continuing erosion of civil liberties is of great concern to me. How long before people refocus their energies on targeting books? I've got a sex and a lot of violence in what I write. And a lot of my readers are teens. So am I going to have the equivalent of the FCC breathing down my neck if what I write gets deemed inappropriate? Swell. Although the "apologevent" would be killer publicity for me, lol. Keep writing, Mark! Mark, Just stumbled across this site and must say I had great fun reading it. One thing I’d like to point out (for what it’s worth) is that so much of the current travesty that is the FCC and the religious right getting their panties in a twist over this stuff can eventually be traced back to what has become an excusable lack of parenting in this country. Nowadays, people leave their kids in front of a TV or a video game console and let that take over tha task of parenting. Rather than spend the time with their children – learning what makes their kids tick, what questions they have, and how they can positively impact their offspring – a lot of people merely shrug it off. So kids learn things from the media rather than from where they ought to, from their parents. This adds fuel to the fire of those who would curtail basic freedom of expression.

Remember what it was like when you were a kid? Your folks would talk to you about stuff (well, most stuff, heh). Cripes I remember my dad explaining the function of breasts on a woman when I suddenly developed a fascination with my babysitter’s one night and squeezed it. I was too young for the birds and bees talk, but he sat me down and told me how they function as food for babies and how important they were, etc. etc. etc. Parents, or rather supposed parents, don’t take the time to do that anymore. It’s easier to let the media school a kid. So of course these idiots are going to get upset. “Hey, whoa Nelly, my kid can’t see a boob on TV – that means I might actually have to SPEND TIME with him and EXPLAIN things and TALK to him about it. And jeez, look at the time, I’ve got golf in thirty minutes. F that, I’ll just call the FCC and complain and they can police the airwaves. Hell, I’m a taxpayer after all.”

Sad, sad, sad. As a published author, the continuing erosion of civil liberties is of great concern to me. How long before people refocus their energies on targeting books? I’ve got a sex and a lot of violence in what I write. And a lot of my readers are teens. So am I going to have the equivalent of the FCC breathing down my neck if what I write gets deemed inappropriate? Swell.

Although the “apologevent” would be killer publicity for me, lol. Keep writing, Mark!

]]> By: freeway2000.com http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5179 freeway2000.com Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:23 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5179 You want an Apologevent? OK, then let's also have a PenaltyEvent!!! Then let's see these TV execs sweat. Let the public decide if the issue is offensive to America or not (no fixing). Have a viewer voting system decide the monetary fine amount to access the TV Network, if at all. Use one of those "America's Idol" handhelds. The actors can plead their case. Throw in Mark Geragos for commentary. 5 Mil, 10 Mil penalty. Show the TV execs face on the show so that we'll know who gets fired. Call it, "You're Fired or Not". You want an Apologevent? OK, then let’s also have a PenaltyEvent!!! Then let’s see these TV execs sweat. Let the public decide if the issue is offensive to America or not (no fixing).

Have a viewer voting system decide the monetary fine amount to access the TV Network, if at all. Use one of those “America’s Idol” handhelds. The actors can plead their case. Throw in Mark Geragos for commentary. 5 Mil, 10 Mil penalty. Show the TV execs face on the show so that we’ll know who gets fired. Call it, “You’re Fired or Not”.

]]> By: vonna http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5129 vonna Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5129 Love the 'persnickety word! I believe I used it last year. The only word better would be Apologevent. What a great word! What a great idea! :) Never heard of you (sorry) until Benefactor. Loved the show btw. Not a sports fan, yet find myself watching scores for the Mavs....telling my son the stats and getting these strange looks....hahaha Watching the Benefactor I thought how smart you were, and love your humor! (and so much better than that wig man) :) Look forward to reading more of your blogs. I am Canadian! (is that a good thing?) vonna Love the ‘persnickety word! I believe I used it last year. The only word better would be Apologevent. What a great word! What a great idea! :)

Never heard of you (sorry) until Benefactor. Loved the show btw. Not a sports fan, yet find myself watching scores for the Mavs….telling my son the stats and getting these strange looks….hahaha Watching the Benefactor I thought how smart you were, and love your humor! (and so much better than that wig man) :) Look forward to reading more of your blogs.

I am Canadian! (is that a good thing?)
vonna

]]> By: Susan F. Heywood http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5130 Susan F. Heywood Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5130 The Apologevent also has the effect of diverting attention from real news and issues. It sure helped Janet Jackson get another fifteen minutes, too. BTW, I read an interesting commentary on the reality of what can constitute "public backlash" this week at: http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_11_15.html#008481 It's quite interesting and a little scary... The Apologevent also has the effect of diverting attention from real news and issues. It sure helped Janet Jackson get another fifteen minutes, too.

BTW, I read an interesting commentary on the reality of what can constitute “public backlash” this week at:
http://www.buzzmachine.com/archives/2004_11_15.html#008481

It’s quite interesting and a little scary…

]]> By: Kevin Horner http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5131 Kevin Horner Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5131 Mark, You're a rich guy... learn to use your spellcheck, or at least when to use apostrophes. Please? Mark,
You’re a rich guy… learn to use your spellcheck, or at least when to use apostrophes. Please?

]]> By: Jason http://blogmaverick.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5132 Jason Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:01:22 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2004/11/17/please-make-me-apologize-the-fcc-as-marketing-partner/#comment-5132 Mark, you couldn't be more right. I've always found myself wondering what the difference between substituting a word for a swear and actually swearing is. You KNOW the intention of the speaker, so why cover it up? And imagine, all this hype about fake naked women and breasts popping out, etc., being so indecent, yet it's okay to show people violently getting killed (we are in a war, right?), or having the front page of your local newspaper (I'm from Boston) show a college student bleeding from her eye and nose, dead, on the sidewalk because a cop shot her in the face with a pepper spray gun (think paintball gun). Just found your blog today, you've gained a new reader! Look forward to your comments on the next apologevent, whenever it may be. Jason Mark, you couldn’t be more right. I’ve always found myself wondering what the difference between substituting a word for a swear and actually swearing is. You KNOW the intention of the speaker, so why cover it up?

And imagine, all this hype about fake naked women and breasts popping out, etc., being so indecent, yet it’s okay to show people violently getting killed (we are in a war, right?), or having the front page of your local newspaper (I’m from Boston) show a college student bleeding from her eye and nose, dead, on the sidewalk because a cop shot her in the face with a pepper spray gun (think paintball gun).

Just found your blog today, you’ve gained a new reader! Look forward to your comments on the next apologevent, whenever it may be.

Jason

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