Comments on: These are the good ole days! http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/ the mark cuban weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:42:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cav http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9624 Cav Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9624 Happy 4th to you and the family...and twenty years will go sooo fast. Happy 4th to you and the family…and twenty years will go sooo fast.

]]> By: Miles Cunningham http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9625 Miles Cunningham Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9625 twenty years from now ill be 35. The world will be so much differnt, which is petty scary if you think about it.... twenty years from now ill be 35. The world will be so much differnt, which is petty scary if you think about it….

]]> By: Omar S http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9626 Omar S Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9626 So true Mark....it's also like that with older folks and parents........."back in the day it was better because of blah blah blah"..........hopefully in 20 years we will have a few MAVS NBA TITLES to talk about and then i will guarantee you these will have been the GOOD OLE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time will tell! So true Mark….it’s also like that with older folks and parents………”back in the day it was better because of blah blah blah”……….hopefully in 20 years we will have a few MAVS NBA TITLES to talk about and then i will guarantee you these will have been the GOOD OLE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time will tell!

]]> By: Aaron Mackey http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9627 Aaron Mackey Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9627 This is a great topic :) As Omar was saying, hopefully in 20 years the Mavs win a Championship but even if they dont, no regrets, I love this game and I love this Maverick team through good times and bad! MFFL! This is a great topic :)

As Omar was saying, hopefully in 20 years the Mavs win a Championship but even if they dont, no regrets, I love this game and I love this Maverick team through good times and bad! MFFL!

]]> By: Ron http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9628 Ron Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9628 Ditto great topic Mark - it's pretty amazing the number of entertainment options available these days - heck, it makes you wonder if all people did in previous generations was stuff like http://www.watching-grass-grow.com/ I didn't see you mention a plug high-def, but I'll do it for you ... and just as that scratchy black-n-white looks like ... welll ... crap now, I'm sure that the next generation will look at the current NTSC TV quality as ... welll ... crap also! ;-) Ditto great topic Mark – it’s pretty amazing the number of entertainment options available these days – heck, it makes you wonder if all people did in previous generations was stuff like http://www.watching-grass-grow.com/

I didn’t see you mention a plug high-def, but I’ll do it for you … and just as that scratchy black-n-white looks like … welll … crap now, I’m sure that the next generation will look at the current NTSC TV quality as … welll … crap also! ;-)

]]> By: brandon http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9629 brandon Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9629 I am only 24 and I am already talking about the good ol days in the late 80's. Prime example, Ty Cobb went and attacked fans in the stands when he played in the early 1900's. Everyone in the "Media" was commenting how players today have changed after the Pistons-Pacers brawl. But players have been doing this for years. Things don't change, just the cast of characters. The hisory has a tendency of being seen with a rose colored tint. bg I am only 24 and I am already talking about the good ol days in the late 80’s. Prime example, Ty Cobb went and attacked fans in the stands when he played in the early 1900’s. Everyone in the “Media” was commenting how players today have changed after the Pistons-Pacers brawl. But players have been doing this for years.

Things don’t change, just the cast of characters. The hisory has a tendency of being seen with a rose colored tint.

bg

]]> By: Mark Mooney http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9630 Mark Mooney Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9630 My daughter was born 20 years ago June 4th. To commemorate the occasion, I bought a USA Today. I looked at that USA sports page today. The lead story was an update about the 3rd game of the NBA Finals between the Celts and Lakers. Point: look at the calendar. The problem with the NBA today is simply they have come to a point where the season is just too long, too tedious, too meaningless. In other words, not fun. The product is cheapened. Play 60 games and have 8 teams in the playoffs, and then you'll see some interest. My daughter was born 20 years ago June 4th. To commemorate the occasion, I bought a USA Today. I looked at that USA sports page today. The lead story was an update about the 3rd game of the NBA Finals between the Celts and Lakers. Point: look at the calendar. The problem with the NBA today is simply they have come to a point where the season is just too long, too tedious, too meaningless. In other words, not fun. The product is cheapened. Play 60 games and have 8 teams in the playoffs, and then you’ll see some interest.

]]> By: Bearman http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9631 Bearman Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9631 "The theater association calculates that individual ticket sales rose 66.86 percent between 1970 and 2004 - when U.S. population grew 43.38.The same report showed Americans went to the theater on average 4.5 times a year in 1970; in 2004, the average was 5.2. According to the theater association and the Motion Picture Association of America, since 2002, fans are buying more tickets than at any time since 1959." The only constant in film popularity is attendance and not box office so why the industry continues to utilize b.o receipts as its gauge is beyond me. With theater prices continuing to go up, I would rather see a 5PM matinee before dinner than the reverse. But BO Reciepts would show better if I went to the evening show vs the matinee. “The theater association calculates that individual ticket sales rose 66.86 percent between 1970 and 2004 – when U.S. population grew 43.38.The same report showed Americans went to the theater on average 4.5 times a year in 1970; in 2004, the average was 5.2.

According to the theater association and the Motion Picture Association of America, since 2002, fans are buying more tickets than at any time since 1959.”

The only constant in film popularity is attendance and not box office so why the industry continues to utilize b.o receipts as its gauge is beyond me. With theater prices continuing to go up, I would rather see a 5PM matinee before dinner than the reverse. But BO Reciepts would show better if I went to the evening show vs the matinee.

]]> By: Victor http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9632 Victor Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9632 Mark, excellent point! The good ole days syndrome as you call it is very much part of human nature. It's cousin to another syndrome called 'the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence'. It's in our very nature to be discontent about what we presently have. Sometimes we compare it to the past and think we had it better in the good ole days. Other times we compare ourselves to the Jones' and can't stand that they got nicer stuff. But both of these are just the negative response to something deeper - our never-ending thirst for more things and better things. What we already have is never enough. We always want newer tech gadgets, trendier fashion, and more convenient ways to do things. And this constant thirst is the very seed of consumerism. It is why there are economies. Yes, there will always be a certain percentage of us stuck forever in the past. But we can build businesses around making them happy too. Oh, you think the sitcoms nowadays aren't as good as the ones in the 70's? Ok, here's a season of Brady Bunch you can watch on DVD for 40 bucks. To businesses, people who aren't happy with the present create great oppotunities. If you find a way to fulfill their needs, they will be happy to hand you over some cash. It's much harder to build businesses around people who are totally happy and content with what they already have. Mark, excellent point! The good ole days syndrome as you call it is very much part of human nature. It’s cousin to another syndrome called ‘the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence’.

It’s in our very nature to be discontent about what we presently have. Sometimes we compare it to the past and think we had it better in the good ole days. Other times we compare ourselves to the Jones’ and can’t stand that they got nicer stuff.

But both of these are just the negative response to something deeper – our never-ending thirst for more things and better things.

What we already have is never enough. We always want newer tech gadgets, trendier fashion, and more convenient ways to do things.
And this constant thirst is the very seed of consumerism. It is why there are economies.

Yes, there will always be a certain percentage of us stuck forever in the past. But we can build businesses around making them happy too. Oh, you think the sitcoms nowadays aren’t as good as the ones in the 70’s? Ok, here’s a season of Brady Bunch you can watch on DVD for 40 bucks.

To businesses, people who aren’t happy with the present create great oppotunities. If you find a way to fulfill their needs, they will be happy to hand you over some cash. It’s much harder to build businesses around people who are totally happy and content with what they already have.

]]> By: cali http://blogmaverick.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9633 cali Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:02:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2005/07/03/these-are-the-good-ole-days/#comment-9633 LOVED this entry!!! good one mark. what have u been up to this summer?! LOVED this entry!!! good one mark.

what have u been up to this summer?!

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