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Naming Wrigley Field
Yesterday, the Chicago Sun-Times ran a story about new Tribune majority-owner Sam Zell and his plan to sell naming rights to historic Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs. The newspaper's website is running a poll asking "Would you still attend Cubs games if Sam Zell changes the park's name?"
What do you think? Like 95% of people say Yeah. Sure. Duh. Why not?
Right???
Wrongo
As of 11:34 and 5,736 votes 66% say they WON'T attend again!?!?!
Rock and Roll!
You're stupid. You're a liar to boot.
Why would you care? Low end estimations are that they could get 5-6 million per season for naming rights with higher guesstimates at 20 million a year for 20 years. Did you know the Tribune is 13 million in the red and the company was purchased to make money. Naming rights could certainly help offset current debt.
I can gloss over the fact that Wrigley IS a corporate name and not by coincidence as the chewing gum king was the owner of the team in 'the day. Why wasn't the outrage this big when they put furniture ads in the dugouts that you see EVERY TIMEthey show the dugout? Why wasn't the outrage this big for the Under Armour ad in the left field ... more

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