Hanover Line I-III
Last time we talked about protests and tax loopholes in the wunderbar Hanover Line of thought. Today we continue that line of thinking with protests, leaving taxes aside for more studious times. In terms of protesting we have a lot going on in the world today. People are protesting all over the Middle East for better lives and losing their own in the process. Syria is the latest in the Arab Spring to see violent clashes. The Occupy movement, though seemingly losing steam still exists as the 99% battle against the 1% to claim wealth in the land of plenty. Russians are protesting rigged elections. The military junta in Burma still has to deal with dissidents and China have all sorts of protestors trying to shake hands with the likes of subversives like Christian Bale. But this protestor is my favorite of the week.
Micky Arison, the owner of the NBA's Miami Heat cast a protest vote against the collective bargaining agreement recently agreed upon to stop the NBA lockout because he felt that having to share revenue with big market clubs is unseemly. Forgive my crudeness on this assessment, but I find this to be a little interesting. It was his purchasing power that sort of started the whole mess in the first place. While there are admittedly all kinds of equity issues raised in revenue sharing among professional sports it was his creation of a superteam that sent the NBA into a sort of frenzy that culminated in a lockout. Of course greed on both sides can be condemned with good conscious, but it is downright laughable that the guy who brought together LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and Norris Cole's House Partyesque hair cut together is complaining about the CBA. His poaching of James and Bosh from small markets (Cleveland and Toronto respectively) with the acquisition of iconic hairdos from the early nineties shows that he and his team are among the major markets. Plus, Miami is the eighth most populated county in the US. How is this a small market?
Whatever, I'm just happy that Kid Coolout has a voice in the world of sports again.
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