gaslampball.com - 8/26/2008
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I've always thought that the Forbes Team Valuations were bunk. I understand the financials and how they figure them, but in a real world situation, the values have always come up short of what people were willing to pay.
Now they rank the " Worst Cities to be a Sports Fan " and San Diego comes up as the second worst city to be a sports fan. They base this on median income to cost of ...
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... Dex attacks Forbes Magazine's ranking of "Worst Cities to be a Sports Fan". I agree with him, San Diego should never be on a list of "Worst Cities" for anything, except maybe "Worst Cities to Make Snow Angels". Gaslamp Ball. ...
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... Gaslamp Ball - Forbes magazine is known for their annual valuations of sports teams and honestly I think its pretty cool to see what they come up with. They just came out with a new ranking that is just absurd, the worst cities to be a fan in, its based of course on how much you pay to watch them and how often they win. New York is the 3rd worst city!!! Yea, I know they’re smoking crack. Gaslamp agrees and tell you why Forbes knows nothing about sports. ...
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