Joe Banner Is The Prince Of Darkness

Rome · May 19, 2009, 08:24:52 AM

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/multimedia/index.asp?mm_file_id=7192&play_clip=y

reese125 · May 19, 2009, 08:52:42 AM

wow...did anyone else tear up like I just did?

great speech Joe...thank you for all you've done for the city

General_Failure · May 19, 2009, 11:23:44 AM

Poor guy, he looked so uncomfortable up there with all those poor people.

Sgt PSN · May 19, 2009, 11:45:43 AM

Quote from: reese125 on May 19, 2009, 08:52:42 AM
wow...did anyone else tear up like I just did?

great speech Joe...thank you for all you've done for the city

really? did that actually make you tear up? it was a decent speech but i can't say it moved me in the least.

and if joe really wants to do something for the city, then he should try doing his part to help the eagles actually win a superbowl.

rjs246 · May 19, 2009, 11:48:21 AM

Broken sarcasm meters are apparently contagious.

reese125 · May 19, 2009, 01:37:10 PM

its an epidemic in here for some I guess

ice grillin you · June 08, 2009, 07:51:45 PM

Judge Rules in Favor of City in Case vs. Eagles
Monday, June 8, 2009

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge has ruled the Eagles must pay the city $8 million dollars related to the construction of luxury skyboxes at Veterans Stadium.

The amount had been in dispute because of a so-called gentleman's agreement between former Mayor John Street and the team, which greatly reduced the amount of money owed. If such a deal existed, current mayor Michael Nutter refused to honor it.

Still to be determined is the amount of money the city owes the Eagles related to the cancellation of an Eagles and Baltimore Ravens preseason game because of poor turf at the Vet, which caused the team to issue refunds to ticket holders.

A CSN source says that part of the Eagles counterclaim might take a week or so for the court to determine.

Pamela Browner Crawley, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Eagles, released the following statement on the matter Monday evening:

"We are glad we were able to come to an agreement with the City on the amount of money that we owe for the 2002/2003 suite flip agreement. We are equally pleased that the judge has indicated that he has all the information he needs and that he will issue a ruling within the next week, as to what the City owes the Philadelphia Eagles, as it relates to the canceled game in August 2001. We have important civic, community and economic ties to the City of Philadelphia and the region and we look forward to that being the focus of our ongoing dialogue as we look to the future.

Rome · June 08, 2009, 08:04:16 PM

Eight million is chump change for those idiots. They've lost more in poor P.R. than whatever nickels and dimes they've pissed over with the city.

MDS · June 08, 2009, 09:00:30 PM

well done, jews

reese125 · June 08, 2009, 10:30:09 PM

Mathieu Shapiro, an attorney for the Eagles, said he anticipates that Judge Sheppard will rule next week that the city owes the team somewhere between $5 million and $8 million for the missed pre-season game. Shapiro said of the negotiations: "A lot of hard work went into this on both sides." The Eagles have no plans to appeal, he added.

That echoed sentiment expressed by Mayor Nutter a few minutes ago. "I'm certainly very, very pleased that this particular part has been resolved," Nutter said of today's ruling.

"I appreciate all the efforts that anyone has made with regards to this matter. There's been a lot of back and forth. There's been a lot of time and effort spent dealing with this."

Rome · June 11, 2009, 04:11:06 PM

Quote"This is a very hard thing to explain to you guys - I know it is," Banner said. "Maybe it's the president's version of living inside that fence and not knowing what's going on in the rest of America, I don't know. But our experience of this is so much different than the way it's portrayed . . .

"It's so different. I'm not sure which is right or wrong. As I've said before, and gotten in trouble for, we do some research to try to at least have an educated opinion on this. But it's just a very, very different experience living this than the way it may seem to you guys."

ice grillin you · June 11, 2009, 04:23:33 PM

Re: Joe Banner Continues To Be A Smug, Condescending Douchebag

Rome · June 11, 2009, 04:25:10 PM

He's worse than Kate Gosselin.

MDS · June 11, 2009, 11:24:57 PM

joe hitler

PhillyGirl · June 11, 2009, 11:33:02 PM

Quote from: Rome on June 11, 2009, 04:11:06 PM
Quote"This is a very hard thing to explain to you guys - I know it is," Banner said. "Maybe it's the president's version of living inside that fence and not knowing what's going on in the rest of America, I don't know. But our experience of this is so much different than the way it's portrayed . . .

"It's so different. I'm not sure which is right or wrong. As I've said before, and gotten in trouble for, we do some research to try to at least have an educated opinion on this. But it's just a very, very different experience living this than the way it may seem to you guys."

wtf? farg. you.