Joe Banner Is The Prince Of Darkness

[Beermonkey]

Here's the second part to the issue that everyone seems to forget about.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

CSNPhilly.com

The Eagles' counterclaim against the city has been resolved.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge has ruled that the city owes the Eagles $5 million in compensation for the cancelled preseason game against the Ravens in 2001.

Because of faulty turf at the since-demolished Veterans Stadium, the game was cancelled, and the team had to issue refunds to ticket holders.

"We are glad that this issue is behind us," Eagles spokeswoman Pamela Browner Crawley  said in a statement released by the team. "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."  

It appears as if the Eagles will now owe the city $3 million, because earlier this month, Judge Albert Sheppard Jr. ruled that the team owed city $8 million for the construction of luxury boxes at the Vet.  

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.

[phillymic2000]

Here's the second part to the issue that everyone seems to forget about.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

CSNPhilly.com

The Eagles' counterclaim against the city has been resolved.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge has ruled that the city owes the Eagles $5 million in compensation for the cancelled preseason game against the Ravens in 2001.

Because of faulty turf at the since-demolished Veterans Stadium, the game was cancelled, and the team had to issue refunds to ticket holders.

"We are glad that this issue is behind us," Eagles spokeswoman Pamela Browner Crawley  said in a statement released by the team. "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."  

It appears as if the Eagles will now owe the city $3 million, because earlier this month, Judge Albert Sheppard Jr. ruled that the team owed city $8 million for the construction of luxury boxes at the Vet.  

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.

great spend that shtein on Hollis!

[phillymic2000]

Here's the second part to the issue that everyone seems to forget about.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

CSNPhilly.com

The Eagles' counterclaim against the city has been resolved.

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge has ruled that the city owes the Eagles $5 million in compensation for the cancelled preseason game against the Ravens in 2001.

Because of faulty turf at the since-demolished Veterans Stadium, the game was cancelled, and the team had to issue refunds to ticket holders.

"We are glad that this issue is behind us," Eagles spokeswoman Pamela Browner Crawley  said in a statement released by the team. "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."  

It appears as if the Eagles will now owe the city $3 million, because earlier this month, Judge Albert Sheppard Jr. ruled that the team owed city $8 million for the construction of luxury boxes at the Vet.  

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.

great spend that shtein on Hollis!

crap didnt read that they would still owe the city 3mill. farg it still get that grady jackson bastich in here

[ice grillin you]

so really banner inc was bitching about two million dollars...because the supposed phantom street deal would have had the eagles paying 1 million to the city in the end

[Beermonkey]

so really banner inc was bitching about two million dollars...because the supposed phantom street deal would have had the eagles paying 1 million to the city in the end

No, Banner was bitching about the fact that the amount that the city owed the Eagles was not factored in and Nutter wanted him to "pay up" the full 8 million.

[rjs246]

I don't care.

[SD_Eagle5]

There was something shady goin on with the supposed $1 million deal with Street.

[ice grillin you]

so really banner inc was bitching about two million dollars...because the supposed phantom street deal would have had the eagles paying 1 million to the city in the end

No, Banner was bitching about the fact that the amount that the city owed the Eagles was not factored in and Nutter wanted him to "pay up" the full 8 million.

no he wanted the shady underdeal with street to be the end of everything...banner inc pays the city one mil and everything goes bye bye

nutter wanted him to pay 8 mil because thats what they owed the city in that particular transaction...what the eagles owed the city had nothing to do with the pre season game...each issue was a seperate entity...it wasnt like nutter was saying pay the 8 mil and we still arent paying you for the preseason game...he wanted banner inc to pay the city what they owed and then let the courts decide the amount that the city owed the eagles for the cancelled game

banner on the other hand wanted the whole shabang settled for the one million street "supposedly" agreed to

[BigEd76]

Street would've pocketed that $1M too.  "Nope, never saw it."

[SunMo]

so really banner inc was bitching about two million dollars...because the supposed phantom street deal would have had the eagles paying 1 million to the city in the end

No, Banner was bitching about the fact that the amount that the city owed the Eagles was not factored in and Nutter wanted him to "pay up" the full 8 million.

nutter wanted him to pay 8 mil because thats what they owed the city in that particular transaction...what the eagles owed the city had nothing to do with the pre season game...each issue was a seperate entity...it wasnt like nutter was saying pay the 8 mil and we still arent paying you for the preseason game...he wanted banner inc to pay the city what they owed and then let the courts decide the amount that the city owed the eagles for the cancelled game

not how it works...if the eagles paid what they owed, then they had no leverage with the city to try and work something out for the canceled game.  you never pay a debt to somebody if you think they owe you something, it's stupid.

[ice grillin you]

so really banner inc was bitching about two million dollars...because the supposed phantom street deal would have had the eagles paying 1 million to the city in the end

No, Banner was bitching about the fact that the amount that the city owed the Eagles was not factored in and Nutter wanted him to "pay up" the full 8 million.

nutter wanted him to pay 8 mil because thats what they owed the city in that particular transaction...what the eagles owed the city had nothing to do with the pre season game...each issue was a seperate entity...it wasnt like nutter was saying pay the 8 mil and we still arent paying you for the preseason game...he wanted banner inc to pay the city what they owed and then let the courts decide the amount that the city owed the eagles for the cancelled game

not how it works...if the eagles paid what they owed, then they had no leverage with the city to try and work something out for the canceled game.  you never pay a debt to somebody if you think they owe you something, it's stupid.

nope they were two completely seperate transactions....one had nothing to do with the other

it would be like telling a restaurant on thursday night im not paying for my dinner that i ate on monday because i didnt get what i ordered tonight

and what banner inc tried to do was pay their busboy 10 bucks for both meals

[Beermonkey]

no he wanted the shady underdeal with street to be the end of everything...banner inc pays the city one mil and everything goes bye bye

nutter wanted him to pay 8 mil because thats what they owed the city in that particular transaction...what the eagles owed the city had nothing to do with the pre season game...each issue was a seperate entity...it wasnt like nutter was saying pay the 8 mil and we still arent paying you for the preseason game...he wanted banner inc to pay the city what they owed and then let the courts decide the amount that the city owed the eagles for the cancelled game

banner on the other hand wanted the whole shabang settled for the one million street "supposedly" agreed to

I understand they are 2 separate issues, though the final settlement of the amount owed in each case needed to be determined before the Eagles payment to the city was made.  They did in court what was was supposedly done in direct negotiations with the city.  It didn't make any sense to pay the city $8 million and then have them send a check back to the Eagles in a few weeks for $5 million.

[ice grillin you]

no he wanted the shady underdeal with street to be the end of everything...banner inc pays the city one mil and everything goes bye bye

nutter wanted him to pay 8 mil because thats what they owed the city in that particular transaction...what the eagles owed the city had nothing to do with the pre season game...each issue was a seperate entity...it wasnt like nutter was saying pay the 8 mil and we still arent paying you for the preseason game...he wanted banner inc to pay the city what they owed and then let the courts decide the amount that the city owed the eagles for the cancelled game

banner on the other hand wanted the whole shabang settled for the one million street "supposedly" agreed to

I understand they are 2 separate issues, though the final settlement of the amount owed in each case needed to be determined before the Eagles payment to the city was made.  They did in court what was was supposedly done in direct negotiations with the city.  It didn't make any sense to pay the city $8 million and then have them send a check back to the Eagles in a few weeks for $5 million.

well the 8 mil was what it was...there was no debate over that (not counting the bullshtein street stuff banner inc tried to pull on the city)

the 5 mil had to be settled because it was an arbitrary fluid number that had to be determined by many factors involved in the cancellation of the game


the eagles owed 8 mil period end of story and they owed it a long time ago

sure it probably took to long to come to an agreement over the amopunt of the preseason game...but that wouldnt have happened had the eagles just paid what they owed from jump street and then let the courts decide what was owed for the preseason game

instead the eagles refused to pay their share and then came up with some shady deal saying all they owed was one million total

[MDS]

go joe! save money!

[Rome]

I'll rip Banner for almost anything but this situation.  The Eagles clearly were in the right about the canceled game and the City was in the right about the penthouse suites.  What they should have done is acted like responsible, mature adults and settled this years ago, but that's not how either side rolls.