Re: Indy Star Commentary on Tony George

On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:49:25 -0600, Chip Thomas <spamanot@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

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>Champ Car may have made a mistake by allowing the IRL to merge with them 
>regardless of the millions of $$ plus all the under the table deals paid 
>by TG.

Ummm...read the fine print.  

Actually, read the large print.  The name at the top of the new
letterhead.

IRL didn't merge with CCWS.  CCWS didn't really allow anything, other
than recognizing that it was time to fold.  CCWS teams were invited to
join IRL, with a generous gift of equipment and sup****t.  They'll be
IRL teams.  Some CCWS events will be absorbed into the IRL schedule.
They'll be IRL events.

Yeah, IRL went along with a face-saving show of saying "Merger."  And
I don't doubt that extortion money was paid.  Hopefully not as much as
the $100 million that KK is rumored to have demanded.

There's lots of bull**** slung here.  Part of the charter, I think.
But for it to be entertaining, it's got to spring from some element of
truth.  Please try to do better in the future.

Ken Plotkin