Players association to file grievance against Blazers

[PapaG]

You moved a thread dedicated to a Blazer fan who had as a final wish the chance to attend a Blazer game.

Again: you have no fucking clue.



It wasn't me. I am fine with the decision, though.

I don't care if you don't curse for emphasis, by the way. Using curse words and respecting people are not necessarily mutually exclusive.

I think it's less respectful to keep calling me out for things that I have not done.

Ed O.

It's not about you, Ed. But your avatar pics tell me that you don't realize that...at all

 

[MrJayremmie]

Damnit, we are back to this. PapaG ruining every thread. Isn't there some kind of rule against ruining threads for other people?

 

[Denny Crane]

GODDAMMITTT!!!!!! Yet another piece of LAZY, INACCURATE "journalism".

This is the headline from this piece of crap article"

"Union will sue Blazers over Miles"

Nowhere in the article does it mention anything about a lawsuit against the Blazers. It says the players union will file a grievance against the Blazers - which is NOT the same thing as suing them.

What do you expect from a "newspaper" called the Honolulu Advertiser? Not exactly where I turn for all my NBA news. What is that, like the Hawaiian version of the Nickel Ads?

BNM

lol boob-no-more... I specifically did not put sue in the title of this thread because the article didn't say anything about that. The people who write the headlines don't write the stories... they scan the first few paragraphs... and if in print try to find something that fits.

The Advertiser is like THE biggest newspaper in Hawaii, and I think Honolulu may be a bigger city than Portland, FWIW.

The story is an AP article, the Advertiser didn't write it.

And the title of the article may in fact be true. Filing a grievance is the first step to a lawsuit.

As Ed O pointed out, it's really up to Miles if he wants to play on bloody stumps if he chooses and a team will have him.

 

[julius]

The Advertiser is like THE biggest newspaper in Hawaii, and I think Honolulu may be a bigger city than Portland, FWIW.

If by bigger you actually mean about 200K smaller, you are correct. It's a bigger city than Portland. Or if you meant a metro area about 1.5 million less than Portland, you are correct again. It's a bigger city than Portland.

 

[Denny Crane]

If by bigger you actually mean about 200K smaller, you are correct. It's a bigger city than Portland. Or if you meant a metro area about 1.5 million less than Portland, you are correct again. It's a bigger city than Portland.

Oahu has a population of ~850K people. For statistical purposes, the city proper is listed at ~350K, though the 850K number is appropriate as well. If you've been there, you'd understand. The entire state would be the MSMA.

Quibble if you like.

http://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/almanac/

As Hawaii’s capital city, Honolulu is the state’s government seat, principal port, and business and financial center. Honolulu is the 11th largest city in the U.S.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

How many times is this thread going to get off the topic? over/under is set at 4.

 

[Boob-No-More]

The Advertiser is like THE biggest newspaper in Hawaii

Good for them Since they are such a BIG paper, you think they'd be able to afford to hire some decent editors, fact checkers and proof readers.

and I think Honolulu may be a bigger city than Portland, FWIW.

Well then, like the person who wrote the headline for that article, you'd be wrong. Portland is bigger and growing faster:

City Population:
Portland - 550,396
Honolulu - 375,571

Metropolitan Statistical Area:
Portland - 2,175,113
Honolulu - 905,601

So, the population of the city of Portland is almost 50% greater than the population of the city of Honolulu. And, the Portland metropolitan areas has well over twice the population of the Honolulu area. In fact, the Portland metro area has almost 900,000 more people than the entire state of Hawaii.

The story is an AP article, the Advertiser didn't write it.

The AP wrote the story, but did not supply the inaccurate headline. Do a google search on "Union will sue Blazers over Miles" and you will see that that headline is unique to the article in the Honolulu Advertiser. The AP headline reads: "Union to file grievance vs. Blazers over Miles". The first is inaccurate, the second isn't.

And the title of the article may in fact be true. Filing a grievance is the first step to a lawsuit.

Until it happens, it's not true and reporting it as a fact is inaccurate. There is nothing in that article to support what is reported as fact in the headline supplied by the Honolulu Advertiser. The headline is, therefore, incorrect.

BNM

 

[Boob-No-More]

Oahu has a population of ~850K people. For statistical purposes, the city proper is listed at ~350K, though the 850K number is appropriate as well. If you've been there, you'd understand. The entire state would be the MSMA.

Quibble if you like.

http://oahu.aloha-hawaii.com/almanac/

As Hawaii’s capital city, Honolulu is the state’s government seat, principal port, and business and financial center. Honolulu is the 11th largest city in the U.S.

I don't know where that website got their information, but the US Census begs to disagree. See my previous post. Since you've expanded it to include the Honolulu metropolitan area: Honolulu is the 54th largest US metro area; Portland is the 23rd largest. And, Portland is growing at a much faster rate (+12.82% vs. +3.36%).

BNM

 

[Masbee]

It's not about you, Ed. But your avatar pics tell me that you don't realize that...at all

Why? Why?

Why do you make posts like this and the several above.

I for one, and appear to not be alone, find them to be a very poor addition to many threads. Boo.

 

[BrianFromWA]

FWIW, I still can't find anything about when Marbury's grievance (which actually WAS filed, unlike what's happened so far in the Miles case) made it to an arbiter, but that was from November.

Maybe arbiters have better things to do? Can a lawyer (or law student) help me out? Does someone have to be a bar-accredited lawyer to be an "arbiter" in a case like this? Or does it have to be a judge? Or anyone who is mutually acceptable?