Now of those three fitted caps only one takes the utmost importance and that is living life (obviously)… I say I tread cautiously because since I work as an usher at the Rose Garden, I am told to not speak to media or speak out (period) in regards to the lockout (no, I am not the one that sent Canzano the email from Mr. I tread cautiously because of the hats I wear in this situation/debate/debacle/idiotic posturing/”asshattery” (as described by Ken Berger of ): I am an incredibly dedicated Trail Blazer fan (as well as a die-hard NBA enthusiast), I am an employee at the Rose Garden and I work all 41 home Trail Blazer games, and finally I am a post-college graduate living in America (more specifically Oregon, where the unemployment rate is as high as Rosie O’Donnell’s weight) trying to make enough money so I can pay off student loans and get by. What I desire to achieve in this post is to describe the real dollar and cents loss in the odious aftermath of this continued lockout. Just like in Apocalypto, I am Jaguar Paw and that is not about to fly… not while I have a voice that yearns to be heard amid the dross of “I NEED MORE MONEY,” from the owners and players. The employees (and jobs) that are integral to making sure that the “system” runs properly for all of these NBA teams are being put up on the Mayan sacrificial altar as alms to the idol of the dollar sign in a vain attempt to make a collective bargaining agreement. The ENTIRE NBA business model has decimated the preseason slate and is slowly chopping regular season games at the knees in two week intervals. As for the rest of us… the rest of us that have some employment connection to the NBA as arena ushers, concessionaires, game-day operation staff, well, we will not be as fortunate for however long this lockout lasts and continues to cut games. I am actually 100% certain that is the exact reason the NBA has a “Money Management” seminar shortly after players are drafted… but I digress. As for the players, you’ll be good too, as long as you manage your money better than Charles Barkley and Antoine Walker ever could. Same goes for the other owners around the league. Even as a minority owner, you’ll be cooling. Must be nice ( Lyfe Jennings voice) Jay-Z, regardless of the Nets’ futility or this impending lockout, you will (still) indeed be balling. The Nets could go 0-82 and I look at you like this shit gravy
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