Salary Cap speech

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Avatar...Pirates of the Caribbean...Spider Man...X-men...King Kong. 

These are the most expensive movies ever made. All of them were produced for more than two hundred million dollars. And all of them were successful. Which is good... if that amount of money was spent on a movie that flopped the producer should be run out of town. 

Some movies just can not compete with the budgets these movies have and they never attract a major audience. Yes there are movies like Paranormal Activity, which spent eleven thousand dollars, that do come along and make a few dollars and compete. The producers just didn’t have the huge budget. The movie did well but it still didn’t compete with Avatar. 

This is unfair, isn’t it? 

By spending a small amount of money the producers made a quality movie and made money, now they have more money to reinvest into a better movie.

Let James Cameron spend his money. He has earned that right, after producing successful movies he made money so he can spend the 

money... and the final result? ......More money in his pocket. You must spend money to make money. 

You wouldn’t limit the amount of money producer can spend on movies so why do we have salary caps in sports? 

There is no cap on how much money you can spend on a steak. Why would  there be there a limit to how much an owner can spend on an athlete?

We live in the United States of America and we boast about freedom. One of those freedoms is the right to spend money the way we want to spend money. 

Owners of professional sports franchises should have the same freedom. 

In order to win a championship you need to put a good team on the field. Good teams consist of good players. Good players cost money. 

If the New York Yankees have money to spend, why can’t they spend it? If a salary cap was in place it would restrict the Yankees from spending, possibly making it impossible to win. If the Boston Red Sox sell out every home game since 2003, they have money, so let them spend it. The reason the Red Sox and Yankees have money is because they spend money. 

Same is true in football, the Patriots spend to the cap every year. They get good players and spend smart. But sometimes when you have to many good players you can’t keep them all. For example the Patriots have Tom Brady’s, Randy Moss’ and Vince Wilfork’s contracts expiring soon, and they will all demand big money. If the cap is still in place it will reduce the chances the Patriots have of keeping all three franchise players. 

How is that fair? (PAUSE) If a team has developed premier talent they need to be allowed to spend the money to keep the talent happy and in their uniform. 

A salary cap prevents this. (PAUSE) A salary cap prevents our country from working the way it should work. Spend money to make money. (PAUSE) (READ FOLLOWING SLOWLY)

If teams are spending money on top talent, they will win, winning brings fans, fans bring money. 

Yes every once in a while there is the exception. The Tampa Bay Rays had one year of success, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shared a year as well. In those successful seasons those teams made money. But they didn’t spend it. It was not reinvested into better athletes who could win more games and bring them more glory. The following year both of those teams suffered 

bad seasons, and the fans stopped coming, which meant the money stopped coming, pretty soon the Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t have the money to spend to the cap. The MLB has no cap so the Rays can spend as much as they want, but they don’t and the end result is no championship...no fans...no money. 

Let teams spend. If they don’t spend smart its not our fault them falter, its life and people need to make mistakes to learn. The salary cap is in place to even the playing field and keep teams out of finical struggles. It doesn’t do either one.  

The NFL has a cap, yet teams struggle every season...  most people standing in this room don’t remember the last time time the Lions had a winning season. The playing field is supposed to be even yet the same six or eight teams are competitive every season, and the same teams are not. 

The NHL has a cap, yet teams still struggle to write pay checks. The league has taken over the Phoenix Coyotes because they couldn’t pay the bills. 

So does the salary cap even make sense? 

NO. When it creates problems it is supposed to fix, the system is broken. Let’s fix it, get rid of the salary cap, let’s be American.

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Math press release

Lyndon State College

1001 College Road

Lyndonville, Vt. 05851

802-626-6200

News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Feb. 9, 2010                                                                                         Kevin Farrell

                                                                                                          Math professor
                                                                                  Kevin.farrell@lyndonstate.edu

Math department expands, more changes on horizon

LYNDONVILLE-Vt.--With the addition of a new building on the Lyndon State College campus several of the departments have undergone recent changes. The Mathematics and Computer Science department is no different.

With the Atmospheric science department vacating Vail for the new building the math department has moved their computer lab from the Library and Academic Center to the Vail building. The room is now in Vail 449.

“We think it is fantastic. We are able to serve our students better because were always near by,” said professor Kevin Farrell. All of the math professors are located on the fourth floor of Vail. The change took place over the summer and was in affect for the start of the fall semester.

The department will see more changes soon. The room directly next to the Mac Lab is going to be transformed into a lounge for students. The lounge will be targeted for math students but open to all Lyndon State students.

Farrell is hopeful that the lounge will be ready for business after the upcoming winter break. The lounge will echo the idea of the lounge in the business wing of the new building. It will be a quiet place for students to do some homework or study for an upcoming class, Farrell said.

The room has been painted and plans are for the floor to be stripped and redone over winter break.

IT has said they will be placing two or three computers in the room. “It is going to be a poor man’s version of the business lounge,” said Farrell, “but we are happy with it.”

Department head leaves

Mountain East Medical Center has named a new head to the purchasing department.
Johnny Toler will take over as the head of the purchasing department. Toler has been with the hospital for the past 13 years.
Toler will replace Bob Wilkerson who has been the head of the department since 1975.
“Bob’s abilities will be greatly missed at this hospital,” said administrator Harry Illscott. Wilkerson has left MEMC to take a job at City Memorial Hospital.
“I know that Johnny Toler is a person we can all depend on to do whatever is necessary to keep this department going. I have great faith in him and in this hospital,” said Illscot.
Toler began at the hospital as a druggist and was promoted to assistant head of the department in 1978.
“This hospital means a great deal to me and my family, and I will give my best effort to making our purchasing department the best,” said Toler. “I learned from a fine man-Bob Wilkerson- and I hope I can continue to build on the foundation he established.”
Toler has close ties with the hospital as well. His wife, Carolyn, is the head of the gynecology department. They have two children together.

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