Comments on: Friday Roundup: The “Tom Reynolds Doesn’t Understand the US Constitution” Edition http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/ The Worst Thing To Ever Happen To ND Football Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Duke1 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129744 Duke1 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:37:56 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129744 The sign has come down as it should, …….but it best be stored and ready for quick retrieval. The sign has come down as it should, …….but it best be stored and ready for quick retrieval.

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]]> By: DeepTeaKup http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129647 DeepTeaKup Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:29:46 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129647 As much as I wanted to enjoy that billboard, even I thought it was stupid. If you're going to take a shot at Weis there is way better material (front-butt anyone?). As much as I wanted to enjoy that billboard, even I thought it was stupid. If you’re going to take a shot at Weis there is way better material (front-butt anyone?).

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]]> By: Bad Kermit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129645 Bad Kermit Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:10:15 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129645 It's inflammatorily unfunny. Does that count? It’s inflammatorily unfunny. Does that count?

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]]> By: domer.mq http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129625 domer.mq Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:12:01 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129625 BJ, Burkhart is a South Bend company with only 2 markets: central northern Indiana and a region in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. They made the decision because keeping the sign up is bad for their relatively small business. They essentially ticked off Central Northern Indiana. It's not wrong to try and keep your business operating. Would it have been better to keep the sign up, lose a ton of your customers, and then have to lay off employees due to your determination to keep up a billboard paid for by a lunatic? BJ,
Burkhart is a South Bend company with only 2 markets: central northern Indiana and a region in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. They made the decision because keeping the sign up is bad for their relatively small business. They essentially ticked off Central Northern Indiana. It’s not wrong to try and keep your business operating. Would it have been better to keep the sign up, lose a ton of your customers, and then have to lay off employees due to your determination to keep up a billboard paid for by a lunatic?

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]]> By: The Biscuit http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129619 The Biscuit Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:52:12 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129619 BJ, you may not consider it inflammatory. But how about The Linebacker owners? I bet they thought it was inflammatory, considering many ND fans thought of it as "The Linebacker's Billboard". I bet they had some role in the decision. I wouldnt want that asshat message right near my business, let alone having folks inaccurately attribute it to my business, and therefore making my football weekend business tank...potentially. And Burkhart doesn't want a local business pissed at them - a local business with pull, and whose owners know other local businesses, that may actually want to advertise with Burkhart in the future (where Reynolds doesn't represent a potentially recurring revenue stream). Honestly, this was just good business sense. BJ, you may not consider it inflammatory. But how about The Linebacker owners? I bet they thought it was inflammatory, considering many ND fans thought of it as “The Linebacker’s Billboard”. I bet they had some role in the decision. I wouldnt want that asshat message right near my business, let alone having folks inaccurately attribute it to my business, and therefore making my football weekend business tank…potentially. And Burkhart doesn’t want a local business pissed at them – a local business with pull, and whose owners know other local businesses, that may actually want to advertise with Burkhart in the future (where Reynolds doesn’t represent a potentially recurring revenue stream). Honestly, this was just good business sense.

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]]> By: BJDomer http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/2009/09/04/friday-roundup-the-tom-reynolds-doesnt-understand-the-us-constitution-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-129617 BJDomer Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:44:25 +0000 http://www.herloyalsons.com/blog/?p=3926#comment-129617 As much as I disagreed with what Reynolds did, Burkhart was wrong to remove this Billboard. It wasn't inflammatory. I would liken it to religious billboards you see on the highway. Surely those would annoy those who do not believe in the billboard's message, just as Reynolds's billboard has annoyed us. But that's hardly a reason to tear the thing down. I was hoping that Reynolds would voluntarily have the thing taken down after facing pressure from students and other members of the ND community and receiving his share of unfavorable press coverage. If he wants the billboard up and he is willing to pay the going rate, leave it up there. Nobody is really hurt by it. Regardless of whether you agree with what Reynolds did, Burkhart's decision, legal though it may be, was wrong. As much as I disagreed with what Reynolds did, Burkhart was wrong to remove this Billboard. It wasn’t inflammatory. I would liken it to religious billboards you see on the highway. Surely those would annoy those who do not believe in the billboard’s message, just as Reynolds’s billboard has annoyed us. But that’s hardly a reason to tear the thing down. I was hoping that Reynolds would voluntarily have the thing taken down after facing pressure from students and other members of the ND community and receiving his share of unfavorable press coverage. If he wants the billboard up and he is willing to pay the going rate, leave it up there. Nobody is really hurt by it. Regardless of whether you agree with what Reynolds did, Burkhart’s decision, legal though it may be, was wrong.

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