re: Boston globe article on Gurley situation

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If they want to run their business into the ground by paying excessive marketing deals to recruits, then have at it.

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Why would he have to run his business into the ground? If he could afford an 80 foot pleasure craft, maybe he could afford to pay three or four recruits. Or he could forego the $30,000 a night vacation in Monaco, or the live band at his next party. People have discretionary money, quite a lot of it in some quarters. Not every dollar of expenditure has to produce a positive ROI for every person. There are lots of people who could pay top athletes a tidy sum, write it off and enjoy their box seats next season.

And there are plenty more folks who could afford varying amounts for an autograph, which collectively turn into very large sums. Some of them undoubtedly hang out on this board, but there are a lot more who live in other places and would dearly love to sit in the endzone upper deck and watch guys like Lorenzo Carter and Nick Chubb play for their local team. Money has a very effective knack for redistributing talent.