[NU Sports] OT: Chicago bid

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

NEONRye's comments aren't even worth addressing.  

John DeGroat
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From: NEONRye at aol.com
> The Olympic Committee does not, indeed should not, finance a new arena for  a 
> private institution like NU.  What I was suggesting is that hopefully  some 
> creative financing and out-of-the-box thinking could help close whatever  gap 
> NU would have in building a new arena--sale of seat "licenses" combined with  
> good tickets for certain Olympic Events; corporate naming opportunities tied in 
>  with Olympic sponsorship; etc.  I'm just a humble attorney, not very good  
> at this stuff, but I'm sure some of the big shots involved in the Olympic bid  
> and in NU's alumni and educational leadership could come up with  something.  
> And what about the Marathon going right up Sheridan Road?   Any ideas on that? 
>  If the students were really creative, they could hang  around in the Summer 
> and block it in protest of this Era's War (and this  generation's Nixon) and 
> we could all relive Spring 1970 and Spring 1972.  I  can't wait to see the 
> outrage my last comment provokes among some of my  fellow list members.:-)
>  
> Paul Levinson
> 
> 
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