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[wombat]

Kornheiser, actually.

The Cooke family demanded that the deal selling the team to Snyder include a clause specifying that the stadium was "Jack Kent Cooke Stadium," and it would never be renamed.  Snyder reluctantly agreed.  After the deal was complete, Snyder announced that the field had been named "FedEx Field," and the whole monstrosity was "FedEx Field at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium," and any media outlet referring to it as other than "FedEx Field" would have their credentials revoked.

Wow, that's fiendishly clever. Maybe I'd follow local sports if all the stories were as interesting as that one.

[KeithHernandez]

Wow, that's fiendishly clever. Maybe I'd follow local sports if all the stories were as interesting as that one.

While I don't have any examples or anything, this type of thing happens all the time, just maybe not as serious of punishment.

[CortJstr]

Kornheiser, actually.

Wow, that's fiendishly clever. Maybe I'd follow local sports if all the stories were as interesting as that one.

Whatever. I know it's some guy who when his show started they acted like he was all famous and it was a big deal that the station had him, but I'd never heard of him, the SO had never heard of him, none of our parents had heard of him, and 15 random people at my office had never heard of him. But he acts all famous and important and it drives me crazy. Plus he's proud of not understanding e-mail or Google.

I remember this on the news when the sale was happening. The contract also states that if Snyder sells the team he has to include the same no-renaming stipulation in his contract. So it must remain The Jack as long as the Redskins are affiliated with it in any way.

[Golfhaus]

Wow, that's fiendishly clever. Maybe I'd follow local sports if all the stories were as interesting as that one.

It gets even better down the road. I'm sure most schools are like this, but I was always struck when I had UVA season tickets about the "how many donor's names can we slap on this place?" feel of The Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium

[Doc]

I just watched Idiocracy for the first time last night, I decided it was alright but a bit heavy handed and silly. Now I'm not so sure.

Hippos are awesome though. Beautiful yet deadly, like raptors.

[CortJstr]

It gets even better down the road. I'm sure most schools are like this, but I was always struck when I had UVA season tickets about the "how many donor's names can we slap on this place?" feel of The Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium

The funniest part is that "Carl Smith Center" is effectively the tiny, tiny parking lot.

[pmcd9]

Whatever happened to "Anonymous Donor?" I miss that guy.  *Sigh*

[wombat]

Whatever. I know it's some guy who when his show started they acted like he was all famous and it was a big deal that the station had him, but I'd never heard of him, the SO had never heard of him, none of our parents had heard of him, and 15 random people at my office had never heard of him. But he acts all famous and important and it drives me crazy. Plus he's proud of not understanding e-mail or Google.

Kornheiser writes for the Washington Post, which is why I know who he is. I guess he thinks he's famous because he doesn't realize that no one reads your byline on a newspaper story.

[wombat]

The funniest part is that "Carl Smith Center" is effectively the tiny, tiny parking lot.

Dang, I want a parking lot named after me!

[jaydub]

Dang, I want a parking lot named after me!

The best namesake ever is the sewage field near the South Pole station, affectionately known as Lake Patterson after the fellow who discovered its extent by falling into it.

[Bobby Isosceles]

They give the elephants priority because people love elephants.  Frogs have limited appeal.

Plus the cranial capacity and complex social and communication structures exhibited by elephants hints at an intelligence that could possibly include true sentience. In which case, they should get priority over other animals until we are able to communicate with them fully.

[Golfhaus]

Kornheiser writes for the Washington Post, which is why I know who he is. I guess he thinks he's famous because he doesn't realize that no one reads your byline on a newspaper story.

To be honest, 99% of us who know who Tony Kornheiser is know him from Pardon the Interruption. And he's pretty funny on there, although Wilbon carries the show.

[wombat]

Plus the cranial capacity and complex social and communication structures exhibited by elephants hints at an intelligence that could possibly include true sentience. In which case, they should get priority over other animals until we are able to communicate with them fully.

Yes, well, maybe some animals are more equal than others. But it's not just a choice of animals. It's also a choice of putting the money where it will support actual conservation of animal species as opposed to just allowing a handful of individual animals to live in what amounts to a nice hotel suite.

Not that some exhibits shouldn't be just exhibits. But this is SO much money, it just seems hard to justify. The money spent on the pandas at least allegedly goes back to China for panda conservation.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Yes, well, maybe some animals are more equal than others. But it's not just a choice of animals. It's also a choice of putting the money where it will support actual conservation of animal species as opposed to just allowing a handful of individual animals to live in what amounts to a nice hotel suite.

Not that some exhibits shouldn't be just exhibits. But this is SO much money, it just seems hard to justify. The money spent on the pandas at least allegedly goes back to China for panda conservation.

It would be interesting if the elephants and the dolphins managed to talk to each other first using sonic methods out of our range. They could pair up to get revenge on humans; the elephant's "opposable thumb" of a trunk coupled with the dolphin's superior navigation ability. Imagine a dolphin strapped to an elephant. This symbiosis will fuck us up.

[wombat]

I think we're safe, because a dolphin strapped to the back of an elephant would get too dried out. But since an elephant is strong enough to also carry a very large vat of moisturizer, I could be wrong.