1.2 Billion for AFL rights - OzChess

**Firegoat7** · 04-28-2011, 10:59 PM

Hi,

1.2 Billion with the 7, Foxtel and Telstra deal. Opinions?

**Iconoclast** · 04-29-2011, 05:17 PM

That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing.

**Just2Good** · 04-29-2011, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing.

I have a friend who has a cat. The cat is de-sexed meaning it cannot reproduce. If it could, my friend would be responsible for the care of several cats - including having to provide them with cataract surgery.

The moral of the story is ....

Spoiler for How to Address Poverty:

**Black Onyx** · 04-29-2011, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing.

In the land of the blind , the one eyed man is king .

**Iconoclast** · 04-29-2011, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Black Onyx

In the land of the blind , the one eyed man is king .

How deare you use one of my all time favs. I am tempted to use the search button to see if you have stolen it from me.

**Iconoclast** · 04-29-2011, 09:52 PM

Originally Posted by Just2Good

I have a friend who has a cat. The cat is de-sexed meaning it cannot reproduce. If it could, my friend would be responsible for the care of several cats - including having to provide them with cataract surgery.

The moral of the story is ....

Spoiler for How to Address Poverty:

A better way to deal with poverty is to address the primary factor which causes it. Namely, over population. Birth control is the answer.

When the patient is losing claret from a puncture wound, you don't go looking for a man with a knife.

The blind are blind now. It is unconscionable to say, "phkem," we should just stop their children from having children.

BTW, poverty does not cause (nuclear*) cataract. We do not know (yet) the cause, but we know it is not as simple as toxins or nutrition or environment. Probably genetic. Therefore it is one of those diseases that do no respond to drugs or money.

*the most common type of cataract.

04-28-2011, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
Firegoat7 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Getting owned by White in the Dragon and trying to recover lost positions from shock paralysis OTB Posts: 2,044 ICC Handle: guest	1.2 Billion for AFL rights Hi, 1.2 Billion with the 7, Foxtel and Telstra deal. Opinions? __________________ "...What I meant? Dear Mr Ian Rout (ACF news publisher) could you please put Ozchessforum in the next news letter! There is no reason to hide this forum from the Australian chess public. What they meant? Sorry, No english!- Amir Karibasic

04-29-2011, 05:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Iconoclast Immoderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 2,302	That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing. __________________ The individual is hopeless without the group. The group is hopeless without its individuals.

04-29-2011, 06:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Just2Good Tin Cup Champ 2004 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cairns Posts: 6,233 ICC Handle: Advantage FICS Handle: Advantage	Originally Posted by Iconoclast That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing. I have a friend who has a cat. The cat is de-sexed meaning it cannot reproduce. If it could, my friend would be responsible for the care of several cats - including having to provide them with cataract surgery. The moral of the story is .... Spoiler for How to Address Poverty: A better way to deal with poverty is to address the primary factor which causes it. Namely, over population. Birth control is the answer. __________________ . "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." ~ Isaiah Berlin ~

04-29-2011, 06:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
Black Onyx Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 75	Pious Bias Originally Posted by Iconoclast That is about enough to CURE the 30 million people in the third world who are blind with cataract. There are about 10 million AFL fans and each is getting to see their team play. So, each fan costs the blindness of three people. I sure hope the AFL spectacle is worth seeing. In the land of the blind , the one eyed man is king . __________________ The Black Onyx - The Grief Stone † " Thou board is thy canvas , thou shalt not want " Black Onyx

04-29-2011, 09:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Iconoclast Immoderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 2,302	Originally Posted by Black Onyx In the land of the blind , the one eyed man is king . How deare you use one of my all time favs. I am tempted to use the search button to see if you have stolen it from me. __________________ The individual is hopeless without the group. The group is hopeless without its individuals.

04-29-2011, 09:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Iconoclast Immoderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Wollongong NSW Posts: 2,302	Originally Posted by Just2Good I have a friend who has a cat. The cat is de-sexed meaning it cannot reproduce. If it could, my friend would be responsible for the care of several cats - including having to provide them with cataract surgery. The moral of the story is .... Spoiler for How to Address Poverty: A better way to deal with poverty is to address the primary factor which causes it. Namely, over population. Birth control is the answer. When the patient is losing claret from a puncture wound, you don't go looking for a man with a knife. The blind are blind now. It is unconscionable to say, "phkem," we should just stop their children from having children. BTW, poverty does not cause (nuclear) cataract. We do not know (yet) the cause, but we know it is not as simple as toxins or nutrition or environment. Probably genetic. Therefore it is one of those diseases that do no respond to drugs or money. the most common type of cataract. __________________ The individual is hopeless without the group. The group is hopeless without its individuals.

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