tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post5669846071729112097..comments2024-01-18T05:45:59.595-05:00Comments on The Daily Bellwether: Cincy's Great American Ballpark Campout: No Girls AllowedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-85893894720406314572007-07-23T07:47:00.000-04:002007-07-23T07:47:00.000-04:00Joe C:Lawyers and Liability?Right now, the risk co...Joe C:<BR/><BR/>Lawyers and Liability?<BR/><BR/>Right now, the risk could be greater that there will be a gender discrimination lawsuit if boys can use the stadium and girls cannot.<BR/><BR/>And the stadium gets more than 1 million visits a year from Reds fans, many of whom are drinking, sometimes even drinking heavily.<BR/><BR/>The liability issue could be a canard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-50843014047216967882007-07-23T07:26:00.000-04:002007-07-23T07:26:00.000-04:00Maybe the Boy Scouts asked first, maybe the Girl S...Maybe the Boy Scouts asked first, maybe the Girl Scouts could care less about sleeping in a baseball stadium. However, I'm sure the biggest reason why not both (on separate days or not): LAWYERS and LIABILITY.<BR/><BR/>Boy Scouts camp in the woods, too, but probably some Dad thought this would be a cool idea - that didn't even cross the mind of a Girl Scout leader - until someone decided to created an "issue" where none existed.<BR/><BR/>They should invite smokers to camp out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-56824315660930072172007-07-23T06:29:00.000-04:002007-07-23T06:29:00.000-04:00LargeBill --Good to hear that Scouts still hang ou...LargeBill --<BR/><BR/>Good to hear that Scouts still hang out with the bears etc.<BR/><BR/>Your point on tax-supported stadia is dead on -- there is pretty large agreement today that it is a bad deal for the public and a questionable use of their resources. (Of course, no problem for me if public funds are used to college stadia for state schools. Hmmmm. After I wrote that I began to wonder, is athletics what colleges are about?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-14454154329174298402007-07-22T21:31:00.000-04:002007-07-22T21:31:00.000-04:00Bill, I've never been involved in scouting, but ...Bill,<BR/><BR/> I've never been involved in scouting, but since moving back to Ohio I hang out with guys from our church who are very active as scout masters (or whatever) and from the sound of their stories you can assure your friend that scouts still camp out in the woods and learn all the survival stuff. I kid them that they only need to learn the survival stuff because of all the scouts who get lost in the woods. <BR/><BR/>As far as the sleeping in the ballpark goes, it is a big who cares. If you (like me) oppose public funding of stadiums there are better arguments than this. Since professional sports are a cash cow business let them pay to build their own stadiums. I'm a big sports fan and I don't like it. Imagine how someone who dislikes sports feels about having a higher sales tax in order to build a stadium. Problem is, teams hold cities emotionally hostage with threat to move elsewhere. As a Browns fan I experienced the way it goes when you call their bluff.LargeBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231452147187641675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-51653639934836389292007-07-22T13:54:00.000-04:002007-07-22T13:54:00.000-04:00Hi Joe --Thanks for stopping by. But I don't take...Hi Joe --<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by. But I don't take your point that: It's the BOY Scouts.<BR/><BR/>My points: Why the BOY Scouts? Why not the GIRL Scouts? I don't cotton to the idea of a combined jamboree at all. Why weren't both sets of Scouts allowed to use the the ball park at separate times this year.<BR/><BR/>And why the boys first? It's wonderful they get to use the stadium, of course.<BR/><BR/><BR/>One more thing: A friend who was active in Scouting (obviously a while ago becaus he is in his early 50s now) laughed about the whole stadium camp out because he thought it was somewhat wimpy for young men to spend the night "camping out" in a Major League baseball stadium. He said the Scouts should camp in the woods, or somewhere a little more rustic, where they can pitch tents, pound stakes, build fires etc. He sees the stadium as a bit, ummm, too unmanly for the kind of Scouting he knows. That's his opinion, and it may not be in line with the Scouting of the today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712163977315292252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37877540.post-44621270006863048592007-07-22T11:37:00.000-04:002007-07-22T11:37:00.000-04:00Because it's the BOY Scouts. The GIRL Scouts can o...Because it's the BOY Scouts. The GIRL Scouts can organize their own camp out. It is reasonable for TGABP to wait and see if this works before allowing a combined jamboree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com