Stupid Quote of the Year Contender: Bob Reilly
by Michael Rome on Jan 14, 2009 5:57 PM EST
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PrintAll MMA fans hate Bob Reilly for keeping the sport out of New York, but today he revealed himself to be uncommonly stupid when he spoke to MMA Weekly:
Ultimate Fighting, that franchise is owned by interests in Las Vegas. If you have a gate in the city of Albany, the live gate would be 4 million dollars. There’s revenue that would stay here, lets us say a half a million. But three and a half million would go right out of our economy and out of our state to Vegas, and I think that’s harmful to our local economy. It doesn’t generate money on a long-time basis. It’s what I call a “false economy.”
There’s many examples of this. It’s a stretch from Ultimate Fighting, of course, but our whole problem with our financial industry and whatever. Or gambling, which I think is a better analogy. I think the projections of revenue coming in, you have to look at a bigger picture, and the bigger picture is not so beneficial. And of course, the real money in sports, which isn’t addressed, is the hundreds of millions of dollars taken in by television, especially pay per view.
This is classic mercantilist reasoning, and utterly unbefitting of anyone in public office. New York's economy would absolutely melt down if legislators in other states kept New York businesses out because the money would go back to New York, but protectionists never think about things that way. Of course, given his complex understanding of New York's "financial industry and whatever," this shouldn't be surprising.
I'd love to hear more of his theory of a "false economy," which is apparently what happens when people dare to buy things at the best value rather than being forced to buy substandard things from local interests connected to the government. I call the latter position extortion, so it's really no surprise Bob Reilly favors it.
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He seems to believe that ONLY New Yorkers would attend a show in NY. I suppose he doesn’t know that UFC shows attract peope from all over the place. Surely a show in NY would attract people all up and down the east coast as well as the mid-west. Which would pump massive amounts of money into the NY economy as festivities begin well before the show actually takes place. I’m laugh at him when this bill does pass.
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What a Douche
There is one plus side to this guy being an ass bag. And that is that he’s an ass bag. He makes no relative point that makes any sense regarding MMA.
By his estimation, we should ban Icecapades and Barnum and Bailey Cirus’.
It could be worse. This guy could actually make intelligent arguments.
?!@?$#@#%?
My head hurts. The Yankees and Mets will only play against each other in light of this news.
by Derek Suboticki on Jan 14, 2009 6:23 PM EST reply actions
Do What?
How many businesses or companies located in NY and accepting NY residents money actually have owners that reside there? Wouldn’t most of that money too be rapidly removed from NY’s economy? I wonder if Mr. Reilly has any connections to out of state companies?
Does anybody living in the area want to take it on themselves to kick Reilly in the nuts? I live too far away.
Honestly, this statement is too absurd to really launch an effective attack against. Luckily for Mr. Reilly, you don’t have to know what you’re talking about to hold public office. While I don’t agree that MMA is immoral or obscene, that argument is understandable on some level. Reilly’s pseudo-logic, if utilized and extrapolated to all of the U.S. (and the world for that matter), would lead to absolute economic bedlam.
Precisely!
There isn’t a credible economic theory out there – including those focused on local preference/alternative – that states that money or resources leaving a particular region is a “bad thing”. Why? Simple: nothing comes from nothing. Unless you want to revert to an agrarian, each-state-is-self-sustaining, absolutely absurd economic policy, trade is essential. Even socialist and anarchist economists understand trade. But an elected official from the state of New York apparently has no idea.
Seriously, if you just “don’t like it”, that’s fine. But say that.
"I'm AJB and I endorse this nut-puncher."
email this guy and tell him what you think
EMAIL ADDRESS
reillyr@ assembly.state.ny.us
What an incredibly ignorant man.
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Reilly...
I reached out to his people and said “lets do an interview…a fair, even handed interview where we can ask each other questions about our stance on this sport. I don’t want to have an argument, I want to have a discussion where you can try to explain things to MMA fans in a way that doesn’t frame you as ‘the bad guy’”
Of course…I was turned away.
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by Brent Brookhouse on Jan 15, 2009 11:34 AM EST reply actions
He really puts the ass, in asssembly.
But this is pretty typical New York style thinking. We’re the center of the universe and it’s all here and nowhere else and it has to benefit us the most etc.
But this as a valid reason for not sanctioning the fight? Las Vegas has an entire economy based on outside performances coming in and doing shows. Likewise with Hollywood. Yikes, where does this guy get this stuff, and how did he get elected?
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