Welcome to Power Balance Pavillion: Home of the Kings
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I'm afraid I'm a little old fashioned. I prefer RABBITS FOOT RAVINE, I guess that would be RFR, or The Patch, or The Ravine.
Our jerseys then could feature a Kings logo of crossed fingers.
Before shooting a foul shot, our Kings would throw salt over their ?? left ?? shoulder?
Every summer our Kings would,as a public service and to collect more rabbits feet, take the field at our local airports with shotguns for an annual jack rabbit kill.
Much better than Power Balance Pavillion.
Our jerseys then could feature a Kings logo of crossed fingers.
Before shooting a foul shot, our Kings would throw salt over their ?? left ?? shoulder?
Every summer our Kings would,as a public service and to collect more rabbits feet, take the field at our local airports with shotguns for an annual jack rabbit kill.
Much better than Power Balance Pavillion.
Couldn't have said it better myself. My buddy is hardcore into these bands and has tried to sell me on them since they came out. He doesn't believe they're a scam because so many athletes endorse them and because millions of people have bought into them. Just because millions of people are fools does not mean im gonna buy one.
I think people are upset because this kind represents the direction of the franchise.
The team has the worst record in the NBA.
They can't get an arena built.
The owners are in bad financial standing.
The team is probably gonna move, and now the arena is named after a crap product. Would any other franchise lower itself to this level? I don't think so. Its just what a move like this represents. Desperation.
The team has the worst record in the NBA.
They can't get an arena built.
The owners are in bad financial standing.
The team is probably gonna move, and now the arena is named after a crap product. Would any other franchise lower itself to this level? I don't think so. Its just what a move like this represents. Desperation.
More than that, it's a pyramid scheme. Review the history of pyramid schemes. What happens to them?
The last couple guys get a ton of money, and then no one else ever gets a dime.
The Maloofs have indicated they like the trajectory of Power Balance. You know, when those sales dry up, they're going to dry up in a huge, catastrophic way. Power Balance will not be here in 5 years. In fact, the way the science blog world was covering this, 5 years is unbelievably optimistic. It won't be long before sales drop to nothing. It's already started.
You can already get them on alibaba for $1.17, or so I've been told.
Someone on sacbee mentioned prayer towels. Sorry, but that cracked me up. I wish I'd said it. At least I got to laugh with 'em.
This is going to end in tears.
The last couple guys get a ton of money, and then no one else ever gets a dime.
The Maloofs have indicated they like the trajectory of Power Balance. You know, when those sales dry up, they're going to dry up in a huge, catastrophic way. Power Balance will not be here in 5 years. In fact, the way the science blog world was covering this, 5 years is unbelievably optimistic. It won't be long before sales drop to nothing. It's already started.
You can already get them on alibaba for $1.17, or so I've been told.
Someone on sacbee mentioned prayer towels. Sorry, but that cracked me up. I wish I'd said it. At least I got to laugh with 'em.
This is going to end in tears.
I still like Placebo Pavillion, or maybe Magic Bean Arena.
I can't really blame the Maloofs for doing what they have to for income... I mean we ARE talking about guys who run a casino and sell the most devastating legal drug in America (alcohol), so it's not like I suddenly have a moral objection to selling naming rights to a scam company. It's just one more reason to facepalm if you care about the Kings image.
I don't know if Power Balance is a MLM or not, but to me there's little ethical difference between selling a phony product and using a phony financing strategy for your company that sells phony products. A scam is a scam.
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I can't really blame the Maloofs for doing what they have to for income... I mean we ARE talking about guys who run a casino and sell the most devastating legal drug in America (alcohol), so it's not like I suddenly have a moral objection to selling naming rights to a scam company. It's just one more reason to facepalm if you care about the Kings image.
I don't know if Power Balance is a MLM or not, but to me there's little ethical difference between selling a phony product and using a phony financing strategy for your company that sells phony products. A scam is a scam.
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I agree. I'm embarrassed by this sponsorship deal, but if a person bought these bands believing had magic powers or that the holograms worked with your body's natural energy field to improve performance, and want to SUE because there is no such magic... then I think that person has the same character deficiency as the one who sold him the magic bracelet.
Mr. Negative Naysayer, oh it is possible.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/13/3320507/power-balance-pavilion-arena-name.html
"He wouldn't disclose the deal's financial terms. But he said it's more lucrative than the expiring contract with Arco, which pays a reported $750,000 a year."
As you were saying Arena Skeptic?
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/13/3320507/power-balance-pavilion-arena-name.html
"He wouldn't disclose the deal's financial terms. But he said it's more lucrative than the expiring contract with Arco, which pays a reported $750,000 a year."
As you were saying Arena Skeptic?
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How about PB Arena? Short and sweet. I've called the arena Arco Arena for a long time. Funny thing is, I pretty much had to remind myself on rare occassion, that "Arco" is actually an oil company. Generally, when I thought about "Arco" Arena, it only brought up thoughts of the arena and the Kings, never made me automatically think of oil/gas.
How about PB Arena? Short and sweet. I've called the arena Arco Arena for a long time. Funny thing is, I pretty much had to remind myself on rare occassion, that "Arco" is actually an oil company. Generally, when I thought about "Arco" Arena, it only brought up thoughts of the arena and the Kings, never made me automatically think of oil/gas.
'PB' Pavilion seems like an acceptable nickname. When I said before that I'd be nervous about public aligning with Power Balance, that has more to do with my concern that the company might not still be around in a few years than whether the product they're selling does what it's advertised to do. Arco is just a name, and they paid to put that name on an Arena and now Power Balance is going to do the same. I guess since we're all hoping that a new arena will be under construction in Sacramento in a couple of years, then the longterm financial security of Power Balance isn't that big of a concern anyway.
I don't know. This is going to take some time for all of us to get used to. Just the thought of shouting "bring on the PB Thunder" doesn't quite get me going. You know? 
It will always be Arco Arena to me.
It will always be Arco Arena to me.
I don't know. This is going to take some time for all of us to get used to. Just the thought of shouting "bring on the PB Thunder" doesn't quite get me going. You know? It will always be Arco Arena to me.
It will always be Arco Arena to me.
[Or heck, just Sacramento Thunder, and forget the arena name altogether.]
...Then we can shout, "Bring on the Power Thunder."