Falcons owner Arthur Blank is bringing every team employee to the Super Bowl

[Cattledog]

Mr. Blank is a progressive owner who sits on the Board of the Carter Center.



http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/01/23/falcons-super-bowl-arthur-blank-team-employee-trip

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Go Falcons!

[scscholar]

2. Sounds like an excuse to not pay them fair wages

Their kind always brings up nonissues.

[Raster]

4. sorry, but I don't see where you're going with this...

...The owner of the Falcons franchise is bringing EVERYONE who works in the Falcons organization to the Super Bowl. Where are you getting "Sounds like an excuse to not pay them fair wages"?

[blm]

6. Reading is fundamental. A little comprehension doesn't hurt, either.

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[Raster]

8. what a shitty comment.

[blm]

16. Sorry - the reply was supposed to be to the same nasty post you replied to.

Not yours. It was meant as a continuation of yours. I think scscholar's post is horrifying.

[Raster]

17. thank you!

I appreciate you circling back... I was wondering "what the fuck did I do."

[scscholar]

18. Past few years where I work, instead of raises we got tickets to see...

the Seattle Seachickens, Mariners (they are a baseball team), and the Sounders (one of those soccer teams which is why everyone refused to go). The owner actually thought it would be motivating.

[Raster]

19. Okay, however, this is the guy that owns the Falcons and is paying...

...for EVERYONE in the organization to attend ON HIS DIME, BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO PART OF THE TEAM. I think it's a great gesture and in the true spirit of TEAM.

Your boss giving you tickets to sporting events that you may or may not have interest in in lieu of raises is a shitty thing to do.

PS: I lived in the PacNorWest for 16 years. Just moved back to AZ last year. Seachickens are fine, Sounders OK and the Mariners... well, somebody's got to play at the Safe.

[Ilsa]

10. Blank has pledged to give away at least half

of his fortune vs letting it pass to his offspring (and he has a bunch). He's a philanthropist. I can't see him treating his employees liike Hardees workers.

[jmg257]

12. yeah - they'd probably be better off if the organization sucked and didn't make it.

Or if he didn't offer to get them all to Houston and put them up in hotels. A million bucks for your employees to maybe see their organization win their first Super Bowl?

Anyway - his employees probably appreciate it/him - ever been to a Super Bowl? Its a hell of a good time!

[gademocrat7]

3. Go Falcons!

Proud of my hometown team!

[Brother Buzz]

5. Oh my, even Groundskeeper Willie?

[uponit7771]

7. Now I know I want the Falcons to whoop they AZZ!!!!

[Initech]

9. Go Falcons! Stomp the Cheatriots and their Trump-loving owner!

[Raster]

11. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank is paying for every team employee to go to the Super Bowl in Hous

http://www.businessinsider.com/falcons-arthur-blank-employees-super-bowl-2017-1

According to Jeff Schultz of the Atlanta Constitution-Journal, franchise owner Arthur Blank is paying to send every Falcons employee — every single one! — to Houston for the big game.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank plans to take every employee in organization to Super Bowl. We're talking hundreds.

— Jeff Schultz (@JeffSchultzAJC) January 23, 2017
As SB Nation revealed, there are approximately 270 employees in the Falcons directory, and the cheapest Super Bowl tickets are currently listed at over $3,000. When you factor in travel arrangements, we're talking well over $800,000.

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What a NICE GESTURE. Too bad more owners don't emulate the gesture and really epitomize TEAM SPIRIT.

[Raster]

13. Arthur Blank taking nearly 500 Falcons employees to Super Bowl LI

http://www.wsbtv.com/sports/arthur-blank-is-sending-nearly-500-falcons-employees-to-see-superbowl-li/487200012

ATLANTA - As the Atlanta Falcons get prepared to head to Houston for Super Bowl LI, so are the organization’s nearly 500 employees.

Falcons president and CEO Rich McKay said in a statement Monday: “Football is the ultimate team sport and it goes way beyond the people you see on the field. It takes a lot of people to operate a successful NFL team and the staff works very, very hard all year round. Arthur loves the associates and one of our core values is ‘Include Everyone.’ He wants those who have helped our team reach the Super Bowl to have the chance to see the game live in Houston.”

The details of the trip are still being worked out at this point.

The Falcons will play the AFC champion Patriots in the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.

[Jim Lane]

14. Bah, they still represent a red state. Go Patriots! (n/t)

[Yavin4]

15. Patriots are bringing their No. 1 fan

[mythology]

20. That's nothing

Belichick is bringing his guy to tape the Falcons walk through, McDaniels is bringing his guy to do the same, Brady will be bringing the guys to deflate the footballs and his fraudulent "guru".Plus whoever else they have helping to cheat.

If a team cheats on what they contend only gave them a 1% edge, then it's only logical that they cheat in other ways.

[alarimer]

21. I'm rooting for them over the dastardly Patriots

This just seals the deal.