They have this money machine. To and to keep it this way, the labor force has to be free or ok very low wages. Thats why you look at a lot of the Great Companies in this country, and they pay their labor they cant afford to go to the place where they work. Oo, i know when i was a rookie 100 years ago, the average salary in the nba was 5,000. Thats not even meal money now. In the middle 1960, we struck ck the allstar game, the 20 top players in the league got together and struck an allstar game to form the union. The owners said, no way. We are not going to do that. So we said, okay. There will be no allstar game. A Abc Television said that if you want us to televise, you get d o your players on the floor. Do they said, lets talk to them. L so tle sahey said, we dont wan lose face. T what we will do is if you will play the allstar game, at the end of the year, we will recognize the union. E so the vote 119 to play. Lawy and weer played the allstar ga. So at the end of the year we a went
Theres a saying. Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. Sure we have all heard that. Most people have a strong inclination, proclivity to remain closed in public, though there are certain exceptions in certain neighborhoods, we dont need to get into that. However such were powers he had of subtle persuasion that he convinced me as a 5yearold to do the following. One, pull off my clothing. Two, put on a ski mask. Three, streak through the neighbors family room while they were in there watching tv on a random suburban weeknight. So the power of subtle pers wake indeed. On a more serious and less embarrassing note, he was a relentlessly positive and hopeful person. The best was always to come. He was a golden guy who foresaw a golden future and very humble. He taught me over the years to stay positive, whether it be all lifes big milestones, the schools, jobs. Dont say it that way, think this way. If you think that way will it happen. That was his persp
Superficially on the topic of fashion. Chris like many of our pledge class was from piedmont. I recall thinking what is up with piedmont. The khakis, penny loafers and buttondown shirts . Chris lived in the room across from mine. Seemed he had adopted this as his uniform. But in hindsight i can see he was offering his own form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not extend to certain flannel shirts from 1982. Our next topic on the less sons that we learned from chris back then involve culture. This is beyond the stereotypical Fraternity Life experience, because i was lucky enough to live with chris and another famous piedmon
Disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not extend to certain flannel shirts from 1982. Our next topic on the less sons that we learned from chris back then involve culture. This is beyond the stereotypical Fraternity Life experience, because i was lucky enough to live with chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this came with the added bonus of an extracurricular education in the arts. Chris arrived with his stack of lps, many courtesy of his step dad, bob. The chronicle music critic at the time. Austin contributed his eclectic theater and comedy recordings and, well, himself. Those of you tha
Form of enlightenment. He was guiding us away from the dark time known as the disco era. [ laughter] who knew that chris would work his timeless style for the next 34 years. Look at the effect on me, who is wearing the buttondown now that. Was the first life lesson from chris. Stick with the classics, they wont go out of style. That said, my wife has gently advised me the definition of a classic look does not extend to certain flannel shirts from 1982. Our next topic on the less sons that we learned from chris back then involve culture. This is beyond the stereotypical Fraternity Life experience, because i was lucky enough to live with chris and another famous piedmonter austin tichner. Talk about enlightening. He dubbed our large room the triple occupancy club. Little did i know this came with the added bonus of an extracurricular education in the arts. Chris arrived with his stack of lps, many courtesy of his step dad, bob. The chronicle music critic at the time. Austin contributed h