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    Default Philadelphia sports radio director starts petition to ban professional sports in Denver due to elevation

    What a JERK

    A week removed from the Philadelphia 76ers’ second-half collapse in a 100-97 loss to the Nuggets at the Pepsi Center in Denver, a Philadelphia sports radio director is taking action.

    Spike Eskin of WIP radio, who suggested Denver teams shouldn’t be allowed to have home games because of the city’s elevation during a Twitter rant last Friday, has now started a petition on change.org to do just that.

    Titled “Ban Professional Sports In Denver,” the petition states that Denver’s mile-high elevation “creates an unfair advantage for the home team.”

    “As has been public knowledge for a long time, athletes who travel to Denver who do not have the proper amount of time for their bodies to adjust, have trouble breathing when performing. A person from a cold weather climate participating in hot weather, that’s tough. A person from sea level competing in Denver, that’s cheating,” the petition reads. “We propose that all professional sports move teams out of Denver, so we can have fair outcomes for the sports we all care so much about.”
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    We should start creating a new petition to ban professional sports in Philadelphia due to chilly weather and annoying Philly fans!

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    From article - loved the following:

    If you’re worried Mr. Eskin might be starting a movement, know this: As of 2:41 p.m. MST, the petition had been signed by 121 people.

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    In response, Denverite staff have launched a petition to raise Denver’s stadiums 1,000 feet.

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    You took this a bit personal, huh Carol?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magnificent Seven View Post
    We should start creating a new petition to ban professional sports in Philadelphia due to chilly weather and a**h***, thuggish Philly fans!
    Fixed your post for you.
    Too bad she doesn't cheer for the Patriots dressed like this

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    Quote Originally Posted by Denver Native (Carol) View Post
    What a joke. Can you say a poor sport and sore loser!
    Too bad she doesn't cheer for the Patriots dressed like this

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    It's a cute way to get attention.
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    Quote Originally Posted by King87 View Post
    It's a cute way to get attention.
    This. It's a local sports talk radio show doing a stunt for attention.

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    What we should do in response is turn the visiting team locker room into a hyperbaric chamber and lower the atmospheric pressure inside till its equivalent of about 14,000 feet like the top of Longs Peak. That would give them something to complain about!

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    It’s no different to those who say a London franchise would have an unfair advantage in the playoffs

    FTR I don’t agree with either

    FTR I don’t agree with a London franchise either

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    Wait. He didn't mean Cleveland?

    If the altitude is such an unfair advantage, why are the Broncos 5-8 at home in the past 2 years?
    I miss the old Mile High Stadium.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valar Morghulis View Post
    It’s no different to those who say a London franchise would have an unfair advantage in the playoffs
    It's true. Forcing teams to go ten meters to pick up a first down is an unfair advantage. :P
    I miss the old Mile High Stadium.

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