Tanier flat rules and if you disagree, I hate you.
She was also scared. Football Sundays pay a lot of bills for her. Lucas Oil Stadium is close enough to downtown to generate lots of pre-and-post game brewpub traffic. Unlike the Pacers, who also play a few blocks away, the Colts draw real crowds. (A Pacers game let out before we arrived, but there was barely a ripple of traffic on the downtown scene.) The Colts were a great team for all of Amanda’s young adult life, and throughout her auspicious waitressing career, she could count on eight sold-out home games, plus a home playoff game or two. The difference between a Colts win and a loss in the playoffs can seriously affect Amanda’s budget. “When they lost in the regionals this year, I wanted to call Peyton Manning and yell at him for costing me about a thousand dollars,” she said.
Amanda knew almost nothing about the labor situation. She was worried about Manning’s contract. Colts fans appear to be the only people in the world who think he might end up on some other team. I think most know he’s the Colts quarterback for life, but they fret about it the way we worry about a meteor crashing through the roof. Amanda imagined a world where Manning signs with the Cardinals, the Colts crash to 6-10, the Sunday afternoon (and Saturday night traveler) crowds dwindle, and she doesn’t have enough tip money to do the things young people like to do, like attend college and eat.
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