Just another reason not to like Kwame?

Question

So we know that Granholm and the governor of Pennsylvania made a bet involving eating food and wearing the opposing teams jersey (which the governor of PA now has to wear a wings jersey cuz the wings won game 1)

but what kwame did was just stupid.

He made a bet with the Pittsburgh mayor saying if the Pens win the cup, they can be Hockeytown and Detroit can't, where if the Wings win the cup, they still get to be hockeytown.

How bout a lil somethin somethin for Detroit, I unno, like Crosby? I mean Hockeytown is an honor and for Kwame to risk it is just stupid!

What do you think?

Answer 1

J L is 100% right, Pittsburgh mayor suggested it but was turned down.  The name is trademarked by the franchise, not the city and they have no authority to gamble it away.

Add:  Ok, I see where you got that from.  Kwame agreed to make a proclomation that Pittsburgh is Americas hockey city.  That still wont give them the title of Hockeytown though.

Answer 2

No he didn't!!! Read the story next time instead of the headline. The mayor of Pittsburgh wanted to make the bet and Kwame told him that Hockeytown is a copywritten logo owned by the Ilitch family so they would have to bet something else.

you know It really ticks me off to have to defend Kwame, but you need to get your facts straight.

Answer 3

Kwame is an @sshole.  Plain and simple.  Detroit will ALWAYS be HockeyTown.

Answer 4

That's why I'm happy that i live across the state from detroit. Kilpatrick is terrible and stupid to even consider that bet

Answer 5

The bet with Pittsburgh over "Hockeytown" was never made because the Red Wings trademarked the Hockeytown name and refused to let it be part of the bet, which was the main sticking point.  Pittsburgh didn't want to be Hockeytown anyways, they wants to play off the accent and call themselves "Hockeytaugh" (or something like that - I forget the full spelling).   The bet never happened though.

As far as the governors go, once the Wings win (and I may be getting ahead of myself here), the governor of PA has to come to Detroit, wear a Wings jersey, and eat Detroit foods like Kowalski sausages, Better Made potato chips, and Faygo soda, which, for anybody living in the Metro-Detroit area, doesn't seem like that bad of a punishment.

With all the problems that Kwame is having at the moment, I'm sure that hockey is the least of his worries.   I do think he's an idiot though.

Answer 6

I thought he said no to that bet when the Pittsburg mayor suggested it.   Not to mention "Hockeytown" isn't Kwames to bet as I am sure Ilitch owns the rights to the trademark

Answer 7

im kwame!!! u should love me

Answer 8

Crosby would be what?  Stick boy?

Answer 9

crosby would be a pretty good 2nd line center behind zetterberg

Answer 10

He must have been distracted getting text messages from that hooker or something when he made the bet

he doesn't care about hockey. he probably watches the Pistons

he doesn't even have the right to give away the name hockeytown. It is copyrighted by the Wings organization