Hall of Fame Ballot Announced

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Originally Posted by ejharrington

To the casual reader, though, the case against Mr. Schilling may not be all that impressive. After all, if people went around suing everyone who accepted a loan for less money than they actually needed, the courts wouldn’t have time for anything else. In the state’s version of events, Mr. Schilling comes off as an arrogant and overexuberant entrepreneur, possessed of grand delusions. But there’s no suggestion that he intended to swindle anyone. He clearly believed he could succeed.

No, it was the entire political establishment of Rhode Island, not Curt Schilling, who decided that it would be a good idea for the taxpayers to capitalize a gaming company that had never actually produced a game, because the guy running it had a World Series ring, and because it might just seed a magic garden of technological innovation.

In fact, getting 3/4 of the estimated cost from a single investment group is pretty darn good. It is not theft, a swindle or any kind of a crime to secure 75% of estimated costs from a single investor. If it was, basically ever senior person at most companies would be in jail. Hell, I'm probably a criminal under this standard. That's just not how it works...

This isn't a big deal. Schilling's business failed, took out his wealth and his investors lost money. They got 1 of their 2 products to release, and that 1 did pretty well actually. What is it, more than 3 in 4 businesses fail in their first few years? This isn't a crime. It's completely normal. It's a high risk high reward game.

It's never had anything whatsoever do with the Hall before.

These arguments are especially stupid because they are unnecessary. It isn't hard to make Schilling look like an ass, one doesn't need to make up fake news about crimes that didn't happen or being a Nazi to do that. Just give him a microphone and he will soon enough say something that a lot of people won't like. Which doesn't have anything to do with the Hall of Fame either.