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The Guy Page lWike Lubow Patrick Kampefi Chris McNamam Dealing sport ticket futures OK so the Bears didn t make it to this year s Super Bowl But ifyou re willing to pony up anywhere from 182 to 322 a seat you can guar antee you ll be in Tampa for next year s big game ifthe Bears make it Those prices which vary according to seating charts are far below what the face value of a ticket would be but can be locked in thanks to yoonew corn which was started in 2004 by a couple of MIT grad students Gerry Wilson and Hagos Mehre teab Wilson played corner back at Princeton Yoonew works like a fu tures or options exchange if your team doesn t make it to the Super Bowl your money is gone unless you ve man aged to sell your option to someone else Professor Stephen Happel of Arizona State University proposed a Chicago TribuneCity Circulation: 917868 DMA: Chicago, IL futures exchange for sports tickets in a 2002 paper and has consulted with Yoonew Wilson said It s the only place to get a ticket to a major event for a price below face value he added Other biggies like the World Series and basket ball s Final Four also are available on the site and Wilson and Mehreteab said they may expand to other events from concerts to the college World Series to inter national events such as soc cer and cricket One confluence of circum stances several years ago forced Wilson to cash out his 401 k to pay for tickets but since then investors pumped 2 million into the company to solidify its future he told the New York Times Some of the owners of Admit One a major New York ticket bro ker have made investments in Yoonew anti the young firm leases office space from Admit One Wilson told the Tribune But most people who want to see a Super Bowl or NCAA championship don t care how the sausage is made they just want to see the big game That was the case for Bob Thom M of Westmont Thorn himself a ticket bro ker—he owns classytick © Copyright 02/03/2008 Chicago TribuneCity Cision USA, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unlicensed Reproduction, Sale or Republication Prohibited. City: Chicago State: IL Account: 2565G0 Date: 02/03/2008 Pub Num: ILD236SUN Section/Page: M8 Page Count: 1 / 4 ets com—bought futuresfor a Bears Super Bowl appear ance last year and ended up with four tickets two of which he sold I ve had season tickets since 84 he said In the second season they went to the Super Bowl but back then I didn t exactly have the means to go Yoonew has improved its system since last year Thom said allowing its options traders to specify seating areas for tickets unlike 2007 In the last month he bought and sold options on Dallas Green Bay and the New York Giants ending up with a pair of Super Bowl ticket options on the New York Giants that he pgzfnasad for about 500 each and sold for 3 900 apiece RefNo: 336734
GOT A MINUTE A hole in self defense This occasional Guy Page feature is guaranteed to contain no more than 160 words which can be read at average speed in one minute It respects a guy s innate desire to scan kind of like watching TV with a remote When you see guys fight it s utterly artless Seems the more a guy knows about fighting the less likely he is to do it There was a kid named Frankie who learned karate while in high school He lived near a tough neigh borhood and his dad wanted him to have the lessons Frankie got one kind of colored belt after another One day in the school yard a skinny kid with a cigarette hanging from his lips bumped into Frankie This kid was known for his mean disposition Frankie stood his ground and the tough kid popped him— bam bam too fast to see Blood from Frankie s nose Don t fire off Chicago TribuneCity Circulation: 917868 DMA: Chicago, IL ran down his chin and onto his clothes The only color on Frankie s belt that day was red Karate didn t help because it didn t make Frankie mean and it cer tainly didn t do anything to make the other kid nice How politics plays in private The political season bringe out the oddest poll sters Playboy s February edition carries this factoid 55 percent ofRepublicans say they have sex at least once a week compared with 43 percent ofDemocrats And Republicans say they are more satisfied with thl^ir sex lives p||tegionaU the Industri falJMidwest was tops in sexual satisfaction and frequency but dragging in all other categories mainly involving adventure insults until you know the weapon © Copyright 02/03/2008 Chicago TribuneCity Cision USA, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Unlicensed Reproduction, Sale or Republication Prohibited. City: Chicago State: IL If insulting someone is an art form then Jeffrey Ross is Pablo Picasso Or more appropriately Gen Patton since the stand up comedian has earned the nickname roastmaster general for his verbal assaults during Friars Club roasts of celebrities such as Pamela Anderson William Shatner and Flavor Flav Roasting is a way to honor somebody by dishon oring them explained the New Jersey native labeled by New York Magazine the meanest man in come dy It s a tribute using backhanded compliments Whether delivering a best man speech at a wed ding or just busting chops in the locker room most guys have experience roast ing buddies Human beings can t help making fun of each other—it s at the very heart ofhuman nature Ross said I m sure there vtl one caveman making inn of anott r caveman s ass But how do you do it right olic speaking guides don t provide point ers en ridiculing your f iend s sexual prowess So we asked Ross—the best there is—for some roasting tips Account: 2565G0 Date: 02/03/2008 Pub Num: ILD236SUN Section/Page: M8 Page Count: 2 / 4 RefNo: 336734
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