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01-06-2009, 05:51 PM | Topic Starter |
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WWYD?
So you win a pair of tickets to see the Jayhawks play at the Fieldhouse.
Your first choice cancels on you and you wind up taking another friend to the game. 10 minutes into the contest your shorter friend is having trouble seeing. They ask to switch seats with you. You oblige. Another 20 minutes goes by and the booth announcer calls the number of the seat you vacated, for your pal, as the winner of a chance to take home $10,000 by hitting three free throws. Your tag-along walks onto the court and sinks the three shots. Are you entitled to a portion of their winnings? If so, why? |
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01-06-2009, 05:53 PM | #2 |
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Hell yes.
And $5000...50/50 If your tag-along doesn't split that, he's a piece of shit you shouldn't be associating with. |
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01-06-2009, 05:53 PM | #3 |
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Does the fact that you may not have hit those free throws, yourself, come into play?
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01-06-2009, 05:54 PM | #4 |
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01-06-2009, 05:55 PM | #5 |
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Interesting.
So you believe that simply by virtue of having given them the tickets that they owe you a portion of their winnings. And not just a portion, but 50%?
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01-06-2009, 05:58 PM | #6 | |
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You invited the guy, you switched seats with the guy, the guy pays you back by sinking 3 clutch free throws...$5000/$5000 I know that, 100% every time, if I'm the dude that won the 10K I am splitting that with the guy who was nice enough to take me to the game...without him even asking or anything...I hand him the $5000 and say "thanks pal." |
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01-06-2009, 06:03 PM | #7 |
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I cannot give you an answer without further information.
Are you a notoriously bad shot? Did the short friend offer to let you take the shots since it was your seat to begin with? Did the short friend offer to let you take the shots since they were your tickets to begin with? If so, then did you make an agreement before hand to split the winnings if all the shots were made? ----------- If the short friend did not even offer you the opportunity to take the shots... then your short friend is a piece of shit. If he/she did offer and you declined without coming to some sort of agreement on splitting the winnings, then you should only hope that they are generous enough to split the proceeds with you. But... if they did not split it with you in some way shape or form, regardless of any previous discussion, I would still label them a piece of shit because they would have never had the opportunity to win that cash if it had not been for you. |
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01-06-2009, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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I've been to one NBA game in my life, while on a business trip to the Bay Area. Decided to go to a Clippers/Lakers game by myself.
Anyway, dude sitting next to me hits a half-court shot at the end of the 1st quarter, won $25K, and bought beer/food for the entire row - for the rest of the game. Thought that was cool. |
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01-06-2009, 06:13 PM | #9 | |
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01-06-2009, 06:17 PM | #10 |
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01-06-2009, 06:18 PM | #11 |
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I'd definitely split it with the guy that took me to the game.
Without that ticket, regardless of seat number/section, there is ZERO chance I'd get that opportunity. |
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01-06-2009, 06:20 PM | #12 | |
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A part of me thinks there's a difference between giving a ticket away that you paid for versus one that you were given yourself.
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01-06-2009, 06:15 PM | #13 |
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He owes you but I don't think I'd go with half.
Anywhere between 25-30% of the winnings is a decent amount. It was his talent that won the money. |
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01-06-2009, 06:17 PM | #14 | |
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Say the original-seatholder has no athletic ability whatsoever and had no chance at making the free throws him or herself?
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01-06-2009, 06:16 PM | #15 |
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I would not ask him for any of the money. I wouldn't want them bugging me for half the $10K.
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