KFC Yum! Center

[Ari Gold]

How didn't they do the right thing.

educate me, please.

I just thought it was just another dumbass leftist shortsighted thing to do. bla bla bla  companies are exploiting poor people, by setting up factories in developing countries and paying workers a fraction of American workers' wages bla bla bs. Most Madison students are clueless spoiled idealists

Nike gives people in developing countries JOBS, no one is forcing them to take those jobs, but it's worse to not work there. There's nothing wrong with sweat. Those companies allow people in those countries to work their way out of poverty. Gotta give those developing countries a chance by giving them more business.

[GGGG]

muhoosier, I understand where you are coming from, but you do realize that pretty much every tomato sold in the US during the winter months comes from similar suppliers right?  Furthermore, YUM signed off on its agreement with CIW more than five years ago.  How long are you going to protest???

[ChicosBailBonds]

I just thought it was just another dumbass leftist shortsighted thing to do. bla bla bla  companies are exploiting poor people, by setting up factories in developing countries and paying workers a fraction of American workers' wages bla bla bs. Most Madison students are clueless spoiled idealists

Nike gives people in developing countries JOBS, no one is forcing them to take those jobs, but it's worse to not work there. There's nothing wrong with sweat. Those companies allow people in those countries to work their way out of poverty. Gotta give those developing countries a chance by giving them more business.

That's my contention as well.  When people are comparing what a person makes in the USA to assemble a shoe vs Malaysia it is the wrong argument.   The cost of living in those countries is very very low and the wages correspond to what that market bears.  Just as a marketing person in Los Angeles makes more than one in Dubuque, Iowa because that's what the market bears, even if it's the same job.

Now, by no means am I saying some of the conditions they have in these countries is acceptable, or the hours, etc.  That has to be cleaned up, but the wages comparison to American workers is an absurd comparison on so many economic levels.

[GGGG]

That's my contention as well.  When people are comparing what a person makes in the USA to assemble a shoe vs Malaysia it is the wrong argument.   The cost of living in those countries is very very low and the wages correspond to what that market bears.  Just as a marketing person in Los Angeles makes more than one in Dubuque, Iowa because that's what the market bears, even if it's the same job.

Now, by no means am I saying some of the conditions they have in these countries is acceptable, or the hours, etc.  That has to be cleaned up, but the wages comparison to American workers is an absurd comparison on so many economic levels.

But this was in Florida.

[ChicosBailBonds]

But this was in Florida.

I understand that, but that claim (wages are "slave wages") is made constantly about industries that are overseas as well and I've never understood the comparison having any legitimacy at all.  I know it's a tangent from the discussion, but it was mentioned by another poster so I was drafting off of it.

Two weeks ago I was in Hawaii and spoke to some locals about the pineapple and sugar cane industries.  The locals were saying that the industries have taken a huge hit and moved down to Chile and other parts of the world because the labor costs were just too high in the states.  I have no doubts that the Pineapple picker in Chile will make a lot less than the one in Hawaii but the other side of the equation seems to be lost in those comparisons.  The cost to live in Hawaii and the wages expected to be provided to cover those costs are so completely different than Chile.  The locals were upset and complaining but when I asked them if they were the owner of the company, what would they do.....they all said....move to Chile.

[spiral97]

Popeyes is vastly better.

Wife says she knew about this weeks ago.. she used to work for Yum! foods (headquarters) and had many coworkers in Louisville she still talks with occasionally.  Many of them are sad because they hoped it would be built closer to Lexington and be painted blue.  That rivalry certainly does run deep!

[WildBill77RT]

As many of you have heard, the naming rights for the Louisville Cardinals basketball teams' new arena have been sold to Yum! brands who own KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, The stadium will now be named the KFC Yum! Center.

Personally, I think it sounds ridiculous, especially after leaving a facility with a great stadium name (Freedom Hall).  I mean the stadium name has punctuation in it, and to boot, it's an exclamation point, and to boot once more, it's in the middle of the freaking name. </ rant>

Anyways, any good nicknames for their new center that can emphasize the sheer ridiculousness of their new arena?

My submission: The Kentucky Taco Hut

[DawsonCreekFillanderer]

The Colonel

[DawsonCreekFillanderer]

or...Slick Rick's Chicken Shack: It's Finger Lickin' Good!

[WildBill77RT]

or...Slick Rick's Chicken Shack: It's Finger Lickin' Good!

That's what Karen Sypher said!

[SaveOD238]

I saw a blogger on ESPN.com who called it "the Bucket"

[Sawsi]

I liked the "deep fryer" which I saw in an article posted in another thread.

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

This one's too easy:  The KFC Bucket.

[willie warrior]

The Karen Cypher Chicken Coop with All ServiceTtable

[downtown85]

I think they should call it the Olive Garden. 

[PBRme]

So is that why they can no longer call it "freedom" hall