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Knicks fan ignores career to follow team for a season 

Post#1 » by VirginiaKnickFan » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:00 pm

There are probably people who love the NBA but wouldn't attend every Knicks home and away game for a season even if you paid them. Dennis Doyle is doing that and he's going to end up paying around $20,000 for the honor. Oh, and he's also unemployed. As highlighted by a fun New York Times feature, Doyle lost his job at a law firm in Manhattan earlier this year, he reached a crossroads. Instead of hopping to the next firm, he stepped back and thought about what he really loved in life. He came up with travel, writing and the Knicks. Now the lawyer's combining all three by putting his law career on hold to attend every home and road game his favorite team plays this year, and he'll blog about it along the way, hoping to work out a book deal by the end. Whether it's a winning move remains to be seen, especially since he probably won't see a lot of wins in person. Well, not by the team he wants to win, anyway.


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nbc-yahoo ... 28922.html
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Post#2 » by bballoctober » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:31 pm

OMG, he's living my dream fantasy. Have fun on the journey, my man.
I will only cherish the wins and ignore everything else, because that's the only way to survive as a Knicks fan.
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Post#3 » by frogfood » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:32 pm

Must be nice.
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Post#4 » by The_Special_One » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:33 pm

This is more like a nightmare.
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Post#5 » by Rock Bottom » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:35 pm

here youll need this

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Post#6 » by F N 11 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:36 pm

The life!!! People ask me why I get upset at knicks losses. Understand, that the knicks are part of my life. Besides alcohol and getting the draws. Knicks are my hobby. I use to calculate stats after games. I was that thirsty.
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Post#7 » by sol537 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:41 pm

dude should have waited a year or two.
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Post#8 » by Jeff Van Gully » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:46 pm

sol537 wrote:dude should have waited a year or two.


chronicling a bad team would probably make the read more interesting, actually. this might be crazy enough to work if he can draw enough publicity.
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Post#9 » by ctorres » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:50 pm

How old is this guy and doesn't he have student loans to pay back?

I would do something like this if I had enough money saved up and I was debt free.
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Post#10 » by NoLayupRule » Mon Nov 17, 2014 7:52 pm

wow, I can see doing this but not this year man! no sir!
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Post#11 » by EchelonNYK » Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:35 pm

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Post#12 » by delvec19 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:43 pm

Picked the wrong season bro
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Post#13 » by xNewYorkMadex » Mon Nov 17, 2014 8:43 pm

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Post#14 » by moocow007 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:07 pm

ctorres wrote:How old is this guy and doesn't he have student loans to pay back?

I would do something like this if I had enough money saved up and I was debt free.


My guess is that unlike most of us, he's got a wealthy family behind him that would allow him to actually do this.
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Post#15 » by nyk97 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:11 pm

whether we are a bad or good team to be able to travel and watch a team you love every game of the season is a dream. true knicks fan. props.
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Post#16 » by moocow007 » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:14 pm

nyk97 wrote:whether we are a bad or good team to be able to travel and watch a team you love every game of the season is a dream. true knicks fan. props.


Yeah I'd rather go to every Knick game than work...don't matter how bad the Knicks are.
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Post#17 » by Starks » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:21 pm

Refreshing news. Wish him all the success.
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Post#18 » by HarthorneWingo » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:25 pm

F*ck the career. His boss will end up embezzling all the firm's money and it will go bankrupt and he'll be left with nothing.
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Post#19 » by KnickswiththeKnack » Mon Nov 17, 2014 9:57 pm

This has been my retirement plan for about 10 years. Wouldn't matter what year I did it, I just wanna see different parts of the US & meet other basketball fans etc.
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Post#20 » by Phish Tank » Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:16 pm

this guy must be on realgm
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