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exboyfil

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16. Really good question

Reply to SusanCalvin (Reply #14)

Mon Dec 28, 2015, 09:28 AM

Dec 2015

It seems you need a trained foil for the comedy. You won't get that with local club teams. Maybe a club team with a few trained "ringers"? Not sure I understand the decision to break the relationship with the Generals unless it is to bring more dollars into the Globetrotter organization. Perhaps rebuilding something like the Generals but directing more of the dollars towards the Globetrotters.

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