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When Gene Simmons is the least sleazy guy in the room...

posted 10 years ago by neo_jenner
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Okay, not gonna lump in Paul Stanly, who seems mostly normal in this show, but the three other co-owners (Gene Simmons, LA Dodgers guy, and Orlando Predators guy) are CRAZY sleazy looking. The LA Dodgers guy is probably the sleaziest of all.

And WTF is up with Gene Simmons hair? That's a comb over bad enough to make Donald Trump say "...seriously?"

Anyway, I do like the show, and I do like Arena Football. I'm impressed that they actually show some of the dirty crap from behind the scenes (coach/owner arguments, the cheapness and sloppy equipment management, etc.). The whole contrast of putting so much emphasis on game day spectacle, vs actually putting a good team together is a pretty honest depiction of the problems with the league over all.

I also found it hilarious how Gene and Paul were going on and on about "We don't just put the KISS name on anything" - HA HA HA! Or when they said "They didn't want to do what had been done before - it has to be something completely new and fresh, etc." Because nothing says "New and Fresh" like KISS, a rock band that doesn't play any songs recorded after 1982.

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

That is not Gene Simmons' hair. It is a really bad rug.

I also like the Arena League. I was a New Jersey Gladiators season ticket holder.

[–] Da-Pezman 10 years ago

I also love how Gene's face is frozen. His lips move when he talks, but the rest of him doesn't move.

I love this show. It cracks me up how bad the LA KiSS is.

One more thing- this is just my opinion. I think that it is totally disrespectful how they feel the need to wear sunglasses when they are in a meeting. We all know who you are. Take off your sunglasses and be professional.

[–] jefgg 10 years ago

I think Paul Stanley looks like he had more plastic surgery than Gene. And both wear wigs.

I concur about the sunglasses.

I am curious what an Arena Football team owned by former KISS members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss would look like. But there is no way those two guys have enough money to buy an AFL franchise.

[–] jefgg 9 years ago

Ex-partner sues LA KISS executive
Orange County Register
By Art Marroquin / Staff Writer
Published: Dec. 12, 2014 Updated: 4:35 p.m.

A federal lawsuit filed this week claims the managing partner of the LA KISS Arena Football League team mismanaged and diverted funds from the Florida team he previously owned.

The suit, filed in the Central District of California Southern Division, contends that Brett Bouchy committed fraud by profiting from tickets sold by scalpers to Orlando Predators games. The suit also said Bouchy didn’t disclose all of the Florida team’s debts when selling his majority share last year to co-owner David Pearsall.

An attorney representing Pearsall Holdings, which brought the suit, declined to elaborate beyond the court filings.

Bouchy, who lives in Orange County, said he has not been served with the lawsuit, but defended his record with the Arena Football League. He has served on the league’s executive committee for 12 years. Bouchy said that Pearsall was kicked out of the league earlier this year for failing to meet several obligations related to the Predators.

“I am confident that I will be vindicated in any suit brought by Mr. Pearsall,” Bouchy said.

After leaving the Predators, Bouchy launched the LA KISS expansion team last year with co-owners Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock group KISS and the band’s manager, Doc McGhee. The team ended its inaugural season at the Honda Center with a 3-15 record.

Among other contentions in the lawsuit:

• Bouchy regularly received a split of Predators tickets sold by scalpers, draining funds from the team’s coffers. The team would regularly print an extra 3,000 tickets to Orlando games, distributed to a broker, who would then give the tickets to scalpers. Money generated from the street sales were split among the scalpers, the broker and Bouchy.

• When selling his share of the Predators for $247,583, Bouchy told Pearsall he could recoup $500,000 more through hosting both a KISS rock concert and the 2013 Arena Bowl in Orlando. The events together, however, generated about $200,000, before expenses.

• After the sale, Bouchy delivered a balance sheet to Pearsall showing $88,044 in liabilities. But it did not disclose at least $450,000 in outstanding loans and expenses related to hosting the Arena Bowl.

The lawsuit is seeking an undisclosed amount in damages.

Contact the writer: [email protected]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bouchy-645056-team-pearsall.html