# I pit a Rhode Island pol(Really lame)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-rhode-island-pol-really-lame/289771>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 12, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-rhode-island-pol-really-lame/289771 "2005-02-12T19:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2005, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-rhode-island-pol-really-lame/289771/1 "2005-02-12T19:04:24Z")

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[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/baseball/mlb/02/11/bc.autographgouging.ap/index.html?cnn=yes](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/baseball/mlb/02/11/bc.autographgouging.ap/index.html?cnn=yes)

I’m not particulary interested in sports, I think that Sports stars are overpaid and I’d never pay $100 for anyone’s autograph.

But this is just stupid. If someone wants to charge for signing their name, they have to right to do that. No one is forcing anyone to pay that amount. It’s hardly extortion by any means.

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**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-a-rhode-island-pol-really-lame/289771/2 "2005-02-13T17:12:47Z")

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Give him a break. He’s from the Woonsocket area. They’re a little different up there.

Oh, and, of course you are 100 % right. Nobody is forcing anyone to pay that amount. It’s not so nice to charge it,but they do it only because they can.