"I don't think it's a fair assessment," Arena said today when asked whether Agoos seemed to be struggling.
Last November, he declared that 2010 would have to be the year jousting made the leap from Renaissance fair to arena.
Archie (a real bear named Tank, with the voice of Mr. Zahn) protests that he's a state-fair, small-arena-style bear.
It could be clearing a path to make it fair within the arena that I play.
"Let's be fair about David Beckham," Arena said, as close to gushing as he ever comes.
At the bustling daytime fair surrounding the arena here, kiosks that sell cowboy hats, boots, belts and gaudy buckles and leather coats were crowded with shoppers, while other stores that offer Western apparel have sprung up in malls in nearby cities.
The championship event was created by two men, both professional jousters, who are on a mission to transform jousting from Renaissance-fair entertainment to arena sport.
In the business of getting your agenda a fair hearing in the arena of government, they said, money was necessary.
Instead of asking how to utilize market rules and strategies to defend China's interests in the game of big powers, they recommend building a deregulated arena for "fair market competition" hoping that the invisible hand will do the rest of the job and eventually achieve prosperity.
