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What make you think that the existing program was a regular cab? One would hardly describe "NFL players can call cabs" as "an existing union program where they
by jacalata 13y ago
What make you think that the existing program was a regular cab? One would hardly describe "NFL players can call cabs" as "an existing union program where they call a phone number for a car" without intending to mislead.
- gojomo 13y agoThe barely-described prior program could be slower than calling a cab, if it's a national call-center that then picks a city-specific service, and doesn't draw on as many providers. Clearly there have been problems with it. And if you're drunk and out past some contractual/implied curfew, talking to strangers is harder: there's some embarrassment involved. Pushing a button in an app depersonalizes the situation, helpfully so.
- jacalata 13y agoAccording to this article (http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201304/nfl-players-worry-about-privacy-when-using-car-service http://www.thepostgame.com/features/201304/nfl-players-worry...) the major problem is privacy - players worried that the team management could find out that they'd been drinking (and to a lesser extent, cost, and perhaps to a greater extent, stupidity. Cost will be reduced with Uber, privacy should be less of a concern, and stupidity will remain unaffected).