MLB taking over Dodgers' day-to-day operations

[love_that_reefer]

Seeing McCourt play lotto would be just as bad as seeing Shaq play lotto which I saw him do on ESPN.

[realmofotalk]

RT @BizballMaury: Love McCourt's angle. "How dare you?! $235m is going into the Dodgers... What? How much upfront in FOX deal? Um...$385m

[Slyder]

Seeing McCourt play lotto would be just as bad as seeing Shaq play lotto which I saw him do on ESPN.

What would be bad is that McCourt would WIN the big jackpot and be able to meet June 30 payroll. Anything that further prolongs the suffering of one of the gold standard franchises is bad for business and baseball.

[realmofotalk]

If he wins the jackpot in time, that's the sign that the Apocalypse is upon us.

[realmofotalk]

One of the issues that Cuban sees with the team is how McCourt has structured the franchise.

"He's got his parking lots and he's got this and that -- all these sub-corporations. So who knows what's included," Cuban said.

I would've loved for Cuban to drop the hammer and call it for what it is: a Ponzi scheme.

[realmofotalk]

It's really amazing that there are still people in the media decrying MLB's actions to prevent McCourt from taking a bailout, and arguing that McCourt should be able to do what he wants under the pretense that he is just like any other business owner in this country, as if this was a mom-and-pop coffee shop when it's in fact a franchise and Starbucks wouldn't let him get away with half the shit he's pulling.

[realmofotalk]

"i...i...we...we the performance is what matters...was manny ramirez not a big free agent?"

[realmofotalk]

And the biggest rat jumps off McCourt's sinking ship.

Steve Soboroff announced his resignation as the Dodgers' vice chairman Saturday, five days before the payroll deadline that could trigger the end of Frank McCourt's ownership of the team.

"We need more people like Frank McCourt" will go down in history as one of the stupidest things anyone ever said.

[Kingdom]

If he said that, he's clearly a Russian spy hoping to end America. Treason. Off with his head!

[realmofotalk]

Yes, he actually said that. But as it turns out, his unwavering loyalty to McCourt was only as good as his next paycheck from the Dodgers.

[Tobywan]

It seems the league would like to separate itself from the public scrutiny associated with the McCourts as much as save the Dodgers. If any owners vote to help him or bail him out it might draw more attention to their own "dealings" if there are any to be held under a microscope. There are already owners accused of pocketing revenue money instead of putting it back into the team, if it turns out that any others are using "funds" for their own lavish lifetsyles it will cause much bigger problems than just a public divorce proceeding.

[realmofotalk]

I suspect that it's the opposite. If the other owners are nervous about drawing attention to their own team finances and giving the players more ammo to use in CBA negotiations, the easy way out would be to leave McCourt alone rather than go to war with him in court. On the other hand, MLB feels confident in their legal position to strip McCourt of the Dodgers and seize all the stupid entities that he created to separate stadium revenue from the team itself, and the other owners no doubt wouldn't go down this road with Selig if they didn't think a future in baseball rid of the McCourts is worth facing what his lawyer promises to be "acrimonious and extreme litigation going forward."

[General]

So now that we've somehow managed to be civil again, let's get back on track.

[Porter]

I don't have a problem with some disagreements but I will NOT tolerate what is seen to be either a) personal attacks, or b) extremely biased bashing.

Carry on.

[realmofotalk]

You can move all the posts you want, but I fail to see how my posts reflect either of those two things you listed. I may be biased, but we've read much more absurd bashing at the NFLforums.