Steinbrenner being sued

[Providence A's]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/29/sp...9yes.html?_r=2

A former president of Madison Square Garden says that it was his idea to create what became the Yankees-run YES Network, and on Friday he sued George Steinbrenner, the team’s principal owner, in Manhattan federal court for fraud and breach of contract. He is seeking at least $23 million in damages.

Bob Gutkowski, who as president of the MSG Network negotiated a 12-year, $493.5 million deal in 1988 with the Yankees and is the plaintiff in the lawsuit, said that he had several meetings with Steinbrenner, starting in 1996, to discuss the idea of a Yankees network. He said he also made a presentation in 1998 to Steinbrenner and other Yankees executives that laid out how to build a regional sports network controlled by the team.

Hmmm, I'm not sure how Gutkowski is going to prove this if all he has is talk regarding meetings and phone calls. Unless he pulled a Costanza and had a tape recorder in his briefcase...then maybe. I think Georgey Porgery will walk out on top yet again.

[Jim Colyer]

Even though a lot of people may not like George, he is a very generous man. He has given second chances to a lot of older players over the years.