A fan’s perspective for Mark Cuban
MLB's appointing of keep track of Tom Schieffer to oversee the Los Angeles Dodgers will probably lead to their sale. It's been a difficult period for Dodgers fans like me, but I think the transfer by MLB is the initial step in the healing procedure, like an intervention. It can only go uphill from here.
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There are plenty of names circulating as you possibly can new proprietors, and also the one I think is most fascinating is Mark Cuban. Bloomberg News has reported that Cuban is selling off several companies, including his Landmark Theatres chain of theaters and his Magnolia Pictures movie company. The total worth of these two businesses is most likely equal to or higher than the approximate promoting cost with the team. This would permit him to stage in to create a money offer for the Dodgers when and if it does become available.
Cuban has an indirect baseball connection to Schieffer, as Schieffer was president of the Texas Rangers from the early 1990s until 1999, once the team was offered to Tom Hicks. Hicks ran into monetary issues, like Frank McCourt, and MLB stepped in to take control with the Rangers and oversee the sale procedure. The team was sold to former pitching star Nolan Ryan and his companion, whose bid for the team beat out Mark Cuban and his partner's offer. Cuban also previously and unsuccessfully tried to buy the Chicago Cubs and has expressed interest in other teams once they have grown to be available.
As a Dodger fan, I like the idea of Mark Cuban buying the group, but I did have some initial reservations. Cuban is an over-the-top super-fan and owner, who loves publicity, which is good for your franchise. He continues to be fined for operating around the court and for yelling at referees during Dallas Mavericks video games, an NBA group he owns.
All his fines were caused by passion, for fighting for your team, so he annoys enthusiasts like me, but additionally will get our assistance for his enthusiasm. Some consider his antics all self-promotion, and he has even been involved with professional wrestling and UFC events where he seems to like generating himself the middle of attention and actually taking part in the drama. A couple of many years back I saw him fighting inside a WWE match, in the ring.
After all the controversy surrounding the last yr and Dodgers owner Frank McCourt's divorce drama, now the MLB keep track of appointment, enthusiasts like myself just want McCourt to place the team up for sale so we are able to all transfer ahead and get back again to baseball.
The Los Angeles Occasions is reporting two other higher profile potential proprietors, or leaders of ownership groups. Legendary Dodgers owner Peter O'Malley, son of the fantastic Walter O'Malley, one with the greatest owners in MLB background. Walter O'Malley moved the team from Brooklyn, N.Y., to Los Angeles in 1958 as well as broke MLB's colour line when he began Jackie Robinson, and continued to usually characteristic minority gamers in high profile management positions throughout the Dodger organization. The O'Malley name is sacred among Dodger fans like myself and we would be ecstatic if they returned to the Dodgers.
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Another higher profile potential ownership group is headed by Los Angeles Lakers icon Magic Johnson, who's currently a partial proprietor with the Lakers. Whilst I love Magic, I would want to see the management group he puts together before becoming enthusiastic about his purchasing the group
A fan’s perspective for Mark Cuban
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