McCourt tried to get the Dodgers out of bankruptcy court on the promise of having multi-billion dollar TV deal ready to be signed. Selig testified that market value for the TV deal was $84 million - which is essentially what forced McCourt to sell.
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When Gugenheim signed the deal that Selig essentially claimed didn't exist, Gugenheim used Selig's testimony so thst they only paid revenue sharing on the $84 million market value. It was about a $3 billion fuckup.
aug 11, 2025, 2:48 am • 0 0 • view
The Dodgers also tried to claim ownership risk as a reason to pay less in revenue sharing (it remains a laughable defense.) The whole thing ended up with lawyers. It was a mess. But still, the end result was the Dodgers saving $3billion from revenue sharing because Selig was a fucking idiot.
aug 11, 2025, 2:49 am • 0 0 • view
Selig WAS a fucking idiot. Agreed.
aug 11, 2025, 2:50 am • 0 0 • view
Sure he sucks. So does manfred. But the cubs are still making tons of money and spending like a mid market team
aug 11, 2025, 2:51 am • 2 0 • view
Theyre really just not spending like the Dodgers, Yankees, Mets, and Phillies ... And the Phillies, fwiw, wont spend like this next year.
aug 11, 2025, 2:57 am • 0 0 • view
I want them to spend like the dodgers, Yankees and Mets
aug 11, 2025, 2:58 am • 0 0 • view
The Dodgers were gifted billions. The Mets have the richest owner in pro sports. The Yankees are basically just old money and cant stand that two teams caught up to them.
aug 11, 2025, 3:08 am • 0 0 • view
Like, Ricketts could try to spend every dime he has. And the Dodgers and Mets would just outbid him for those players. If TR offered Shohei $800mil, the Dodgers would've given him $900mil. Same for Soto and the Mets. You're not going to outspend a team that has two or three times more money.
aug 11, 2025, 3:11 am • 0 0 • view
These are just excuses. The reality is the cubs are still probably making tons of profit and they aren’t putting that into actual players like they could be. They’re chasing middle tier free agents instead of marquee names
aug 11, 2025, 3:10 am • 1 0 • view
In 2019, with Harper, sure. They're got caught in-between on a number of things. Kenny botched the ballpark renovation. The TV deal wasn't looking as lucrative. And Theo couldn't lock up any of the core. Absolutely sucked that they TR didn't say fuck it and get Harper anyway.
aug 11, 2025, 3:15 am • 1 0 • view
But other than that, Im just not sure what they missed... There were legitimate financial issues in 2020 with their operating revenue that, per the CBA, forced them to reduce payroll. Shohei? Soto? Tucker is arguably the most valuable player aside from those two to change teams this decade.
aug 11, 2025, 3:15 am • 0 0 • view
No probably about it.
aug 11, 2025, 3:11 am • 0 0 • view
I’m on board with Chalmers (it happens frequently), AND yes, the Phillies are out of their damn mind. Not as much as the Angels acting like buyers at the break, but yes, about to go the way of the Sixers much more.
aug 11, 2025, 3:02 am • 0 0 • view
Love yer suit.
aug 11, 2025, 2:53 am • 0 0 • view
I’m tired of tapping the sign so I agreed to something that made sense. You’re not wrong. I’m just tired. I don’t know why this is so hard to explain.
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