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Why Larry Dolan Needs to Sell the Cleveland Indians
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By tying millions of dollars into players?
Nah, fans aren't coming out in droves for that. Especially if this team is as mediocre as they look.
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Man, some people just refuse to think.
Yes, a team at it's lowest value point, with no salaries, IS more attractive than a team that just made 115m in salary commitments. This has been proven time and time and time and time and time and time again with sports franchises over the last decade. Yes, for an owner looking to come in and make a splash, having the flexibility to make that splash means alot.
For someone to swoop in and buy the team now would be, well, a Larry Dolan move. It would be just like when Dolan bought the team from Jacobs. Said owner would have little room to add talent, as this offseason's roster moves ate up the extra revenue sharing and brand new TV money, along with the salary recovered from the jettisoning of Hafner, Sizemore, etc. This is the worst time to buy the Indians.
Hell, the huge amounts of salary wiggle room are two reasons why even the Browns and Cavs were such attractive options. Gilbert paid a premium for the Cavs not just because of LBJ, but because the Cavs also had no salary commitments coming up. He could make an immediate splash, spend tons of money to gain the fans' good will (money that was going to be spent regardless of owner), and come out looking shiny. Anyone buying the Tribe? Would look the opposite.
And all of this nonsense precludes the obvious- Paul Dolan is the owner now. Paul Dolan's job for the last, what, 9-10 years, has been with the Tribe. THIS is his career. THIS is what he has been working towards for a decade now. He is an active owner. Why the hell would he then jettison the team? This makes absolutely no sense.
Also, why is anyone quoting anything off of sports talk radio? Short of an actual source- from a commentator with a history of using actual sources- why is this being used as the basis for evaluating anything? Sports talk hosts need to fill air time, and this sounds like the classic case. And frankly, most of their ideas to fill airtime are moronic and intended to spark talk, regardless of whether that talk is intelligible or actually adds anything.
This is just nonsense. The time for anyone to want to buy was when the team was at its' lowest. Now? With STO already sold and the extra income already allocated, it would be idiotic. A no-win situation, like when Dolan bought a revenue-maxed team. Chalk this up to another pointless rumor sponsored by the society-stupifying phenomenon that is sports talk radio.
Yes, a team at it's lowest value point, with no salaries, IS more attractive than a team that just made 115m in salary commitments. This has been proven time and time and time and time and time and time again with sports franchises over the last decade. Yes, for an owner looking to come in and make a splash, having the flexibility to make that splash means alot.
For someone to swoop in and buy the team now would be, well, a Larry Dolan move. It would be just like when Dolan bought the team from Jacobs. Said owner would have little room to add talent, as this offseason's roster moves ate up the extra revenue sharing and brand new TV money, along with the salary recovered from the jettisoning of Hafner, Sizemore, etc. This is the worst time to buy the Indians.
Hell, the huge amounts of salary wiggle room are two reasons why even the Browns and Cavs were such attractive options. Gilbert paid a premium for the Cavs not just because of LBJ, but because the Cavs also had no salary commitments coming up. He could make an immediate splash, spend tons of money to gain the fans' good will (money that was going to be spent regardless of owner), and come out looking shiny. Anyone buying the Tribe? Would look the opposite.
And all of this nonsense precludes the obvious- Paul Dolan is the owner now. Paul Dolan's job for the last, what, 9-10 years, has been with the Tribe. THIS is his career. THIS is what he has been working towards for a decade now. He is an active owner. Why the hell would he then jettison the team? This makes absolutely no sense.
Also, why is anyone quoting anything off of sports talk radio? Short of an actual source- from a commentator with a history of using actual sources- why is this being used as the basis for evaluating anything? Sports talk hosts need to fill air time, and this sounds like the classic case. And frankly, most of their ideas to fill airtime are moronic and intended to spark talk, regardless of whether that talk is intelligible or actually adds anything.
This is just nonsense. The time for anyone to want to buy was when the team was at its' lowest. Now? With STO already sold and the extra income already allocated, it would be idiotic. A no-win situation, like when Dolan bought a revenue-maxed team. Chalk this up to another pointless rumor sponsored by the society-stupifying phenomenon that is sports talk radio.
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