Possible start to season in May-
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:59 pm
0920262A28450 wrote: I would be willing to accept any Division realignment, playoff structure, and even the DH in the National League in exchange for a strict enforcement of a salary floor in baseball. There just has to be some way to get Nutting to pay up or get out!
We know he's not going to pay up. He has to be run out of the game. We as fans won't be able to do it. The other owners have to force him out, which probably won't happen, a very rich person has to make him an offer he can't turn down, or he has to be involved in an unseemly scandal. As long as he maintains ownership, it's unlikely this city will ever see a World Series again.
Yeah, it sounds like Mark Cuban did some due diligence on buying the team and walked away.
Cuban could definitely afford them, so I don't know what it would take for Nutting to walk away. If anything. Especially since the bulk of his wealth (newspapers) peaked last century.
I haven't read anything as to why Cuban declined to seriously pursue trying to obtain the Pirates. Maybe he never said why. But he's about as shrewd a businessman as there is. I can't imagine him ever making a bad deal for himself. I wonder if he got as far as talking with Nutting about a potential deal? If so, and talks ended, I wonder what the price Nutting asked, or the price Cuban offered?
These are the reason Cuban has little interest in the Pirates as well as MLB IMO!
No. For a few reasons,” Cuban wrote. “First is my kids are too much fun. I inquired when I was still single.
“Second, baseball is in a heap of hurt. It’s not just that attendance is falling, but rather they seem to fight any new idea that does not have a clock assigned to it. It’s a shame. Maybe gambling will bring in new fans. But right now, young kids are not interested in baseball unless their parents force them in that direction.”
Thanks, Lecom. As to Cuban's second point, I understand why some people, especially younger ones, don't like baseball. Compared to other sports, it looks like a sleepy game. But for those of us who appreciate the pace and the decisions that are made in between pitches, it remains a wonderful game.
We know he's not going to pay up. He has to be run out of the game. We as fans won't be able to do it. The other owners have to force him out, which probably won't happen, a very rich person has to make him an offer he can't turn down, or he has to be involved in an unseemly scandal. As long as he maintains ownership, it's unlikely this city will ever see a World Series again.
Yeah, it sounds like Mark Cuban did some due diligence on buying the team and walked away.
Cuban could definitely afford them, so I don't know what it would take for Nutting to walk away. If anything. Especially since the bulk of his wealth (newspapers) peaked last century.
I haven't read anything as to why Cuban declined to seriously pursue trying to obtain the Pirates. Maybe he never said why. But he's about as shrewd a businessman as there is. I can't imagine him ever making a bad deal for himself. I wonder if he got as far as talking with Nutting about a potential deal? If so, and talks ended, I wonder what the price Nutting asked, or the price Cuban offered?
These are the reason Cuban has little interest in the Pirates as well as MLB IMO!
No. For a few reasons,” Cuban wrote. “First is my kids are too much fun. I inquired when I was still single.
“Second, baseball is in a heap of hurt. It’s not just that attendance is falling, but rather they seem to fight any new idea that does not have a clock assigned to it. It’s a shame. Maybe gambling will bring in new fans. But right now, young kids are not interested in baseball unless their parents force them in that direction.”
Thanks, Lecom. As to Cuban's second point, I understand why some people, especially younger ones, don't like baseball. Compared to other sports, it looks like a sleepy game. But for those of us who appreciate the pace and the decisions that are made in between pitches, it remains a wonderful game.
