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Best owner ever?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by 3_Octave_Fart, Jan 3, 2013.

  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Interesting fundamental question in here somewhere about what professional sports are. And what kind of business it is.
     
  2. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I would guess that between 80-90 percent of owners of NFL, NBA and MLB teams are republicans.
     
  3. 3_Octave_Fart

    3_Octave_Fart Well-Known Member

    I cannot think of one outwardly liberal owner.
     
  4. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    Before this thread I would have thought this was widely understood among SportsJournalists.com participants. Professional sport entities are in the entertainment business. Period.
     
  5. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Herb Kohl owns the Milwaukee Bucks. Ted Turner owned the Braves at the height of his Jane days.
     
  6. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    He might not be a liberal, but didn't Rooney gat an Ambassadorship out of Obama, in return for his support?
     
  7. BenPoquette

    BenPoquette Active Member

    Paul Allen is a Democrat and a big Hillary Clinton guy. Not sure how liberal he is, but he definitely supports Democrats over Republicans.
     
  8. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Pretty much.
     
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    He also gave McCain $25000.

    Captains of industry play both sides.

    www.newsmeat.com/sports_political_donations/Robert_Kraft.php
     
  10. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    No problem. It seemed necessary.

    How are your stable of unicorns doing? Hope that rainbow isn't too bright!
     
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  11. PeterGibbons

    PeterGibbons Member

    Why does everybody on SJ hate Caterpillar?

    I don't think he's the best, but as a Braves fan, I miss the hell out of Ted owning the team!
     
  12. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    The best owner is someone who paid his players one year too many rather than one year too little and someone who sacrificed profits for lower ticket prices for the fans. Um, not sure that's happened yet although the Packers, as a publicly held trust, would be close, but even they have shareholders to answer to.

    Cuban spent lavishly for a long time, but now seems to be no longer interested in just spending wildly (I think that's because whereas he used to be able to outspend people without penalties, that's no longer true with the huge luxury taxes.)
     
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