BRAVES sold to Liberty Media

Let's hope they infuse some cash into the lineup!

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSWEN421020070213

 

wouldn't hold my breath on that.

 

I don't want to say that Liberty is cheap, but... yeah, I do want to say that.

 

This is awful for MLB. These people don't give a damn about the team. They care only for profits. Atlanta is not a great drawing card at home now. Wait until these jackasses get through with it.

 

I miss Ted Turner more each year.

 

Liberty most definitely will not put more cash into the team. The company is all about profits. The recent transactions -- getting DirecTV and now this one with Time Warner -- is all a way to cut back how much in taxes it has to pay.

 

If this is the same Liberty that has all of the newspapers, I wonder if they'll do to the Braves like they did a paper nearby when it was purchased _ put two letters on everyone's desk, one firing them, one re-hiring them at a lesser pay rate.

 

JB, two different Liberty groups.
The one you're talking about:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/liberty.asp
and the one that's trying to buy the braves:
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/libertymedia.asp

 

JB: Well, in the case of the players, I think they are bound by the contracts the players agreed to, so I wouldn't expect that particular tactic. But it was made clear early on in this process that people shouldn't expect to hear the phrase "loosen the purse strings to bolster the payroll" where this outfit is involved. I'd say I wished Arthur Blank had stayed in the running longer, just because he local and seems to care, but the Falcons aren't turning out to be an unqualified success. Liberty's ownership, I'm sure, will be more of the same stuff the team has had with Time Warner.

 

I was being a smart-ass.

Sorry for my confusion over the Libertys.

 

Don't take no liberties with the Libertys...

 

I wonder if one can collect unemployment if done this way?