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And...if he was obligated to come up with a plan to reverse financials losses (as any good business owner should do), there are 2 ways to do that; reduce costs and increase revenues. Most new owners of any business enterprise will use a combination of both.
EDIT: $85M would have put them around 13th. They were 11th in 2005, at ~$83M.
Certainly after the Marlins fiasco, if any team wants sympathy for losing money they must produce an independently audited financial statement. Otherwise, tell them to STFU.
McCourt sure is a piece of work. I wish California would make some progress on immigration control. Stop worrying so much about the Mexicans. Deport the Bostonians.
Yup. What would be the logic that the Dodgers don't have revenues somewhere in the Red Sox range, if not closer to the Yankees?
I'm pretty sure this is a team that could sustain a $150M payroll w/o breaking a sweat.
I imagine a ton of revenue is hidden in the stadium/parking/concessions/TV deals.
While I would agree with the first three, aren't the Dodgers still locked in to that not-so-good TV deal with FOX?
Loria had to go and ruin it for all the other scum bag pseudo-criminals.
McCourt: I really want this team. The first thing I plan to do is not invest in the on field product.
Selig: Brilliant. Don't worry about not having any money. We like the cut of your jib!
If the argument is that team revenues could support a top-tier payroll w/o eroding reasonable margins, that's a different story.
I think this is the argument.
Yup. Huge market, huge attendance, and they own the stadium and parking. Their revenue should be second only to the Yankees.
Basically tied for fourth with the Cubs, behind the Red Sox and Mets. Probably could be second easily with a better TV deal.
edit: And the Dodgers also have a sweet Spring Training deal.
McCourt: I really want this team. The first thing I plan to do is not invest in the on field product.
Selig: Brilliant. Don't worry about not having any money. We like the cut of your jib!
This.
Not that this is suprising in the least.
I can also imagine the opposite being true.
Mark Cuban walks into Selig's office,
Cuban: I'm going to improve this team by investing money here, here, here, and oh yeah, here.
Selig: Next!
this
its coming out that mccourt has approached fox about a new contract now that would mean a lot more $$$ for the dodgers. his leverage is that the contract is up in 2013 and he could go to a cable model like the yanks and keep all the money for himself.
In fairness to Bud (can't believe I'm typing this) - if you don't have any money, promising not to spend on your team is a pretty plausible claim.
In fairness to the "Best Interests of Baseball", if you don't have any money, you shouldn't be allowed to buy a team...
SELIG points at his own wallet. "What about here?"
Since when has Selig cared about the best interests of baseball?
He does, he just has a different definition of the term than an impoverished lout like you.
Impoverished? I have a home, and a job, and a cat. What more do I need?
Yeah, that was my point.
Your post made him look like both a patsy and a terrible steward. I agree on the latter, but not the former.
Cat litter.
Compared to the fabulously wealthy like Bud and his ownership cronies, you're an insignificant, yacht-less insect. The closest he probably comes to interacting with untermenschen like yourself is when a nurse takes his blood for a PSA assay.
From an old usenet post (September 2002).
Here are team revenues for the years I have them from 1980-94 as a percentage of league average.
Team 80 82 84 90 91 92 93 94 High LowBraves 67 87 88 68 89 83 125 138 138 67
Orioles 91 84 105 92 104 137 128 131 137 84
Red Sox 126 112 95 132 121 149 122 123 149 95
Angels 103 130 116 94 105 92 85 74 130 74
Cubs 80 80 127 97 107 106 131 133 133 80
White Sox 77 106 117 95 110 128 124 113 128 77
Reds 121 92 85 94 98 81 83 76 121 76
Indians 59 58 59 67 69 65 77 101 101 58
Rockies 82 108 108 82
Tigers 104 97 129 73 85 83 88 82 129 73
Marlins 71 101 101 71
Astros 127 128 NA 77 73 71 95 85 128 71
Royals 139 110 99 103 86 85 82 79 139 79
Dodgers 183 230 179 124 135 138 126 122 230 122
Brewers 100 112 85 74 74 74 73 64 112 64
Twins 65 58 NA 79 88 87 77 65 88 58
Expos 113 118 97 68 68 77 73 64 118 64
Mets 81 94 108 156 158 143 127 111 158 81
Yankees 205 174 135 189 158 155 170 177 205 135
As 73 83 72 112 105 106 95 91 112 72
Phillies 160 134 125 119 100 82 96 102 160 82
Pirates 107 77 69 79 85 82 68 63 107 63
Padres 61 75 100 91 84 88 75 62 100 61
Giants NA 74 75 96 83 77 109 107 109 74
Mariners 43 49 50 66 85 74 80 68 85 43
Cardinals 73 91 87 108 98 84 102 97 108 73
Rangers 62 65 85 97 95 109 95 124 124 62
Blue Jays 83 82 112 149 136 144 139 140 149 82
St. Dev. 40 38 28 30 25 28 26 29
And what I have handy since then (Again percentage of league average)
Team 95 96 97 99 01Angels 77 64 79 96 86
Braves 120 120 151 164 134
Orioles 149 160 170 147 111
Red Sox 135 134 116 130 127
Cubs 125 116 103 111 110
White Sox 111 107 104 78 85
Reds 80 69 63 63 73
Indians 120 145 169 160 126
Rockies 140 145 147 129 108
Tigers 78 67 64 76 95
Marlins 95 85 111 63 68
Astros 88 95 86 99 105
Royals 71 65 65 66 71
Dodgers 141 134 119 127 120
Brewers 59 63 59 64 90
Twins 60 62 59 50 63
Expos 58 62 55 50 53
Mets 122 104 102 133 142
Yankees 186 202 183 207 180
As 82 75 71 64 75
Phillies 90 76 72 72 79
Pirates 49 60 62 61 90
Padres 56 80 73 83 77
Giants 92 79 88 76 119
Mariners 73 87 113 118 139
Cardinals 97 106 105 110 103
Rangers 123 133 123 124 112
Blue Jays 124 106 85 78 76
Diamondbacks 118 106
Devil Rays 82 77
St. Dev. 34 36 37 38 28
EDIT: Sorry about the headers, but it formatted better than Normal
EDIT2: Hey it worked!
Dude's trying to play a game that's out of his league. Give it up, ya carpetbagger.
Why should I care what Bud thinks? He probably smells like old people.
A publicly financed litter box with attached restaurants and hotels.
And gosh, when you compare the Brewers revenue to the Twins, it's kind of hard to tell which one of them is a hopeless franchise that needs to be contracted, and which one just needs a taxpayer-bought stadium to compete. I wonder why the Brewers were never offered up for contraction?
Only real work I did was converting absolute numbers (usually based on Michael Ozanian's work) to a relative number (to deal with the strong upward trend in baseball revenue)
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