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1. AROM Posted: November 03, 2011 at 12:55 AM (#3985420)On BB-ref, his contract with the Padres was 5 years, 6.6 million. In 1978 he made 300,000. Between those years he likely made less than a million per season. Then consider taxes. A divorce settlement (not cheap especially in California). All those kids to pay child support for. Sure, he had the photogenic looks that help him with endorsements. And might have done better with his investments than the typical ex-athlete. But I strongly doubt he's got much to offer an ownership group other than his fame.
Garvey then paused to pat the ass of a passing nun and trip a child using a walker.
"Anyway, I've been calling up all my old pals... Lenny Dyksta, Moamar Quaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Satan... But they're all either broke or dead. Fortunately, I think my organ harvesting business is about to take off and stealing your grandman's life savings is always lucrative."
I think it would be pretty cool if a group of players investing 20-30 million each was able to pull this off. Might help to look beyond just the greats, and bring in somebody like Darren Dreifort as well.
We could see this happening a generation or so from now. I've often wondered wtf this crop of ballplayers are going to do with all of that money when they retire.
Frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads.
Free iPads, for everyone!
Invest in Lenny Dykstra's hedge fund.
And miniature American flags!
It sounds cool, but it also sounds disastrous. Yah, you'd have Darren Dreifort's hand in the air when the committee puts forth the call for naysayers in the "Should we give B.J. Ryan 47 million dollars" debate, but for the most part...
I mean, a lot of these guys don't even go to college.
I just put together a greats list from a limited player set; the Phils turned out the best, but I wondered how well-oiled a clubhouse would be with Robin Roberts, Lenny Dykstra, John Kruk, Jim Bunning, Dick Allen, and Tug McGraw. Can't imagine them owning a team.
Dustin Pedroia and Andre Ethier are BFF and they combine for about 80M between what's been earned and what's is guaranteed coming to them (and they went to college!). Obviously who knows how much they would have to put towards a ballclub when their careers are done but I can envision scenarios where ballplayers can put their money together, buy a team and not have it be the worse idea in the world.
MLB doesn't want ownership groups made up of lots of small investors. there always has to be one guy with extremely deep pockets who can use his influence to do stuff like sell a municipality on taxpayer financed stadium or whatever.
steve garvey doesn't know any billionaires. he might think he does, but there's no way he hobnobs with one well enough that one would take a flyer on owning a team with a disaster like him. his financial woes are well known.
MLB doesn't want ownership groups made up of lots of small investors. there always has to be one guy with extremely deep pockets who can use his influence to do stuff like sell a municipality on taxpayer financed stadium or whatever.
steve garvey doesn't know any billionaires. he might think he does, but there's no way he hobnobs with one well enough that one would take a flyer on owning a team with a disaster like him. his financial woes are well known.
I agree the big-group idea has no chance of being approved with a team like the Dodgers, especially on the heels of an all-time ownership disaster, but MLB seems increasingly flexible when it comes to ownership groups. Back in May, I thought the pending Astros sale was D.O.A. because of the debt (~ $300M) and huge investor group (reportedly 40-plus people), but neither seem to be impeding the approval process.
Unless he's mismanaged his finances, he's obviously rolling in the riches from having been a guest panelist on The Gong Show.
Rip Taylor would listen if anybody called
Who is this for the Rangers? Ryan isn't THAT rich.
That sort of answers my question.
I first took this to read Ray Davies and thought how cool would be if the front man of the Kinks owned a team. The 7th inning stretch song could be "Waterloo Sunset."
I was definitely starting to get confused. Are the LED's cursed?
Especially since two of them are dead.
Now, does that mean ACTUAL LED TVs, or does that mean LED-backlit LCD TVs?
I'm guessing the latter, which are often mis-advertised as the former.
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