Comments on: Jamie McCourt is going to demand that the Dodgers be sold

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:56:50 +0000

I agree. Mark Cuban, anyone?

Incidentally, would it come as a huge shock to discover that somehow, Bud Light got a message to Jamie to run this gambit? Probably has to be some hidden perk in it for her, no?

By: Walk

Walk — Thu, 19 May 2011 19:15:16 +0000

That was the point i was getting at gator, if she does not need approval for ownership no one else should either. Unlike a lot of the owners lately they just need some cash. If she has not been vetted it boggles my mind how they are getting away with this just because it benefits the owners to help force a sale. I understand the marriage settlement gives here the right but if a team can be turned over through divorce i do not see why the courts can’t force a team to be sold to the high bidder instead of the way it is done now. The split ownership is not the issue i have here. What i dont like is the way teams seem to be sold to friends of the commissioner of baseball and owners who are bypassing free comerce, probably a better word than free commerce but cant really think of one now, and holding a monopoly on the sale of teams.

By: obsessivegiantscompulsive

obsessivegiantscompulsive — Thu, 19 May 2011 17:23:34 +0000

Not that I really care for the Dodgers to do better, all this turmoil is gravy to me, but one issue that people miss is that Frank McCourt separated Dodger Stadium from the team, and the combination is of great value, whereas I think separated, as it may be now, would reduce the ability of the team to compete as well in the future as the money generated from owning that property could be huge if, say, he carves out part of that land for redevelopment and such.

By: professor59

professor59 — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:33:29 +0000

I’m sure she was quite the hottie 40 years ago when they met. And I’m sure the next one will be, too.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:17:42 +0000

She doesn’t need approval to be an owner. The court shot down the jerryrigged prenuptial agreement whereby she supposedly “agreed” that Frank would get the Dodgers, so I guess that automatically cuts her in for half ownership (if California is a community property state, anyway). Either way, as a party to a divorce proceeding she is entitled to protect the assets under contention until the court hands down its final ruling on the matter.

In the meantime, I hope Frank’s therapist is warning him not to succumb to all this stress and start drinking Woolite. That shit will kill you.

By: dogsweat1

dogsweat1 — Thu, 19 May 2011 16:11:06 +0000

Brooklyn Baby!

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:59:44 +0000

This might be the only cash Jamie sees in the divorce. The rest of McCourt’s assets are so leveraged the family fortune is measured in negative numbers. You bet she wants the team sold.

By: cur68

cur68 — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:57:08 +0000

“Is this dude really that stupid?”

In answer to your question about Frank; yes.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:24:39 +0000

I would never!! Actually his choice of action may be to press Jamie to take action to have the team sold under court order asap. It would make sense for both Jamie and MLB I think. *disclaimer- guessing here…

By: kiwicricket

kiwicricket — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:55:37 +0000

Are you suggesting that Bud doesn’t like to take action J5?!

By: Walk

Walk — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:53:29 +0000

I hope she gets her way but when did she get approval to be an owner? I was fairly certain a potential owner had to be vetted by the commisioner and other owners. Do they consider the Mccourts an ownership group? If they consider the team half hers because of the divorce proceedings thus not needing any approval it is just a small step away from having to accept the high bid on a team no matter if baseball’s owners approve of a new owner or not.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:34:15 +0000

BTW, the Dodgers are pretty much Franks final cash cow. He’s sooo screwed. I’m sure MLB will support Jamie. As a matter of fact, I’d bet a paycheck that they actually are encouraging her to do this. That way a court ordered sale, looks much better than an MLB take over,and probably saves MLB some loot as well as resources.

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:30:16 +0000

Good girl. That is exactly what would be best for everyone.

By: hep3

hep3 — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:28:19 +0000

I remember reading that when Jeff Smulyan bought the Mariners in the early nineties he was asked why he would buy a team that everyone knew lost money every year. Smulyan’s answer was something to the effect that buying the Mariners would show everyone how much money he had.

Of course, Smulyan probably made money off the appreciation of the value of the team. He also tried to buy the Nationals in 2005.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:21:07 +0000

No, he didn’t have money to buy the dodgers, it was all on credit….thus, the problem.

By: sasquash20

sasquash20 — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:06:01 +0000

Please take that picture of that troll down

By: bigxrob

bigxrob — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:02:32 +0000

Ego my friend, ego

By: sasquash20

sasquash20 — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:58:37 +0000

Maybe he wants to keep the Dodgers. Wow hes got money to buy the Dodgers but not get a good looking wife. I would break loose just so I don’t have to wake up next to that every day. He has enough money to find a young gold digger to bang.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:56:46 +0000

Of course she wants the sale of the team. She (just like here husband) has not interest in running the team and no interest in owning it other than what the profits can provide her….so there is no reason to keep the thing when it isn’t making money for them anymore and Frank can’t buy her out…because he has no money and can’t borrow any more. The only remaining option is to demand the asset be sold and to split the proceeds (assuming there is anything left after the loans are paid off).

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:49:51 +0000

This is just so ridiculous to me, but maybe I’m just naive. There would be a line of suitors around Dodger Stadium to buy this team if they were on the market, and I would think McCourt would make more money off that deal than selling pieces and/or fighting in the courts when the team is ripped from him by MLB. Is this dude really that stupid?