Is it a slam dunk? Certainly not, but given that Selig is currently far more worried about owners with cash flow problems than owners with big mouths, I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up as a major player in negotiations. In fact, my guess is the bigger obstacle is Cuban himself – he’s not going to get himself involved if it’s a bad deal for him, and it definitely looks murky at the moment.

Selig is a public relations disaster, but there’s no arguing with baseball’s business success under his leadership. MLB had around $7 billion gross revenue last year, approaching NFL levels. It’s online presence and advanced media operations are envied by every other sports league, football included. Attendance has reached levels that nobody could have imagined 15 years ago. Selig learned from the 1994 strike disaster and has steadily built the most amicable and productive labor relationship of any major sport. And by almost any measure, baseball far outstrips the NBA in popularity and financial success.

At the height of the Bulls popularity in the 90s, many people believed the NBA was on the verge of overtaking baseball as America’s second most popular sport. Nobody believes that now, as MLB has opened up a huge lead over the NBA this past decade.

I’m sure there are lessons that baseball could learn from the NBA, but there is a lot more that David Stern could learn from Bud Selig.

One thing is I fell Cuban has mellowed the last couple of years, he didn’t say squat prior to the NBA finals when usually he’d be all over the place. The problem is and will be, in the Dodgers case, is McCourt has entrenched himself, his claim to charge the new owner rent, raise parking etc…is atrocious. Craig summed it up best in a post earlier in the week about McCourt’s character, or I should say lack of.

So bud has no interest in Peter Angelos, Arte Moreno, the Steinbrenners, Lerner, Loria, etc…. ? Sounds like he doesnt have an interest in any owners at all.