The Cubs are 1 of 9 teams out of major league baseball's debt compliance rules.

This team is a mess on and off the field.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6621842

bigfan thinks this is Jerry's fault too.

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Not his fault, just ended up as he thought it would. Others seem to agree, JimmyP, Dr Ken, My accountant who is a Sox fan,

It would be in Jerry best interest to approve a group that he felt would run the team poorly, but had enough cash to make sure they didnt go under.

Would you agree Mr C?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I agree that you're a meatball.

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Time to make a new tinfoil hat, Bigfan. This one seems to be a little tight.

Is Jerry's goal to make the White Sox more profitable or to simply "defeat" the Cubs?

Cuz I imagine the White Sox attendance and Cubs attendance track each other fairly closely. Just as the Wolves attendance likely increased as the Blackhawks went from 2nd worst attendance in the league to 2nd best attendance in the NHL.

The more popular baseball or hockey or anything is at a given time in a given place, the better all businesses involved in that industry do.

If you're one of 2 restaurants on a block, the way to improve your restaurant's business isn't necessarily to have the other restaurant go under, but to have a 3rd restaurant open nearby.

Well there's one thing the Cubs have in common with Manchester United. Too bad ManU still win the league while being run by financial scumbags like the Glazers.

Actually, Wolves attendance was great in year 1 and exceeded projections by close to 3 times! Ya know why? NHL Strike and over years Wolves attendance rose when Hawks attendance fell. Wolves even outdrew the Hawks on a nice Sunday matinee game, first time ever an IHL (At the time) outdrew an NHL team int he same town. Had my guy on ESPN to talk about it.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Dr Ken and Jimmy meatballs as well for saying the same thing?

My over educated Sox fan CPA genius guy, meatball?

Just asking?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Do CPA guy and Dr Ken post all the time about Jerry, and how they "just happen to tune in" to the Sox game on TV or radio to hear this and that?

Just asking?

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Weren't the Blackhawks pretty decent back when the Wolves started out in '94-95? Blackhawks made it all the way to the WCF that season.

Anyhow, the Wolves "founder" Don Levin see the Wolves success as paralleling the Blackhawks fortunes, from 2009:



http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009 ... blackhawks

Wonder if the Wolves will remain affiliated with the Atlanta-now-Winnipeg franchise

It was a strike year for the NHL the year the Wolves started.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I have the Score on my radio, I turn it on in the morning. When I come home the radio is on and many times it's Sox games,

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I don't understand your position. Is anyone attacking Jerry for this or the chatter in the other thread about what the old man Ricketts says? Reinsdorf is a shrewd business man. I get the feeling you are defending a negative perception of Jerry, when in these cases, no one thinks negatively of him.

I get the tweak Cub fan BigFan thing you two have going. It just doesn't fit here. 2 cents

They still played a season + playoffs.

The Wolves/Hawks correlation isn't the same as Cubs/Sox. I'd be surprised if Cubs/Sox attendance is correlated independently of their respective records.

Minor league games are attractive due to price and convenience. But, I don't think Cubs fans would go to Sox games due to "baseball fever". They'd wait to spend the money on another Cubs game.

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You know me like that.

The dining establishment or Hawks/Wolves examples are just incorrect.

I am 100% sure, Jerry R would have ZERO issue if the Cubs folded. Not saying they are folding, but I am sure Jerry would have no problem being the only team in town.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

The Cubs are out of complaince as a major league baseball team.

Hey-oh!

Did you text that one to Spiegs this morning?

Nope, can't. Winnipeg still owns the old Manitoba Moose, which they just shipped off to St. John's. The Moose were Vancouver's affiliate, but are no longer.

UH OH

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dont assume theyre a mess...the article implies theres a lot of gray area as far as how a team's debt is defined

this could just be Ricketts fudging things so as to appear "in debt" so he can get money from from the city of Chicago...fuck Ricketts

the Cubs are just fine...u dont go from cash cow to a mess in less than 1 year

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Fixed

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You must be a meatball for making such a statement.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”