Hired Very. Smart. Lawyers. to pick apart every contract for loopholes.

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-- source

Yeah, just like I'm stealing the signal of the Score when I listen to it on the radio.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Jerry Reinsdorf would have used lawyers to destroy every rooftop owner and make them all flee the city in shame.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Dan said that Reinsdorf would have handled the rooftop owners by having his lawyers go through every contract they ever signed looking for leverage to use against them.

Tom disagrees .... I don't

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

It's somewhat unfortunate that 'Caller Max' was allowed to hang up the phone thinking he had said something of some value ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Was that the "The legal system was designed to be expensive for a reason" guy?

I don't think that is true, and it certainly shouldn't be true if it is.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

It's funny how they're lamenting the masses "falling prey" to the rooftop propaganda while being part of Ricketts's propaganda.

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We need more law student viewpoints!

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

But he was a business law student. Or Bernsie's cousin. Or both?

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Elections have consequences.

and you're not even a season ticket holder.

They're installing a business based on watching a game live. The Cubs should have left the windscreens up and never negotiated a deal in the first place.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

$40 million for lawyers? I'm sure they're really smart, but that sounds awfully steep.

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He was funny enough to be one ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

in a stroke of good luck, the Cubs have hired Jerry Reinsdorf.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Right, and the rooftops (and their buildings) function as ersatz luxury boxes that neo-retro parks can have but Wrigley Field cannot. The Cubs not only should have made sure to capture that revenue stream, but should have captured even more than they did. Honestly, they should have bought the damn things outright. But to argue in favor of windscreens? Honestly?

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a little over the top, perhaps. Buying them out would have worked better, yes.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

If Uncle Jerry were in charge, Wrigley would have been leveled years ago and the Cubs would be drawing 11K/game.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Yeah, anyone who knew what happened with Shibe Park wouldn't say something so dumb.

To me, the argument is really about the bigger, stronger, richer guy trying to have it all. He wants the benefits of having an antique park smack dab in the middle of a neighborhood, but doesn't want any of the annoyances/drawbacks that come with it. Just like your boss loves the increased production your cellphone and laptop give him but he worries about stopping you from surfing Facebook and the CSFMB.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That is probably really close to the truth.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

drinky's "Modern Era" of sports starts when he began watching.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

and...?

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

And there's no issue with him wanting it. It's to be expected. But what kind of moron roots for him?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

a Cubs season ticket holder.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Why does being a season ticket holder make you root against the rooftops? Because they represent competition on the secondary market? Aren't you, in turn, competing with the Cubs' box office?

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You act as though there's someone/something that makes it compelling to give a fuck about the rooftop people.

As far as I'm concerned, the rooftops 'winning' net me absolutely nothing in any way, shape, or form.

The Ricketts 'winning' at least offers the potential that they will spend some of their fabulous monetary windfall on players that might net the Cubs a championship. Or, at the very least, it removes the easiest, most obvious excuse they can call upon as to why they aren't spending money.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I root against anything that "holds" the Cubs back from increasing their ability to raise money and then spend it on the team.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Hopefully the Cubs raise season ticket prices 20% next year.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

if the market will bear it, amen (and frankly even if it doesn't completely)

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I cant wait until the renovations are done and we get an in depth tour of Laura's luxury box.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

So you're rooting against Ricketts? Because he's the only person holding the Cubs back from spending. Nothing is stopping the chump from dropping the jumbotron and signage. It is possible to upgrade the clubhouses, build a hotel, and spruce up the place in general. I fear the day he gets his grimy claws on the rooftops. Once he's done with them they'll look like the Times Square monstrosities in St. Louis: