Failed to mention I kept on thinking of Henry Winkler before realizing who you named yourself after. LOL.

It would be in the best interest of the game not to have a team in the biggest sports market in the world go bankrupt. And all those who wrongly believed that going to CRG was the precursor to inevitable bankruptcy were dead wrong and merely caught up in some wishful thinking.

The strongest opinions on this mess unfortunately come from the non-legal experts who seem to think they have a grasp of everything.

They are also the ones who who continue to try this case in the court of public opinion to suit their needs.

Let justice run it’s course and prevail, without all these non-experts butting in only to further muddy an already murky situation.

I would think so. Although as minority owners, I’m sure they often have no official say in how the club is run.
When it’s a corporation though, I would think they’d be quicker to dump a losing investment then a mostly family owned team.

another aspect that gets overlooked is that Fred and the gang are one of the few “family” owners left (where they basically own the whole thing). I believe Mccourt was too, but not sure about minority partners.

having a corporate owner or some ownership consortium has to change the dynamics, right? mroe people pressuring from the inside?

But not sure you can discount that friendship factor totally. Or maybe more to the point that the Wilpons have always backed Fred up on anything – stuck to slot (except last year), etc. etc.

Just have to wonder if this would play out differently next year if Selig’s term wasn’t extended.

Much more likely that MLB really does not want to open up that can of worms again and deal with the mess that trying to take over a franchise is. Look at how nasty it has been out in LA, you think they want to deal with NY at the same time? plus they have much less of a lef to stand on.

You know Selig doesn’t want to be portrayed as the heavy in this – especially since they’ve been friends for years – so either they become solvent and it’s not a problem or they miss payroll in which case it’s a done deal.

NY has to spend 80mil, or lose the franchise. KC has to spend 50. Texas 120. Etc…

Look, the team is rebuilding to a large extent. and it is hard to argue that 1-2 FAs was the difference between a serious WS threat and an also ran. So the payroll is a red herring.

bottom line is, if the mets have gotten the financial ducks in a row and can meet payroll and operating expense, there is not a damned thing Selig can do about it.

I can guarantee though if he tried to take over, the lawsuit fighting it would be filed the same day.

so like any 30 year long owner, they will get every inch of rope available before going with the nuclear option of an MLB reposession.

We all keep Hoping Bay has a bounce back year so he can be traded but even if that happens no one is going to trade for him without us eating a major chunk of what he is owed.

Losing 8 Mil a year is better than losing 16 Mil but still only 8 Mil left to sign someone which is not going to get you much of anything significant…
Just more Franciscos and Rauchs!

I just can’t see though you’re projected lowering of payroll to around 60-65 MIL is going to be in line with ‘the best interests of the game must come first.’ as Rosenthal puts it.