DODGERS: Offseason Thread

Rube, folks need to realize that the nature of our economy has changed. We have gone from Land, Labor and Capital to Land, Labor, Capital and Management. We have since added intellectual property to the list of the means of production. Within that concept of intellectual property is not just the skills of the mind but also the skills of finance. Within the job skill set of finance is the all important ability to make money from someone elses money. In order to do that you have to convince people to give or let you use their money. The reason the stock market has a challenged future is that many mom and pops are no longer willing to allow mutual funds and other vehicles to use their money to make money with. The boycott whether we agree with it or not was born of the sentiment of individuals to no longer allow the Dodgers to use their money to make money. The future of the franchise is linked to finding the right owner who once again will be blessed with dollars from Dodger fans. Without that the franchise will be a financial bust! Yes there will be tax advantages and revenue sharing advantages as previously linked but those are based on the owners being able to keep more of the money coming in. The first necessary thing will be the money flow coming back in at even higher levels. That as you know means putting a product on the field that rocks and speaks volumes about wealth and committment to the highest quality product. No more mirrors as this fan based has seen that not only does the emporor have no clothes but that the owner had no scruples.

The Yankees have learned the lesson and the luxury tax is just part of the cost of doing business. LA needs a draw to bring the wealth of the West Coast their as a hub/Gateway to Asia. That is the future of the Dodgers, luxury box seats and suites and a place for business to be conducted by the West Coast elite while being entertained on and off the field by the likes of Kemp, Kershaw and others so fortunate to have been signed by those willing to them millions to reap the rewards of being able to market and show them off. We can become the mecca for Asian players wanting to play in the states. Expect the new owner to have broadcast rights over seas and to be able to market American players their simultaneus with them actually being on the field here. It takes money to make money and it appears we have the big boys willing to make the Dodgers part of their marketing prowness.

 

Fucking THIS^. McCourt and Nedco were not bright. Yes, McCourt has learned to use the litigation process to his own benefit but overall his business acumen sucks. He has not been impressive in using resources at his disposal to his advantage. The Dodgers, for all of their faults, had the corner on the Asian market. When we grabbed Saito and Kuroda, we were headed in the right direction. I think both came because of the Dodgers name. However, management failed to continually use this "name" to their advantage. There have been more than a few Asian players who probably would have enjoyed playing for us in the last seven. Darvish should currently be a Dodger. Imagine having a market as a farm team. Imagine being able to pick the premier players from a whole people group. Imagine being able to impact how those players are instructed and groomed.

 

Frank had a fatal flaw. He had no money after he borrowed to buy the team. He had to use team revenues to support his lifestyle as he had little on his own. For awhile back a few years ago he had some convinced he was no longer in debt because he paid the Fox loans off. Trying to tell them he had borrowed more money to pay off those loans was futile. They fell for the illusion that we had an owner who was not in debt and could afford the McCourt lifestyle and a major market franchise with high expectations. He couldn't. It was an illusion!

 

Anyone see this from MLBTR

 

yes and I get a chubby every time I re-read it

 

You are missing my point he had no other source of income worth a hill of beans. It was inevitable. Didn't have to be as lavish but what other source of income did they have? Should have never been allowed to buy what he couldn't afford. Whats good about some of the possible buyers this time around is they are filthy rich and don't need team revenues to live off of. They can get their take when they sell the team down the road.

 

Which raises an interesting question. How rich should you have to be to own a MLB team? Cohen if I remember right owns 700 million in art work which is more than the value of most MLB franchises. Some of the others are wealthy but when you hear names like Dennis Gilbert etc just how wealthy are they and their partners? We probably want someone who comfortably will still be filthy rich after buying the team and has multiple sources of revenue not connected with the franchise.

 

i agree. He was a good candidate 6 months ago before the really big boys jumped in. If Bud could select Gilbert might be a front runner. Not sure about now.

 

Yup, the divorce exposed things what would not have come out for a couple of years but it was inevitable as the only long term outcome was eventually going to be selling the team.

 

A surprising number of baseball executives think that the Dodgers will ultimately be in play for Prince Fielder, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post.

 

What makes me mad is if we were "in play", we might wanna meet with the guy.

 

What they might be waiting for is for the list of bidders to be trimmed down, and then find out how much extra the final 8 or 10 are willing to pay if they sign him.