Wilpons selling percentage of New York Mets
- Thread starter Gavvy Cravath
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If they're more involved with the Madoff scam than they claim to be victim why they fuck not? And why stop at a billion. Nothing would make me laugh more than seeing Picard selling the clothes off their backs and their furniture out from under their asses... ala Ruth Madoff. Couldn't happen to a nicer pair of douchebags.
btw.. I'd also like to point out that Selig wasn't the first corrupt sports commissioner to rig a deal or dictate where talent went. Anyone who actually thinks the Patrick Ewing lottery was on the up and up and that it wasn't predetermined that the Knicks would get him needs to look at Selig and come to the realization that this shit happens. With Bird and Magic garnering all the attention in Boston and LA, the NBA needed a major draw and successful franchise in NY that could compete as the final piece of the puzzle. Instead they got a guy who could barely articulate so sneaker ads and a NY media darling wasn't gonna happen nor could he hit free throws in the clutch to compete.... So David Stern and the NBA had to wait a couple of years until a 6'6" guard from North Caaaaaaaaaarolina stepped on to the court in Chicago and launched the NBA's popularity, marketing and network deals into the stratosphere.
I found a bunch of Newsday's from the late 70's. The Nets and Knicks got barely a mention in those papers. Maybe 3 lines on each team. The NBA was on the verge of collapsing at that time.
And at the age of 12 years old, I remember the Mets were playing the Cubs or Cardinals at Shea. At some point, my father and I turned the channel and watched the draft lottery. After the Knicks "won" the 1st overall pick, I said to my dad, "That was fixed!"
If a 12 year old could figure that out...
And at the age of 12 years old, I remember the Mets were playing the Cubs or Cardinals at Shea. At some point, my father and I turned the channel and watched the draft lottery. After the Knicks "won" the 1st overall pick, I said to my dad, "That was fixed!"
If a 12 year old could figure that out...
You might find a few more basketball mentions in the Daily News and Post. After the Nets split the Island and their state of the art arena for a gymnasium in Piscataway and more importantly the departure of the Dr a year earlier.... Long Island didn't want to hear about basketball. The late 70's Knicks might not have won a lot of games.... but they certainly made the papers. Between Michael Ray Richardson, Ray Williams, Sly Williams, Campy Russell and Maurice Lucas... there wasn't a hooker or kilo of coke in NYC they didn't devour. There's must be an easy 5 years worth of combined suspensions between them and then Lucas and Richardson were canned for life. My friends and I had $2.00 tickets to at least a dozen games a year thru some ID card the NYC Board of Ed passed out, a Gyro and those greasy fucking potato chip fries from the Greek (Athens Gyro) across the street and a joint in my pocket. I was fat stoned and happy by game time. Who cared if they lost by 20 every fucking night. That was an exciting fucking team.
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Nelson Doubleday was a very nice man. I spoke with Bill Skehan the other night at the LI Marriott and he gave me the rundown on how Wilpon was even a 1% owner of the Mets. Basically, Wilpon brought the deal to Doubleday. Doubleday, nice guy that he is, brought him in as a 3% owner for bringing him the deal. He absolutely didn't have to do that.
And the rest is history. Makes you wonder just how Wilpon amassed so much money in 6 short years to be able to come up with $40 million (or the ability to borrow that much).
And the rest is history. Makes you wonder just how Wilpon amassed so much money in 6 short years to be able to come up with $40 million (or the ability to borrow that much).
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