OT: Mets looking for financial lifeline to avoid selling club during coronavirus pandemic

[T2Kplus10]

Sounds like the Mets (or more specifically, the Wilpons) are in a financial death spiral:

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/06/...selling-club-during-coronavirus-pandemic.html

 

[NickKnight 1]

Sounds like the Mets (or more specifically, the Wilpons) are in a financial death spiral:

https://www.nj.com/yankees/2020/06/...selling-club-during-coronavirus-pandemic.html

Should have taken the money
When they had the chance.

 

[BoogieKnight]

Please make this happen. Very good people, mediocre owners at best.

 

[T2Kplus10]

Should have taken the money
When they had the chance.

+1
Cohen put $2.6B on the table and that didn't include SNY!

 

[CHR2022]

So true to the Wilpons that by turning down the best offer they'll ever get they'll lose hundreds of millions within just a few months.

 

[tico brown]

Every time I finally decided that James Dolan is the worst owner in sports this crap pops up. How the hell they are considered great businessmen if they keep crying poverty everytime they're mentioned about the Mets?

 

[Proud NJ Sports Fan]

I heard Nashville is looking for a MLB team.

 

[fsg2]

I think Mets should just shut it down. Definitely one of those companies that was teetering before CV and is just taking on water with no relief in sight.

You boys had a good run ..well, not that good, but no need to shovel salt in the wounds.

 

[tico brown]

MLB should get rid of the Wilpons the same way they rid the Dodgers of McCord. An owner with a half of a brain could do a better job than the Wilps.

 

[willisneverrana43]

Please make this happen. Very good people, mediocre owners at best.

There are a lot of people who don't like the son.

 

[T2Kplus10]

MLB should get rid of the Wilpons the same way they rid the Dodgers of McCord. An owner with a half of a brain could do a better job than the Wilps.

If you can get rid of 1 owner in each sport:

MLB = Mets/Wilpon
NBA = Knicks/Dolan
NFL = Redskins/Snyder (@Rhuarc )
NHL = I guess also Dolan, even though he seems to be 100% hands off with the Rangers he is such a jerk he deserves 2 votes!

 

[e5fdny]

They just can’t help themselves. LOL

 

[e5fdny]

They just can’t help themselves. LOL

Now instead of joining a Mets thread they’re starting their own.

 

[DJ Spanky]

If you can get rid of 1 owner in each sport:

NFL = Redskins/Snyder

Nope, get rid of the Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

 

[sherrane]

If you can get rid of 1 owner in each sport:

MLB = Mets/Wilpon
NBA = Knicks/Dolan
NFL = Redskins/Snyder (@Rhuarc )
NHL = I guess also Dolan, even though he seems to be 100% hands off with the Rangers he is such a jerk he deserves 2 votes!

Hard to argue against him being voted twice, but Melnyk (Senators) is a worse NHL owner than Dolan

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

So true to the Wilpons that by turning down the best offer they'll ever get they'll lose hundreds of millions within just a few months.

Just goes to show what crap owners they are.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Nope, get rid of the Glazer family, owners of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Hey.. they gave Schiano a shot... but then wouldn't support him properly... yeah.. I guess that is a reason.

 

[ru109]

If you can get rid of 1 owner in each sport:

MLB = Mets/Wilpon
NBA = Knicks/Dolan
NFL = Redskins/Snyder (@Rhuarc )
NHL = I guess also Dolan, even though he seems to be 100% hands off with the Rangers he is such a jerk he deserves 2 votes!

How about the owner of the A's. He's so cheap that Oakland is no longer getting the extra cash for small market teams because they don't qualify and he's kept his payroll too low. He's also not been paying the rest on the colusium and is in default.

 

[rurichdog]

Bobby Bonilla Day could break them.

 

[RUfinal4]

Some bids coming in from people that want to make the Mets a good team
- Cohen
- JLo / Arod
- Devils / Sixers owner

All 3 groups would invest in the Mets to try and make them a good team and a great fan experience

 

[ScarletNut]

Hey.. they gave Schiano a shot... but then wouldn't support him properly... yeah.. I guess that is a reason.

Think about that. Schiano worked for the worst owner in the NFL and the worst "owner" in college football (administration, not Mulcahey).

 

[fg7321]

The Wilpons might be the worst rich business family . Lost tons of money to Madoff and driving the NY Mets into the ground. Not hiring Girardi when they had the chance? Then the Beltran debacle...

 

[Knightmoves]

The Wilpons might be the worst rich business family . Lost tons of money to Madoff and driving the NY Mets into the ground. Not hiring Girardi when they had the chance? Then the Beltran debacle...

Mets are truly an inept organization, not unlike the NY Jets. Wilpons screwed up the deal with the hedge fund guy when they insisted on being involved in running the team for the next 5 years.

Wilpons need to go and let the new owners take over the organization ASAP imo. Mets fans deserve better than the Wilpons as team owners.

 

[bigmatt718]

Some bids coming in from people that want to make the Mets a good team
- Cohen
- JLo / Arod
- Devils / Sixers owner

All 3 groups would invest in the Mets to try and make them a good team and a great fan experience

You dont want Josh Harris, owner of the Devils/Sixers. Trust me...Sixers fans had to bully him into firing GM Colangelo after the burner account scandal a few years ago. Every Sixers fan hates his guts.

 

[Rhuarc]

If you can get rid of 1 owner in each sport:

MLB = Mets/Wilpon
NBA = Knicks/Dolan
NFL = Redskins/Snyder (@Rhuarc )
NHL = I guess also Dolan, even though he seems to be 100% hands off with the Rangers he is such a jerk he deserves 2 votes!

I'm down with this. Snyder is just a micro-managing, tone deaf idiot.

 

[tico brown]

Some bids coming in from people that want to make the Mets a good team
- Cohen
- JLo / Arod
- Devils / Sixers owner

All 3 groups would invest in the Mets to try and make them a good team and a great fan experience

But they want to sell the team and still have say so on how the team is run. Freaking asshats

 

[yesrutgers01]

Some bids coming in from people that want to make the Mets a good team
- Cohen
- JLo / Arod
- Devils / Sixers owner

All 3 groups would invest in the Mets to try and make them a good team and a great fan experience

You dont want Josh Harris, owner of the Devils/Sixers. Trust me...Sixers fans had to bully him into firing GM Colangelo after the burner account scandal a few years ago. Every Sixers fan hates his guts.

Yeah- have heard horrible stuff about this option. They may actually make the Met's good for a very short term but that would be for resale value but would make very little long term investment in them.

 

[Knight Shift]

The Wilpons might be the worst rich business family . Lost tons of money to Madoff and driving the NY Mets into the ground. Not hiring Girardi when they had the chance? Then the Beltran debacle...

Some Mets fans were happy they passed on Girardi.

 

[ruready4somefootball]

Some Mets fans were happy they passed on Girardi.

Yankee brass wanted to see the Mets stuck with Beltran, knowing he was dirty and would be a public nightmare, so they told the Mets he was better than sliced bread,lol. Can't wait to see just how crooked the Yankees were, no way should the letter be keep from the public.

 

[Knightmoves]

Yankee brass wanted to see the Mets stuck with Beltran, knowing he was dirty and would be a public nightmare, so they told the Mets he was better than sliced bread,lol. Can't wait to see just how crooked the Yankees were, no way should the letter be keep from the public.

There are no clean hands in this matter imo. But if they want to save the sport they will attempt to play this season.

What if there is no mlb but people are ok with it?

 

[T2Kplus10]

Some Mets fans were happy they passed on Girardi.

Not the smart ones.

 

[Knight Shift]

Not the smart ones.

Well, that would include me. Was never sold on him.

Cashman was so effusive in his praise, it was a no-brainer:

But the overriding reason that Cashman soured on Girardi was the "connectivity and communication" issue with players, which was a concern to the GM as the Yankees move into their next phase of their youth movement led by Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and the rest of the Baby Bombers.

 

[Andy117]

Please make this happen. Very good people, mediocre owners at best.

What would make you think they're good people?

 

[BoogieKnight]

What would make you think they're good people?

Had a friend that worked very high up in the organization who passed away at a young age several years ago, leaving behind a husband and a couple of kids. They have been nothing but great to her family. At least Fred has. Don’t know enough about Jeff.