Saturday, July 14, 2007
Mark Cuban to buy Cubs?
Look for Bud Selig and his cronies to nix this deal as Selig digs deep into his bag of tricks learned from years of selling used cars.
Cuban is the exact kind of owner Selig doesn't want.
Cuban's the type of billionaire that'll go out and invest money in scouts, organization, and players.
In short, he will show that anyone with a Billion dollars (i.e., ALL of the owners) can make their teams work if they only invest money in building.
Selig and his phalanx have spent the better part of two decades trying to convince fans that Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Oakland are just too poor to spend as much money as the Yankees.
And it's all garbage.
Show me a billionaire that couldn't match Steinbrenner's $200M of player payroll.
It can't be done.
Cuban is the exact kind of owner Selig doesn't want.
Cuban's the type of billionaire that'll go out and invest money in scouts, organization, and players.
In short, he will show that anyone with a Billion dollars (i.e., ALL of the owners) can make their teams work if they only invest money in building.
Selig and his phalanx have spent the better part of two decades trying to convince fans that Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Oakland are just too poor to spend as much money as the Yankees.
And it's all garbage.
Show me a billionaire that couldn't match Steinbrenner's $200M of player payroll.
It can't be done.
Congratulations to the Oklahoma Sooners!
Oklahoma is now tied all-time in second place with Auburn, Texas A&M, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Wichita State.
They lag behind only SMU and Arizona.
At what, you ask?
NCAA Major Infractions, of course. The Sooners have reached the lofty total of seven, once again disproving the Oldsmobile addage, "This is not your father's Oklahoma Sooners."
It is. Cheatin' and Hollerin'.
Bob Stoops and his minions didn't seem too apologetic about the whole thing, either. The arrogance is mind-boggling. They should be embarrassed for getting caught. Duke never gets caught. But they have guys with 2,000 on their SAT's working around the clock to protect their program. Oklahoma is just a quiet Midwestern school without that kind of brain trust resources.
So congratulations, Oklahoma Sooners. Perhaps in the near future you'll reach for the stars and tie the greatest renegade program of all time, SMU, and the greatest point-shaving empire of all time, Arizona State, atop the charts at eight violations. REACH FOR YOUR STAR!
They lag behind only SMU and Arizona.
At what, you ask?
NCAA Major Infractions, of course. The Sooners have reached the lofty total of seven, once again disproving the Oldsmobile addage, "This is not your father's Oklahoma Sooners."
It is. Cheatin' and Hollerin'.
Bob Stoops and his minions didn't seem too apologetic about the whole thing, either. The arrogance is mind-boggling. They should be embarrassed for getting caught. Duke never gets caught. But they have guys with 2,000 on their SAT's working around the clock to protect their program. Oklahoma is just a quiet Midwestern school without that kind of brain trust resources.
So congratulations, Oklahoma Sooners. Perhaps in the near future you'll reach for the stars and tie the greatest renegade program of all time, SMU, and the greatest point-shaving empire of all time, Arizona State, atop the charts at eight violations. REACH FOR YOUR STAR!
