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Originally Posted by Yogi44
I agree Lenny. The fact that the man that calls himself our commissioner even allows Liberty to be at the forefront of the sale is disgraceful. I have no problem with selling to them, but when they outright say it's being done only as a tax break and they'll look to sale it as soon as the IRS regs allow (2 years I think), is when a decent commissoner steps in. How is that good for the game? Good for only one thing, the bottom line!
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The problem is they are treating this like it was any other business transaction. And your right, that is the commissoners job to step in and not allow things like that to happen.
The owners should make money off such an expensive investment, and they should be allowed to do with the team what they want since they own it, but when they purchase it they have to understand this is baseball, and it's more about the sport than a business. If they don't want to make money but preserve the sport at the same time, then they need to find something else to invest in. I would be willing to bet that Liberty only does harm to the Braves by the time they are ready to unload them.