And, essentially, if you had the money and were looking for an opportunity in team ownership to come around, would you choose Boston or Cleveland? FSG have proven to be one of the most successful ownership groups, on and off the field, in world sports. The Indians, not so much.
Except that's not how it works. LeBron wanted to buy into an MLB team -- and one that's enormously popular and historic. (Though, I'm guessing your post is tongue-in-cheek.)I’m fine with this, but if they were gonna sell a stake to a fabulously wealthy, all-time great baller from Akron, OH, could they not have picked the one who’s actually a lifelong Red Sox fan?
It's really god damn bad and ignorant. Putting on airs about reading some books doesn't make you a dumbass. LeBron has been remarkably on point in terms of marketing himself and his "brand" (as it is) after his choice to do "The Decision" (which, by the way, raised money for the Boys and Girls Clubs). But more than that, he's done a world of good in terms of his school and his new voting rights organization.
Hey, a former president did just one of those things and got into a load of hot water...
While it doesn't directly answer your question, the article in this morning's Globe indicated that the LeBron would have the third largest interest after Henry and Werner:
Wow. I guess that could still be a very small share but either way, good for him. I too wish he'd be at least a little more critical of China, but he's got a lot of company among businesspeople who have had to make moral compromises to protect their interests.
He’s a smart guy. He knows he can’t wear a MFY hat. Lakers….that’s fair play. He IS a Laker. But he’s smart. So he won’t.
i'll give him pass on wearing Liverpool FC colors-but F the Lakers. And I'm mostly TIC.
Not that you've implied this, but James isn't coming in here and making wholesale changes to the team or the organization. I'm guessing his stature will afford him louder voice and a unique perspective in many different areas compared to that of other limited partners and the ownership group took him on for that exact reason. I think both sides as well as the fan base should benefit this partnership.
Look at what he has done with Liverpool.
I think that's misreading the article -- which I bring up only because I was looking for this answer earlier today. A longer quote from the article with emphasis added:
Seems like RedBird Capital Partners is the one with the third largest interest -- and Lebron is merely another partner, presumably with a much lower stake. If the latter is part of the former, that is not evident on the company's website or in the news article.
Not to dive too deeply into this, but it really is a different dynamic when you grow up without your dad in the house.
The “broken home” theory of Yankee fandom. I love it. It explains a lot—even where parents were in the house.
This seems right. We want a GIF clip of Lebron in a Boston hat highfiving fans at Petco after Jeter Downs hits a bases clearing double to take a late lead in game three of the 2024 World Series to become a widely-used internet meme that means "something awesome just happened."
Its really not that.
How does LeBron James buying in result in ticket and concession prices going up?
So, the same thing you should have been thinking dating back to the beginning of the year?
So now I get it. You don't like LeBron. I've never been a fan of him as a player either, as he has beaten "my team" many times. But saying that this is related to prices going up is just a very odd take.
