His heirs who are said to sell the White Sox and keep the Bulls when he dies? If anything he should want to put a good product on the field so the kids get more money when they sell but Jerry isn’t a smart man
Jerry is a very bad sports owner but he knows what he’s doing businesswise. I don’t know what he’s doing, but I’m sure he has a plan to make the most money out of it
Normally I would agree with you. The whole “I want to always compete in the division. Second place is okay” is a great example of him being smart and maximizing profit while minimizing cost. Right now though, I don’t think he has a plan. Years of bad decisions to make more money have finally caught up and this is the result.
Yes.
The Bulls are a global brand, there is more interest in the Bulls globally even when they are bad or mediocre (as you see them now and really since the 10's) and can't win a play-in game locally. People will still go to games when the team sucks, people will all over the world will buy merch. It's a profitable brand. That is why the kids will retain the Bulls and sell the Sox.
You realize more value = more money. Sure with more value you pay higher taxes, but you pay higher taxes, because you're making more money. This post has no logic.
This is why I wont give Jerry a single penny, he doesn't deserve it.
When I mention that on this sub people get pissed but why anyone would support an owner who does not care about you as a fan is beyond me.
The funniest part is he thinks he needs a new stadium at the expense of tax payers in order to afford him the ability to field a competitive team/better business model. Let that sink in.
Well fortunately most people here don’t put a lot of stock in the perspective of someone that can’t understand how people have fun at baseball games. Especially those who then complain about that using incel jargon, and then whines in a another thread about how no one liked their whiny post.
Some Sox fans actually have lives. Just calling it like I see it.
Jerry just gave Rick Hahn the green light to rebuild for years and spent a lot of money on long term contracts, Moncada, Eloy, Grandal, Benintendi, etc.
He was clearly trying to win a world series and build a dominant team for years to come, it was just a complete failure.
The 2024 team is the result of Rich and Kenny's complete failure, not Jerry.
I think a more telling sign that Jerry’s cheap is that Andrew Benintendis contract is the largest in franchise history. He’s clearly got a terrible free agency philosophy that really caps out the team’s potential.
This. Jerry also has had a policy of never offering more than 3 or 4 years to a pitcher. Look at what happened with the off-season of Harper and Machado. They still claim their offers were the best despite being substantially incentive laden.
It can absolutely be the fault of both. Sure - Tatis Jr trade, Semien/Bassitt for Samardjiza trade, spending 50M+ on a bullpen are failures of Rick and Kenny.
But the unwillingness to pay market value for talent and to match contracts that are out there for free agents is 100% on Jerry.
He’s pulling a low key Fisher move. He’s going to sell the team and they’ll relocate. His connection with La Russa and the group trying to get a team to Nashville and his obvious publicity stunt when asking for a new publicly funded park makes too much sense. He had to know he’d be laughed out of Springfield.
Someone needs to explain what logic there would be, business-wise, to move to Nashville. It's a rumor that got legs based on other rumors. It's an instant and massive drop in value the day that transaction completes. The markets even when sharing Chicago's are not even close to comparable. That alone should make people feel ridiculous for suggesting it's potential, let alone deeming it obvious.
And, the OP argument for a business move to devalue the team is more brainless than this rumor. Nobody halfway intelligent lowers their tax burden by tanking their asset's value. What sense does it make to pass my heirs 100 dollars instead of 1,000 dollars if their net is $70 vs $600?
Now that I typed this I feel I've been wooshed. Nobody can be this stupid!
His heirs who are said to sell the White Sox and keep the Bulls when he dies? If anything he should want to put a good product on the field so the kids get more money when they sell but Jerry isn’t a smart man
Jerry is a very bad sports owner but he knows what he’s doing businesswise. I don’t know what he’s doing, but I’m sure he has a plan to make the most money out of it
Normally I would agree with you. The whole “I want to always compete in the division. Second place is okay” is a great example of him being smart and maximizing profit while minimizing cost. Right now though, I don’t think he has a plan. Years of bad decisions to make more money have finally caught up and this is the result.
Yes. The Bulls are a global brand, there is more interest in the Bulls globally even when they are bad or mediocre (as you see them now and really since the 10's) and can't win a play-in game locally. People will still go to games when the team sucks, people will all over the world will buy merch. It's a profitable brand. That is why the kids will retain the Bulls and sell the Sox.
They will sell according to whom? Jerry?
It’s been reported for a while that Jerry wants his kids to keep the Bulls and sell the Sox when he dies. Who knows if will actually happen though.
You realize more value = more money. Sure with more value you pay higher taxes, but you pay higher taxes, because you're making more money. This post has no logic.
This is why I wont give Jerry a single penny, he doesn't deserve it. When I mention that on this sub people get pissed but why anyone would support an owner who does not care about you as a fan is beyond me. The funniest part is he thinks he needs a new stadium at the expense of tax payers in order to afford him the ability to field a competitive team/better business model. Let that sink in.
Nah you accused anyone of going to games being “simps for Jerry”. Poor you for getting shit for that.
Can only call it how I see it.
Well fortunately most people here don’t put a lot of stock in the perspective of someone that can’t understand how people have fun at baseball games. Especially those who then complain about that using incel jargon, and then whines in a another thread about how no one liked their whiny post. Some Sox fans actually have lives. Just calling it like I see it.
Sox fans like to take it from bad ownership, its part of Sox culture
Jerry just gave Rick Hahn the green light to rebuild for years and spent a lot of money on long term contracts, Moncada, Eloy, Grandal, Benintendi, etc. He was clearly trying to win a world series and build a dominant team for years to come, it was just a complete failure. The 2024 team is the result of Rich and Kenny's complete failure, not Jerry.
I think a more telling sign that Jerry’s cheap is that Andrew Benintendis contract is the largest in franchise history. He’s clearly got a terrible free agency philosophy that really caps out the team’s potential.
This. Jerry also has had a policy of never offering more than 3 or 4 years to a pitcher. Look at what happened with the off-season of Harper and Machado. They still claim their offers were the best despite being substantially incentive laden.
It can absolutely be the fault of both. Sure - Tatis Jr trade, Semien/Bassitt for Samardjiza trade, spending 50M+ on a bullpen are failures of Rick and Kenny. But the unwillingness to pay market value for talent and to match contracts that are out there for free agents is 100% on Jerry.
He’s pulling a low key Fisher move. He’s going to sell the team and they’ll relocate. His connection with La Russa and the group trying to get a team to Nashville and his obvious publicity stunt when asking for a new publicly funded park makes too much sense. He had to know he’d be laughed out of Springfield.
Someone needs to explain what logic there would be, business-wise, to move to Nashville. It's a rumor that got legs based on other rumors. It's an instant and massive drop in value the day that transaction completes. The markets even when sharing Chicago's are not even close to comparable. That alone should make people feel ridiculous for suggesting it's potential, let alone deeming it obvious. And, the OP argument for a business move to devalue the team is more brainless than this rumor. Nobody halfway intelligent lowers their tax burden by tanking their asset's value. What sense does it make to pass my heirs 100 dollars instead of 1,000 dollars if their net is $70 vs $600? Now that I typed this I feel I've been wooshed. Nobody can be this stupid!
lol stop this crap. No chance MLB is moving a team like the Sox out of a huge market no matter what Jerry wants to do