Comments on: NBA money matters and luxury taxes http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/07/15/nba-money-matters-and-luxury-taxes/ Musings on the world of sports Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: alan t. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/07/15/nba-money-matters-and-luxury-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-5919 alan t. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:57:06 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=3479#comment-5919 Jason, you may not have noticed, but Scott Layden and Isiah Thomas are no longer in New York. Also, that willingness to pay $23.7 in luxury tax no matter the year, no matter the record, is a prime reason that James should and will strongly consider the Knicks. Not to mention the fact that one franchise now has Danny Ferry making personnel decisions, the other doesn't. Also, please. A casino? Why not just open a whorehouse? That would bring folks in from the suburbs for a couple of hours per year, too. Daniel Gilbert, Chief Financial Pimp. Jason, you may not have noticed, but Scott Layden and Isiah Thomas are no longer in New York. Also, that willingness to pay $23.7 in luxury tax no matter the year, no matter the record, is a prime reason that James should and will strongly consider the Knicks. Not to mention the fact that one franchise now has Danny Ferry making personnel decisions, the other doesn't.

Also, please. A casino? Why not just open a whorehouse? That would bring folks in from the suburbs for a couple of hours per year, too. Daniel Gilbert, Chief Financial Pimp.

]]> By: Jason http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/07/15/nba-money-matters-and-luxury-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-5910 Jason Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:13:31 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=3479#comment-5910 Three quick points: 1) No one goes downtown Cleveland for anything now. It's a ghost-town. Could a casino really *hurt* ? You gotta think about the overall economy and attractions. Unless you give people a reason to return to Cleveland, they ain't comin'. Time to get off the "no casino" kick. 2) Less than 1/2 of the NBA teams are turning a profit. What kind of a warped business model is this? And the league has a "salary cap," mind you. Can't the agents and players (and idiotic owners) see that they are canibalizing their sport, pricing themselves right out of business? Word to the wise, Major League Baseball: better start getting your house in order, after the much-needed departure of Devil Fehr. Or you'll be out-of-business before you know it. 3) New York Knicks, $23.7 million over the cap! That is just hilarious, and couldn't happen to a more dysfunctional, assinine, joke of a franchise. BIG, BIG belly laugh, if you ever think LBJ would want to step into your pile of dung. You traded for Marbury and Larry Hughes, right? How's that workin' out for ya? (my belly hurts, I'm laughing at you so hard) Three quick points:

1) No one goes downtown Cleveland for anything now. It's a ghost-town. Could a casino really *hurt* ? You gotta think about the overall economy and attractions. Unless you give people a reason to return to Cleveland, they ain't comin'. Time to get off the "no casino" kick.

2) Less than 1/2 of the NBA teams are turning a profit. What kind of a warped business model is this? And the league has a "salary cap," mind you. Can't the agents and players (and idiotic owners) see that they are canibalizing their sport, pricing themselves right out of business? Word to the wise, Major League Baseball: better start getting your house in order, after the much-needed departure of Devil Fehr. Or you'll be out-of-business before you know it.

3) New York Knicks, $23.7 million over the cap! That is just hilarious, and couldn't happen to a more dysfunctional, assinine, joke of a franchise. BIG, BIG belly laugh, if you ever think LBJ would want to step into your pile of dung. You traded for Marbury and Larry Hughes, right? How's that workin' out for ya? (my belly hurts, I'm laughing at you so hard)

]]> By: alan t. http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/2009/07/15/nba-money-matters-and-luxury-taxes/comment-page-1/#comment-5901 alan t. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:31:59 +0000 http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/mcmanamon/?p=3479#comment-5901 "Break-even range" has a nicer ring than the truth of "bleeding profusely" range. If James leaves, the Gilbert-Ferry five-year business plan will have to rank right up there as the NBA's version of Enron. Don't forget about his Cincinnati casino, too. Gilbert is not just about turning downtown Cleveland into an urban paradise. "Break-even range" has a nicer ring than the truth of "bleeding profusely" range. If James leaves, the Gilbert-Ferry five-year business plan will have to rank right up there as the NBA's version of Enron.

Don't forget about his Cincinnati casino, too. Gilbert is not just about turning downtown Cleveland into an urban paradise.

]]>