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To: burroak
If the league is successful in this, there will be no more owner franchises. It will be like McDonalds owning all the stores.

It depends on the details of the accusations. A McDonald's franchise can't just put up disco balls and declare Friday evenings McKaraoke Night with cocktails. I'm sure MLB has some pretty strong language protecting the league from rogue ownership actions.

5 posted on 10/25/2011 9:58:31 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: Mr. Bird

If MLB realizes that it has senior position to the owner in one instance, it will become attractive to look for other owners to exploit.

What is to be feared by bankruptcy? the team will just get a new ownership which is not the league. That was the major flaw in the GM takeover. The bond holders, actually owners, were stripped of their value in the company and it handed over to the govt. and unions.

It’s not much of a stretch for MLB to do the same thing.


7 posted on 10/25/2011 11:58:10 AM PDT by burroak
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