finances Stories - Five For Howling
A Bridge Loan Too Far
I don't believe the news that the Mets have sought--and received--another loan from MLB should be all that shocking. But this, combined with the recent loss of Jose Reyes to the free spending Marlins (another team with dubious finances), set off many fans' You Gotta Be Effin' Kidding Me...
Summer Reading!
Well, Madridistas, we here at Managing Madrid hope you are enjoying the summer! As one of the off-years from the World Cup and Euros, 2011 leaves us with little to talk about except the rather slow transfer market, although we will try to get some content up.In the meantime, our more cerebral...
Contracts Made Easy
It wouldn't be too hard to argue that the top two outfielders in this year's class of impending free agents--Carl Crawford and Jayson Werth--are a better pair than Matt Holliday and Jason Bay were last year. You probably wouldn't pick any of these players to build a franchise with, they're older,...
Penn State's endless fountain of money
Owing to Sean Keeley's take on this subject, I felt obligated to go back and flesh out my thoughts here. Penn State lured away Cornell's lacrosse coach last week for, presumably, a major bump in salary. That's on the heels of hiring wrestling coach Cael Sanderson from Iowa State, which was doubly...
A thought experiment on win valuation
Suppose I am playing fantasy baseball in a dynasty league. It is a 10-team league with a $200 buy in--winner takes all ($2000). At the trade deadline I am in 3rd place and I basically have two options. One, I could "buy", increasing my odds of winning now at the expense of winning in the future....
The Pending (?) Lecavalier Trade
It's interesting how the so-called "rumors" of Vincent Lecavalier being traded from January have slipped into a being a distinct possibility in April. Not just a possibility, but perhaps even a likelihood. And the fan outrage from January about it has faded into a peevish...
The More You Know... What the Coyotes Sale Means
Some in the sports world and sports media (who I will address tomorrow) were shocked to hear about offers made to the Coyotes about selling the team to new investors. Today Jerry Moyes confirmed to the press that indeed the team had received initial offers from at least 3 different investment...
Forbes Ranks Carolina Profitability Last in NHL
Forbes Magazine just published their annual review of NHL finances and the results are not all peachy for the Carolina Hurricanes. [caption id="attachment_2133" align="alignright" width="150" caption="*from Forbes"][/caption] While the magazine stated that the franchise's overall value increased...
The Bobcats Layoffs Indicate a Need to Think Differently
The Bobcats are laying off some of their behind-the-scenes people, and crying "small market" all the while.Following up on Bob Johnson's claims, last year, that the Charlotte business community is failing to support the Bobcats, this move, especially the exceedingly dumb possibility that they tried...
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