Dunleavy has basketball knowledge and connections like nobody else that's even been mentioned. Sure he didn't so hot with the Clippers, but let's be real-- nobody does.
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Dunleavy has basketball knowledge and connections like nobody else that's even been mentioned. Sure he didn't so hot with the Clippers, but let's be real-- nobody does.
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The problem is Dunleavy doesn't have the money to be a majority owner so the team's future in the region hinges on the whim of some venture capitalist whose brother runs some rotgut computer retailer who outsources his tech support to India.
The main money would move here. I don't even think it's Dell. Just a possibility.
Anyway, if you move here, you're a local in my book.
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Going to take more than a recent change of zip code for me to be convinced.Originally Posted by Joe Gerrity
I was thinking there was something in place about being the primary owner of both an NBA and NFL franchise....is there anything to that?
I guess not....I thought Paul Allen was involved in something along these lines, but apparently not....
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If the new lease doesn't have any opt out clauses then how would you expect someone to move the team?
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I know Bill Simmons used to write a lot about how much he hated Dunlevy as a coach, but don't remember what kind of job he did as GM. was he responsible for putting together the assets that led to them getting CP? seemed like they had a decent build job going before that before Elton Brand left them high and dry too, if that was him? but my knee jerk reaction is that I'd much prefer Dell steering the ship than him.
of course, at this point, any owner is an owner.
The venture capitalist part is concerning, but if it helps any he went to Tulane.
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does the brother have the $ to do it? certainly Michael Dell does, kind of doubt the brother is in the same league
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NFL rules allow cross-league ownership when both teams are in the same market. The NFL rules don't affect Allen's ownership of the Blazers because Portland is not an NFL market.
If you bought the team, you would be convinced you would relocate them...
I think you complimented him...
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I'd move the team to Key Largo.
Ugh Dunleavy. I've heard pretty bad things about him and how he runs things.
I'd rather much have Chouest around.
Why is everyone worked up over Dunleavy? If he's plans to sit in the background and not get involved.. while letting his GM/Coach manage the team. What is the problem here?
I'm probably wrong and remembering this incorrectly, but I thought it was the other way around. I thought you could not own two teams in different leagues in the same market. I thought that that is the reason the Glazers can own the Bucs in the NFL and Manchester United in soccer in England. I'm probably wrong, but I thought I had read that somewhere.
ETA: Nevermind, just read the story about the Rams owner having to divest himself of the Nuggets and Avalanche. If the teams you own are not in a competing NFL city, you can cross own. So, yep, as I said, I was wrong.
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Example: Enos Kroenke had to `sell' his stake in the Nuggets to his kid to get around this NFL rule when he became a majority owner in the Rams, the issues being he owned an NBA team (Nuggets) in the same market (Denver) as another NFL team (Broncos).
The rule would likely prevent the team from moving anywhere even if Benson bought the team. The NFL is in the largest US markets excelt LA, and that may be ending and LA has 2, maybe 3, NBA teams in the area. Not saying he'd want to move them, but it is true nonetheless.
I can't say that I've seen this rule clearly stated, but the folks who discuss it seems to believe that it's ok to own another `major' team in your NFL market. I can see how that would be true, and I can see how it wouldn't. We'll know for sure if he buys the team, yeah?
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You're wrong. You can own teams in the same market. You can't own teams in different markets if they already have another team. IE Benson couldn't own a Seattle NBA team because the Seahawks are there.
Anyway...
I don't get the Adam Dell connection. Yes he's rich. Very rich. Rich enough to be able to knockup Padma Lakshmi. But his brother is RICH. 15 billion rich. I don't even know that Adam is a billionaire as he's not on Forbes' Top 400 list.
And what connection does he have to NOLA? None that I can figure out.
He went to Tulane for undergrad.
call me crazy, but I think Benson is the "safest" option. ...and I'm not a Benson fan.
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Ohhhhhhh no you didn't!
Sooooooooooooo far from the truth.
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I knew one of the Yahoo guys did but didn't know Adam Dell did.
A OWNER?!?!?!
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A OWNER?!?!?!
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