McCourt Tries To Put Squeeze Play On Fox, Claims TWC, Dish And DirecTV Might Bid

COMMENTS (9)

• SELL THE TEAM ALREADY YOU FAILURE.

  Comment by McCourt is evil — Friday September 16, 2011 @ 10:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Why on earth would a court punish Fox by taking away their contractual rights to exclusive negotiations on the TV rights for the Dodgers simply because the Dodgers files for bankruptcy? Fox hasn’t done anything wrong or violated the terms of their deal with the Dodgers,

  I hope the bankruptcy court judge puts this idiotic request down immediately.

  Comment by No One of Consequence — Friday September 16, 2011 @ 10:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This is the essence of bankruptcy law. Contracts which may impede the debtor from maximizing value for the creditors are routinely set aside. In this case, McCourt is arguing that he can make his creditors whole by removing most of the conditions of the Fox deal and forcing the auction of the media rights.

  Comment by @no on — Saturday September 17, 2011 @ 8:12am PDT  Reply to this post

• Just because the McCourts are greedy idiots should hardly penalize either Fox or frankly, the Dodger team itself. Selig should allow rights to be sold, keep the team away from the McCourts (U both suck and I hope U never buy anything of significance again – keep ur stupid houses and jewels).

  Comment by XYZ — Saturday September 17, 2011 @ 10:30am PDT  Reply to this post

• There is no person more hated in Los Angeles than Frank McCourt. The man is despicable and I feel that Bud Selig’s lack of action on the team ownership situation and going to leave Frank with the team.

  Comment by Ralph Jones — Saturday September 17, 2011 @ 10:31am PDT  Reply to this post

• The McCourts are only in it for themselves and the courts seriously need to order the team to be sold to the bidder that is actually going to maintain some serious stability with this franchise and the stadium and such. Problem is, will Professor Kelp, aka Selig, allow this to happen as I heard mcCourt bought things separate with the franchise, ballpark, parking lots, etc.

  Just get rid of the McCourts once and for all and make this team feasible and relevant with an owner(s) that actually will give a damn, such as the O’Malleys or whomever else. Have people looked at Dodger Stadium attendance recently, especially against this Pirates series going on right now? PITIFUL!!!!

  Comment by Jed — Saturday September 17, 2011 @ 5:07pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • The reason the attendance is down is because the Dodgers were never really a playoff team this year, because of all the off the field antics. At the same time, two wrongs don’t make a right. McCort should’ve been fully vetted before he was allowed to buy the team in the first place, and it falls to the MLB now to live with that mistake.

    There’s no good solution here.

    Comment by Mike Shields (@MatchesMalone) — Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 8:21am PDT  Reply to this post

• I thank Buddha every day that John Henry outbid him for the Red Sox

  Comment by JJ Gittes — Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 12:41am PDT  Reply to this post

• Whether or not opinion views Mr. Mccourt as an idiot or not, he is entitled to all of the protections inherent within the provisions of the bankruptcy code. Corporations have utilized the court to restructure themselves, as well as their debt since the inception of the court. The fact that this particular petition concerns a sports team should have no bearing on whether or not the Mccourt’s are able to restructure the team as they see fit. The villain here is Bud Selig, who is actually violating the property rights of Mr. Mccourt for Selig’s own perceived interests under the rubric of commissioner of MLB.

  Comment by Composed — Sunday September 18, 2011 @ 10:56am PDT  Reply to this post