Posted on 10/20/2017 12:23:06 PM PDT by drewh
Hahaha this is the guy who claimed the markets would crash if Trump won.
Is that the fraternity with all the scandals?
Ask the NBA owners if they think Cuban has the temperament to be president. They’ll tell you they can’t stand the jerk.
True story. In 2008, the Texas Rangers baseball team found its way into bankruptcy court thanks to their owner. So the bankruptcy judge fielded offers for a new ownership. Bud Selig and the owners were sold on Nolan Ryan and several partners receiving the ballclub.
Towards the end of the bidding process, Jim Crane stepped forward with a larger bid for the Rangers backed by Mark Cuban. The MLB owners were aghast. They did NOT want Cuban in their old boys’ club.
Selig and MLB made clear to the judge that they would not accept Crane’s bid as long as Cuban was a partner and that he’d better award the team to Ryan.
Remember, the judge’s charge is to settle the debts to the best interest of the creditors. Instead, he was persuaded to award the Rangers to Ryan despite the higher bid by Crane.
Speculation, now but I think the reason Crane didn’t sue then was because Selig said he would guarantee Crane would be the high bidder for the Astros - who were not then up for sale but rumored to be soon - if he would promise to form a group without Cuban involved.
That’s exactly what Crane did and he managed to bid $150 million more than Drayton McLane’s asking price even though nobody else was making an offer. And when Selig *then* informed him he’d have to switch leagues to be approved, he demanded some $75 million back and MLB agreed - they made McLane give him the money.
Anyway, that’s how popular Cuban is with the movers and shakers of professional sports.
I was unaware of those dynamics. Interesting...
I’m glad he was kept out of baseball.
Can’t put my finger on it other than politics, but I’ve for some reason had a negative impression of him for a long time.
Cuban’s “Apprentice” ripoff TV show, “The Benefactor,” was a total ratings bomb in the fall of 2004. It was cancelled after six episodes.
Cuban is insanely jealous of President Trump’s success.
President of Cuba, Mark Cuban.
Totally qualified except for the fact that people don’t like you, Mark.
If Obama was qualified, everyone in the Us is qualified because Obama set the bar so low.
And that terrifies me! I listened to a woman who I've always believed was not a liberal or progressive say she hoped Zuckerberg or someone from tech would run for president because "we need new ideas."
[shivers]
The Far-Left, Mark Cuban and A Movie That Will Put U.S. Troops in More Danger
Mark, go play with the Mavs..if you have a beef with TRUMP, talk to him, not to liberal media...
Has anyone ever made the case for Obama being qualified to be president?
Not sure...
On recent Shark Tanks Cuban looks embittered. He reminds me if sore loser Hillary. Like her, he’s full of himself.
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