
Originally Posted by
WoodyHoopz
That's not what you said. You said their attendance was high enough to support a $100 million dollar payroll. Clearly it was not. And I sincerely doubt their tickets cost as much as Citi Field's did.
I don't know what losing money this year has to do with losing money the last three seasons, nor what "prior incompetence" is supposed to mean, but no doubt debt plays a role. Not likely as large a role as you say, however.
And we had 50%, so it's not like they got it for free.
Not the point. The point is that the Marlins are smart for not paying tens of millions of dollars to find out. If we could have found an out after that first year, we probably would have taken it. We were looking for one last year.
What the hell are you talking about? Who's talking about releasing anyone? The Marlins didn't flush millions down the toilet. They got somebody else to pick up the tab, which is really smart.
It's not luck. It's smarts. This is the third time they've turned a bunch of big contracts into a clean slate.