>From a Canadian mate (though this may be old hat now...) MLSE have a strong history of interfering in the daily sports operations of their clubs, yet they still possess all of the worst attributes of a corporate bureaucracy. They own four teams: the Toronto Raptors (NBA) are a perennial doormat and regularly cycle through coaches and losing their best players; the Toronto Marlies are a minor league hockey team, and although they are in the AHL finals this year, this is their first decent showing since 1992; the Toronto Maple Leafs are the most lucrative team in the NHL and have not made the playoffs for about 8 years, and have not won the Stanley Cup since the early sixties; football-wise, MLSE own Toronto FC, a team with great support and brand new facilities but have yet to even make the playoffs since their inception about five years ago; last I saw, Toronto FC were 10 games into this season and still winless.
In short, more Venkys than the Abu Dhabi United Group. ________________________________ From: John Boocock IFA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 4:26 AM Subject: Re: [LU] takeover latestish On 29/05/2012 23:15, Richard Naef wrote: > the latest to be linked is some bastard hedge fund zombie called Hauptman > who owns something called "Chicago" Fire I think you'r wrong lad there is only one Great Chicago Fire! Check out: http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/waco-brothers-paul-burch-great-chicago.html And then rock around the room to the title track. 'kin takeover my rect - Ken bates Lives! Long Live Ken Bates! Betty _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] PETE CASS (1962 - 2011) Rest In Peace Mate
