Rumor: Dolan rumored to be selling Rangers/Knicks after Vegas MSG Sphere completes
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Kane One
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For the Rangers he’s been fairly great, aside from the whole letter/JD/Gorton debacle last year.
He spends money and pays people to run the team for him. Whereas for the Knicks, he thinks he’s a basketball expert.
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The Kravtsov family's got money, time for Vitali to pull off a Mario Lemieux. Drury can't send him to Hartford if Kravtsov owns Drury
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so you're telling me someone is make a Square Garden Sphere? 
so you're telling me someone is make a Square Garden Sphere?
Kane One
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Should have made it this:so you're telling me someone is make a Square Garden Sphere?
Edit - beaten to it, and how the f*** do you attach copied pictures now?
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madison sphere garden you uncultured swineso you're telling me someone is make a Square Garden Sphere?
Kane One
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Big if true. New York teams don’t come up for sale very often. Plenty of deep pocketed bidders would be lining up and both teams would set league records.
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In the end the letter ended up working out for the team. Gorton wouldn’t have got us to this point
Kane One
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Yeah but that’s all hindsight. At the time of that letter, no one would have known that, and at the time, JD and Gorton both shouldn’t have been fired. I’m not upset in the slightest since it all worked out fine.
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How? It was more transparent than most teams around here. Also it put to bed the stupid "you can't rebuild in NY" myth that the national media literally manufactured (the Rangers have done at least 4-5 rebuilds since the Emile Francis days).
Dolan's been mostly fine since the 2005-06 reboot. The Rangers have been entertaining and one of the better run teams in the league. Sure there is some nitpicky stuff (elite forward development, Hartford issues, and that period when prospects 7-8 prospects left) but Drury seems to slowly be addressing it.
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Good! How about someone who doesn't have bosom buddies?
Isiah, Scott Mills, Glen Sather, Chris Drury
Yep. If Dolan does indeed sell, it's going to be for a record amount. The Knicks itself may set a new record, as they've been consistently valued as the most valuable franchise in the NBA. The Rangers have been either 1 or 2 in the NHL, so they'll set the record for the NHL. Couple all of that with the fact that MSG doesn't pay taxes and you may see a whoooole lot of moolah flying around.
I wonder if Steve Cohen gets involved?
Isiah, Scott Mills, Glen Sather, Chris Drury
Yep. If Dolan does indeed sell, it's going to be for a record amount. The Knicks itself may set a new record, as they've been consistently valued as the most valuable franchise in the NBA. The Rangers have been either 1 or 2 in the NHL, so they'll set the record for the NHL. Couple all of that with the fact that MSG doesn't pay taxes and you may see a whoooole lot of moolah flying around.
I wonder if Steve Cohen gets involved?
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Yeah, I'm curious as to how the 2018 letter was an embarrassment?
They let the fan base know the direction they were going. I'm not sure what was embarrassing about that.
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Mixed feelings as a Rangers fan about this... Would hope someone like Steve Cohen ponies up and buys them both should they be up for sale.
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It absolutely was not. Now, if you want to talk about the statement after the Wilson debacle, we can start using the word embarassment.
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The 2018 Letter was very well-received by fans and other teams have started doing the same thing.
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not a surprise, owning NYR/NYK is obviously prestigious and makes money but it's very restrictive to Dolan's ability to do things with the rest of MSG. there's a ton of stuff in the agreements between the league on how much debt parent companies can take on (which is vital for expansions/upgrades/changes) etc. sports are also very mature and have limited true growth potential.
if the sphere is anywhere as good as it should be Dolan would be wise to sell out.
if the sphere is anywhere as good as it should be Dolan would be wise to sell out.
We’ll see. I remember sportswriters like Wallace Mathews telling us the Steinbrenner family would sell the Yankees once George died. Seems to me sports franc are a gold mine. Yes you can get a lot of money for them. But you also have a steady income stream.
Still the Dolans are often an embarrassment even though they tend to leave the Rangers alone. But so are a lot of other owners.
Still the Dolans are often an embarrassment even though they tend to leave the Rangers alone. But so are a lot of other owners.
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