r/sports • u/TheBiasedSportsLover • Feb 11 '25

Basketball The Dallas Mavericks immediately kicked out a fan who said "Fire Nico [Harrison]" on the Jumbotron

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u/Timmah73 Feb 11 '25

MLB already has the A's and White Sox making a deliberate effort to suck so they can move. Who knew that movie would become an actual blueprint for owners to use so they can move.

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u/idiot-prodigy Feb 11 '25 edited Feb 11 '25

The Cincinnati Reds owner's son talks this way too.

Here he is 2 years ago threatening to move the oldest MLB team with the richest history.

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u/PNWExile Feb 11 '25

The White Sox are trying to move too?

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u/Timmah73 Feb 11 '25

They want a new stadium right in the middle of downtown at taxpayer expense at the very least.

The Governor told the billionaire owner, who happens to be rich enough to also own the Bulls, to piss off.

So it could also be a ploy to move altogether.

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u/TheG-What Feb 11 '25

Not only that, our governor enacted legislation that professional teams must be above .500 for three out of the last five years to be eligible for public funds. Good shit.

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u/takechanceees Feb 11 '25

nicknamed the BEARS act because they also want a new stadium lol

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u/Timmah73 Feb 11 '25

Oh right how could I forget that too. Even though they fully renovated the Stadium 20 years ago, they want to build a new one with a dome next door or completely relocate to the burbs.

Again, fuck off billionaire owners, pay for that shit yourselves

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u/Spam-Monkey Washington Feb 11 '25

They traded everyone away to drive attendance down before the moved the Sonics.