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    I'm not sure there is an investor for such an outlet. They could pool together and create material behind a Pateron just to test the waters and try to prove there is an audience. It's seems unsustainable. This week, they had another 40% off offer available for first time subscribers. They seem to be using the razor/cartridges or printer/ink method of revenue
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    SI isn't going away quietly. They've hired Pat Forde away from Yahoo, but Forde will continue his podcast with Yahoo's Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel.
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    Big CBS Sports golf change. Gary McCord and Peter Kostis are out.
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    Ariel Halwani just work sideline for ESPN's Mavs@Pelicans game.
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    Not necessarily, especially when in MLB you get at least 81 attempts (as of now) per year to recoup your investment. As @Gothamite alluded to, billionaires have pretty easy access to funding when needed since they go to Goldman Sachs at virtually anytime for their core business. The Athletics make money as it is, so the books are fine, even without future revenue sharing checks coming in. As I stated before, when the news hit in February that Gap was going to spin off Old Navy, the family's net worth is going to increase since they will get one Old Navy share for every Gap one they own and they own 43% of Gap.
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    Apparently they've tried
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    BTW, I'm pretty sure that hasn't been mentioned or posted, since I haven't done either, but earlier in October before this thread was made, the city of Oakland filed suit against Alameda County to prevent the county from selling their 50% of the Coliseum Complex to the Athletics. Note/Warning: I'm posting you a link to an independent, Oakland blog (not anything from Zennie Abraham, for those Bay Area folks), which heavily leans to the Left, but the links within the blog are to major papers and websites which will produce the actual court filings in PDF. LINK From the blog:
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    Raiders moving back didn't help and then-mayor Lionel Wilson saw then leave under his watch only to lure them back and still only get cold feet at the last minute to no avail after he received 40K signatures in a petition for a ballot measure. @Wings has it right. Hofmann and Schott bought the team from the Haas family, but were underfunded and out of their element. They were real estate guys, specifically homebuilders. They decided it was better to cut payroll and use young players at about the same time the new CBA gave them a revenue sharing check from the likes of the Yankees, Braves, Red Sox... Schott claims they tried to get a new stadium at in the Coliseum complex parking lot. From 2005: And them selling to Lew Wolff and John Fischer was backed with Fisher's money, not Wolff's. Fisher had 80% when the bought it in 2005 and got Lew's 10% in 2016. Sadly, Fisher, like Wolff is looking towards more soccer investments with Celtic and he'll have more cash to spend when Gap officially spins off Old Navy and it goes public.
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    Unlike other metro areas, Oakland and its growth in the tech sector is not the problem, however like many municipalities of all sizes, Oakland's budget deficit of $43M over their two year budget, is an Expense problem. High worker pension and increasing health costs is what is damaging them municipally. East Bay not only has had population growth in the last two decades, but also a large demographic shift, but less than 10% of all new housing is classified as "Affordable". The Port of Oakland agreed to a Term Sheet with The Athletics this past May and it gives the team four years to their act together, but getting state approval for all the EIR (Environmental Impact Reports), is more of a holdup for the team than anything from the city and/or Alameda County.
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    I renewed, but not at the regular rate as you can buy yourself the gift rate at 20% off the standard rate.
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    With basically no ad revenue and most people's first year being given to them at 40% off their regular subscription price, it really is hard to see how they can survive long term in their current form. Venture capital still wants their investment back. Does anybody actually pay $59.99 to renew?
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    Authentic Brands bought SI from Meredith and quickly flipped the media operations to The Maven six weeks later. Authentic just owns the name, like they do with other distressed brands. https://www.authenticbrandsgroup.com/about-1 https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-10-03/sports-illustrated-maven-ross-levinsohn-layoffs
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    They still had a few DTC (Direct to Consumer) positions unfilled as this is a newly expired opening*. https://topconnecticutcareers.com/jobs/direct-to-consumer-merchandising-manager-stamford-connecticut/107389765-2/ *The same position is up on LinkedIn and other job boards.
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    50KM Walk winner Joao Vieria after his face which had a similar start time as the Women's Marathon the day prior. https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/49868920
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    To All: The IAAF World Track and Field Championships are in Doha, and the Women's Marathon was "a disaster". It began at midnight and 40% of the field dropped out. Bolded by me More from the BBC
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    XFL introduced team names four weeks earlier than the AAF (August 21 compared to September 25), but AAF announced their apparel supplier in July of 2018. AAF also did not debut uniforms until November 28. Unless they are just going to online retail their goods, if XFL wants them in stores before the Holidays, they need to hurry to get them to wholesalers ASAP cause you are fighting for floor space as it is.
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    It was during a November 2018 podcast with Simmons. Basically, Gladwell tried to claim that one drop of Nigerian blood made you Nigerian for his basketball roster. It included South African-born Steve Nash and Jamican born Patrick Ewing. https://www.theringer.com/the-bill-simmons-podcast/2018/11/13/18094100/draymond-green-vs-kd-embiid-for-mvp-and-the-rise-of-podcasts-with-malcolm-gladwell-and-chris-ryan
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    He just quit and didn't give two weeks notice. Word on the street (Reddit) is that he may have gotten a job doing digital work for Tar Heel athletics or some entity focusing on UNC athletics.
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    Bill trying to display his writing ability to Sean Penn last week forced me to punch out of a pretty interesting conversation. He bragged to Penn on how many pages and words his basketball book was. I'm now listening to him at 1.5x speed. On the bright side, Tate is gone from The Ringer.
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    Can't wait for Gladwell to tell me the President and Athletic Director at Michigan State as well as USA Gymnastics acted properly regarding Dr. Larry Nassar and Simmons go, "Yea, yea, yea". EDIT: Gladwell was once on an Epstein airplane and in the Epstein "Black Book".
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    The Mariners have same the record.
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    The principal owner is Roy Choi, who also owns the Cedar Rapids and San Diego teams. The San Diego Strike Force had 300 fans at their home finale. A Union-Tribune writer counted all 400 at an earlier game. Scott McKibben is also part of the group. McKibben was formerly the Coliseum Stadium Authority Board Executive Director, which runs the stadium and Oracle Arena, and prior to that in 2014 he was the CEO and Commissioner of the ill-fated A11FL. The HC is the creator of the A11 offense and the A11FL too.
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    He is still a Friday afternoon/evening tradition (for now) to listen to his two or three podcasts of the week, so I guess I'll update you on his "me-itis". We're in football season, so at least Cousin Sal puts Bill in his place once a week.
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