BBTV Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Ed Snider / Comcast Spectacor is close to a deal to sell the Sixers to Wharton grad Joshua Harris and another investor / Wharton grad. The deal may be under $300 M, which sounds tiny for a team in a market like Philadelphia, but Comcast Spectacor owns the arena and the TV rights for the next 20 years or so, so the team would really be more like a toy for this guy as opposed to a real investment. Ed Snider, who I feel is one of the best owners in all of sports, had no business running a basketball team. He loves the Flyers, and buying the Sixers was really only done as part of his merger with Comcast so that they could get another tenant for their new building (the Sixers were signed to play in Camden New Jersey until the sale) and provide programming for their new network (Comcast SportsNet, replacing PRISM.)He just didn't care about basketball, couldn't stand the prima donna players and their attitudes (HATED Allen Iverson), and other than when he had Pat Croce as president, never made any good front office decisions. It would be great for this franchise to have some new blood - especially someone with deep pockets, as the terms of this sale will make it very difficult for anyone to come in and actually make money with the team.Here's a page with a bunch of articles about this.http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/sixers/ "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coast2CoastAM2006 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 speaking of Ed Snider, i remember this bite(30 second mark of video). Only video i could find of it. Spoilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loogodude90 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Speaking of Iverson... http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6643619 WIZARDS ORIOLES CAPITALS RAVENS UNITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Make it 2! PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakonius26 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Make it 2! Make It Eight is more of a possibility than that, Ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Philly without the NBA would be like Montreal without hockey. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Haha, look at Brian Burke complaining about the refs. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Philly without the NBA would be like Montreal without hockey.Moving has not been mentioned anywhere. Most likely because they can't. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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