What are the chances that there was a clause in PA's will stating that Jody couldn't sell the team for X amount of years?
Listen I want the team to be sold too. Especially to Phil Knight. But damn she isn’t that BAD. She’s at every game and from all accounts she lets the basketball ppl do their thing. Ppl are acting as if she’s some malcontent owner whose like the Suns old owner or something
it's so weird that the only Blazer you don't trash, in one form or another, is Jody Allen. Are you in her will?
True, but this must be some bizzaro Super Bowl Sunday because, for once, I agree with Aldo. Jody is a billionaire and she doesn’t NEED to sell the team now. From a financial standpoint, selling now, before the new TV contract inflates team values, would be dumb. And I don’t believe the narrative being spun around here by some that she won’t spend into the luxury tax. Signing Dame’s extension and giving big new contracts to Simons and Nurk last summer, with a new big dollar deal for Grant on the horizon, guarantees the team will be in the tax for several years. Do I think the team could use new ownership blood with a bigger vision for the team? Absolutely. Do I expect to see it anytime soon? Nope.
if the flow chart was Jody Allen--->Blazer front office, I'd agree. However, it sure seems to be Jody Allen--->Vulcans--->Bert Kolde--->Front Office. That's a different matter
yeah, I would not trust either of them. Those of you who think Jody only cares about the bottom line or that she might move the team... I will take Jody any day compared to these guys. She is there for every home game. Yes, Phil would be nice, but the dude is 84, and maybe has another 4-5 years. His son is not interested in sports, so then we are back to the same situation we are in now.....looking for a buyer
Jody has stated it can take 1o-20 years to sell off Pauls assets and she seems to be engaged to a degree and attending the games.
I don't think anybody would be comfortable with interests from the Middle East owning the Blazers. I think there are 4 foreign majority owners in the NBA right now. But they are like Chinese-Canadian, Israeli-American, Indian, and Canadian....if I have my facts correct but if Jody decides to sell, she'll look for the best price and the NBA will supposedly vet the sale (ha!)
priority #1 - Fix Olshey's bottomless credit card debt #2 - Stay under the tax #3 - hire non-guaranteed free agents #4 - attain handfulls of future picks This team is definitely for sale. Whether Damian and Grant want to stay here and help run the price up will be the next chapter.
