southsider2k5

They have already given it up.

That is literally what has happened in the last few years. Players shares of revenues are shrinking. That is what you are defending here.

More accurate would be a company with record profits and raising prices, cutting salaries because of inflation and offering the car salesman a smaller than usual commission on the sale because of inflation.

The party that didn't bother talking for six weeks is being unreasonable. Sounds reasonable.

You keep saying stuff like that, where is your evidence.

This is basically what we got from the Hawks.

Exactly. All you have to do is list off of a bullet point of the usual platitudes here. The big thing you can't do is explode at the guy asking the question, well, because the question is fair. You covered this up for a decade. What are you doing NOW to make sure it doesn't happen again? They still have never actually publicly said that part out loud.

Gee, that's some phrasing.

Well, at least this is moving things forward.

Even his press release apology last night was lame and hollow. There was nothing to it, nor nothing of substance in it. He couldn't name one REAL change or substantive thing they have done, other than fire a few people 10 years too late.

And we all know how soft the Chicago sports media is. They know their place.

Tickets for what? Scabs?

For whatever reason, it is more acceptable in MLB and NBA.

Did the work for the White Sox? I mean this is the organization that keeps finding places for Ozzie Guillen, for example.

And to further add to this, I have zero doubt that five years from now, if Jerry still is a part of this organization, that we will throw out procedure to hire Jose Abreu to some management position in this organization just because he was a beloved and long term member of this organization.

And I have no doubt that if Tony LaRussa had all of the baggage and history of Tony LaRussa and the skin pigment of Kenny Williams, Jerry will would have thrown process out the window to rehire him. Even the Sox sham interview was a guy who had a history here.

You are the saying the White Sox hired him because he was white, not me.

Get me a white dude is not the same as get me the guy who used to work for me. I am still curious of the evidence that Tony was hired because he was white.

To further this. look at this list from a couple of days ago. All kinds of ethnic backgrounds here. What to do almost all of them have in common? They played for the White Sox at some point. https://theathletic.com/3108064/2022/02/02/on-the-other-side-of-the-game-nicky-delmonico-rejoins-white-sox-as-a-minor-league-hitting-coach/

Here's the thing. I don't think what Tony LaRussa looks like made any difference to the hire. Looking back on the Sox history, they bring in their guys to do jobs, simply because they were their guys. As much as a I hate Tony LaRussa and the joke of a process that brought him in here, I have very little reason to think it was race related and that Jerry only hired him because he was white. He hired him because he was Tony LaRussa and he has wanted him back since 1986.

Let's be honest here. Expanded playoffs are happening, almost certainly. The players will trade it for something they want. Better arbitration, higher minimums, something. They will get some cash, and the owners will get their new money.

When it comes to the White Sox their history of innovation and integration holds up better than pretty much anyone else in baseball. Their track record makes me trust them more than just words and interviews do.

How about responding to the one thing that owners do respond to... money? Set up some revenue stream or payment flow which kicks in more cash as the percentage of minority leadership grows to certain thresholds.

Sunk Cost Fallacy.