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The last few weeks have taken away the short burst of hope that fans had. Really demoralizing.

My God. Get an education and a job instead of spending endless hours trying to prove something as an internet troll.

Go root for the cubs . Tired of your whining.

Brutal. Leasure was throwing gopher balls like he could care less.

Michael Reinsdorf has said recently that the Sox would be worth more out of town. (I don't have a link but I could probably find it). Ishbia might agree. Let the value tank first. Then he will know what to do. That's his business.

Your bulshit meter went off. Yea that thing makes no sense.

Common sense is an asset that escapes a lot of people.

As we know, Ishbia started buying WSox shares in 2021 and then entered into some kind of 5 year option in 2025 to purchase and supposedly invest in the team starting this year... After year one of the option....no public comment by Ishbia on anything and no moves by him that appear to help the team or clarify things for the fans. In the meantime, why should JR or Ishbia spend any money on this organization given the nebulous option agreement and uncertainty for any return on investment? Salting the roster via trade or free agency could really propel the team toward respectability. However, that does not seem likely, at least for the next several years with the odd ownership dynamic as it is.

my wayward son.

Correct on both counts. Sox fans are so tired of seeing our starters pitch well, and then the bullpen just give games away. It's such a drag. I am turning this game off which is unfortunate for someone who loves watching the Sox.

Please stop posting Cub game status on this White Sox forum.

We are nearing the end of year one of the Reinsdorf/Ishbia option agreement. Only 3 or 4 more years to go.

LOL. You should go back to school and learn a few things, including how to engage in a respectful dialogue with others. YOU don't need to worry about the ISFA if that entity, owned by Illinois taxpayers, no longer obtains income from the Rate and the WSox and has to demolish it or sell it for scrap? Are you a fool. Just stop with your anger and reflexive posts filled with unwarranted personal attacks and anger.

Go Brewers. I wish them well in the playoffs. I like Churio.

I guess some posters will always be stuck in the one-manship game or the troll mode.

OF COURSE they do, but you are raising a different issue. OF course the ISFA / IL and Chgo taxpayers have a vested interest in the Lease and any possible plans concerning it.

I am Kyle. Read the post you are responding to. Reinsdorf was selfish and wrong for not just selling the team and walking away.

I never said any such thing, but OK, proceed.

As usual your responses are reflexive and often wrong or in this case, promulgating a half-truth. Reconsider your comment knowing that the ISFA that owns Rate field and the surrounding real estate, is not a private entity. Also, as you know, the WSox need to decide whether or not they will sign a new lease in 2009 with the State agency. Further, if the WSox decide to seek TIF funding for a new stadium anywhere, that involves tax payer money. I am sure you won't apologize, but anyway, proceed.

Good Googling, However, I never questioned the prevalence of Private Equity in pro sports or anywhere throughout the world. Just the opposite, to wit: "Private Equity firms often leave lot of bones from small businesses in their wake. Their prevalence reminds me of growing monopolies in our country in the early twentieth century." To take the analogy further, one might ask where big private equity / big money in baseball is going ? Excuse the rhetorical sarcasm but how about monopolizing everything in America? You know all too well that we have been on that road for some time now. I guess that raises political issues so I need not tread any further down that road. There are many reasons why private equity creates concerns over the short and long term, but I am not going to engage much further on the subject. Hopefully, anyone can see that there are issues of transparency when PE money comes in ...just like the nebulous 5 year Ishbia option presents. Ask yourself some questions about how this option was structured. What has been Ishbias role in 2025, and what will it be in 2026, 2027, 2028 ? Will Ishbia even exercise the option he has in 2029? It really is an option correct? Does he have any role in negotiating a new Lease with the ISFA beyond his voice at Board meetings as a minority shareholder? Forget that. This deal was and is all behind closed doors with Sox fans on the outside. The uncertainty of this 5 year plan has been created by Reinsdorf alone. He wants to own the Sox for years to come rather than selling the team outright and he found a willing suitor in Ishbia who knows how to play the long game. That's his business.

As I have told you several times....Speak for yourself. Stop pretending because you are a moderator (one of several) , that you speak for anyone else. Your opinions are your own. Run for office if you want to get on the salt box and speak for a constituency. Second, I am not lecturing you or anyone. Really, I respect you but I could care less what your opinions are. My opinions about the general benefits and risks associated with PEI are my own. If you feel you are informed enough to state your own opinion about PEI, go ahead. The gist of my post is clear and I stand behind my opinions. Feel free to disagree but don't claim I am lecturing you. Stop your reflexive responses to my posts.

Cauli: Private Equity firms often leave lot of bones from small businesses in their wake. Their prevalence reminds me of growing monopolies in our country in the early twentieth century. Of course, do your own reading but let me give you this link that provides some of the reasons I am skeptical of PEI. (It is a Guardian article but you can click into it w/o signing up). Reinsdorf's decision to even deal with a PEI is self-serving and in some sense, maddening. Moreover, JR's attempt to create a hybrid form of a life estate in the WSox is just weird and has caused confusion and uncertainty for the fan base. IMO, he should have done what many Sox fans have asked him to do for some time now, just sell the fvking team. And for Billionaire Ishbia, same thought. You are worth billions. If you want to buy the WSox just get a deal done so it becomes clear who is running the show and what the future plans might be. Really I am not comfortable with a situation where someone looks to increase their minority stake to possibly leverage a takeover and meanwhile has access to the books of the company.

No money in the Chicago or Illinois budgets for the Bears or the WSox to build new stadiums but there is always that creative long term TIF financing to help the billionaire owners out. Then again, TIF districts can increase real estate tax rates while at the same time diminishing funds for public schools, police, fire and other public services. Then there is the fact that a lot of people just don't give a fvk about professional sports and have no desire to fund private businesses.

Maybe purchasing more minority shares is just part and parcel of a typical private equity investment strategy. It's hard to guess what is going on though when so little has been disclosed. Nashville is still hoping to get an mlb team down there and maybe Ish-bye-a does as well. In addition to a minority stake in the WSox he already has a similar minority stake in the Nashville SC soccer franchise.

Unqualified? That's bulshit. Schriff is plenty qualified especially now with two full mlb announcing seasons under his belt. This sounds more like BS political complaints about DEI hires but anyway, too late, Schriff will be back next year and he earned it with a lot of hard work. Beyond all that, John is a great guy and has made the broadcasts fun to watch despite the losing season. Not easy to do.