David Samson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And what owners say is, hey, you're new to this.
They keep track.
Like, how long have you been in the game?
Like, there's a list.
Team owned since 1990.
Team owned since 1992.
1978.
And you can't reward a new owner with the change in value of a team that's been relocated.
And what my response always was is just charge me a fee.
Charge me a relocation fee for the difference.
Yeah, and it's all his.
And what baseball did is they wouldn't allow us to move to Washington.
They bought the Expos and themselves moved it to Washington and got the increase in valuation.
When the NBA goes to Vegas, there's going to be a huge, huge expansion fee that gets split amongst the owners, not into the pocket of one of the owners and whoever buys that team, LeBron or Shaq.
who both want it, will pay accordingly.
And it will be a multi-billion dollar franchise to start with.
I don't know if you know that.
The Bucs?
Within our industry, that's called the Herb Cole.
Please explain.