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OT: Knicks, Dolan, and Cablevision

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:09 pm
by moofs
Whoa.

http://basketball.realgm.com/src_wireta ... usinesses/

Cablevision said it is not considering a sale of Madison Square Garden or any of its businesses, as well as any other operations of the cable operator.

The diversified cable operator also reported an 8 percent drop in second-quarter earnings despite climbing revenue.

Cablevision said it earned $87 million, or 29 cents per share, in the most recent quarter, compared with $94.7 million, or 32 cents per share a year ago. Sales rose 9.8 percent to $1.88 billion.


Does anyone else think this is as HUGE of a news item for the league as I do?

Looks like Dolan got ousted and given a broken-up cookie as repayment for his massive losses on the Knicks over the past 7+ years.

Any less revenues for the league?
Has he been signing his Knicks paychecks using Cablevision money?
Does this portend a change of team ownership?
How does Jimmy D like being moved from CEO of a 6.21b mkt cap corporation to CEO of a spinoff?
How likely is it that Madison Square Garden, L.P. quickly gets a massive influx of shorts put against it? (assuming it's publicly traded - which I haven't seen yet)

Why hasn't anything been on the Knicks board yet?

Re: OT: Knicks, Dolan, and Cablevision

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:57 pm
by Ribalding
Still...you've got to love the sly-as-a-blind-burglar way they put out the release.

"This is GREAT news! Weehee! We LOVE our shareholders!!"

Re: OT: Knicks, Dolan, and Cablevision

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:24 pm
by czarleon09
If Dolan leaves whose going to approve redicules contract extensions

Re: OT: Knicks, Dolan, and Cablevision

Posted: Mon Aug 3, 2009 2:23 pm
by syj805
Yep, this is good news for Knicks fans but it should happened long ago..