Toronto Star: Edward Rogers fought plans to keep Raptors’ Masai Ujiri

alienchild · Post #141 » by **alienchild** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:04 pm

Yah, he wasn't worth the money.

MixxSRC · Post #142 » by **MixxSRC** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:05 pm

ItsDanger wrote:
brownbobcat wrote:
ItsDanger wrote:Yes

Value would've gone up regardless since the rising tide of the NBA lifts all franchises, but you can't tell me that the entire We The North had zero effect. That era defined what it meant to be a Raptors fan in this city and country. People buy tickets, merch or watch games for teams they don't care about.

Of course, but Toronto , the fans, etc are the driving force. Give yourselves credit.

Fans rewarded winning. People wouldn't pay these ticket prices for under .500 team

WuTang_CMB · Post #143 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:05 pm

fbalmeida wrote:Unreal.

The kingmaker here was Mirko Bibic from Bell. He's the relatively new guy on the block and he sided with Larry T. Good man.

Of course we're likely knowing all of this now, probably because Ed Rogers was just removed - voted off in fact - of the Rogers board.
It happened last week.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1833764/edward-rogers-not-giving-up-seeking-to-get-rid-of-5-members-of-rogers-board

yep. thus will be removed off mlse board as well.

Real life 'Succession'

Kingsway_fan · Post #144 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:07 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:
vini_vidi_vici wrote:Kinda funny that of all people, Dougie got the scoop.

It was co-sourced. I think it's pretty obvious that a story like that has to be leaked to a major newspaper. Michael Grange would end up looking for work if he had to post that.

How so? All canadian Media are left wing socialist puppets of the Liberal government ... there is not one paper in canada that is objective and balanced ... and I am Liberal, lol

ItsDanger · Post #145 » by **ItsDanger** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:08 pm

Guarantee Masai is pissed about this story. Rogers board dispute shouldn't involve him.

brownbobcat · Post #146 » by **brownbobcat** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:10 pm

MixxSRC wrote:Fans rewarded winning. People wouldn't pay these ticket prices for under .500 team

There's a reason we don't have $10 Sprite Zone tickets anymore.

C Court · Post #147 » by **C Court** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:10 pm

anotherhomer wrote:I don't know if you 'Centre Court' but what are your thoughts on this....

This quote sums it up. Rogers wanted to cheap out and get Bobby to run the Raptors for a lot less than they would pay Masai.

He told his partners he felt the compensation was too high, and, according to the MLSE sources and a source close to the NBA, Rogers was convinced the Raptors could be managed without Ujiri’s help by existing general manager Bobby Webster.

While I like Bobby, putting him in charge would have a similar outcome to when Pat Gillick left the Blue Jays and his right hand man - Gord Ash took over. The Jays went from being one of the top organizations in MLB to being a run-of-mill lower tier organization.

I also think that Masai's support of social justice causes and his relationship with progressive figures like Obama irked Edward.

Fairview4Life · Post #148 » by **Fairview4Life** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:11 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:
ATLTimekeeper wrote:
vini_vidi_vici wrote:Kinda funny that of all people, Dougie got the scoop.

It was co-sourced. I think it's pretty obvious that a story like that has to be leaked to a major newspaper. Michael Grange would end up looking for work if he had to post that.

How so? All canadian Media are left wing socialist puppets of the Liberal government ... there is not one paper in canada that is objective and balanced ... and I am Liberal, lol

Liberals can be very confused too.

Clay Davis · Post #149 » by **Clay Davis** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:12 pm

brownbobcat wrote:
ItsDanger wrote:Of course, but Toronto , the fans, etc are the driving force. Give yourselves credit.

Fans & winning go hand-in-hand. Unless you're the Leafs.

Or the Knicks

dgr81 · Post #150 » by **dgr81** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:12 pm

brownbobcat wrote:
MixxSRC wrote:Fans rewarded winning. People wouldn't pay these ticket prices for under .500 team

There's a reason we don't have $10 Sprite Zone tickets anymore.

Miss that section. Sat in the sprite zone for numerous games, but one of my memorable ones was for Lebron's first game in Toronto.

Good times.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #151 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:12 pm

Kingsway_fan wrote:
ATLTimekeeper wrote:
vini_vidi_vici wrote:Kinda funny that of all people, Dougie got the scoop.

It was co-sourced. I think it's pretty obvious that a story like that has to be leaked to a major newspaper. Michael Grange would end up looking for work if he had to post that.

How so? All canadian Media are left wing socialist puppets of the Liberal government ... there is not one paper in canada that is objective and balanced ... and I am Liberal, lol

What the hell is this post referring to?

ishoy123 · Post #152 » by **ishoy123** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:14 pm

dgr81 wrote:
brownbobcat wrote:
MixxSRC wrote:Fans rewarded winning. People wouldn't pay these ticket prices for under .500 team

There's a reason we don't have $10 Sprite Zone tickets anymore.

Miss that section. Sat in the sprite zone for numerous games, but one of my memorable ones was for Lebron's first game in Toronto.

Good times.

Kinda miss the days when you could buy tickets against the Spurs on a random February weekday night for $4 on stubhub that day. But I'd also trade all that for the ring.

ishoy123 · Post #153 » by **ishoy123** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:15 pm

mtcan wrote:Methinks one of the Rogers siblings has ties to the Toronto Star to do a smear job on dear brother.

I'm not doubting the accuracy of this article at all but to those wondering why a story like this comes out now...it's a favour to someone with influence.

This was obvious

redeye514 · Post #154 » by **redeye514** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:16 pm

Damn Martha, rock on!

Not all heros wear capes...

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HoopAndTheHarm · Post #155 » by **HoopAndTheHarm** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:17 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:
KO7 wrote:Reading that section about Rogers accusing Masai of bringing bodyguards to the Muskoka meeting, seems like Rogers has tendencies akin to the rent-a-cop that had that ridiculous situation with Masai after Game 6.

Dang, long live Mr. Tanenbaum indeed. Hope there’s a solid contingency plan for when he needs to step down.

He definitely dialed 91... when he saw them get out of the car.

Yeah, but he's on Rogers network and it's Muskoka, so the signal is spotty at best. :lol:

lolwut · Post #156 » by **lolwut** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:17 pm

Raps in 4 wrote:
fbalmeida wrote:Unreal.

The kingmaker here was Mirko Bibic from Bell. He's the relatively new guy on the block and he sided with Larry T. Good man.

Of course we're likely knowing all of this now, probably because Ed Rogers was just removed - voted off in fact - of the Rogers board.
It happened last week.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/1833764/edward-rogers-not-giving-up-seeking-to-get-rid-of-5-members-of-rogers-board

Make no mistake. Nobody on that board from Rogers or Bell is a good person. They're all scum whose goal in life is to **** as hard as they possibly can.

Mirko was pushing hard for usage based billing 10 years ago. He argued that removing internet data caps would bankrupt poor Bell.

This was him meeting with the head of the CRTC over beer a few years ago. Totally no conflict of interest:

Spoiler:

Yeah, Mirko Bibic is a real POS. I remember the days when he was the regulatory guy at Bell and fought for all sorts of anti-consumer behavior. I was real surprised to find out he's now the CEO of Bell.

Post #157 » by **niQ** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:19 pm

Wow. This Edward Rogers guy is a clown. So glad we have Larry T.

ItsDanger · Post #158 » by **ItsDanger** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:23 pm

Martha is on Twitter. Ed is in the boardrooms. Place your bets. I don't think this impacts Raptors regardless of what happens at RCI.

Post #159 » by **DG88** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:24 pm

ItsDanger wrote:Martha is on Twitter. Ed is in the boardrooms. Place your bets. I don't think this impacts Raptors regardless of what happens at RCI.

Well RCI stock is down 5% right now.

WuTang_CMB · Post #160 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:24 pm

Masai re-upped. Nothing to be worried about. This all happened in July and just coming out now cuz Melinda booted him.

Raps are in a good place because of Larry T. He had the balls to do this. His been a Raptors pusher from Day 1 when he was with steve stavro