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

no dice · Post #21 » by **no dice** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:39 pm

C Court wrote:Edward Rogers took his wife and kids to Florida to meet Trump back in May.

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Ed: Hello Mr Trump, this is my wife and she is a big fan of yours *wink wink*

Jimmy King · Post #22 » by **Jimmy King** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:39 pm

This man has terrible vibes.

BBS22 · Post #23 » by **BBS22** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:40 pm

It's not often I thank a billionaire but thankfully Larry Tanenbaum was in charge.

This whole article is wild and seems like Edward Rogers has a lot of hurt ego. This reads a lot like Larry T is the source on this story or those loyal to him.

Having said that - I fear for what happens when Larry T is gone. We can't go back to the dark ages and this reeks of Maple Leafs corporate decisions in the 00s.

Side note #taxtherich

Raps in 4 · Post #24 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:41 pm

Yallbecrazy wrote:How many board members does Rogers have? Seems like Ed is just one incompetent one. He's not the CEO, not chairman of the board for Rogers. Who is this guy exactly besides the son of Ted I assume and one of many members of the Rogers board? Does being a board member of Rogers auto put him on MLSE's board?

I would imagine he owns a boatload of shares in the company.

Fairview4Life · Post #25 » by **Fairview4Life** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:41 pm

Raps in 4 wrote:I've been saying that Rogers are the worst owners in sports for years but people kept defending them.

Who? What people?

NotMyKawhi · Post #26 » by **NotMyKawhi** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:43 pm

From a fans perspective knowing there's no cap on how much you can pay management?

This is a billionaire complaining abt paying someone who brought a championship here a couple more million lol Doesn't make rogers looks good

And1+2 · Post #27 » by **And1+2** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:43 pm

Rogers, lol. Seriously, if you're still doing business with that clown company, just stop.

RonaldArtest · Post #28 » by **RonaldArtest** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:45 pm

One of the first times Rogers actually made the right decision, hit the road moron.

mtcan · Post #29 » by **mtcan** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:51 pm

NotMyKawhi wrote:From a fans perspective knowing there's no cap on how much you can pay management?

This is a billionaire complaining abt paying someone who brought a championship here a couple more million lol Doesn't make rogers looks good

The guy is a friend of Donald Trump...money is probably not the main motivator for a guy like this. He may not have liked the idea of a black executive moving up in the company.

ash_k · Post #30 » by **ash_k** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:52 pm

C Court wrote:Edward Rogers took his wife and kids to Florida to meet Trump back in May.

Read on Twitter

so it explains why he didn't want to keep Ujiri. :nonono:

Nobody in their right mind would want to rid of a Masai. Nobody

bboyskinnylegs · Post #31 » by **bboyskinnylegs** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:54 pm

BBS22 wrote:It's not often I thank a billionaire but thankfully Larry Tanenbaum was in charge.

This whole article is wild and seems like Edward Rogers has a lot of hurt ego. This reads a lot like Larry T is the source on this story or those loyal to him.

Having said that - I fear for what happens when Larry T is gone. We can't go back to the dark ages and this reeks of Maple Leafs corporate decisions in the 00s.

Side note #taxtherich

how does the succession work?

OakleyDokely · Post #32 » by **OakleyDokely** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:55 pm

Even prior to this, there were reports that former Bell President Cope and Larry T were consistently at odds with Rogers regarding investment in the Raptors.

Rogers isn't that interested in the Raptors. They're interested in their huge hockey investment and the Jays. Everything else is an afterthought so it's not a surprise that they wanted to cheap out on the Raps.

tecumseh18 · Post #33 » by **tecumseh18** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:56 pm

C Court wrote:Edward Rogers took his wife and kids to Florida to meet Trump back in May.

Read on Twitter

Feschuk on TSN1050 this morning was suggesting that Masai would have a problem with Ed's politics. And maybe vice versa. If Ed is conservative, he probably didn't like the way Masai brushed off Doug Ford at the parade.

It was really unfortunate that basketball guy George Cope retired from Bell recently. He would have been an important ally who could have helped put a stop to this nonsense. No wonder Masai was insecure. His position was 100% dependent on the 75-year-old Larry Tanenbaum. Fortunately as governor, Larry had sole authority under the NBA consistitution to bring back Masai, regardless of Bell or Rogers.

Also from the article (according to Feschuk), the deal is for 15 mill/yr, plus a share in any increase in value of MLSE. An opposing franchise (we can only assume the Wizards) offered a 3% stake.

Raps in 4 · Post #34 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:56 pm

OakleyDokely wrote:Even prior to this, there were reports that former Bell President Cope and Larry T were consistently at odds with Rogers regarding investment in the Raptors.

Rogers isn't that interested in the Raptors. They're interested in their huge hockey investment and the Jays.

They definitely aren't interested in the Jays. I doubt they care about the Leafs either. They just want to milk these franchises while investing the bare minimum.

DelAbbot · Post #35 » by **DelAbbot** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:57 pm

Succession tv show in real life playing out.

Fk Roger's and his Trump loving ahole

Raps in 4 · Post #36 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 12:59 pm

tecumseh18 wrote:
C Court wrote:Edward Rogers took his wife and kids to Florida to meet Trump back in May.

Read on Twitter

Feschuk on TSN1050 this morning was suggesting that Masai would have a problem with Ed's politics. And maybe vice versa. If Ed is conservative, he probably didn't like the way Masai brushed off Doug Ford at the parade.

It was really unfortunate that basketball guy George Cope retired from Bell recently. He would have been an important ally who could have helped put a stop to this nonsense. No wonder Masai was insecure. His position was 100% dependent on the 75-year-old Larry Tanenbaum. Fortunately as governor, Larry had sole authority under the NBA consistitution to bring back Masai, regardless of Bell or Rogers.

Also from the article (according to Feschuk), the deal is for 15 mill/yr, plus a share in any increase in value of MLSE. An opposing franchise (we can only assume the Wizards) offered a 3% stake.

If Masai left because of this drama (who could blame him?), we would have all been calling for his head without knowing that it was **** Rogers that drove him out.

C Court · Post #37 » by **C Court** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:00 pm

Read on Twitter

vini_vidi_vici · Post #38 » by **vini_vidi_vici** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:02 pm

Kinda funny that of all people, Dougie got the scoop.

Raps in 4 · Post #39 » by **Raps in 4** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:04 pm

I hope an employee from within the organization leaks a Sarver-like story about Ed being a racist or a sexual predator (I'd be shocked if he wasn't both). Maybe frame it as a systemic issue so the company is forced to sell the team.

MavCarter · Post #40 » by **MavCarter** » Mon Oct 25, 2021 1:05 pm

Isnt this snake fueding with the entire rogers family right now because he tried to get the ceo ousted behind their back? Hopefully his sisters get him away from the company and away from mlse