Originally Posted by
OV Argo
Maybe; I basically heard the same story though with the BC and Montreal franchises - just nobody wanted anything to do with those teams to take them over from Braley & Bobby Wetandall; yet - a couple of ultra rich owners (who both seem like smart business guys) did step-up to buy those 2 teams = there was no evidence at the time they were out there.
No franchise should have folded - the BOGoofs should get that it's ultra important for no teams to fold in a 9 team league - so the league runs the team with a commitment to temporary financial support from all other teams; while a detailed, smart search for new owner(s) is going on - and you don't try to gouge the new owner with some greedy, trumped up / ludicrous "franchise fee"; instead you bend over backwards to welcome a new, smart owner, and you don't sell to clown acts like the Gliber-goofs or Horn Chen (note - Americans who have no clue about or respect for Canadian football). Engaging a combo community / business investor ownership group as a possibilty - nah, that could never work, so let's try and gouge some buck$ out of Horn Chen instead.
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