Maybe we can get the focus back on the field…
Portsmouth’s financial troubles have continued under-the-radar because other things have been going on in the Premier League, but now the team (apparently) has a couple interested buyers and now they are saying that the price is dropping to basically “nothing”.
Ok, this one I agree with. You know, a few years ago when the NHL came out of their lockout that cancelled the Stanley Cup and ruined the league they took a TV deal with NBC that NBC didn’t have to pay for. You know what? It kind of helped.
Granted, they then had to go to the “Outdoor Network” to get games on TV, but they still had Barry Melrose and John Buccigross talking up the league on ESPN everyday of the season. Don’t you think that helped?
Selling the team saves the team millions of points in the PR department. They can get out from under the stigma of “the crappy team with no money” and get back to business. Even if they get relegated they’ll STILL be talked about, but at least they’ll be talked about for play…good or bad.
The focus has left the game and that is KILLING them.
I hope one of their potential buyers comes through because they seem honest. When I slammed the team for not really trying to get anything done they were holding out and not saying anything concrete. As far as I’m concerned “nothing” as the asking price for a sports team is concrete.
They are acknowledging that things are ROYALLY effed up and that the only way it’s getting any better is to move the club forward. That impresses me. This also means they are admitting how badly they’ve run the team. That impresses me too.
I hope this works. As a friend told me “Portsmouth is an institution”, and no one wants to see an institution fail.
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