WAKE UP, Tribe fans!
Here is an excerpt from Plain Dealer columnist Roger Brown's column from Friday:
Number of fans
attending Indians home games in 2005: 2,013,763.
Number of fans Indians ownership said were needed in 2005 to break even financially: 1.95 million.
Number of tickets already sold for 2006 season: More than 1 million (some two months before Opening Day).
Amount Indians received from FSN Ohio last season to air TV games: An estimated $16.5 million.
Amount Indians rejected from FSN Ohio to air games this season (because they expect to rake in much more airing them on a team-owned network): $35 million.
Average amount a family of four paid to see one Indians home game in 2005: $156.18.
Average amount that family will pay in 2006: Still unknown. But we'll bet more than $156.18.
Now, those are cold, hard numbers. Yet, we still get e-mails from Indians fans who fret that owner Larry Dolan - a master at poor-mouthing - might go broke running the team. And, who defend Dolan's tight-fisted refusal to spend real money on acquiring players. (Like it's their money that's on the line.)
Huh? Excuse us? Here's a news flash: Neither Dolan nor Indians President Paul Dolan, his son, will be suddenly standing in line for government-issued cheese if the team signs a player (or two) who isn't a cheap-cost journeyman. (Uh, no offense, Todd Hollandsworth, Lou Merloni, Danny Graves, Steve Karsay . . . .
Here is an email I sent him in response:
Sladek Jon Contr > 02/10/06 02:38PM >>>
GREAT JOB MR. BROWN!!!
Finally somebody in Cleveland with the stones to take Larry "tight pockets" Dolan to task on misleading the fans. The only thing you forgot to include is the monies the Tribe received from revenue sharing last year.
I wholeheartedly applaud you for not giving the Indians a pass. It bewilders me how some fans actually support that clown, it's almost like some Cleveland sports fans are ok with being the most tortured city, or never achieving any level of success. They have accepted mediocrity.
Way to go Roger, keep fighting the good fight!
Jon Sladek
And here is his response:
Jon, thanks for the e-mail and nice words from ALA! I really appreciate them, and you're absolutely right: I should have also noted the revenue sharing money that the Indians get from things like XM Radio, etc. As you noted, I simply want fans to demand more from the Indians ownership and not passively accept its rhetoric. Thanks again and keep in touch during the baseball season! - Roger Brown
There you have it. Roger Brown "gets it" while countless Indians fans remain brainwashed by the corrupt Larry Dolan regime. Until more people open there eyes to the truth, Dolan will continue to stockpile his bank account at the expense of the best interest of the fans...
Number of fans
attending Indians home games in 2005: 2,013,763.
Number of fans Indians ownership said were needed in 2005 to break even financially: 1.95 million.
Number of tickets already sold for 2006 season: More than 1 million (some two months before Opening Day).
Amount Indians received from FSN Ohio last season to air TV games: An estimated $16.5 million.
Amount Indians rejected from FSN Ohio to air games this season (because they expect to rake in much more airing them on a team-owned network): $35 million.
Average amount a family of four paid to see one Indians home game in 2005: $156.18.
Average amount that family will pay in 2006: Still unknown. But we'll bet more than $156.18.
Now, those are cold, hard numbers. Yet, we still get e-mails from Indians fans who fret that owner Larry Dolan - a master at poor-mouthing - might go broke running the team. And, who defend Dolan's tight-fisted refusal to spend real money on acquiring players. (Like it's their money that's on the line.)
Huh? Excuse us? Here's a news flash: Neither Dolan nor Indians President Paul Dolan, his son, will be suddenly standing in line for government-issued cheese if the team signs a player (or two) who isn't a cheap-cost journeyman. (Uh, no offense, Todd Hollandsworth, Lou Merloni, Danny Graves, Steve Karsay . . . .
Here is an email I sent him in response:
Sladek Jon Contr > 02/10/06 02:38PM >>>
GREAT JOB MR. BROWN!!!
Finally somebody in Cleveland with the stones to take Larry "tight pockets" Dolan to task on misleading the fans. The only thing you forgot to include is the monies the Tribe received from revenue sharing last year.
I wholeheartedly applaud you for not giving the Indians a pass. It bewilders me how some fans actually support that clown, it's almost like some Cleveland sports fans are ok with being the most tortured city, or never achieving any level of success. They have accepted mediocrity.
Way to go Roger, keep fighting the good fight!
Jon Sladek
And here is his response:
Jon, thanks for the e-mail and nice words from ALA! I really appreciate them, and you're absolutely right: I should have also noted the revenue sharing money that the Indians get from things like XM Radio, etc. As you noted, I simply want fans to demand more from the Indians ownership and not passively accept its rhetoric. Thanks again and keep in touch during the baseball season! - Roger Brown
There you have it. Roger Brown "gets it" while countless Indians fans remain brainwashed by the corrupt Larry Dolan regime. Until more people open there eyes to the truth, Dolan will continue to stockpile his bank account at the expense of the best interest of the fans...
posted by Jon Sladek at 8:30 AM
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