One of the most frustrating things about American sports is that the person who is perhaps the most important to a team’s success - the owner - has almost zero accountability to anyone. Bad coaches and GMs can be fired, bad players can be cut or traded, but bad ownership is nearly impossible to remove.
Ideally, the fans would be able to hold ownership accountable by withholding their money, but between TV deals, sponsorships, and now shitloads of gambling money, it’s virtually impossible to actually run an unprofitable professional sports team. Even if fan interest drops enough, it just becomes an excuse to relocate.
One of the most frustrating things about American sports is that the person who is perhaps the most important to a team’s success - the owner - has almost zero accountability to anyone. Bad coaches and GMs can be fired, bad players can be cut or traded, but bad ownership is nearly impossible to remove.
Ideally, the fans would be able to hold ownership accountable by withholding their money, but between TV deals, sponsorships, and now shitloads of gambling money, it’s virtually impossible to actually run an unprofitable professional sports team. Even if fan interest drops enough, it just becomes an excuse to relocate.
Fuck Haslam, fuck Watson. Cleveland deserves better.