Clause Wiping Out All Public Equity in Marlins Deal Just A "Technicality."
Boy I'd love to negotiate with Miami Mayor Manny Diaz:
Hmm, that seems pretty bad. Let's hear from Hizzoner:But buried deep inside the hundreds of pages that make up the pending stadium deal are nine easy-to-miss words that form a stipulation quickly becoming known as The Death Clause.
It says if Loria dies in those seven years and the team is sold, the public's equity in the team is wiped out.
That means if Loria, 68, left the team to a relative, who then sold the ball club, the heir would get the money otherwise destined for government coffers. The amount could be in the tens of millions of dollars.
In that case, taxpayers would lose the only direct financial return on their 81 percent investment in the estimated $634 million stadium, parking and public-works project.
Through a spokeswoman, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz called the clause a ''technicality'' -- and pointed out that even if Loria dies, it doesn't necessarily mean the team would be sold within seven years.Yeah, it's really just a bunch of letters, which form into a series of words. Who the hail cares? Besides, everyone knows mumbo-jumbo "technicalities" are totally unenforceable!
Enjoy this pretzel logic from the Roger Ebert of baseball, Dave Samson:
Loria insisted on the clause, Samson said. But the debate is much ado about nothing, he added, because he expects Loria to outlive the clause's term.Well, if it's much ado about nothing, why insist on the clause? And if Samson's now doing Loria's actuarial tables and is so sure he's going to live more than seven years, then he should have no problem dropping the clause?
You can read Linda Carroll's lawsuit challenging the deal on Sunshine Act grounds here.
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