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2011年4月26日火曜日
SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: The Skyrocketing Value Of The Los Angeles Dodgers Under The McCourts
In 2004, just six years after purchasing the Dodgers, Fox Broadcasting sold the team to Frank and Jamie McCourt, for $430 million. Now, seven years later, the McCourts still own the team, but Major League Baseball has stepped in and taken over the day-to-day control.
The $430 million price tag was a modest 38.3 percent increase over the $311 million price that Fox originally paid for the historic franchise in 1998. But that pales in comparison to the growth in franchise value over the last seven years.
In the latest team valuations released by Forbes.com, the Dodgers are the third most valuable franchise in baseball at $800 million. That is an 86.0 percent increase over what the McCourts paid. And that is a 100.5 percent increase over what Forbes.com valued the Dodgers at in 2004 ($399M).
Looking at these numbers, it is easy to see why Frank McCourt is anxious to hold on to the team. (And why Jamie wants a full 50% cut in the divorce.)
Data via Forbes.com
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UFC 129 Fight Card: Anderson Silva Wants Georges St-Pierre in a Super Fight
Anderson Silva Wants Georges St-Pierre in a Super-fight after UFC 129
It is clear that Anderson Silva views Georges St-Pierre as one of the best in the sport and he has made no effort to hide his desire to fight him.
While St-Pierre is concentrating on his current matchup against Jake Shields at UFC 129, Silva is letting the fighting world know what he wants.
Anderson Silva told the Chicago Examiner:
Georges St-Pierre is one of the best, He's shown that he's a great athlete, and I really train hard everyday to fight the best. I do believe it's a super fight, and it's a fight that must happen someday. It really is a great super fight. I'm just happy that I know people are looking forward to watching this. I think this fight will make the fans happy. It's something they've been waiting for, and Georges St-Pierre is one of the best. I'll be very happy to give this pleasure to all my fans.
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Silva's comments are causing quite a stir in the fighting community and some big names have weighed in.
Boxing guru Freddie Roach told MMA Junkie:
It's Pacquiao-Mayweather in MMA. It?s one guy going up in weight to fight the bigger and better, supposedly better, guy. That's one fight I don't think you have to worry about Anderson not getting up for. He will get up for [St-Pierre]. Because he doesn't always get up for fights like talented people do at times. Sometimes it comes so easily and natural to them that they get a bit lazy. But for that fight, I expect both guys to be at their best. Georges is stronger physically and can rough him up on the inside. Anderson's more of a technician and knows distance. Distance is the key to that fight.
While the idea of the super fight is intriguing, the odds are not great.
St-Pierre shouldn?t feel obligated to fight Silva and he should just concentrate on dominating his weight class.
With his career in its prime, St-Pierre doesn?t have to risk anything by moving up a weight class to fight Silva.
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