Menu
Download the app

SBJ subscribers – Enhance your experience with the revamped iOS app

Franchises

FAR FRUM OVER: NAMES OF NEW JAYS BIDDER BEGIN TO EMERGE

          Greg Sorbara, a former Ontario cabinet member, and
     Lawrence Dale, who was VP/Business Development & General
     Counsel for SkyDome from '91 until he left last month,
     confirmed "that they are part of a consortium attempting to
     buy" the Blue Jays, according to Tony Van Alphen of the
     TORONTO STAR.  Dale said that he "initiated and is leading"
     the group, which has "at least" six investors, "including
     two former owners" of "major" U.S. sports franchises, one of
     whom "previously owned" an MLB team.  Sorbara, a real estate
     developer, said that he would be a minority shareholder, and
     would be "putting up his own money" if the group's bid is
     successful.  Dale: "All I can say is that we have the
     financial ability to complete a deal for the Jays and the
     expertise to operate a franchise of this stature.  That's
     critical to the team and the fans" (TORONTO STAR, 10/23). 
     In Toronto, Stephen Brunt writes that the "sands seem to be
     shifting" in terms of the Jays deal, and that "despite the
     continuing optimistic talk from [Murray] Frum, there remain
     indications that ... the proposition is a whole lot more
     complicated than it first appeared" (GLOBE & MAIL, 10/23).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1997/10/23/Franchises/FAR-FRUM-OVER-NAMES-OF-NEW-JAYS-BIDDER-BEGIN-TO-EMERGE.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/1997/10/23/Franchises/FAR-FRUM-OVER-NAMES-OF-NEW-JAYS-BIDDER-BEGIN-TO-EMERGE.aspx

CLOSE