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S45 PT #4 - League Ownership
#16

The San Francisco Pride would be an appealing "flip this franchise" project. The club has been in dire straits on the ice and in the books. Though I would love to own the Rage, its ownership has things covered. I would go about with some cash socked away over the course of my career, especially from endorsements, commercials and the gear shop proceeds. That would stay open, though I would likely pass on daily operations on.

I would try to go for a hands-off ownership approach. Bring in management who know more about how their job goes. The branding would be under consideration to change to inspire the team to turn over a new leaf and a new chapter. Hopefully, one of success. I would promote an analytical approach to the game, welcome in guys who dig through the cold hard numbers and see where that leads. Mix in some guys in coaching who can speak to the players.

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If I were in the market for a new team, I would be looking at West Kendall. Somehow they’re an extremely profitable team in a non-hockey market. Me being the guy that has money to burn, I’d acquire them and make questionable business decisions for the foreseeable future until that team goes belly up. Once I have accomplished my goal of making Florida completely fail as a SHL market, I would look to move the damn team to a market like Vancouver, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Las Vegas, Denver or other areas that are far more qualified to host a SHL team.

I will rebrand them to a territory relevant brand... The Colorado Mules, the Las Vegas Aces, The Washington Kraken, Pittsburgh Force, etc. There are a million different ways to improve the Platoon. But I guess all of this doesn’t take into account their on ice accoldades. Despite person after person clamoring for their relocation and rebranding, the team from the Miami suburb of West Kendall keeps on being successful. I think that’s a testament to guys like Bojo and JR95.

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#18

I would have a tough time deciding between buying the franchise that I currently am a part of or flipping an organization that is in dire need of help. I love Manhattan and playing for the Rage, so buying the team after Winters’ career has ended would be a great way for him to stay involved in the organization that he could quite possibly spend his entire career with.

On the flip side, buying the San Francisco Pride, which might be the only professional sports team in the North America to have a negative valuation, and working to turn them around would be a great task for whomever takes over that organization. I know a lot of people have proposed relocating the team and while that would certainly be on the table for Winters’ if he bought the Pride, I don’t think that is a determination that could be made without giving the team and city a chance under new ownership first.




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#19

San Francisco is a city that should make any team profitable. Huge, expensive, busy. Tons of young implants looking for a team to latch on to. Tons of old angel investors who still think the best way to make connections is in a luxury box. Honestly, the team shouldn't even have to be good to make money.

Turning San Francisco around is just a matter of playing to the city's strengths. Buy up nearby properties to expand into the city with bars and restaurants. Expand luxury seating and club seat options to draw in executives and start-up owners. The team could even rebrand to make itself a more authentic San Francisco experience.

The real secret will be turning the San Francisco Pride into a complete Bay Area experience, and by pivoting into an experience that can directly target the people and companies most likely to buy tickets.

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#20

The team I would purchase is the Manhattan Rage. You can see their ROI is quite high, as a $75M purchase gets you a great value compared to the profitability. You have a team with an established fan base in basically the biggest market in North America. The value of the team is at a buy low situation, a few seasons of mediocrity in the standings might have overshadowed the history of the team. As a new owner, I would invest in upgrading the arena, complete refurbishments of all the seating, have free wifi and phone chargers at all the seats, have a better variety of concessions and restaurants, including a focus on local and imported craft beers, an upscale taps and wine bar, and the best damn $3 hot dogs in the country! A Rage Hall of Fame experience would be a great one for the fans, showcasing the 3 Challenge Cup victories and interactive displays featuring all the great players and managers who have contributed to the Rage success. I wouldn't interfere with management's decision-making process, but would certainly open the wallet to encourage free agent shopping. And of course, would continue to maintain the Head Office in Trump Towers, I feel like the opportunity to help Russian oligarchs launder their stolen rubles would help the bottom line immeasurably!

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This is an easy question. Over my first player's career, he signed contracts totaling $83.675 million over the course of his career. Assuming he followed my financial advice and "paid himself first" for every single paycheck, and put 50% of all of his contracts into smart investing, then he has $41.8375 million. Even if we go with a more conservative and realistic amount of 20% of his pay going into investments, $16.735 million. So, without taking into account any gains in terms of actual investment profit, or gains from interest accumulating in these savings accounts, my player has anywhere from $16.735 - $41.8375 million to spend on buying one of the SHL teams. Let us assume I managed to turn $30 million into $53 million, I would buy the Calgary Dragons as majority owner. All of the teams cost the same? Why not go for the (albeit surprising) most leader in profits over the past 27 seasons. I can earn a lot of money pretty safely that way. If I want, I can buy out the rest of the owners over time and take 100% of the profits. This all starts with responsible investing early on in life. Let that be a lesson to anyone, even if you don't want to buy a sports team. Start investing in our future.

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#24

While it's too early in Sanyi Kocsis's career for him to be considering to purchase any of the franchises, either a a minority or majority ownership, he has admitted that he would purchase a stake in the Los Angeles Panthers mainly due to the team's location, history, personnel, and it's ability to churn out immensely competitive teams no matter the year. A lot of the investment would be going into both day-to-day operations and to increasing the viability and exposure of hockey in the LA landscape. Additionally, the team would undergo a brief logo re-brand, as the current one is deemed not modern enough and outdated.

Hot take, I know.

Another thing that would change would be a heavier emphasis on younger and more skilled players than the already established veteran core. As the current core is getting very old, the Panthers need to make the transition from their current core to a more youthful core. While Kocsis says he would be hands off and wouldn't interfere with the day-to-day operations, he would however, suggest moves/pressure management from time to time.

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#25

Tokek Takshak is a smart man. (questionable at best, tbh, but thats what the press announcement said.)

He looks at the Pride right now, a team underperforming, a team undervalued, a team with a young core set to rise to prominence at just about the same time as the Rage's.

How better to defeat a rival than buying them and then folding them?

Easy. Buy them, and then install yourself as GM. Trade everyone to the Rage for pennies (where a chiarelli mask if it helps HO look the other way), and then, when you can't compete, blame the city, and relocate to Brooklyn. Then decide it's easier to compete at the SMJHL level, and rebrand to the Brooklyn Angeryboyes to give the Rage the SHL's first ever farm team. (No, Buffalo, Detroit doesn't count.)

The Rage roll on stronger than ever. Tokek is a major part of what is now a dynasty.

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With all the fees at 75 Million, it would be ludicrous to buy a team evaluated at $421M at the price of $75M. What am I missing here? The ability to buy a team that cheap and sit back and make a profit is a dream come true for every owner, especially with a team run as well as Calgary. That being said, they are entering a rebuild with the loss of both Joe K and Roman Augustus to the new Expansion team, and the expansion draft looming, the days of a dynasty are coming to a close. Expecting a quick fix will not be in the cards for the dragons as there is no need for one right now. With Mike Izzy still leading the charge, the team will be successful in a hockey market, the only question is how does one make even more money.

My process is to buy the Dragons for $75M. Assuming I am a wealthy owner with at least 250M in my bank ready to payroll, Look to continue to make a profit with the intent that in a couple seasons the revenue from the Dragons will help pay for a brand new stadium in the Calgary centre to replace the Saddledome. This will cost ~400-600M to build. The fee will be extravagant however, but with partnership with a local casino and the stampede fairgrounds, making the new Saddledome an entertainment facility as well as casino/hotel, much of the revenue will be paid off by local business. With a brand new stadium, the estimated value of the Dragons will be much higher than the $421M making me a rich man down the line with my privately owned entertainment arena.
#27

I know I am biased, but even looking at this objectively, my answer would be the Texas Renegades. There are a couple reasons why. First is that I truly believe that this is a team on the upswing of things and that they will be good for a long time. Second, as of this ranking they are a middle of the pack team, so this is a strong case for buy low, sell high. The ROI on selling the team in say, 5 seasons would be well worth the initial investment. Third, the team is being managed by some of the best in the league. Veteran management across the board from GM, Co-GM, coach, as well as some senior members of the roster. This is a team made up of players and managers who are accustomed to winning, and will be bringing the team from middle of the pack to leading sooner rather than later and I believe that there aren’t a whole lot of people who have recognized that yet.

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#28

Leopold Lockhart is a wee babe who is many years off from retirement. He's also not raking in the big bucks yet, so buying a team at this point in his career would be laughable. However, Mikko Linna is currently enjoying his first year of retirement and might be in the market. Owning a team would be an extremely expensive retirement hobby, so Mikko will probably just stick to golf, but if he were going to buy, he'd go for the West Kendall Platoon. Not only is the Platoon a thriving, cup-winning team in a non-traditional hockey market, it's also the team where Mikko played most of his 13 seasons in the SHL. He spent a lot of time wearing the C for that team, so the sentimental aspect would factor in when making his purchasing decision. He did pretty well monetarily, but still isn't sitting on the kind of cash needed to purchase a sports franchise, so he'd definitely need a couple of business partners. If he could round up a few of his fellow hockey players or a financial backer, his first order of business would be to relocate the team a few miles down the road to Miami. Second order of business would be to name the practice rink after himself.

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I would buy the Pride. I'd then scrap it for all it's worth.


First, I'd borrow the 75 million from the US government on a 5 year 100% paid back loan with 5.5% interest due only if we aren't repaid by the end of the 5th year. Once they agree ( because the government is great at wasting money) I would sell off everything I could. We would only have what the lesgue requires. Ticket prices would be free, we aren't going to make any money. But it is 5 bucks to use the bathroom, 10 bucks per beer, and only one conesssion stand / bathroom. We aren't going to make money.

On the ice, any player with any value would be sent to a place that matters. We would take on the lowest salary players and instruct them to only hit. The sticks would be for display only. I would make management sell off every pick for 5 years from now.


By year 5, with no fans, an arena full of piss and shit, and ok the edge of bankruptcy, thr league would suddenly notice that I own every prospect and pick in the minors. I have all the cards for the next 5 years, there is no draft.


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#30

The choice is easy, I'll buy the San Francisco Pride. It's going to be the cheapest one, which helps, and I can buy low and sell high. The team is going on the upswing... any time now... and that will help raise the value significantly when they lose a few cups to the New England Wolfpack. I would be a pretty hands off owner at first, let the current GMs get the team going, and then when we get good, and have high value, I'll become very involved. Secretly, l will fuck the team up. You won't be able to tell from the outside though. And when the value is at its highest, I sell. They won't know they bought a franchise heading to the ground, but now I have money to buy the team I actually wanted to buy, the New England Wolfpack. In conclusion, I'll buy the Pride, raise it's value and when it's at it's highest mess up the team completely, but sell it before it gets too low value, and then buy the team I actually wanted in the Wolfpack.

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