While Playoffs Are in Full-Swing, Dodgers Court Drama Continues
Frank McCourt Struggles to Maintain Ownership of Storied Franchise
by Michael Reubelt on October 4, 2011
The Los Angeles Dodgers may have failed to make the playoffs, but the legal and financial battles of its owner and the Commissioner of Major League Baseball continue to be a source of headlines. On September 30th, a judge set the schedule of a hearing which will decide once and for all if Frank McCourt will retain control of the team.
Judge Kevin Gross ruled against McCourt and the Dodgers organization in their bid to delay hearings in order to gather evidence that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig had discriminated against McCourt in his treatment of the Dodgers. “This court will not turn the [Dodgers'] ills and whether the commissioner is treating [the Dodgers] and Mr. McCourt unreasonably and vindictively into a sideshow of all of MLB,” wrote Gross.
One of the key issues at stake in the trial is Selig’s blocking of the Dodgers television rights sale in order to stave off bankruptcy. According to Selig, “Given the magnitude of the transaction, such a division of assets would have the effect of mortgaging the future of the franchise to the long-term detriment of the club and its fans.”
The many twists and turns of the ownership debacle have left Dodgers fans, and baseball fans in general, calling for McCourt’s ouster.
The Dodgers organization, one of the league’s most popular and profitable, teams has been on the verge of bankruptcy for the entirety of the 2011 season. Throughout much of the season Bud Selig has made overt moves towards relieving McCourt of his team. However, it is up to the courts to decide if his moves were made in bad faith.
According to Thomas Salerno, who was the lead attorney for the professional hockey team the Phoenix Coyotes when that franchise faced bankruptcy, “That’s always been a concern of leagues with these bankruptcies — that they have a bankruptcy judge deciding what is ‘good faith.’ Sports leagues are not used to having that kind of oversight.”
The hearing itself is set to start on October 31st and will run until mid-November. One of the more dramatic moments is sure to be when Bud Selig takes the stand and is cross-examined by McCourt’s attorneys.
The Dodgers first began to struggle financially during a messy divorce between the Frank McCourt and his then-wife, who had been co-owners of the team, and because of poorly managed loans.
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