12-12-2014, 04:19 PM
The WGN numbers are bullshit. They were not losing money. They are straight up lying.
If they were paying $250K per game for 81 games or whatever, and there were 25 "prime" games that are market valued at $750K, those 25 games alone would have earned them more money than the remaining 56.
According to WGN they only got back 50K per game. Using 81 games (i don't know how many they actually had), 81 * 50,000 = 4.05 Million.
If at a minimum, 25 of those games were "prime" then at least for those games they received the full $250 in ad revs. 25 * 250,000 = 6.25 million. (I can make this reasonable assumption since another station from the same market just paid 3X more for these same games)
Again, on the open market, 25 games alone = $18.75 Million. That is a verifiable FACT. If the WGN numbers were truthful, how in the fuck would WLS be willing to pay 3X more for something that couldn't even pull in $250K per game on the most "desirable" nights/days/weekends/what-the-fuck-ever?
WGN has been fucking over the Cubs ever since Trib Co. bought them. They have been using their great big corp structure to play a shell game to hide money EARNED BY and OWED TO the Cubs. Now that they no longer have the protection of the mother ship, the Cubs can now demand them to pay market value or get the fuck out.
If they were paying $250K per game for 81 games or whatever, and there were 25 "prime" games that are market valued at $750K, those 25 games alone would have earned them more money than the remaining 56.
According to WGN they only got back 50K per game. Using 81 games (i don't know how many they actually had), 81 * 50,000 = 4.05 Million.
If at a minimum, 25 of those games were "prime" then at least for those games they received the full $250 in ad revs. 25 * 250,000 = 6.25 million. (I can make this reasonable assumption since another station from the same market just paid 3X more for these same games)
Again, on the open market, 25 games alone = $18.75 Million. That is a verifiable FACT. If the WGN numbers were truthful, how in the fuck would WLS be willing to pay 3X more for something that couldn't even pull in $250K per game on the most "desirable" nights/days/weekends/what-the-fuck-ever?
WGN has been fucking over the Cubs ever since Trib Co. bought them. They have been using their great big corp structure to play a shell game to hide money EARNED BY and OWED TO the Cubs. Now that they no longer have the protection of the mother ship, the Cubs can now demand them to pay market value or get the fuck out.
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