I see a lot of people saying “sell the team”, and I’m all for the need to make drastic changes. However, every team has a salary cap, so beyond hiring people to actually run/coach the team, what other influence does the ownership bring? Can it make that big of a difference who owns it?
Value of the team in 1920: $80 and a donkey
Value of the team today: $6,000,000,000
How much each owner makes in TV revenue alone: $500,000,000
Add in that nobody in that family has ever had a job outside of the team. The very thought of such a thing must be terrifying for them, having to get a job and be held accountable for something.
They will never sell that team, especially once they take in God only knows how much once the Arlington Heights property is in use year round .