I like Rob Manfred
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The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
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@raesone_psn said in I like Rob Manfred:
Y'all gotta relax. Kieran created this thread, knowing it's a polarized topic. He enjoys himself at this moment when he sees people going at each other. Y'all forgot what trolls do?
It can get annoying; no doubt.
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@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
Hockey as a whole isn't a popular sport in America. NHL is a very very small portion of hockey globally. Overseas, Hockey is more popular and thus profitable.
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@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
Just realized the fundamental flaw in your argument after i responded. You said pro sports. You do realize pro sports is a global term right? Should of said USA Professional sports. Rugby and Soccer ( only really called Soccer in the states ) are the most popular sports globally.
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@calisgw_psn said in I like Rob Manfred:
@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
Just realized the fundamental flaw in your argument after i responded. You said pro sports. You do realize pro sports is a global term right? Should of said USA Professional sports. Rugby and Soccer ( only really called Soccer in the states ) are the most popular sports globally.
Just realized the fundamental flaw in your response. You said USA Professional sports. You do realize there are teams based outside of the US right? Should of said North American Professional Sports.
See? I can nitpick small details too!
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@raesone_psn said in I like Rob Manfred:
Y'all gotta relax. Kieran created this thread, knowing it's a polarized topic. He enjoys himself at this moment when he sees people going at each other. Y'all forgot what trolls do?
So are we just supposed to not discuss polarizing topics? I personally think it’s better to have a conversation and find common ground
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@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
@calisgw_psn said in I like Rob Manfred:
@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
Just realized the fundamental flaw in your argument after i responded. You said pro sports. You do realize pro sports is a global term right? Should of said USA Professional sports. Rugby and Soccer ( only really called Soccer in the states ) are the most popular sports globally.
Just realized the fundamental flaw in your response. You said USA Professional sports. You do realize there are teams based outside of the US right? Should of said North American Professional Sports.
See? I can nitpick small details too!
May have teams based in other countries, but they are incorporated as USA organization. Its why non USA teams had issues with visas and playing fields/arenas during Covid and so on. I get what you are trying to imply, but no, you are wrong.
MLB, NHL, NFL.NBA are USA Professional sports who may have teams in other countries from time to time.
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P.S. there are other organizations but no one cares about them
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hardcore NFL fans agree Manfred is the worst of the 4 major commissioners and Roger Goodell would be their first target if the purge was real. Bad take Kierian
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@slipknot-008_xbl said in I like Rob Manfred:
The many blunders of Manfred still don’t make him the worst in pro sports. I’d give that to Bettman. The only commissioner to cancel an entire season for a labour dispute and has had two more lockouts that I can remember. The game isn’t growing in popularity, franchises are being financially supported by the big clubs(Looking at you Arizona) and he continues to water down the league with new franchises. The NHL is also probably the worst league at marketing it’s stars. Ovechkin, Crosby, McDavid and Matthews as examples. None of them are really household names in the sports world like Brady, James, Trout etc. Now I realize part of that is on the players because they don’t market themselves well either.
Pretty terrible take. After his lockout a different team won the Stanley cup for over 10 straight years and in that same time every single team also made the playoffs at one point. He fixed the entire structure and now manages a league with the most parody. So much parody that the “watered down” team he added who got to take the 7th best player from each team actually made the Stanley cup finals.
Before Bettman we had two line passes for crying out loud. He’s always been the fastest to change medieval like rules and look for ways to improve a league unlike others, triple overtime in February for one point? Yeah everybody misses 2 am Wednesday nighters. The guy has grown a game that America hates to the point it was able to leave the olympics and just host its own.
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Manfred should have disbanded the Astos organization altogether. Still not sure why he didn't because Texas would still have a team.
But I can get behind ripping the All Star Game from Atlanta. Win elections by adapting better stances and stop focusing on how to suppress the votes of people who don't support your current ones. Moving the game to Colorado is not being "woke". It was the right thing to do.
I'm also glad to see all these statues coming down.
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@theblindrhino said in I like Rob Manfred:
Manfred should have disbanded the Astos organization altogether. Still not sure why he didn't because Texas would still have a team.
But I can get behind ripping the All Star Game from Atlanta. Win elections by adapting better stances and stop focusing on how to suppress the votes of people who don't support your current ones. Moving the game to Colorado is not being "woke". It was the right thing to do.
I'm also glad to see all these statues coming down.
Because nothing strikes a blow against "racist" voting laws quite like taking millions of dollars in revenue from a majority black city and giving it all to a mostly white one.
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@whitejw98_psn said in I like Rob Manfred:
@theblindrhino said in I like Rob Manfred:
Manfred should have disbanded the Astos organization altogether. Still not sure why he didn't because Texas would still have a team.
But I can get behind ripping the All Star Game from Atlanta. Win elections by adapting better stances and stop focusing on how to suppress the votes of people who don't support your current ones. Moving the game to Colorado is not being "woke". It was the right thing to do.
I'm also glad to see all these statues coming down.
Because nothing strikes a blow against "racist" voting laws quite like taking millions of dollars in revenue from a majority black city and giving it all to a mostly white one.
Actually it does strike a blow. I’ll concede that it hurt people who would have benefited from having the game there. But it also hurts the state too (tax revenue and happy citizenship). So when these states enact racists laws, and that is what they are, they should continue to lose privileges like sporting events and film productions.
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