Hey Mister Marlin, Are You Still A Loria Supporter

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Cuz I found out where all that money is going. Meanwhile, the Marlins cut their stadium contribution by $30-40M.

Reached by phone, Jeffrey Loria, who according to Yale also donated $20 million, said he made the gift because "I'm a [Yale] graduate, and I could afford it, and it's time to give back to the university." Mr. Loria is an art dealer, as well as the owner of the Florida Marlins, and over the years he has given several works of art to Yale.

www.nysun.com/article/66983?page_no=3

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More to the story:

Loria majored in art history while at Yale in 1962. The new History of Art Department building, which is currently under construction next to the Art and Architecture building, will be named for Jeffrey Loria. Loria has been identified as the lead donor for the project. The new building is part of the $500 million Arts Area Plan to build and renovate homes for the University’s arts programs. It's widely believed that Loria has donated $100m blink.gif in the past 3 years for naming rights and for construction in a series of donations. Some alumni members donated "only" $20m. Construction on the Loria Center began in July 2006 and is scheduled to be completed by July of 2008.

The Marlins were $30m short of building a baseball stadium in Florida 3 years ago.

[THE Mister Marlin]

I had assumed Samson had control over the money... It's what my dad had read and told me... and the guy was nice to the fans... If you dont give a fuck about the team, why be nice to the fans?? It makes no sense.

Maybe I was wrong. I dunno, but I also dont get that if cant afford the 30 million dollar difference... Why he doesnt let that Cuban ownership group have a stake is beyond me...

[THE Mister Marlin]

Have gave art and 20 million according to the article and every famous former graduate of any university contributes to their former school...

Gloria Estefan does UM commercials... Many former UM Players counsel the current players and longtime UM Fan Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell does as well, due to knowing their many hardships and has been a valuable role model...

Honestly, it's understandable as to why he'd show those priorities...

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I'm pretty sure Loria use the stadium excuse to get his own money from it. Remember before the destruiction of the Expos, there were people suing Loria from left to right for using the team only to get personmal gain from it.

The thing that really scare me about this quote the bolded part:

"I'm a [Yale] graduate, and I could afford it, and it's time to give back to the university."

Make you wonder how much pocket money he had this whole time and question his commitment to the team.

[THE Mister Marlin]

marlinstroll said:

I'm pretty sure Loria use the stadium excuse to get his own money from it. Remember before the destruiction of the Expos, there were people suing Loria from left to right for using the team only to get personmal gain from it.

The thing that really scare me about this quote the bolded part:

"I'm a [Yale] graduate, and I could afford it, and it's time to give back to the university."

Make you wonder how much pocket money he had this whole time and question his commitment to the team.

I read a Forbes magazine article that basically inferred to him being a shrewd Businessman who loves making money...

The Stadium lease the Marlins have is downright dreadful. Nuff said... When we get more revenue, then we'll resign players...

Oakland has the same issue... Needing a new place and they have a poor revenue stream... However, they did resign Eric Chavez to at least get some form of good publicity...

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More revenue? According to ESPN analyst Steve Phillips, the Marlins makes $30M from revenue sharing. They also get another $25M-$30M from venture. That mean that the Marlins will be making $60M before they sell their first ticket. i'm sure Loria can go higher then the current $12M payroll he is paying now
As for the friendly comment, I'm sure Loria was imagining those little kids as "$" sign when he shake their hands.

[THE Mister Marlin]

marlinstroll said:

More revenue? According to ESPN analyst Steve Phillips, the Marlins makes $30M from revenue sharing. They also get another $25M-$30M from venture. That mean that the Marlins will be making $60M before they sell their first ticket. i'm sure Loria can go higher then the current $12M payroll he is paying now
As for the friendly comment, I'm sure Loria was imagining those little kids as "$" sign when he shake their hands.

Quite possibly...