Despite Dallas Mavericks’ Owner Mark Cuban’s repeated attempts to buy a Major League Baseball (MLB) team, he has so far been unsuccessful. Until now.
Cuban does not own the Los Angeles Dodgers yet, but Frank McCourt has finally relented and agreed to sell the team. And, according to the Bleacher Report, Cuban is one of four owners being considered.
MLB should let Cuban purchase the Dodgers. This is not only a no-brainer, but it’s a marriage of necessity.
The L.A. Dodgers were poorly run under McCourt. And, in their search for a new owner, baseball and the Dodgers cannot do much better than Mark Cuban. He’s an owner with passion, as demonstrated by his courtside antics. Cuban is also clearly willing to spend however much money it will take to win.
Cuban helped provide the Mavericks with state-of-the-art facilities and personnel.
But, Cuban is also an owner with persistence and faith.
When many writers, critics, and detractors, thought that an NBA championship team could not be built around a European player, Cuban showed persistence to follow his own unique vision. When these same folks told Cuban that Finals MVP and NBA Champion Dirk Nowitzki, at 32, was too old to lead a team to the title, especially with a now 38-year old point guard, Jason Kidd, Cuban threw caution into the wind and went with his gut feeling. He hung onto Nowitzki and built around him until it paid off.
With the good, young core the Dodgers possess, Cuban and the Dodgers may be a perfect fit.
Besides it’s Cuban’s innovative mindset that has made Cuban a billionaire, and one of the NBA’s most successful owners.
As an L.A. Dodgers fan and L.A. resident, I think Cuban would be a great choice to take over the team.
Rob S. De France is a College and University instructor of English Composition living in Los Angeles. He has a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Rhetoric, Composition, and Writing. De France has played, coached, and officiated competitive high school basketball in California for many years. Recently, De France, his wife, and another colleague started an internationally read magazine at Shwibly.com.
