Merged: Huizenga so frustrated he might sell Dolphins

1.2 billion?...Damn,...ok boys lets pass the plate and see what
we can come up with.

 

If true, this is a phase. It will pass as the team rebuilds.

I think this also provides some supporting evidence to the idea that Huizenga absolutely would not sign off on rebuilding the team in years past.

 

I say we raise up the prices for FinHeaven VIP by 10,000%, and in 3 years, we can re-name the stadium FinHeaven Stadium [fourth name change in 10 years?].

 

be careful what you wish for, you just may get it.

any new owner is going to face tempting enticements to move the team to los angeles, the second-largest market in the us - without an nfl franchise.

could you root for the los angeles dolphins?

 

The NFL would not allow that. Not this franchise. Even in the midst of the worst few years in team history, the Dolphins are still the NFL's 13th most popular franchise.

Jacksonville and Minnesota stand to lose their franchises, not Miami. The Jags have to pull tarp over 10,000 seats just to sell out ticket allotments, and Zigi Wylf seems to be be doing everything he can to bail on the Twin Cities.

 

Good. I hope he does sell it...to someone with some knowledge of the NFL and who to hire to run the operation.

 

If Huizenga is looking to sell the team this offseason, don't expect a coaching change. This news just ended any speculation onto whether Cameron would get fired. If this news is true, Cameron is coming back in 2008. Huizenga has no reason to fire him, eat some of that contract and then hand out another big contract to another coach. Won't happen. Looks like Cameron just saved his job.

 

That wont happen, Miami is by no means a small market.

I'm all for a new owner, as Ahnold said to the Predator "Do it!" Do it Now!"

 

I had hoped that it meant just the opposite, but I guess you are right

 

I'll be happy to say bye, bye to Wayne if it's true, Since he took over ownership this team has been on a decline.

 

And it could be that Wayne is letting his displeasure with this team be known to the public..

LA is just not a NFL town, they just don't support NFL franchises.

 

Wayne won't sell and I hope he doesn't. Unlike most of the posters on this forum I think Wayne is a GREAT owner.

 

this doesn't really say anything. The article says the dolphins are worth 940million, waynes asking for 1.2 billion.

Yea, i'd consider selling the team too if someone offered me 50million more than it was worth.

 

I would love to see a group of Marino and Curtis Martin buy the team.

 

That would be $260 million more than it is worth!

Mickey Arison should buy the Dolphins if Wayne will sell. One of his cruise ships is worth $1 billion.

 

Arison would tighten the purse strings. (Look at his dogged refusal to go over the luxury tax threshold when it's obvious the Heat need help.)

 

Looks like this could be the next owner of the Miami Dolphins:

 

I'm sure Finheaven can reach 1.2 billion memebers at one point. If we all picthed in a dollar at that point, we could buy the team!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I sure can.

But I hope the next owner is loaded with cash and not like Jeffery Loria of the Marlins.

 

Danold Trump Mark Cuban ?

 

i'll bet huizenga would take less for the franchise if marino was involved.

plus marino would be invulnerable to league wishes and/or enticements to move.

you know what would make this bulletproof for miami? if marino and emilio/gloria estefan were part of the group.

 

man, you hit the nail right on the head.

look at how, even after winning a world series, the team couldn't even find ONE local suitor willing and able to take on the franchise.

it wouldn't be that hard to find a cash-rich person or group in la to fund a purchase, and even build a brand-new stadium.

 

Jorge Perez.

 

Come on that wont happen to a team in South Florida..

I know it happens else where, but the weather, the superbowls and the lifestyle in Miami are heads better than those in LA..

 

It's everywhere now.......

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/c...dolphinssale.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=46

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/10530028

 

Jorge Perez the chairman and CEO of The Related Group. doesn't have the money to even put a deposit. Jorge is full of hot air. can you say " Smoke Screen "

 

Your right, but Stephen Ross(who is worth MORE then Huizenga) teamed with Perez have more then enough money to buy them. No smoke screen at all. This sounds like the real deal.

 

Mr Ross is ranked No 68 in Forbes richest people list.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/...Ross_YZL6.html


Wayne H is ranked No 165 on that list.
http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/54/...enga_E353.html

And since both investors have South Florida roots its unlikely they would move the team to another city.

 

wow ! Crush

 

This is always my fear. But if that did happen, I think the Jax Jaguars would love to come to Miami and fill the void. Trading the smallest (except for GB) market in the NFL for one of the top 10 ? Easy......

 

But sending the Dolphins to LA and sending Jax to Miami is a real possibility.

 

The other day some magazine published that the richest sports owner of any sports franchise is Mickey Arison, worth about $ 7 billion.

 

Crazy Hank Goldberg was just on ESPNEWS talking about this. He said his sources tell him that Wayne is very upset with the way things have gone and will either sell the team or clean house (his words). He also said there are other prospective buyers Wayne is talking to.

Make of that what you will.

 

No, it's not. That's extremely counterproductive and unnecessarily complex. If the point is to evacuate a franchise in Jacksonville and ensure that a franchise stays in Miami while Los Angeles gains a team, just move the Jaguars to LA. Problem solved.

 

Joe Robbie staduim makes moving the Dolphins almost impossible.

IMO, Wayne is just venting,,,,,,,,,,

 

yeah but you can bet your bippy they won't be called dolphins in LA...

 

But I think it wouldn't all happen at once. The Dolphins would move and several years later the Jags would move. New Orleans could also be a franchise that could fill the void in Miami.

Certainly if the Dolphins vacated South Fla, it wouldn't be very long before a team found its way here. This is a strong NFL market, as TV ratings prove.

 

No he wouldn't. He doesn't want to go over the luxury tax because he was the one who came up with the luxury tax! He wants to set an example as well as not pay the other owners lol. Football has stricter cap rules anyway, this wouldn't be an issue. It is not like there is a Knicks of the NFL or Yankees that just spend 4 times what other teams spend.

 

Funny Story: Someone has to come up with 1.1 billion dollars to buy the team and the stadium. I don't know to many billionares able to toss that kind of money on entertainment. Wayne better face the fact he is stuck with the team. The return on initial investment is not very good.