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02-10-2011, 09:18 PM #1All ACfromtheD Beard
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Tom Gores reaches deal to buy Pistons (or did he ?)
"People who drink light "beer" don't like the taste of beer; they just like to pee a lot."
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02-10-2011, 09:19 PM #2All-Inferno
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I think this is better than Illitch.4/26/2012
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02-10-2011, 09:20 PM #3All-Newhouser
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It does if she has a bad case of the loose booty. That ass can be phat but it must be tight.
TRRW
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02-10-2011, 09:22 PM #4All-Greenberg
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Amen, Love Mr. I's love of sports, but 3 teams is too many!
Originally Posted by MoOff24
I think this is better than Illitch.S.I. member #432
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02-10-2011, 09:35 PM #5Two Year Banner Streak!
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Am I too old to say...
O LET DO IT!
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"Cop says it's gonna be, like, $65. I gotta work all day to make $65, y'know?" --D.B. from the Click It or Ticket commercial
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02-10-2011, 09:53 PM #6All-Newhouser
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I agree but I thought Illitch buying the team might get the wings a new arena faster. I care way more about the wings then I do the pistons Originally Posted by MoOff24
I think this is better than Illitch.
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02-10-2011, 10:13 PM #7All-Horton
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Thank God. I can't believe it's taken this long. And I'm shocked that there wasn't a better plan put in place following Mr. D's death. I guess it seems like Karen Davidson agreed to keep the team in the family to Mr. D but then once he passed changed her mind or thought better of it. Either way, I'm sure Mr. D would be really disappointed in what has happened to his franchise over the past two years.
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02-10-2011, 10:13 PM #8All-Horton
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Anybody know anything about this guy?
I just hope he's in it to win, not just for the money.
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02-10-2011, 10:19 PM #9Administrator
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time will tell...
As a fan I don't really love the move yet.
As I understand it and from what Don Shane also said on the news, What Tom Gores/Platinum Equity (well, pretty much all equity firms like this I guess?) do is buy struggling businesses, strip them down and make them profitable, and sell them to someone else in a few years...
Question for Gores is if this is just another business opportunity for him or is this actually a 'Hobby' or Passion of his... I sure hope it's the second part
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02-10-2011, 10:22 PM #10All-Inferno
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is palace sports and entertainment a "struggling business"? I understand the team sucks but as far as I know the business as a whole is still doing fine. maybe im off on that 2nd part...havent cared to read too much about it honestly. Originally Posted by SportsFromA2
4/26/2012
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02-10-2011, 10:32 PM #11All-Inferno
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It's a hobby/ego/hometown thing mostly. Sure he wants to turn a profit, but he could spend his money elsewhere and do much better if he wanted to. And
at Don Shane's private equity run down.
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