THE JACKPOT – Special First Edition Ass in the Jackpot: JAMES DOLAN

***i just wanted to try this out as a way to use my brain outside of work, because I can feel myself getting dumber. There will probably be spelling and grammar mistakes…it is what it is. I have no idea how often these will be, but I appreciate any and all feedback***

There needs to be some sort of balance of power with sports team owners that are simply incompetent. In all walks of life, if you’re horrendous at your job, you get fired…except if you have a ton of money. Owning a sports team falls into that category. 

The only reason James Dolan still owns the Knicks is because he is SUPER rich. 

But he didn’t do anything to earn that money. His father founded Cablevision. Great for his father. James has NOTHING to do with that, he hit the birth lottery. 

Cablevision (his father’s company) employed James Dolan right out of college. While most people struggle and apply to (and get rejected by) 100000 jobs out of school, James Dolan, was gifted his first job. 

In 1993 he went to rehab for drug and alcohol abuse…in 1995 he was named Cablevision CEO. Nobody else on planet earth would be able to do that besides James Dolan, and it’s only because of his father being insanely rich and powerful. 

Go look at his Wikipedia it’s all there.

I don’t pay attention to the other New York teams he owns, I only care about the Knicks. He can continue to own the MSG building, and make billions off of just simply hosting events. But there needs to be a way to remove him as the owner of the NEW YORK KNICKS. 

When it was exposed how awful of a human being Donald Sterling (former LA Clippers owner) was, the league forced him to sell the team. 

Sterling still was able to get 2 BILLION dollars for it, so while I don’t want to see Dolan get 4-5 billion dollars for selling the Knicks. If it means he no longer owns the team I’ll take what I can get. 

If James Dolan has a regular job, and his performance was as bad as how he has performed as an NBA owner, he would be fired immediately. If he worked at McDonalds they would fire him!!!!

So why can’t we, the fans, or the league, fire him for his incompetence? MONEY!!!

He has more money than anybody else and he wants the power. What’s 5 more billion dollars to him? A drop in the bucket. He has all the money he could want. He just wants to keep that power. 

It’s not right that he gets to keep being the Knicks owner just because he’s rich. The Knicks could be what the clippers are turning into after Sterling was forced to sell the team. They have a good coach, a competent GM, and now have Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, a bunch of young, talented assets, and are the favorite to win this years NBA title. 

If Dolan was removed as the owner after Carmelo was traded, and a new competent owner hired a smart GM, and a good coach, it’s not a huge jump to say someone like Kawhi, or a player of his caliber would have signed with the Knicks this offseason. 

AND THE KNICKS WOULD BE BACK!! We have not been even remotely in the mix for a championship in my lifetime. As fans we just fall back on The Garden being “The Mecca of Basketball,” it’s a JOKE!! Obviously you can’t just fire someone who owns a privately run franchise, but SOMETHING needs to be done. BUT SCREW IT, ALLOW THE FANS OR THE LEAGUE TO FIRE DOLAN!!!!! (I just want to be able to watch Knicks basketball after Christmas 😢)