Tom Ricketts Questions Cubs Fans’ Expectations | Cubs Fan Reacts

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1. Watch my interview with Jesse Rogers about the Cubs' financial situation: Interview with Jesse Rogers: https://youtu.be/FFeLVG8KvD4

2. Tom ricketts just doesn't not want to make cubs fans so happy the is real facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

3. Tom ricketts just he doesn't not know what he doing sucks this job

4. He is lying. His family tried to buy an English Premiere League team.

5. We’re all broke here in Illinois lol even our team is broke we r basically living here just to brake even there’s no gaining here

6. Well, now we know that ownership is the real problem. Yes, baseball is a business. But focusing on all these bottom lines misses the point. All of those sub-businesses exist precisely because the Cubs exist. So the team must have the ultimate priority. Tom is tone deaf big time! Our goal should be to win the World Series, period. Just hoping our players exceed expectations so that anything can happen if you just barely get into the playoffs. GET REAL, TOM! Sell the Cubs and get into another business. We want an owner who does what it takes to actually win– not get by by squeaking into the playoffs by winning 85 or 86 games. Get lost, Tom! We want an owner who really wants to win and is not always looking at the bottom line every single year. Get our priorities straight by getting in to a WINNING mode, and your stupid bottom lines will take care of themselves! Sick of your attitude, Tom! Sick of it!

7. In search of mediocrity. We are so far behind the dodgers that we have very little chance to make a WS appearance in the next 4 years.

8. If tom ricketts is not owner why he still own cubs team 🤔

9. Tom ricketts this dad should sell team and leave the cubs alone forever

10. Yes tom ricketts he is lying 🤥 to cubs fans he always crying poor 🎪🤡

11. Tom ricketts is laughing yourself yes he is lying to cubs fans tom ricketts sucks to be owner

12. Why do the Cubs have to be owned by a penny pincher and a billionaire at that. Does Jeff Bezos like baseball or a Cubs fan?

13. How bout he puts a billion dollars in the team! 🤷🏾‍♂️

14. Embarrassing comment Tom ricketts

15. Great show, thanks, Kyle! Now, I know the Cubs only want to win 85-89 games and then hope for the best.

16. Until the anti trust exemptions are removed from MLB trusting the numbers given by teams is foolish. Also when it come to revenue generated, the blame for falling short is on the ownership's shoulders. No one over at the company understood how media presentation would change. They saw the cable deals the Yankees created for income, and decided to emulate it when it was obvious cable was dying. What was also obvious was leaving WGN they cut off a nationwide market for a short term gain in broadcast savings. The value of the team will continue to appreciate so everything that Tommy said was a smokescreen.

17. 6:27 = I get it, I owned a business for many years. But if that’s the outlook ALL for investments and money and nothing else, than you’re in the wrong business in sports. Sorry. There are PLENTYYYYYYYYY of investments and businesses you can get into to make your multi millions. When you buy a team, you have duties to the people who buy the tickets. No tickets = no money. Sports is not an anti risk play. You gotta bring it.

18. The problem isn't that they don't spend like the Dodgers, Yankees, and Mets. It's that we act like a mid market team. The Cubs are on the 3rd or 4th largest market. If they aren't generating the revenue like that represents the market they are in, you are running the team poorly and it's showing on the field.

19. Ricketts showed his true colors and we deserve better. "Breaking even" can still be accomplished by building a contender.

20. sorry to say this we cubs fans kind do own cubs team too about we cubs fans still give all the money to tom ricketts

21. So 81-81 ?

22. Ricketts cheap

23. Tom Reinsdorf! You get what you pay for. Dodgers pay they win in the end that simple

24. I would like to see Ricketts spend 400 million but it’s not my money! As fans we’re never going to see the P&L..the books but I believe the cubs can win a World Series with a 200 million payroll, they just need a mix of young controllable stars and then just add the pieces to win it all. Easier said than done..

25. Stop spending money on buying up the neighborhood and building hotels. The revenue streams for this team have only increased!!!! Score board advertising and the marquee network alone bring in millions. You’ve become the team that builds players then trades them before you pay them. These owners have never paid for anyone, except for John Lester and Jason Heyward. Every single player that made that 2016 team was traded off before they got paid. I’m not saying that that’s good or bad. But I’m saying players see that, free agents see that.

26. I don't share Tom's level of enthusiasm about acquiring talent through the international draft signings, not only because of the long wait while they develop, but also because not all of them pan out, or may turn out decent, but not as good as initially advertised. Cristian Hernandez is looking like he could end up in that last group. At first he was touted to be next coming of AROD. Now he's looking good, but not great.

27. I disagree somewhat. Couple of things. The Rickets bought the Cubs for what? $800 million. Which is today worth $4 or $5 billion, which is only going to go up. Second, in my opinion, don’t buy a major professional baseball team if you can’t afford to give the fans a team that is a consistent winner, including World Series. We don’t care how much they’ve spent on Wrigleyville! You’ll get that money back if and when you sell the team. I liked Kaps interview, but Tom came across as a cry baby!

28. If only Reinsdorf didn’t block Cuban from buying the team,

29. Ricketts are the McCaskey’s in disguise

30. Set up Man you are spot on. Fans do NOT care about the draft and player development. Not until that player becomes Bryce Harper or Jeter etc. Lots of players get drafted. What fans really care about is, can our team win and if not, what does our team need? It's not Jed saying he is looking for a miracle player to become the next Mariano Rivera. While it's nice that a player that you drafted becomes a stud, the here and now is, the Cubs need a closer and another stud starter. Period. They know that as they tried to get that closer from SD who went to where? LA. So, they know they need a closer. Will they get Yates? They better. And of course, they need a backup at first base as we've discussed on your channel forever. They have not developed anyone at first base except Mervis who plays where? Not in Iowa anymore. The Cubs are worth 4 Billion. We as fans would like a closer please. We know the Cubs are not struggling to pay the light bill or the rent this month. Come on Tom.

31. Mlb should investigate on what the franchise is worth to be a ownership.

32. Get rid of the Ricketts and hoyer we need to protest.

33. The goal is to win the world series and not to just be competitive. Go do what it takes to win and guess what…..your TV ratings will then go thru the roof which adds money to the bottom line.

34. $506m in revenue means you have great cash flow TOM. Not break even

35. The neighborhood money does not count as part of the $506m in revenue. It's separate and not part of profit sharing. I know this since an associate of mine was hired to create 22 LLC's to shelter outside revenues from other teams and baseball operations.