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Zulewski Report
By Tom Zulewski June 22, 2009 |
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Molson who recently purchased the Montreal Canadiens and who of course have their name on the building go together like a fine wine and cheese, oil and vinegar, and chocolate and vanilla or something like that. Everything that perfectly goes well together and this is a good example and a fine selection of the Molson family taking on a fine storied franchise. As much of a headache that Jim Ballise guy that's been trying to get the Coyotes extracted from Phoenix. You have to like what is being done here with this sale because in Montreal they have a 100 year history. It's something that can't be supplanted just because somebody with a fat wallet wants to move the team because he wants to make more money and your just full of hooey if you think you’re going to get away with it nice try. The idea by the way to move the Coyotes to Hamilton is not going to happen, Ballise tried with Nashville and Pittsburgh and he failed and now he's trying with Phoenix and he's going to fail. You have to go through the proper channels and if you can't get it done the right way then you don't deserve to try. It would be interesting to see which team he goes up against next but he has to have the proper priorities in keeping a team in place. The league and the judge was right to rule that the moving of the franchise can't happen just because someone has a fat wallet. They're are some buyers who have made some offers over Ballise and are willing to keep the the team in Phoenix one of them Chicago White Sox and Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf. Also regarding why Canadian teams left Canada, why did Winnipeg leave? They couldn't put fans in the seats. It's one thing that's why they went to Phoenix in the first place because that's the original move in the first place. Just because they sent someone back to Canada is not an automatic gaurantee. The Phoenix franchise was originally in Winnipeg and it didn't work, Hamilton is a similar size market no guarantees. Arena Football League looks dead: We have not heard a word from the AFL since the middle of April about bringing the game back. The keynote here is their working on it but don't go through jumping hurdles unless you have the right information and your sure what your doing. You have to wonder if a team league like this can function without having the backing it got from ESPN or even NBC. Yes they're gone for right now, you have to recognize that's a little bit more of a challenge now to get it back because of what happened. It looks like this is happening because of money and were not talking about the happiest of things right now and it's not a lot for it to come back. Tom Zulewski files his report each week on Sportstalk radio |
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