Yet another Cuban thread

[Banedon]

So if Cuban wants a higher profile in sports, he must add the Cubs to his empire. To do so he'll have to raise more than $1 billion - far more than he did to buy the Mavericks - and he's up against an array of formidable competitors, notably John Canning Jr., CEO of the Chicago-based private equity group Madison Dearborn Partners and a close friend of Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig.

 

Cuban cryptically acknowledges that his image as a controversial basketball team owner may be undercutting him. "It works against me in multiple situations," he says. In particular, he cites his dealings with "professional sports leagues that might not consider me because of what they've read."

 

http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/03/news/newsmakers/mark_cuban.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

 

It's unfortunate to hear that from Mark, even though it's not surprising.

 

EDIT: This was pretty much the only Cubs mention in a very long article...it's at the very bottom.