Soboroff, who was appointed earlier this week, insisted on Thursday that the Dodgers were not in financial turmoil and labelled MLB commissioner Bud Selig’s move to transfer the day-to-day operations of the club to the League as “irresponsible”. Soboroff cited the Dodgers' 20-year, US$3 billion deal with Fox as evidence that McCourt has sufficient funds to operate the franchise.
“All this momentum is building and then all of sudden this letter comes in and says, ‘you don't have any money, you don't have this or that’. I think it was irresponsible,” Soboroff told the Los Angeles Times.
“That letter was not expected. (It) was a shock. Let us show the exciting things that we can do, that Los Angeles can do for Major League Baseball,” he added. “Frank has money in the bank. He has a $3 billion deal with Fox.” Soboroff added that McCourt has the money available and the only thing stopping him from investing is the letter.
“He (McCourt) has made a lot of mistakes in the past, but he isn't making mistakes right now,” said Soboroff, who added that McCourt is being “picked out and selected” by the League.
