Hire Bud Selig Wrecking Frank McCourt's Plan

Don't mess with Bud.

As Richard Vernon (played by Paul Gleason) said in The Breakfast Club: "Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns." Right now Dodgers "owner" Frank McCourt is getting the horns of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig given that Selig has rejected a TV deal that would have resolved McCourt's divorce case and helped him keep the team. Selig made the right move.

Selig said in a statement that: "This decision was reached after a full and careful consideration of the terms of the proposed transaction and the club's current circumstances It is my conclusion that this proposed transaction with FOX would not be in the best interests of the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise, the game of Baseball and the millions of loyal fans of this historic club." Bud also said he sent McCourt details about why the proposal was rejected, but those are not publicly available at this time.

Conspiracy theorists will probably go off on Bud about this, especially since pro teams always get the vast majority of their revenue from television deals and without the deal, McCourt probably can't afford to make payroll. Whatever the reason for rejecting the deal, legitimate or not, Selig wants to get rid of McCourt as soon as possible and he's going to do what it takes to make that happen.

It's not just that McCourt jeopardized the health of a flagship franchise with his messy divorce, he used the team like an ATM. Selig is making the right move by booting him from baseball, even if his means could be a little shady.