Deachman: It’s an exciting time, but also one in which to be wary. The outsider owner is a movie Ottawa has seen too many times.
Among the potential bidders mentioned: Toronto billionaires Jeffrey and Michael Kimel, Burlington, Ont.’s Michael Andlauer and Andre Desmarais . And then there’s the very real chance the best offer comes from south of the border.Article content
Or how about Horn Chen, the Chicago businessman who owned the Rough Riders for two seasons in the mid-1990s and reportedly never attended a game? But there were numerous occasions where his abrasiveness rankled fans. In 2017, with an attendance around 80 per cent of capacity to watch a team headed to a second-last place finish, Melnyk raised the spectre of moving the team. A fan-led campaign using the hashtag #MelnykOut on billboards provided a clear indication of the animosity many felt towards him.A sports team should be a community asset and part of the fabric that makes people want to live here.
Take Jeff Vinik, for example, owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, a team that joined the NHL the same year as the Sens.
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