If I were Titlemaster Rockefeller, I'd bring home a championship

[indeedproceed]

Titlemaster Rockefeller is either gonna lose a bunch of free stuff he's giving away, or he's going to face incredible sanctions from the league. Also, maybe both.

Definitely both.

The second an agent gets a sniff of this and puts together how much money he's losing because of it its over.

Folks, this is my lunch money 

Apparently, none of you folks know what a 'Master of the Universe' is.

It's not like I'm handing over my currency swaps, ownership of Gazprom &/o pipeline companies, my defense equities, or my precious metal deposits.

Has Titlemaster Rockefeller ever considered just investing all his billions is advanced tech that can, infact, allow Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish to walk through that door?

[TitleMaster]

Titlemaster Rockefeller is either gonna lose a bunch of free stuff he's giving away, or he's going to face incredible sanctions from the league. Also, maybe both.

Definitely both.

The second an agent gets a sniff of this and puts together how much money he's losing because of it its over.

Folks, this is my lunch money 

Apparently, none of you folks know what a 'Master of the Universe' is.

It's not like I'm handing over my currency swaps, ownership of Gazprom &/o pipeline companies, my defense equities, or my precious metal deposits.

Has Titlemaster Rockefeller ever considered just investing all his billions is advanced tech that can, infact, allow Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish to walk through that door?

That's my secret project 

Sorry, can't let that one out of the bag 

[KGs Knee]

This whole premise is obvioiusly fictious, but, I do wonder what would stop something like this from happenning?  I mean, if the paper trail was clean; meaning there was absolutely no connection between the team and this Rockefeller fellow, what legal grounds would the league or the government have for recourse?  How is this any different than endorsement offers "promised" to stars who sign in big markets?

I suppose since this is merely a hypothetical scenario, Mobster Stern would just put out a hit on this Rockefeller fellow.  Probably would in real life too.  That Stern is a despicable individual after all.

[bdm860]

This whole premise is obvioiusly fictious, but, I do wonder what would stop something like this from happenning?  I mean, if the paper trail was clean; meaning there was absolutely no connection between the team and this Rockefeller fellow, what legal grounds would the league or the government have for recourse?  How is this any different than endorsement offers "promised" to stars who sign in big markets?

I suppose since this is merely a hypothetical scenario, Mobster Stern would just put out a hit on this Rockefeller fellow.  Probably would in real life too.  That Stern is a despicable individual after all.

Ya I don't really think it's that different than the alleged Nike bonus for players on big market teams.  Goes along with the playing-in-a-big-market-gets-you-more-endorsements theory.

What if the Titlemaster company just paid millions to Celtics players to be a company spokesperson/appear in ads?

Titlemaster is free to talk to Dwight right now about endorsement opportunities.  Dwight, I really want you to be the new spokesperson for my company and I'm willing to pay you $100m to do it.  This only works if you're a Celtic though.

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

[TitleMaster]

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

Nah, they can't afford it 

Plus, it would be more like moonlighting, as a financier  , and even Stern can't stop that.

TR: "Dwight, the Fender group going long on 10000 contracts of the Nikkei-Hang Seng swaps"

DH: "Cool"

TR: "Thanks for the consultation, Dwight."

DH: "No problem boss"

[indeedproceed]

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

Nah, they can't afford it 

Plus, it would be more like moonlighting, as a financier  , and even Stern can't stop that.

TR: "Dwight, the Fender group going long on 10000 contracts of the Nikkei-Hang Seng swaps"

DH: "Cool"

TR: "Thanks for the consultation, Dwight."

DH: "No problem boss"

Haha...so you've got tampering, you've got insider trading, you've got compensation that falls in violation of the current CBA...and you're telling me that a guy who is careless enough to expose himself to all those risks, is also intelligent enough to be able to accumulate enough money to afford to expose himself to all those risks?

Shenanigans! I call shenanigans on your fantasy!

[TitleMaster]

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

Nah, they can't afford it 

Plus, it would be more like moonlighting, as a financier  , and even Stern can't stop that.

TR: "Dwight, the Fender group going long on 10000 contracts of the Nikkei-Hang Seng swaps"

DH: "Cool"

TR: "Thanks for the consultation, Dwight."

DH: "No problem boss"

Haha...so you've got tampering, you've got insider trading, you've got compensation that falls in violation of the current CBA...and you're telling me that a guy who is careless enough to expose himself to all those risks, is also intelligent enough to be able to accumulate enough money to afford to expose himself to all those risks?

Shenanigans! I call shenanigans on your fantasy!

Whoa! What insider trading? I own the Fender Group and yes, Dwight's got LLC membership and is able to listen in on the operations of his division. Thus, he's a legitimate financier and is paid accordingly.

And yes, our business is to trade currencies, futures, and derivatives on the globex and intrabank system.

[indeedproceed]

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

Nah, they can't afford it 

Plus, it would be more like moonlighting, as a financier  , and even Stern can't stop that.

TR: "Dwight, the Fender group going long on 10000 contracts of the Nikkei-Hang Seng swaps"

DH: "Cool"

TR: "Thanks for the consultation, Dwight."

DH: "No problem boss"

Haha...so you've got tampering, you've got insider trading, you've got compensation that falls in violation of the current CBA...and you're telling me that a guy who is careless enough to expose himself to all those risks, is also intelligent enough to be able to accumulate enough money to afford to expose himself to all those risks?

Shenanigans! I call shenanigans on your fantasy!

Whoa! What insider trading? I own the Fender Group and yes, Dwight's got LLC membership and is able to listen in on the operations of his division. Thus, he's a legitimate financier and is paid accordingly.

And yes, our business is to trade currencies, futures, and derivatives on the globex and intrabank system.

To be fair, I understand insider trading as "stuff you shouldn't know that nobody else seems to know that you're gonna make money from", and I'm basing that mostly off of TV.

Mostly all I got there was, "Money stuff, llc, money stuff, other term I don't understand, what the heck is a globex intrabank, hobbits."

[TitleMaster]

Then several other billionaires follow suit trying to draw players to their markets.  Stern would try to make up some rule capping the amount of endorsement money players can accept and of course the players union ain't having it.  Chaos ensues.

I like it. 

Nah, they can't afford it 

Plus, it would be more like moonlighting, as a financier  , and even Stern can't stop that.

TR: "Dwight, the Fender group going long on 10000 contracts of the Nikkei-Hang Seng swaps"

DH: "Cool"

TR: "Thanks for the consultation, Dwight."

DH: "No problem boss"

Haha...so you've got tampering, you've got insider trading, you've got compensation that falls in violation of the current CBA...and you're telling me that a guy who is careless enough to expose himself to all those risks, is also intelligent enough to be able to accumulate enough money to afford to expose himself to all those risks?

Shenanigans! I call shenanigans on your fantasy!

Whoa! What insider trading? I own the Fender Group and yes, Dwight's got LLC membership and is able to listen in on the operations of his division. Thus, he's a legitimate financier and is paid accordingly.

And yes, our business is to trade currencies, futures, and derivatives on the globex and intrabank system.

To be fair, I understand insider trading as "stuff you shouldn't know that nobody else seems to know that you're gonna make money from", and I'm basing that mostly off of TV.

Mostly all I got there was, "Money stuff, llc, money stuff, other term I don't understand, what the heck is a globex intrabank, hobbits."

Well, in order to pay Howard, I'll need to make him an equity position in this trading firm a.k.a. hedge fund. The way it's done is that he buys a stake in the division, obviously, using that Spa in Western Mass, as his deposit money. Then, as income rolls in, the lien on the Spa goes away, and then, Dwight is happily earning money for a few years and then, I buy out his stake, for an annuity which pays him $500K w/ inflation adjustments for the rest of his life.

As a result of him, working as a financier for my company, he earns a Spa, a fat salary for 5-10 years, and a retirement package.

Globex is the 24 hr electronic futures market, independent of the Chicago floor hours. I believe they close Friday end of trading day but re-open on Sunday. The Intrabank system is the electronic media where Citgroup, Barclays, Central Banks, etc, post the rates and sales of currencies worldwide. It runs 24 hours and also closes Friday afternoon & Saturday.

[rickyfan3.0...]

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaally weird post.

[TitleMaster]

BTW, I did have a dream where I was, in fact, born a billionaire so a lot of this flight of fantasy was experienced, albeit, for only a few hours.

I recall owning hotels around the world and having the Presidential Suite, always ready for my arrival. Thus, instead of owning a slew of mansions everywhere, I had income generating hotel assets, which also subbed as a crash pad for my global travels. I also owned a fractional ownership private jet company where in fact, I had a fleet to my disposal but a lot of the planes were used by other executives for their meetings. Ultimately, my choice 'Air Force One' look-a-like was always prepped and ready.