Bud Selig's Expense Account Is Worth More Than Your Entire Estate

The world makes… Bud Selig takes.

Of three major American sports, two are run by, ummm,  people who could be referenced in Adam Sandler carols. I wonder who runs NASCAR, or how strong Goodell’s Christianity is….

The pic couldve been better. B-Dawg making it rain could and should be my new cell phone wallpaper. And there is no way Selig deserves that amount of money. No Way!

since bud is doing so well when will baseball issue its own version of TARP money so the damn twins can sign some relief pitching

What a long strange road it has been for Bud Selig…..

He started out as a big car dealer in Milwaukee. Selig Ford was the biggest Ford dealer in my neighborbood on the east side of Milwaukee, I remember it very well. Tiny compared to today’s mega-dealers but profitable enough back then. The original site is long gone now – they moved to a much larger site out of town.

Selig got into baseball when he spearheaded an effort to keep the Braves in Milwaukee (as a minority owner) and then bring MLB back to Milwaukee after the Braves moved to Atlanta in 1964. He was able to lead the group which bought the Seattle Pilots in 1970 and move them to Milwaukee to be called the Brewers.

For years he was the Brewer’s lead owner, until the owners dumped Fay Vincent in 1992. Selig became acting commissioner while a prolongerd search for a permanent commissioner went on, and was confirmed as permanent commissioner in 1998.

He’s a mousy looking little guy, which adds to his problems, but some argue that he’s been a good commissioner if not exactly Kennesaw Mountain Landis. He has overseen the enormous enrichment of everyone involved in baseball, both players and owners. He does seem to have some executive ability as well.

He’s probably not worth 18 mil a year, but in CEO-land that is relatively small compenation for a CEO who has been in place 17 years during the most halycon days in MLB’s history. Is he worth as much as a Ramirez or a Texiera? Maybe. Then again, perhaps this is the kind of job anyone could do. It’s hard to tell from outside the box. The owners pay the freight and they seem to think he’s worth it.

Given the problems the suto manufacturers are having right now I’ll bet he’s happy he didn’t stick with Selig Ford all those years ago, although it seems he’s still chairman of the Selig group.

Its great having owners complain about player salaries while this guy makes 18 million.

Would you pay to watch him throw/hit a baseball?

This is like telling me you can’t pay your rent because you spend all you money on non-essential items.  You know, like the marlins are going to make a statement that they can’t up payroll because they have to foot 1/30th the cost of Bud’s extortion payments.

Its easy to spark an outrage over player salaries, but if they can pay 18 million for this idiot to make simple decisions and act offended by steroids then I think 25 million is a pretty fair price for an Arod or a Manny. 

He’s  just the same as every other commish,the owners own little biatch.Sure he states how much that the owners have made,and,that attendance skyrocketed.But hey! Mr. Selig says that with the economy the way that it is,the owners can’t spend as freely as they used to. Do I hear collusion ala 70’s ? Your hot dog and beer and hat you just purchased went into the "Commish Gordon, I have to be everywhere" fund. Shady basterd still looks like a drunken used car salesman.