Fenway Sports Group Purchasing Pittsburgh Penguins // Conflict of Interest for NESN and FSG? - 11/17/2021 (Hour 1)
Felger & Massarotti
Beasley Media Group
4.1 • 977 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
- (0:00) Felger, Mazz and Murray start Wednesday’s show with the reports that the FSG are purchasing the Pittsburgh Penguins and how it impacts the Red Sox.
- (13:50) Calls come in on FSG buying the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- (24:10) How much would John Henry and FSG buying the Penguins impact the Red Sox, NESN and how fans in the market react to the deal.
- (35:30) Felger and Mazz revisit when John Henry came in studio to defend himself as calls continue to come in on the possible purchase of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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| 0:00.0 | B-Pod Studios |
| 0:03.0 | Do you understand how the fact that you're in bed with LeBron James plays with some of your fans? |
| 0:12.0 | In bed? I've never been. |
| 0:14.3 | Well, that is definitely a story for another day. |
| 0:17.0 | We don't mean that literally. |
| 0:18.9 | We've actually gotten to do a little bit of that in the last couple of but we won't do that here today the fact that you're in business with him |
| 0:25.1 | do you understand how that looks yeah i i do understand that people think that if lebron james is |
| 0:32.4 | going to be involved in a you know is going to be involved with Liverpool, that that looks bad for Boston. |
| 0:39.8 | Is it? |
| 0:40.8 | Is it? |
| 0:41.3 | No. |
| 0:42.5 | Not really. |
| 0:44.3 | I mean, does it really, does it affect the Celtics? |
| 0:47.9 | I talked with Wick about it. |
| 0:50.3 | He didn't have an issue with it. |
| 0:52.1 | It's really more about the connection. |
| 0:53.7 | You know, the connection you have with your fans. |
| 0:55.2 | No, it's about creating a perception that you guys can run with that says, oh, they're in bed with the enemy. |
| 1:03.0 | Well, but again, let's say the Patriots did a marketing deal with A-Rod. |
| 1:06.3 | How would you feel about that? |
| 1:08.1 | If the Patriots did a deal, a marketing deal with A-Rod, I would feel like that? If the Patriots did a deal, a marketing deal with Aeron, I would feel like that |
| 1:15.2 | I need to go down there and have a talk with them because they're going into the wrong |
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