Optics of John Henry Buying Pittsburgh Penguins //Red Sox and Bruins Fans Upset with John Henry // The Final Word - 11/17/2021 (Hour 4)

Felger & Massarotti

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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(0:00) The final hour of Wednesday’s show starts with the show revisiting John Henry and the FSG in talks to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and how the optics look to Red Sox Fans.
(14:10) Calls continue to come in from upset Red Sox and Bruins fans with the reports the John Henry is buying the Pittsburgh Penguins.
(24:05) Calls come in on all the topics from the day.
(34:30) The Final Word with Big Jim Murray.

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0:00.0	B-Pod Studios
0:03.0	All right, final hour, Felger and Maz will continue with your football calls.
0:11.2	Just want to reset how we started the show with the Fenway Sports Group purchase of the Pittsburgh Penguins
0:16.2	and how it just doesn't sit.
0:18.2	It doesn't sit, and I can see how it doesn't sit well with fans.
0:22.1	And this is a case where, well, I ask the group, is this really, is this an issue where
0:27.7	it's just optics, it's bad optics or is it from a practical matter bad for the Red Sox?
0:33.6	And I think it is probably more optics than a practical matter.
0:36.7	But when it comes to sports, optics do matter.
0:38.7	It's sports.
0:40.1	We're not just talking about line items in a portfolio or soybeans or something you trade on your computer.
0:46.9	It's sports are.
0:48.9	And if you're an owner of these teams, should be treated differently.
0:51.7	It should be treated differently because they are more of a
0:54.3	public trust and it's just different than your other business holdings. So in this case, the optics do
0:59.7	matter. And I don't blame Red Sox fans if they're a little bit annoyed by John Henry also owning the
1:06.7	Pittsburgh Penguins. And you can just see several circumstances that could come up here in the future
1:10.8	that would just sort of not sit well with you. You know, anytime that John Henry is in front of the cameras preening with Sidney Crosby or Mario Lemieux or God forbid the Penguins win a Stanley Cup and John Henry's holding up the Stanley Cup, how's that going to make you feel? No matter what he spends on the Red Sox. It's just not going to make you feel. It's just not going to sit great. Now, what does that mean? Is that mean you're going to stop going to the games or watching? No, it's just going to bug you. It's going to not feel right or not feel good about it. Never mind. Well, how about this? It's the offseason and the penguins and the Bruins are going for the same player.
1:46.0	And John Henry outbids the Bruins.
1:48.5	How's that going to make you feel?
1:50.1	As a Bostonian are just John Henry being in bed with a franchise that brought us
1:56.8	Alf Samuelson and Matt Cook and not that Crosby's as bad as these guys but we don't like him
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