This new report makes Tom Ricketts look even worse

No Major League Baseball owner looks particularly good right now. The lockout is currently closing in on 100 days with no signs of ending. Every single one of them should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this to happen. However, a new report makes Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts look even worse.

We all remember when Mr. Ricketts cried poor during the heart of the pandemic, calling the lost revenue “biblical losses”. Yes, someone worth multiple billions of dollars made statements like that about money. It was very offputting.

Now, despite being such a victim of the pandemic financially, the Ricketts family is looking to buy Chelsea FC. That isn’t going to be a cheap investment. Of course, it could lead to a lot of money down the road but it isn’t necessarily something that someone suffering from biblical losses tries to do.

Let’s be clear, there is nothing wrong with anyone buying things they can afford as long as they are good people. English Premier League soccer is awesome and someone like Tom Ricketts could help people realize that. It is just hard to respect his words when the timeline looks as it does.

The Chicago Cubs need to see Tom Ricketts spending money on them too.

It has also affected the Cubs on the field. They decided to trade away multiple superstars, including a few that helped them win the World Series in 2016, because of the fact that they didn’t want to pay them what they are worth on the market. It was just not a good look at all.

It is possible for Ricketts and the Cubs to redeem themselves. They could prove that the reason that they traded those guys away was that they haven’t won anything since the World Series in 2016. Something did seem broken with the offense at the end.

They could also go out and spend once the lockout ends. There are some big-time free agents still out there that might see the Cubs as a good team to sign with. They aren’t a playoff lock by any means but if they expand the postseason, it is certainly possible.

All in all, this report makes the Ricketts family sound like liars when it comes to their financial losses. It also won’t be a problem as long as he continues to run the Cubs the right way that gives them a chance to win. Both of those possibilities can be true. Hopefully, for the sake of Cubs fans, landing the purchase of Chelsea won’t hurt the baseball side of things.