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selling the Stars and A-Rod

It was said years ago (maybe 2002–2003) that Hicks wanted to sell the Stars and the Star Centers because he "knew more about baseball than hockey and wanted to concentrate on that." This coupled with his signed of "Pay-Rod" has added to his dislike amongst many North Dallas sports fans. --ProdigySportsman 03:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How is Hicks generally percieved amongst dallas stars and texas rangers fans?Musungu jim 19:45, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think I answered most of that in my above post. --ProdigySportsman 22:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The local sports media has a mostly negative view of him and the general impression is that he doesn't know or care enough about the teams to make good decisions. The Rangers, for example, are one of the worst run teams in the league. Ever since the A-Rod debacle, he seems gunshy about spending money, to the point that the Rangers seem to lose promising talent on a regular basis. The Stars have been the same way recently as well. I think there is some resentment locally about the big money that is being spent improving Liverpool while the Rangers and Stars are crumbling.

Relious persuasion

Is he Jewish ?

Doubtful. Jews in the South (and Texas) are about as common as an ice cube in the summer.--ProdigySportsman 22:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Irish perhaps.

Jews are not at all uncommon in the Dallas area. That said, I don't believe that Hicks is among them.

Liverpool 'Reds' & 'Franchise' gaffe

The article states that it was Hicks who made the gaffe of referring to his new club Liverpool as the Liverpool Reds and also calling them a Franchise instead of a club. I'm not certain but was it not Gillete who made the comment, later claiming iot to be an ill advised joke.

Hicks's behavior has led to several fan protests from Liverpool supporters. The latest of which demanding that Hicks and Gillett sell the team to Dubai International Consortium. Fans have become increasingly frustrated with Hicks's efforts to undermine beloved manager Rafa Benitez. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jstcskr (talk • contribs) 17:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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questioning this sentence

The plans to build the stadium were edited and currently the stadium is not being built. What is it trying to say? 05:29, 6 December 2009 (UTC)