In Massachusetts, Sean McAdam notes “Sell the team!” chants started at Fenway Park last Monday after the Red Sox lost their eighth game in the first 10, but according to all available evidence, the chances that Fenway Sports Group acquiesces to those demands are “slim to none.” FSG is not the “least bit incentivized to sell” either of its “crown jewels” -- the Red Sox and Premier League club Liverpool FC -- which “remain as its tentpoles.” Despite his “reticence to engage with the media and his generally low public profile,” owner John Henry “still remains engaged” when it comes to the team. He also communicates with team President Sam Kennedy “on a daily basis” (MASSLIVE, 4/10).
CROWDED ROOM? In Ft. Lauderdale, Chris Perkins wrote he is a “bit confused” on the Troy Aikman-Dolphins partnership. It appears the Pro Football HOFer and ESPN analyst has “been a loud voice, one of the loudest single voices” in the Dolphins’ rebuild, but Aikman is not “on the Dolphins’ payroll.” New GM Jon-Eric Sullivan is “in charge of the team, the rebuild, and the day-to-day operation of the Dolphins.” But Aikman is “part of a new four-man power structure” that includes Sullivan, coach Jeff Hafley and team owner Stephen Ross’ son-in-law Dan Sillman. Aikman “won’t be advising” the Dolphins on who to draft, but still, he “seems to be greatly influential” (South Florida SUN-SENTINEL, 4/9).
