Mark Cuban is a Piece of Shit Who Deserves What He Gets

[Truth Teller]

Their offices are located in a refurbished warehouse on the edge of downtown Dallas, where more than 100 employees are jammed into cubicles. It definitely has no frills.

”What do you need frills for?” asks Cuban.

The hours are long, the pay is low, and Cuban expects results -- not excuses.

“It's a fun industry. I mean, they're younger. They don't know any better. No, I mean…It’s a sweatshop here and we’re proud of it,” says Cuban. “You can’t see the chains attached to their ankle, but … the reality is there’s just so much competition for the jobs.”

Turnover is almost non-existent. And many of these people have worked for Cuban for years. His old friend, George Prokos, was one of the first people that Cuban hired. He’s a vice president, but does he get a bigger cubicle?

”That means I get a double wide, a corner double wide with a window. Panoramic view,” says Prokos, adding that the first thing Cuban told him when he first came to work as a sales manager was: “I don't care if you have to hire 18,147 salespeople. I want that building sold out every night."

And, he says, Cuban allowed him to hire as many people as was necessary to do that, as long as “we didn’t pay them too much.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/12/60minutes/main599975.shtml

[Truth Teller]

1. Kick n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I have a question - why does the media love to profile idiots like this? nt

[Truth Teller]

3. Rich and a big mouth maybe?

:)

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. I am hoping the day comes when they profile someone like this and everyone says....

"Who's that asshole? Turn that off and let's go play a board game or something."

[Kali]

7. I'm already there

never heard of him until I read the OP

[Sarah Ibarruri]

8. Good! I have a little way to go yet. nt

[Blue_Tires]

9. the sports media LOVE their eccentric renegade owners

Jerry Jones
Steinbrenner
Al Davis
Art Modell
Jack Kent Cooke
Roman Abramovich
Bill Bidwell
the list goes on...


ran across a couple of fun stories:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22190481/

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12548.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

22. Their eccentric renegade owners are all Repukes? nt

[Blue_Tires]

28. more often than not n/t

[Sarah Ibarruri]

29. The whole sports thing is a war-competitive-trample over everyone sort of activity....

It makes perfect sense that it should be ruled by the brainless, headless rightwingerism.

[Robbien]

4. He can spend as much money as he likes, just make sure the money does not go to workers

Sounds exactly like a GOPer. Who said this guy is a Dem?

[Truth Teller]

6. Unless they're NBA stars, eh?

:)

[hatrack]

27. Provided it's his money, of course . . . .

Good thing none of these hard-working boot-strapping GOP franchise owners ever took a dime of taxpayer funds for their playpens, huh?

:eyes:

[Eurobabe]

10. Is this guy Cuban a Dem or a Repube?

just curious.

[ContinentalOp]

11. Cuban is an enemy of independent film...

http://www.sf360.org/features/indiewire-sex-addict-pulled-from-landmark-theater-indie-filmmaker-and-ifc-films-caught-in-mark-cubancomcast-battle

http://www.markcubanhasnoclothes.com/index2.html

[Rosco T.]

12. He's also the one that gave Dan Rather a show to report what he wants... n/t

[piesRsquare]

13. You left out a paragraph...

Their offices are located in a refurbished warehouse on the edge of downtown Dallas, where more than 100 employees are jammed into cubicles. It definitely has no frills.

”What do you need frills for?” asks Cuban.

The hours are long, the pay is low, and Cuban expects results -- not excuses.

“It's a fun industry. I mean, they're younger. They don't know any better. No, I mean…It’s a sweatshop here and we’re proud of it,” says Cuban. “You can’t see the chains attached to their ankle, but … the reality is there’s just so much competition for the jobs.”

<snip>

And, he says, Cuban allowed him to hire as many people as was necessary to do that, as long as “we didn’t pay them too much.”

But Cuban has spared no expense in signing new players and taking good care of them. He installed flat-screen TVs and Sony PlayStations in each player's locker. He bought the team a $46.0 million Boeing 757 with custom-made seats for his oversized employees like Shawn Bradley.

Flat-screen TVs and Sony PlayStations in each player's locker, but a sweatshop for the workers.

No comment...I'm speechless.

[GrizzlyMan]

15. He is also flies around in a G5

Which is even nicer than the 757 the team flies in.

[THUNDER HANDS]

20. the telemarketers get treated like telemarketers

and the one-in-a-million NBA players get treated well.

and that's shocking, why?

Anyone can do sales.

Can you hit the 3-pointer with a 6'6" guy running at you?

[girl gone mad]

14. nevermind. n/t

[MilesColtrane]

16. He's an Ayn Rand loving douchebag.

The kind that will go to his grave believing that he made his billions in a vacuum, solely by the sweat of his brow, and thus owes nothing to society.

Wouldn't be surprised if he only makes charitable contributions for the tax breaks.

[dreamnightwind]

17. He was an early Bush basher

He also went after Bush, very publicly, before it was cool to do so. He may be a POS, probably is in fact, but he risked a lot to speak out against W. I don't remember the specifics, maybe someone can fill in the blanks here?

Edited to add that perhaps his prosecution is pay-back by the Bush "justice" department? No evidence, just a hunch.

[dreamnightwind]

18. more info...

I couldn't find the anti_bush statements I "remember" hearing Cuban make early in the Bush years. I do recall being shocked he would make them, but have no links or content. Google did cough up the following links regarding Cuban and some of his statements and activities that could be relevant. For one thing, he financed and/or distributed the movie "Loose Change", I'd think that alone would get you noticed by Bush. Also he's the high-profile owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Bush country.

Billionaire Mark Cuban asks President Bush to cancel inauguration parties
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Billionaire_Mark_Cuban_asks_President_Bush_to_cancel_inauguration_parties

I'm not particularly recommending the following article, but it does discuss Cuban's distribution of the Loose Change 9/11 conspiracy video.

Insider Trading, or Political Persecution?
http://norris.blogs.nytimes.com/

Mark Cuban: Bill O'Reilly Is Just a Wonderful, Confused Guy
http://www.dmwmedia.com/news/2007/11/12/mark-cuban-bill-oreilly-is-just-a-wonderful-confused-guy

[KharmaTrain]

19. This Guy Is Truely Eccentric...

Over a decade ago, I was part of a group that did work with Cuban...back before he got his first billions. He was pushing his first product, Real Audio, and was real aggresive. For those who worked with him, he'd do anything to keep you happy but screw around with him and there was hell to pay. Thus he made as many friends and enemies...no middle ground with the guy and by his own admission a lot of what happened to him was by being very lucky.

He cashed out right before the 2000 tech bubble burst and Real Audio was already fading as MP3 was starting to take hold...many, at the time, hinted, he both got inside scoops and then helped tank his old company to push business to his new ventures. His personality pisses off a lot of the "establishment" cause he doesn't play their games...to be more specific, there are no honor among theives, even if the theives think there is.

I have mixed feelings about the guy. Personally he's charming as all hell...into a lot of things from music to sports...but in the business world, he's a shark and methinks this suit is the result of one of these deals going bad. There weren't criminal charges brought, but the headlines don't specify...and in this day of "hang the rich", he's not gonna have many friends in the media...for many he's already guilty.

Cheers...

[Patiod]

21. His attention-whoredom got him into trouble

They were saying last night on NPR that his stint on Dancing With the Stars may have made him a target because the SEC is looking for high profile cases to serve as warnings

He was on "Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader" recently, and my SO was watching and asked "who is that guy" and I just said "big attention whore"

[Bluebear]

23. 'Billionaire Urges Bush to Give Inaugural Funds to Tsunami Survivors'

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0108-01.htm

Can't be all bad.

[Greyhound]

24. Surprise! Another little prick out of Texas. n/t

[Dorian Gray]

25. I've not been able to stand the idiot

since he had his idiotic reality show in which he found a friend by playing jenga, but if there is little turnover, people must like working for him. Somehow. I don't know.

[itsrobert]

26. So working in a cubicle is the same as a sweatshop?

Obviously, some of you never experienced a sweatshop or seen one.