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If anything, baseball needs more corporate owners, particularly those, such as News Corp., that have major investments in the game as a whole rather than a stake in a single franchise.
"The idea," observes the professor, "that you might tell a colleague that a patient has a right to expect that a doctor will send him to the best surgeon, and that the doctor's decision will not be based on whether he has a financial stake in the referral, is not even an option."
Individual shareholders then decide whether to sell their holdings; if the acquirer doesn't win a controlling stake, the offer is rescinded and the shares returned.
With their money at stake, Mailers prefer that things be done right rather than fast!
Was the principle at stake here the right to be free of stupid and/or unnecessary government restrictions?