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Sad to see that Tom Hicks passed away last night. I assume this will have ramifications for our athletic department. 
 

https://www.wfaa.com/article/sports/tom-hicks-dies-79-rangers-stars-dallas-texas/287-db3709b0-76d1-423e-aa30-6fc2317a5fe3

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DALLAS — Tom Hicks, a Dallas businessman who owned the Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars and an English Premier League soccer team, died Saturday at age 79. 
 

Hicks died peacefully in Dallas, surrounded by family, a spokesperson said in a press release Sunday. 

 

 

 

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"and an English Premier League soccer team"

I like how they didn't even bother to list the team, as if their audience would be like, "what the hell is Liverpool? That sum, uh,  water park?" 

(cough cough a team worth over $5B)

 

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Damn. He was only 79??

I’m sorry he’s passed, but I will never understand how people who have seemingly unlimited resources don’t spend more of said resources on their health.  Be it physical, (nutrition/training), mentally (psychological/ Life Coach). I get that genetics are a huge factor in one’s health. I guess it was that?  I didn’t see where he was sick. 
Condolences to his family.

 

 

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I researched- Looks like he was battling dementia and had congenital heart problems. RIP, Mr.Hicks.
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hicks ignored the mls dallas franchise opportunity and made all of us involved in the early days very sad

then the hunts bought it and made it a tax shelter

that would have been the end of the tragedy

until hick's 'purchase' of pool which has turned out to be the worst global soccer investment by a us citizen to date

hicks and gillett took over liverpool using a leveraged buyout that saddled the club with £472.5 million in debt that almost put pool in to administration

the protests were large, loud, and ugly

the slogan used by the supporters was "here before you, here after you, here despite you"

thank you, tom for the '99 stanley cup

and that's all i have to say about that

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30 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

hicks ignored the mls dallas franchise opportunity and made all of us involved in the early days very sad

then the hunts bought it and made it a tax shelter

that would have been the end of the tragedy

until hick's 'purchase' of pool which has turned out to be the worst global soccer investment by a us citizen to date

hicks and gillett took over liverpool using a leveraged buyout that saddled the club with £472.5 million in debt that almost put pool in to administration

the protests were large, loud, and ugly

the slogan used by the supporters was "here before you, here after you, here despite you"

thank you, tom for the '99 stanley cup

and that's all i have to say about that

Then he fucked over the Stars and put them into bankruptcy with him by 2009. They didn't recover on the ice until 2016. 

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