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Friday, July 28, 2006

I'm Rick James.... or is it Dave Checketts...

To borrow a line from the Dave Chappell Show...

That Dave Checketts is quite the bastard.

Last Spring Sports West Productions went belly up… Which really isn’t a big deal in it’s self because companies fail every day. It’s the natural process of business. However Sports West is a company which is controlled by Dave Checketts’ Sports Capital Partners and is the same company that owns Salt Lake’s Pro Soccer team. For those of you who may have been under a rock the last few months… Real Salt Lake Soccer club has been begging to try and con local governments to spend approximately $30 million dollars on their new stadium. Dave and friends say that they must have a new stadium to be profitable. Government officials have put the kibosh on this plan and its several reincarnations due to financial concerns. Something about sucking up all the hotel taxes for 30 years to fund a private stadium for a club that sucks in a sport that isn’t that popular.

In today’s Salt Lake Tribune I found a wonderful Dave Checketts’ quote…
“In a statement, Checketts noted he is "owed millions of dollars from SportsWest that I will never recover." He added that, "against the advice of my attorneys," he has used his own money to pay some creditors.

"Although I am not legally obligated to make these payments, my moral compass compels me to pay something more to those who have worked with SportsWest," Checketts said.”

This is in response to allegations he has failed to pay employees for work done 9 months ago. I find it absurd that Dave has the testicular fortitude to say he is owed millions by a company he owns but will not recover and that his “moral compass compels me to pay something to those who have worked for SportsWest.

The irony here is that Dave Checketts can’t understand why the citizens of Utah don’t want to pay for his stadium. Maybe its because we don’t think that he can be successful at it or maybe we don’t understand how he can build a $30 million dollar house in Park City but can’t afford a stadium?

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