Teams have asked him, in general, about the outfield, first base, second base. He's pretty open to any position other than catcher and pitcher. |
The talks have been positive and constructive, and we are making progress, |
There are probably a half-dozen teams that have expressed interest in him. It's starting to pick up. That's why I'm going to Dallas. I have a number of meetings with teams to talk about him. |
There is another side to this story, and Raffy will tell it soon. I hope that the public will wait to make a final judgment about Rafael until they hear his story in its entirety. |
There were a lot of interesting partnership opportunities for our sports agency, but it was clear from the very beginning that Casey was who I wanted to be with most. In Casey, we found someone who shares common values and our goal of building a worldwide sports company that is a leader in its field. The new arrangement is going to allow us to better service our clients because of the very strong marketing and media content businesses that WMG already has in place. I am very happy that our most valuable and trusted agents are coming over to WMG and I am looking forward to working with Casey to aggressively grow the business and turn WMG into a sports and entertainment powerhouse. |
They have real interest, but at the same time, they are still evaluating things. We're all keeping our fingers crossed. |
Ultimately, we want it to turn into a long-term deal. That was expressed from both sides. He wants to end his career here. |
We have talked. We are going to have dinner in mid week. Wednesday night, I am taking Brian to the best sushi restaurant in Palm Springs. |
We're both acting like it's a deadline. |
We've done very well and I have no regrets. But I think we have a unique opportunity to have a sports agency which will endure for many more years. |
We've never talked about it, but we've always just assumed we'd talk at the end of the season, that's the reality of it. The reason we haven't talked is I think they probably want to see the year out and see how the team does. |