December 7Dec 7 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 Quote 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.
December 7Dec 7 "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)
December 8Dec 8 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. Edited December 8Dec 8 by NTVTXN I researched- Looks like he was battling dementia and had congenital heart problems. RIP, Mr.Hicks.
December 8Dec 8 @NTVTXN in this thread. RIP to Tom Hicks. I used to work with a good friend of his son.
December 8Dec 8 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
December 8Dec 8 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.
December 9Dec 9 9 hours ago, NTVTXN said: 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. The Grim Reaper don’t be taking checks.
December 9Dec 9 The said on the radio this morning that he graduated from Port Arthur Jefferson, 4 years behind Jimmy and Janis Joplin.
December 10Dec 10 On 12/8/2025 at 6:22 PM, DigDug said: The Grim Reaper don’t be taking checks. that do be true…(sigh)
December 10Dec 10 On 12/8/2025 at 1:10 PM, orange dream said: @NTVTXN in this thread. RIP to Tom Hicks. I used to work with a good friend of his son. On 12/8/2025 at 1:44 PM, 66BUFF said: NTVTXN Hey, I got busy. Unlike a great majority of your malcontented degenerates (said with all love possible), some of us others work for a living. I stand by my comments- and with that, I’m going to have a bowl of oatmeal and get my ass to the gym! 😉👊🏻
December 10Dec 10 On 12/8/2025 at 5:22 PM, BlackCat said: He was highly involved in building our 05 national championship team. RIP. By telling Mack to let “Vince be Vince”?
December 12Dec 12 On 12/10/2025 at 10:44 AM, David Dennison said: Only??? Bro- it’s 2025, almost’26. We’re win the 21st Century. In the age of “6-7” (yeah, I still have a teenager in the house), 79 is the new 69 (Hey now!) I’m in my late 50’s. I hope and pray I have more than another 20yrs on this rock. IF, I can keep up my quality of life/ which I get is “kind of” up to me. This goes back to my original point/post- If I was a multimillionaire, my quality of life would be very much focused on my health. (Again, this is just for me. I get that others have underlying issues, priorities)
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