At long last, the LeMaster Group has sent the long-awaited Official Response from Hicks Sports Group concerning the report that the owner of the Texas Rangers and Dallas Stars defaulted earlier this week on $525 million in loans. The upshot: Hicks decided not to pay interest due on HSG's debts because, look, he's hoping to get better terms on $515 million in loans because, hey, the economy sucks right now and, well, maybe you'd like to buy a piece of the team. Anyone wanna go halvsies? The entire release, for your reading pleasure: Hicks Sports Group Release Concerning Interest Payments
Hicks is still obscenely wealthy, no?
Maybe I should call my mortgage company and tell them that even though I am in zero danger of losing my income and under no personal financial hardship and have money in the bank I would really like them to lower my interest rate because the economy sucks right now.