I can’t wait to read the takes in the Los Angeles Times, especially Bill Plaschke. Almost all Lakers fans were happy when the Dodgers’ owners bought the Lakers. For some reason I don’t think people will be as excited about this.
On a related point, I expect this to come up too. Whether or not it actually has any bearing on this, I have no idea.
Same here.
Definitely doesn’t seem shady or convenient… 
Here are some early comments from Reddit. Not everyone is happy.
Like I said, I am waiting for Bill Plaschke’s column. He is always full of hyperbole and I expect a good serving of it here.
Just an update, but as of now Bill Plaschke has yet to write anything about this. Usually you can expect to hear from him within a couple of hours max when something like this breaks. He must be totally caught off-guard and not know what hyperbole to write.
Finally, just a bit later than normal:
I’m not going to read the whole article, but the preview that shows up in the link sums it up nicely.
I predict this will work as well for these two dingbats as Trump’s casino worked for him.
My favorite Bob Iger sports-related story goes back to when he was pushing the football stadium project for the Raiders and Chargers in Carson, CA. That did not go over well.
On behalf of Carson, Iger went next. He tried to “break the ice,” he says now, with a joke about how in his 42 years at ABC and Disney, he had paid more money to the NFL than anyone else. The quip was met with blank stares. For about 20 minutes, Iger spoke with a slideshow behind him, then ended with another prepared line, a spin-off of the famous commercial of the Super Bowl MVP shouting, “I’m going to Disney World!” “I hope I’m going to the NFL!” Iger said. Again, silence. After Iger left the ballroom and returned to his suite, [Jerry] Jones said, “He said he paid us. Last time I checked, that money is coming from Disney shareholders, not him.”
That does not affect the majority share sale. It only affects the 18% share that the Buss family retained after the sale to Walter. They can either keep that minority share under the new ownership group or sell it.
And, speaking of Buss family drama:
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47594947/inside-jeanie-jerry-buss-family-infighting-drove-10b-sale-los-angeles-lakers-mark-walter
Wow, that looks like a treatment for a network soap drama.
And, this keeps getting bigger:
If he has to sell the Dodgers, there will be a lot of Dodgers fans with heartburn. For that matter, there will still be a few with heartburn regardless. If what is written about Walter’s debts is true, it does not look good.
Edit: This is not a good look either:
On a related point, I can’t help but wonder if their decision to defer most of Shohei Ohtani’s payments until 2034 has something to do with this. When he signed that contract, a lot of local pundits were talking about how brilliant the Dodgers were with this approach. Now, I am waiting to see what these pundits say.