Quote Originally Posted by R8RBOB View Post
I believe that Ilitch's desire to purchase the Pistons is a ruse because he does not need to own the team. He just need them to play in said future arena. He needed to know who was in the game so he announced that he was willing to buy the team to draw out the contenders for the purpose of knowing who to go to when the team is sold to make that deal to share the new arena. Now I could be wrong but notice how the press is reported how many people want the Pistons. If Mike Ilitch had said nothing, there would have been no talk.
Well Mike Illitch aint an idiot, and his reason for announcing that he wanted to buy the Pistons was for a reason.

I don't think he wants just the Pistons, but Palace Sports and Entertainment. If he can pull that off, then he would control just about every major public venu in the Detroit area exept for the Silverdome and Ford Field