My incredible, breathtakingly assholic assumptions about Mark Cuban.

[DemoTex]

I always assumed he was a jerk. An asshole. A dilettante.

Keith Olberman just put me in my just-deserved place. Thank God! When I make such a mistaken, prejudicial assessment of a person, and find that I am wrong, I feel like the turd-in-the-sewer that I probably am.

I just assumed that Mark Cuban was another asshole like Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder. Maybe it is time for the obviously flawed DemoTex, with respect to character assessment, to back up and look again at Dan Snyder and, more importantly, at my own character.

I apologize for my arrogance and hubris with respect to this good man, Mark Cuban. I feel like shit.

[Patsy Stone]

1. Yep

You were wrong about Mark, but I don't think you're wrong about Dan.

I call him, "The Little Pisher". :)

[KG]

2. hey, Dan Snyder idolizes Sonny Jurgenson.

and that's all i need to know about the man! :hi:

[PollThis]

3. Wow, easy man. Send him a kind noted and do three hale marties. nt

[Cha]

4. Mark Cuban gave

Dan Rather a job on HDTV. :)

http://www.hd.net/

[DemoTex]

7. I did not know that until Keith alluded to it tonight.

Also, the rags-to-riches story about Mark Cuban blows me away. I guess that I didn't pay enough attention (I'm not a sports fan) when Cuban bought the Mavs (I did live in Dallas at the time). IIRC, he bought the team from Ross Perot, Jr. That, alone, probably tainted my opinion.

[MadMaddie]

5. You know as KO was talking about how Cuban became the

man he is I realized that he is new money and that pisses old money people off.

Bravo for Cuban he puts his money where his mouth is. I am with you he is one of the good guys.

[AlCzervik]

6. he also helped "Good night and good luck" get made. I'm sure Cuban like of all

has faults o plenty but he seems like a decent guy.

[LisaM]

8. He was right about the NBA refs, too!

Turns out they were on the take.

[Balbus]

16. I hated that fool because of all his whining and complaints about the refereeing...

Turns out I was the fool all along. :(

[TomInTib]

9. Hey, you were just hearing what David Stern WANTED you to hear.

Cuban just doesn't go along with the status quo just because it is the status quo.

[DemoTex]

10. No, Tom. I heard nothing about Mark Cuban.

I'm owning up to making a judgment on a man years ago. Without knowing jack-shit about him. Assumption here .. assumption there.

I am ecstatic over the revelation to me tonight about Cuban's true character, but I am seriously depressed over my failure in character.

[rurallib]

14. I liked him from the time he started giving the NBA fits

All these sports leagues do everything they can to take fun out of games. He put it back in. And as noted above, he can see a shaky call now & then.

[datadiva]

11. I did the same thing

I think the money blinded a lot of people, including me. Plus I'm a basketball fan and the Mavericks are a rival team. I think I took his involvement and passion for the game as arrogance. I watch Dancing with the Stars and my opinion of the man changed watching how hard he was trying. The first week of his practice was 8 weeks after a hip replacement surgery. That too some guts. I felt really bad about my original opinion. I am very glad he is one of us.

[crispini]

12. I have always liked Cuban since that time he worked at a Dairy Queen for a day.

Damn funny of him.

[Bolo Boffin]

13. If you've been following the O'Reilly manufactured outrage

Then you'll be happy to note that this Thursday The Mavs were already having a Green Shirt Night to honor the Texas National Guard.

Cuban is a force for good. Keep Hope Alive!

[stevedeshazer]

15. Cubes Rules

I think, for a billionaire, he rocks.