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"We will wait every local paper out and let them continuously bleed until we are the last ones standing,” the NY Times quoted Alex Mather, The Athletic’s chief executive, as saying at the time.

“We will suck them dry of their best talent at every moment. We will make business extremely difficult for them.”

They've backtracked in public but it has to be their aim. They will fail if they dont do it.

Posted By: CWC, Aug 6, 20:01:11