Officials with Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment are cooperating with federal authorities in their Ponzi scheme investigation of WFAN sports broadcaster Craig Carton after learning that building officials unknowingly assisted Carton in the theft of $2 million from a leading hedge fund, Billboard has learned. |
Looks like the Carton story is going to have some legs to it. This is why I felt Carton was "suspended" and not terminated - CBS needs to find out what damage he did using the show and sponsors. WFAN broadcasts the Nets, so they have to be going nuts. Brandon Marshall also insinuated on Twitter that he was approached to "invest".
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What a selfish jackass.
Bingo.
Agreed, but there is no way he made close to a mill for his FAN gig. Maybe with appearance fees, he could bump that number up, but I doubt he made more than half a mill, if that.
Francessa made $800k, and he did his show alone. Boomer and Carton combined make close to that, maybe slightly more, but you can bet Boomer makes more.
Right. He steals millions of dollars, uses the money to pay his gambling debts, but somehow he's the victim.
You may be correct, the number I had seen was $800k per, but a number of news outlets are reporting it closer to $4 mill per. That is quite a difference.
That said, radio revenues are much lower than when Francesa signed his last deal, but if his $4 mill number is accurate, $1 mill for Carton isn't unreasonable.
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Guy had a true dream job. Work around 5 hours a day talking sports and probably made north of 1 mill a year ( that Daily News article was bullshit). Flushed it all down the toilet. He showed his true character with how he acted and treated people on the radio. These charges just back that up. He deserves to do hard time.
Agreed, but there is no way he made close to a mill for his FAN gig. Maybe with appearance fees, he could bump that number up, but I doubt he made more than half a mill, if that.
Francessa made $800k, and he did his show alone. Boomer and Carton combined make close to that, maybe slightly more, but you can bet Boomer makes more.
You really think Francesa makes 800K a year? Mike was making close to 2 million 15 years ago. It's been reported Mike now gets 4 or 5 mill a year but I would bet strongly he makes more then that.
You either get caught, do hard time, and lose everything or you die. Carton is relatively young, so he realistically was only looking at what was behind door #1.
In his mind, maybe he thought he could make some big (legal) scores on the side and pay everyone off without any of this coming to light.
Beningo will legit do anything for a dollar - he has like double the live reads than anyone at the station and milks them all. Admitted on-air he knows little about the sponsors - just get dem checks.
As you can imagine, it’s been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I’m confident that when the facts come out, you’ll see that I am not guilty of these charges.
My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I’ll be back, stronger than ever.
Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life.
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I want to thank my family, friends and fans and especially Boomer for the outpouring of public and private support I�ve received over the past few days.
As you can imagine, it�s been incredibly hard to be silent while there is an endless stream of vitriol being hurled my way, but I�m confident that when the facts come out, you�ll see that I am not guilty of these charges.
My fight has only just begun and I know when this strange episode is over, I�ll be back, stronger than ever.
Thank you for all the kind words and good wishes as I continue on with one of the greatest battles of my life.
Endless stream of vitriol is ironic, considering what he's done to people over his career.
Carton will be off to find the real Ponzi schemers, but at least in his case, most of them could be found on a golf course.
Damn Roberts gets 500k? Wow good for him
Roberts really makes twice as much as Joe?
You either get caught, do hard time, and lose everything or you die. Carton is relatively young, so he realistically was only looking at what was behind door #1.
When you owe hefty sums of money to the wrong people, a long jail sentence probably looks better than the consequences to you and possibly your family.
In his mind, maybe he thought he could make some big (legal) scores on the side and pay everyone off without any of this coming to light.
I have to agree with 100%.
The seating in the upper decks is extremely extremely almost absurdly confined even for 4th graders let alone adults..
Shit was horrible.
Lines for food ridiculously extra bad as well
Msg > Prudential > Barclays