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$23M Lawsuit: Steinbrenner Stole My Idea

Former exec claims credit for Yankees' TV network YES

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(Newser) – The former president of Madison Square Garden is suing George Steinbrenner for $23 million, accusing the Yankees boss of stealing his idea for a team-owned TV network, Newsday reports. Bob Gutkowski claims he brought the idea for what would become YES to Steinbrenner in the mid-'90s and was given assurances that he would head the network. The Yankees call the allegations “patently false and frivolous.”

George Steinbrenner.
George Steinbrenner.   (AP Photo)
The old Yankee Stadium.
The old Yankee Stadium.   (AP Photo)
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Their actions made it very clear that the only way for me to be fairly compensated for the idea that I brought to George and the work that I performed was to sue him. - Bob Gutkowski, on stonewalling Yankee representatives

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