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Padres’ ownership sale buzz is missing the point that should decide everything

Related Topics: PADRES, Dan Friedkin, Joe Lacob

A fast sale is coming, and it brings one uncomfortable test with it.

Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees smiles prior to the game against the New York Giants | Matthew Hinton-Imagn Images

Padres fans are doing the natural thing right now: scanning the bidder list like it’s a free-agent tracker.

Joe Lacob. Dan Friedkin. José Feliciano. A Vuori-led group with Drew Brees attached. Big names, big money, big energy. But the name recognition is the distraction. And it’s exactly how you end up celebrating the wrong outcome.