From the get-go I will address those of you who just said to yourself, “What kind of sandwich is a Mark Cuban?”
He is not a sandwich nor is he Fidel’s Other Brother. Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA Basketball Team and, more importantly, he the reason for this Blog Posting.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges for something that Mark Cuban did or did not do. They charged him in 2008 for something they said he did or did not do in 2004.
Did you take note of those dates above? It is now 2013. 2008 is a long time in the past. Our crack SEC took 4 years to even notice that Mark Cuban did or did not do something. Now it has been 5 years and counting that the SEC has been going about whatever it is they go about doing after they bring charges against a doer or not doer until they get around to actually going to trial.
Has anyone in the SEC ever heard of, “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied?”
If the Wheels of Justice would only grind faster we would not be hearing opening statements like this, which have become all too common:
“Your honor, please do not permit your judgment to be unduly influenced by the fact that the Justice Department cannot exactly remember what the defendant is charged with doing or not doing.
To be perfectly honest with you, the Eisenhower Administration was not yesterday. Therein lies part of the problem with our case against the defendant. President Eisenhower was very good about keeping track of such things for us but he went and died. If he had not chosen this rather uncaring and unpatriotic course of action, he could have reminded us of the original charges and our prep for this case could have gone a lot smoother.
I ask you to consider our past record of usually remembering why we bring charges against our fellow Americans. You can rest assured that normally we are very thorough in our investigations and we do not charge anyone with anything where the charges are not based on sound evidence or, at the very least, well-founded rumor.”
The Smartfella’s thinking is the SEC ought to say to Mr. Cuban:
“We sincerely apologize for holding this issue over your head for 5 years. We realize that it is a rather foreboding situation when you have the full force of your Federal Government hovering over your head for an extended period of time threatening to put you in jail or fine you a bunch of money. We will try and do better next time you do or don’t do something of which we do not approve. Have a nice day. Go Mavericks!”
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
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