His club sold an all-time record of 1,348 season tickets for the 1983-84 campaign. The Stingers cut off the waiting list of interested investment partners after more than 120 people clamored to get a piece of the Stingers. He expected to make a 40% annual return on his Stingers investment. He was preparing to apply for an NBA expansion franchise for Tampa-St. None of it was true, but it all made for great press at first.
