I don't respect Cuban in a business context because he only wants credit for wins, not losses. But I also don't know what TDS is after a solid 60 seconds, so ma

I don't respect Cuban in a business context because he only wants credit for wins, not losses. But I also don't know what TDS is after a solid 60 seconds, so maybe I'm not one who should be commenting... but I'm going to write about him anyways. "Grifter" is not how I'd describe Mark. Grifter is a term I'd use more with someone like Trump, who doesn't seem to even attempt to make good decisions and lacks altruism. For example, I sincerely enjoyed that Mark funded that stupid patents thing at the one place years ago, though I'm typing from memory and thus lack the abilty to give a specific citation. I don't have a ton of capital, but I respect that not everything can come via public funds, and that it's good to give folks the option of donating to organizations they are fond of. (I like to half-jokingly call this "venture socialism" -- the joke being it's more about a smart person choosing to give, rather than the amount, but unfortunately that Signal, like many before it, has been detected and abused by bad actors.) For example, I'm not a Buffy fan -- it was popular during the VCR era and when piracy was more difficult. So I made a purposeful choice to never enter the fandom and let folks enjoy the spaces for it, on and offline. (Well, that and one of my exes is a huge Buffy Fan, and I simply don't want to run into her without a heads up, and the easiest way to do that is avoid Buffy conventions or any adjacent crap at all costs.) Along similar lines, even if he ends up being a texting buddy, I'm not gonna hit him up for super bowl tickets, because I don't think I'd enjoy it and there are limited slots for physical events. Anyways TL;DR: he's not a grifter, just narcissistic and in possession of a bankroll and social network that allows him to make more errors than most folks while maintaining a large following.