WATCH: Ricketts wants Cubs to be a model franchise globally

Tony Crumpton - Senior Editor - Saturday, February 18 2017

Video Description: Watch Cubs owner Tom Ricketts state he wants his team to be a model franchise not just across the U.S. but globally as well.

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"We're trying to be the best organization in sports." - #Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts pic.twitter.com/pEr7MeX7fd
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) February 18, 2017

“I also said I think we have a unique opportunity to not only be considered one of the great sports teams in the U.S.,” said Ricketts. “But I just got back from Europe and I think that our long-term goal should be (having us) considered one of the great sports organizations in the world.”