Asked what the difference has been in Philly, Sakiewicz immediately said, "Control. I didn't have control of my environment there. . . . Here, I was lucky enough to meet partners who had faith in me to allow me to do that. I met a guy who believed in me, Jay Sugarman. I'm not saying we've done everything right here, but we've done a lot right, and that's because I really have never had anyone in my soup here, so to speak. In New York, I had owners, I had the league, I had fans, I had politicians, fighting the whole thing."