(07-21-2022, 05:35 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The Bengals have a value over $1 BILLION.

They should not have any problem putting a few hundred million in escrow.  It can still earn interest income as long as the principle is not at risk.

(07-21-2022, 07:30 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: Evaluation doesn’t meant anything. It’s not the same as cash. At all. Usually companies are evaluated about 10x revenue, depending on the industry. I’m sure Mike Brown has $150M in the bank. But does he have another $70M in guaranteed $ for chase, and another $50M for Higgins, and so forth?

I agree with everyone here, the guarantee $ is getting pretty big and it only hurts a few select teams in the league.

(07-21-2022, 01:51 PM)pally Wrote: JoeyB will get more money than Kyler Murray

Cardinals are giving Kyler Murray a five-year, $230.5 million deal that includes $160 million guaranteed, per source. It gives Murray the second highest paid QB average at $46.1 million per year. https://t.co/tTnUJXGSm3

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 21, 2022

(07-21-2022, 07:40 PM)Tiger Blood Wrote: that's alot to sock away in cash for a family business.

(07-21-2022, 08:01 PM)Ell Prez Wrote: Not counting TV contracts, which is huge, the bengals operated at a negative $17M In 2020. But they make about $320M/year in TV contracts.

The last 10 year average operating income is $40M/year. So that’s about $360/year in profit. We will never know what the browns pay each family member in dividends, but if they saved 10%/year for cash on hand, that would have them at $360M saved from the last 10 years. Sounds like a lot, but if they put in escrow $200M for Burrow, $70M Chase, $50M Higgins that’s $320M. They only have $60M left and they would add another $40M/year.

The money goes quick!

https://www.statista.com/statistics/272067/operating-income-of-the-cincinnati-bengals/


https://www.forbes.com/teams/cincinnati-bengals/?sh=582175594551

(07-22-2022, 10:06 AM)Southpaw Frerotte Wrote: I’m sure the Brown/Blackburn family has investments outside of just owning the Bengals.  If they don’t, quite frankly, they would be idiotic.

(07-22-2022, 08:04 PM)Big Boss Wrote: 10-year, $500 million.  $300 mil guaranteed.

**** it.

(07-26-2022, 10:05 AM)pally Wrote: I bet that JoeyB will not have a "do your homework" clause in his contract like Kyler Murray has.  Murray has to be on his team issued tablet at least 4 hours per week.  His tablet use will be monitored to insure he is not on it gaming or internet surfing.

How crazy is that for a QB to have to have that clause at all?

(07-26-2022, 12:57 PM)fredtoast Wrote: One time Raiders coaches gave JaMarcus Russell blank tapes to take home and watch. Next day he told them he had watched and analyzed them all.

(07-26-2022, 09:08 PM)WVUHomer Wrote: That was the first thought I had when I heard about the clause. On one hand, that makes it scary how good he's been with just natural talent. On the other, how do you give a QB a second contract knowing you have to put that in it?

(07-26-2022, 09:43 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: I still don't know how they'll enforce it.

An iPad that keeps track of when he's logged in, but like they said on NFL Total Access tonight, who's to say he just isn't logged on while playing video games?

Unless they quiz him, but people were talking about how childish this whole idea even is so I don't think they'd risk that.

(07-26-2022, 12:01 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: The Browns kind of screwed the league with the Watson deal and guaranteeing it all.

(07-26-2022, 09:46 PM)bfine32 Wrote: It's really not that hard to track internet usage history.