Collins' visit is over

[George Cantstandya]

(03-20-2022, 03:10 PM)KillerGoose Wrote: Someone correct me if I am wrong, but Cincinnati is rather cash poor, correct? This would explain why large, guaranteed contracts are few and far between here. I believe guaranteed money is paid out immediately into an escrow account.

This is something I always wondered about.  Are the Bengals cash poor?  I know that Mike Brown isn't some mega billionaire like some team owners.  But the NFL has revenue sharing.  According to this article revenue sharing from  2018-2019 was 274.3 million:

https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/nfl-2018-19-revenue

Quote:The NFL shared $8.78 billion in national revenue with its 32 teams this past season.

That number became clear on Friday when the Green Bay Packers, the league’s only public team, reported that its cut of the national revenue was $274.3 million. Each of 32 teams split that amount equally.

I have not been able to find what the revenue share was for 2020 or 2021.  It seems it is only really known based on the Packers since they are a public team and have to report revenue.   Granted there is also several million more spent on front office, overhead etc.     

So I wonder if the Bengals are cash poor?  I don't know and we may never know because the Bengals are not a public holding.