07-15-2022, 09:39 PM
(07-15-2022, 09:27 PM)QueenCity Wrote: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/nfl-richest-owners-net-worth-ranked/
See above link Mike Brown comes in at #30 his only cash flow is from the Bengals. Majority of the owners the NFL is a side hustle.
But thanks for playing along...
Even if you ignore this point.. Bengals typically know when not to pay a player. Very few times have they got burned by letting a FA go. I support Mike Brown in these decisions.
(07-15-2022, 09:34 PM)Joelist Wrote: It would be nice if people would remember that the NFL has a little rule called the "funding rule". It requires teams to put in escrow the entire guaranteed value of a contract. Unless the league either rescinds the rule or changes it, clubs like the Bengals who don't have super rich sugar daddies will become unable to sign a lot of players if they have to guarantee it all. In the case of Bates, the team really does not have the cash flow to put 80+ million in escrow for him when they are all but certain to have to figure out how to put twice that or more in escrow for Burrow after this season - and this says nothing of Chase, Higgins or anyone else.
So the cash issue is not false nonsense. It is a weird issue peculiar to the NFL because the other sports leagues don't have this type of funding rule.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wcpo.com/sports/football/bengals/how-super-bowl-run-will-impact-cincinnati-bengals-finances%3f_amp=true
The Bengals are worth 3 billion dollars. To say they can't spend the money on players is a ridiculous notion.
