FC Cincinnati is building a practice facility but the Bengals still wont

[Shake n Blake]

(06-04-2017, 09:48 AM)leonardfan40 Wrote: I'm sorry but if I'm mike I'm not worried about facts against a practice facility. We don't have one and have been one of the better teams in the league for the last 6 years. If you want me to spend $25+ million dollars you've better have a damn good reason to back up this kind of expense. All anyone can really suggest is that it couldn't hurt. It couldn't hurt me to build a home gym but I go to the gym down the road several times a week and it's cheap. Having one in my house couldn't hurt, but is it really worth it?

And I've never said he can't afford one. All I have said is he isn't nearly as liquid as many posters here seem to think. He doesn't have a billion dollars sitting around just because his franchise is estimated to be worth that much

Personally, if mike is prepared to spend more money on this team I'd prefer he do it to hire a good HC or put money into the stadium that taxpayers built. Maybe investing that $25 million for a starter fund for the next stadium. I'd say all of those would be better choices for the money than a practice facility. Like others have said the bengals do use other local facilities at times, keep doing that

...and each of those 5 years ended in playoff disappointment...and last year we won 6 games...and we haven't won a playoff game in 25 years...and we have one of the worst records in the league over that span. Maybe Mike should do anything in his power to be on even footing with other teams? Why do we assume that Mike Brown (of all people) knows better than everyone else? Are these other teams (basically the rest of the league) fools for such wasteful spending?

We had a few players (including Dalton) come down with the flu a few years back after practicing in snow all week. For a playoff game that was played indoors in Texas. Whitworth has said it was nice to practice indoors where you can get your footing, receivers can make proper cuts and you don't have to worry about slipping and injuring yourself. The benefits to practicing (and installing precise game plans) out of the elements are pretty obvious. It's just whether or not people choose to see them or not.

Now there's my argument on why we need one. Outside of "Mike Brown can't afford it", what's your specific argument against having one?