10-26-2017, 03:48 AM
I'd argue that heads need rolled from the top down and not just in Bengaldom, but the entire league. After all, the league enables every bit of this excrement laden 'entertainment' and has gone so far as to argue to the SCOTUS that it's mere entertainment and nothing more. They've enabled the game to be completely corrupted by gambling without even expressing they are for gambling and the corruption associated with it.
The Bengals are a mere symptom of the disease that is the NFL.
Get rid of the crooks running the show and perhaps the teams may follow, but don't hold your breath. It's not happening. When you can be accidentally stupid enough to make billions of dollars losing you don't change a damned thing. It's the only business (pro sports) where you don't have to do a damn thing right to make billions of dollars and don't have to answer to anyone while doing it. In a perfect world the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton county could throw the Brown family out and bring in new owners, but the sad truth is Mike Brown owns the city and county every bit as much as any other citizen or entity. To bad there can't be a referendum to kick the bums out and retain the rights to the team and the name, but that ain't happening either. Nope. Kick out the bum and he gets to take the team and move to another town more maniacal and monopoly friendly.
The Bengals are a mere symptom of the disease that is the NFL.
Get rid of the crooks running the show and perhaps the teams may follow, but don't hold your breath. It's not happening. When you can be accidentally stupid enough to make billions of dollars losing you don't change a damned thing. It's the only business (pro sports) where you don't have to do a damn thing right to make billions of dollars and don't have to answer to anyone while doing it. In a perfect world the city of Cincinnati and Hamilton county could throw the Brown family out and bring in new owners, but the sad truth is Mike Brown owns the city and county every bit as much as any other citizen or entity. To bad there can't be a referendum to kick the bums out and retain the rights to the team and the name, but that ain't happening either. Nope. Kick out the bum and he gets to take the team and move to another town more maniacal and monopoly friendly.
In the immortal words of my old man, "Wait'll you get to be my age!"
Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
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Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse, but the one comfort we have is Cincinnati sounds worse. ~Oliver Wendal Holmes Sr.
