Is MB Cheap really?

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(09-02-2019, 10:16 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Well, the Joseph story was from 2012 which is within 10 years. Here it is for your reading pleasure:

Johnathan Joseph: Former Cincinnati Bengals Corner Says Bengals Are a Cheap Team

'The first thing about Houston is it’s an organization run from a different perspective.[b] In Cincy, the team lives off money it earns from football. Houston’s owner has other business interests and he controls the money[/b]. Numerous things that go on such as the way Houston interacts with my family; we’re treated in a first-class way. They helped us when my wife lost our baby daughter in a miscarriage. But[b] they help with anything you ask of them[/b] because they are a very caring organization with[b] positive attitudes about its players[/b]. [b]In Cincy, we’re told how much Gatorade we could take home.[/b] In Houston we get what we request. You get soap and deodorant at your request. You don’t have a roommate on road trips.'


https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1259186-jonathan-joseph-former-cincinnati-bengals-corner-says-bengals-are-a-cheap-team

I'm sorry, but I've always found it funny that MB is cheap because he only allowed a guy he was paying millions of dollars a year to take two Gatorades home after practice and forced said player to buy his own deodorant.  I can just imagine telling the owner of my company that they're cheap because he doesn't buy deodorant for everyone and we can't take home cases of coffee from the break rooms.  Guys had legitimate gripes in the past with stuff like towels and jock straps, but Joseph is just a cry ass.  

Brown certainly cuts corners, but the fact remains that the Bengals are a bottom three team in total revenue.  It's hard to argue that one of the poorest teams in the league should be spending even with the teams that are middle of the pack in revenue.  Then you run into the catch 22 argument of "if Brown spent more in FA, the team would win more, but good FA's don't want to come here because of the history of losing."