09-02-2020, 12:18 PM
(09-02-2020, 11:04 AM)Luvnit2 Wrote: Can we also stop the false narrative MB and the Bengals are cheap.
He's never been cheap in paying his own. In fact, you can say he's more than generous. Hell, contracts given to guys like Gio and Bobby Hart are bordering on charitable.
That narrative has existed and comes not from player spending but everything else that surrounds the organization.
Remember, every team has to pay out an absolute minimum of 89% of the cap. And if you look at the actual league wide spending you'll the percentages in cap spent usually exceed this. If you look it at in spans of 4 years or more, there's not much seperation.
So knowing that, NO owner is really cheap in player spending. They all spend a ton on payroll. Mike is no exception.
Where the label cheap really comes from is the following:
-Smallest scouting department
-No GM/Small Front Office
-No practice facility
-No team investment in stadium upgrades and/or fan experience. (Hall of fame, Ring of Honor, Fan Fest, Bars/Restaraunts in stadium, etc.)
-Stories told throughout the years (Coach plain tickets, small towels, coin operated pop machines, locked up Gatorade, no ammentities, etc.)
If anyone has ever accused Mike of being cheap in keeping guys around then they're mistaken.
If anyone thinks the above somehow absolves him from the cheap label then they're missing why the label exists in the first place.
