07-27-2021, 05:49 PM
(07-27-2021, 05:11 PM)pally Wrote: Isn't doing a better job of marketing exactly what Elizabeth Blackburn is trying to do? I know you don't care about that but putting bodies in seats, increasing revenue for stadium concessions and pro shop, increasing local fan involvement, etc is all part of the business of football. And that requires more than just a winning product
Sure, it all goes hand in hand. Everything matters. Although I would argue winning sets the tone more than the others.
My point is basically that you can't pull the stadium revenue from 2018, when attendance was already starting to heavily decline, and use that to say this is s poor market, or that the Bengals would be better off elsewhere. That's not fair. You also can't take a city like Kansas City, Pittsburgh, or Green Bay and act like they're magically superior either. They're not.
The Bengals aren't going to find some magic town where they'll make boatloads of more money, at least not without significant investment and changes of their own. And if there were a town that was willing to pay out more than others, that's probably going to mean them selling the team and an investment group from that area buying them.
I'm sorry, I'm pretty sensitive about people taking shots at this city or bemoaning the lack of support. This is a great sports town, and I think it competes well with many of the other similar markets. To act like the Bengals are somehow doing us a favor, or we should be grateful is they stay really irks me.
