Enjoy the Bengals while it lasts

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(08-03-2021, 01:09 AM)J24 Wrote: It doesn't matter do honestly think the NFL and  an Ownership group would want to go through a tough drawn out court case that would cost them major money and would be tied up in ligation. Just to move to some average size market like San Antonio or Austin? Look at what Happened with the crew.

The Crew sold for $150 million.  The Bengals are worth $2 billion.  Very different situations.

Most NFL teams are still getting tax money for stadiums.  The NFL will fight tooth and nail a law that allows a city the power to force a team to stay and most of it's teams to lose bargaining power.  If they allow that precedent to be set in Ohio, then other states may try to follow suit with similar laws.

Not to mention that prolonged legal battles are costly for both sides.  Who's better equipped to fight them, the NFL or the city of Cincinnati?

There are also numerous ways the Art Modell law can be circumvented without going to court.  It requires a team to play at least half it's home games in a stadium funded with tax dollars.  When the PBS lease expires, the Bengals have no legal obligation to play games in PBS.  They can can cut a deal to play in a location outside of Ohio without technically moving, like sharing Lucas Oil with the Colts for a year, then move.  Or they could just tell the league they want 5 of their home games to be in London during the final year of the PBS lease.