Bates - No Intentions Reporting to Camp or Play on Tag

[*TheLeonardLeap*]

(07-15-2022, 09:52 PM)Joelist Wrote: What the team is theoretically worth is meaningless. Cash Flow is everything. In order to place cash in an escrow account you need cash; not a valuation of worth. This is about Operating Income as a function of Revenue - and there the Bengals are not rich at all with less than $100 million annually. Revenue is about $350 million but a lot then comes off of that. 

They're getting $321m/yr next year JUST from the new TV deal. That's not including the Bengals share of what's expected to be a $3b/yr for Sunday Ticket, or literally any other of their abundant sources of income (tickets, merch, concessions, NFL Network, sponsors, gambling, profit sharing, etc, etc, etc).

The only way an NFL owner can be poor right now is a fatal weakness combination of hookers, blow, bad marraiges, and bad non-NFL business deals.

I am perfectly fine letting Bates walk after this year, as I have stated for a couple years now, but Mike Brown doesn't need any of you crying poor for him and defending his wallet.