02-13-2017, 01:56 PM
(02-13-2017, 01:39 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: "Add to that the epic tales of the franchise’s miserliness—charging players for breakfast at the stadium; taking agents out to lunch at Wendy’s when negotiating player contracts; providing such low-quality locker room towels that in the mid-’90s, running back Ki-Jana Carter paid out of his own pocket to replace the team linens—and limited charitable involvement in the community."
"The legend of Mike Brown’s deep frugality goes beyond the stingy contract negotiations and flying free agents in on coach."
Taken from this article written in 2014: http://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/sports-3/inheritance/
Yes. Mike Brown has seriously taken agents to Wendy's to try and negotiate contracts.
This is a fantastically sad article (oxy-moron?).
And this is gold "This is the man who once chuckled after fans lowered a sign in front of the owner’s box at Riverfront Stadium that read, “If it’s Brown flush it down.”