Mike is setting everyone up for heartache

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(03-28-2017, 09:51 PM)WeezyBengal Wrote: If an owner wants to pony up money to eventually leave, then thats fine. I have no issue with that. 

The issue that me and so many others have is that tax dollars were already spent for PBS. If Mike wants to take the Bengals to a new city because the public isn't willing to pay for a new stadium...then thats crap. 

PBS is a recent enough structure that when the Bengals lease expires, renovations and upgrades may be enough, but they will need to be made.  Who is going to pay for those?  Brown has already compromised and put millions into stadium upgrades for the new video board and WiFi despite the fact that the lease agreement states that the county is responsible for all stadium upgrades.  However, how much money can he reasonably be expected to put into a building he's renting, but doesn't own?

The fact that he's putting money into the stadium when he doesn't have to seems to indicate that he doesn't want to move and isn't going to stick the taxpayers with the whole bill, so things could potentially be worked out, but you don't want to see it get to the point where Cincinnati is in a bidding war with one or more markets to keep the team.