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(12-15-2018, 12:18 PM)Catmandude123 Wrote: I read somewhere that the NFL passed a rule that a team can't be moved without their approval and giving someone else the opportunity to buy the team. If this is true then the fans definitely have leverage by refusing to buy tickets and merchandise. The financial advantage we gave him with the stadium deal gives him a big advantage over clubs who have to build their own. Maybe the fans dumping garbage in his yard will make him want to leave. It worked with Palmer.

He would need to win an owners' vote to move the team.  He doesn't need to give anyone the chance to buy the team.  You may be get getting confused with the rule that requires the other owners approve any sale of a franchise.  If you can prove your case to the other owners that you want to move because the market is bad, why would they want you to sell to someone to keep the franchise in that market?

The big hurdle is he would need to break the stadium lease.  That would cost him more than it's worth unless he's found that the county has breeched the stadium lease.  They did breech the Riverfront lease when they fell behind on their payments to the team, which gave him the leverage he needed for the PBS deal.  Otherwise, he could just not renew the lease when it comes up and get the owner's approval to move.

It doesn't much matter, since Mikey and Katie have stated they don't want to move and have already started working on a new lease agreement.