Doc: 'The Cincinnati Bengals belong to you, the fans'

[muskiesfan]

While this is a good article and great idea, it couldn't be more wrong. Until the lease with Mike Brown is up, there's nothing the fans can do.

As for Mike crying poor, I'll be honest and admit that I do not know all of the financial situations that the Bengals have. I do know that the 2017 salary cap was $167m. The 2017 revenue sharing payout to each team was $255m. So after deducting the cap from revenue sharing, that left $88m. Again, I do not know everything that Mike Brown has to pay (besides his 7 figure GM salary), but I don't believe it cost him $88m to run the Bengals last season. This also does not include other revenue that the Bengals keep and don't share. The Bengals ARE profitable for the Family and they make millions each year no matter how the team performs.

I know this is a bit off topic, but I get tired of the whole "this is the Family's only source of revenue". They're making money. They're absolutely making money. If the Family wasn't pocketing millions each year, they would've already sued to relocate or they might have considered selling. The one thing the Family is champions at is not losing money.