10-21-2019, 11:21 AM
(10-21-2019, 11:14 AM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Except we rarely play the Patriots.
The Bengals are a text-book case of inept management existing in an industry that is subsidized with revenue sharing with regional markets. IF this were a real business that produced a poor product, customers wouldn't buy the product and they'd fail.
That's why it is subsidized though. They need teams, and by virtue of some teams being really good, others must be really bad. If the bad teams failed they would fold and if they folded it would mean less games and therefor less revenue. Sports leagues are kind of unique because you can't look at the parts as individual business but rather part of the overall business that is the NFL. There are a lot of companies that subsidize losing business segments, consider the bad teams the loss leaders of the real world.
