11-06-2019, 09:27 PM
(11-06-2019, 07:04 PM)muskiesfan Wrote: Here's where I see all of this fall apart.
In 2018, the NFL teams shared $8.78 billion. That means the each NFL team received a check for $274.3 million. Since that would come after the season, we'll use 2019 numbers to deduct from that. The salary cap for 2019 is $188.2 million. The Bengals rolled over $7.4 million from 2018, so their adjusted salary cap is $196.1 million. The Bengals have spent $181.9 million of that money this season; that includes contracts, IR money, Reserve/PUP money, dead cap, and the Practice Squad. So the Bengals still have $14.1 million in available 2019 cap space.
So Mike Brown was given $274.3 million from the NFL. Strictly on cap he spent $181.9 million which leaves $92.3 million left over. After paying the entire coaching staff, the 2 scouts, the front office, and whatever people that have to be paid I'm saying he probably has some $70 million or so left over. Then he pays shareholders, which I believe he has bought up all of the share so that money goes to him and his family. I'll be generous and say he has $40 million left over after that. I'll be honest that I have no idea what shareholders get and I don't feel like looking up the other salaries, so we can knock my laziness and call it $30 million left over if that makes everyone happy.
So for being a small market team, Mike Brown gets his entire salary cap paid for by the League as well as his coaching staff, employees, and shareholders with money left over. None of these numbers include what he gets to keep from ticket sales, concessions, parking, and everything else that does not have to go into revenue sharing. Mike Brown keeps the financial numbers behind lock and key, so we'll never truly know how much he's profiting each season. Mike Brown also has a sweetheart stadium deal, so his cost of upkeep and maintenance to the stadium or nothing compared to the rest of the League.
The only that that hurts this team in free agency is Mike Brown. Flying players coach, taking them and/or their agents to Wendy's, allowing Troy to run his fat ***** mouth, knowing jack shit about football but remaining and paying himself to be the GM, and so on negatively impact free agency much more than money or location.
This turned out incredibly longer than I intended and I apologize to everyone who takes the time to read it. My entire point is Mike Brown makes millions each year and being a "small market" is not the issue when it comes to the Bengals and free agency .
The top eight teams make 3mil per game more than the Bengals even more if you figure they don't always sell out. That is an average of 24 mil over a whole season. You can say what you want but the teams don't have the same amount to spend .
