STORM THE FIELD in protest.

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(11-11-2019, 12:28 AM)samhain Wrote: I think most owners would love to see his non-profit generating ass removed from the role.  Those owners control the commissioner.  They are about profit.  Mike generates little on his own.

Do you think they enjoy seeing the league cut him checks for doing as little as possibly while they bust their tails to generate profit?  Do you think any of them wouldn't like to make more money?

Mike's profits have next to no impact on the profits of the other owners.  The fact he can't sell out his stadium is his problem, not theirs.  

Fact is, the NFL is a competitive business.  If Mike is a weak owner with an uncompetitive franchise, that just makes the job easier for the other 31 owners.  If the Bengals lose fans, that means other teams have the chance to scoop up those fans and gain those merchandise dollars.  It means more wins and less competition for playoff spots.  You think the commissioner's puppet master, Dan Rooney, really wants Mike forced out or forced to change?  Can you really look at all the officiating screwjobs when we actually had good teams and say the league wants the Bengals to be successful?  Plus, no owner wants to set the precedent that the league can force a sale based on the team being uncompetitive because that precedent could eventually be used against them.  

All boycotts and the acrimonious relationship with the the county do is make the Cincinnati market less appealing for the Bengals to stay in and less appealing for another owner to move a team or place an expansion team there.  That's just reality.  Mike isn't going to change and the league isn't going to step in.  If you think either will happen based on fan action, you're fooling yourself.  I don't blame anyone for not going to see an 0-9 team, but if you're not going because you have some fantasy land delusion where the NFL is going to force Mikey to sell to some new owner that's going to turn the club into the new Patriots, you're fooling yourself.