11-11-2019, 02:50 AM
(11-11-2019, 01:33 AM)Whatever Wrote: 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.
Who really cares if it's acrimonious? It's already about as acrimonious as it can get. We already have the most empty seats in the NFL. That much is baked into the cake. The league will likely not want an expansion team here anyway. Although I'd contend that the Cincinnati market is probably larger than some may think (it's Cincy/Dayton/NKY).
At some point, it's no longer about keeping the Bengals here or getting another team. If this is how they're going to be run, then they can piss off. Few people enjoy this shit, and fewer will pay money to watch it as it wears on year after year.
What benefit is there to have the Brown family in Cincinnati? At what point is nothing better than the garbage product they offer? How many more years? Don't care about being the "new patriots" lol. Don't even care about getting another franchise, although I'd welcome one if it came to be. I want these ******** out of Cincinnati. Let them crap on some other town's fan/tax base with their grifting nonsense.
