12-16-2020, 03:44 PM
(12-16-2020, 03:22 PM)Sled21 Wrote: Lot's of reasons to stay here instead of signing a comparable deal elsewhere. Mainly taxes and cost of living. Go to someplace like NY, LA, or any other major city and that's going to eat a lot of money. Players at places like Cincy have to pay those extremely high taxes when they play in those places, but they get 8 games in Cincy where they don't.
Yeah, but that argument only works against higher cost of living cities.
Here are some teams I can think of, with comparable cost of living:
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Green Bay
Buffalo
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Here are some more, who I'm unsure of, but I know they're not the NY, LA, SF, Chi, Phi of the world:
Minnesota
Carolina
Arizona
And lastly, what about states that have no income tax (TX and Fla)?
Dallas
Houston
Miami
Jacksonville
Tampa Bay
With no income tax, I would think you could do better off in a place like Tampa or Jacksonville. And the cost of living in Miami or Dallas, may be offset by the lack of tax.
There's plenty of places he could play, and not really have to worry too much about cost of living. The only reason I could see him staying is if he really loves the city and the people that much.
He's not winning here. Most of the guys he was coached by or played with, and had relationships are now gone. And he's given the worst ammentities here of any single team in the entire NFL. What other reason is there other than the love of the city?
