lord deliver us
from the tragedy of being mike brown... havent looked into this much yet (it's incredibly boring when sports' silver-spooners rattle their jewelry at each other) but off-the-top take is: Please, Mike, don't speak. No one wants to hear a peep from a man made wealthy at the public trough, who bemoans that he isn't making enough money... as I see it, the extension of the CBA fixes his by-far biggest cost, player salaries, for at least 4 years... the tv revenues cover that expense, and more... so the bengals owner's biggest beef is that, darn it, he just isnt making as many millions as some of the other owners... tell me again how much he owes on PBS... if Mike feels the need to rake in even more cash, he might take the novel approach of actually selling his product a bit more aggressively... while I'm no fan of Dan Snyder, the man bought his stadium... no great buddy of Jerry Jones, either, but he has worked his Texas tail off devising ways to improve the Cowboys' profits... Mike won't even sell naming rights to PBS... look, I've always liked Mike... away from football talk, he's a very good man...I'd be proud to have him for a father... but he really needs to maintain his self-imposed embargo on speaking publicly... rich guys complaining they're not making enough money really is distasteful...
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C'mon Doc, give a little credit where credit is due. Sure, Mike could make a few extra millions selling the naming rights. But let's face it, naming the stadium after an important figure in the history of the franchise and the game itself is a really classy act. In an age of unbounded corporate sponsorship, Paul Brown Stadium stands out as a breath of fresh air.
I would like further details on the disparity between the have and have "not" NFL Franchises.
Per ESPN the top 5 NFL franchises in terms of local dollars (income/revenue) are
New England
Dallas
Philly
Washington
Houston
The Bengals voted against the new CBA joining Buffalo with the only 2 dissenting votes. For some reason I remember Mike Brown stating that we needed to build a new Stadium to remain competitive. Should we have built a larger stadium like Washington Did (93,000 seats)? Should we have built a retractable roof like Houston did and Dallas is doing? Will we have to raise ticket prices?
Granted these top 5 are all major cities versus Cincinnati but how much more are they making versus the Bengals and where are they making it? What is the disparity between the Have and Have nots? Is it $ 10 or 100 million per year?
Ticket Sales
Parking Concessions
Local Radio
Luxury boxes
PRO-shops?
My guess is the Bengals could sale 5-10,000 more seats if they had them. Interesitng that Buffalo's rich stadium seats 80,000, Go Figure!!!
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