We can't blame NFL players for getting their money, Please read?

[rko2004]

Got this from the Bengals message board about Mike Brown and company...

The most interesting part of the article is this.....The salries alone are enough to make you want to puke.

Zane Daniel's recap of 'Mike Brown's Testimony' in the Dutch Knowlton estate lawsuit says it all.
Later, Hamilton County (in which Cincinnati is located) sued the National Football League for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust act after it was revealed that the Bengals had basically withheld information and led the county to believe that the team was struggling financially — which facts would later show was not the case.
As quoted from the Knowlton case in an April 2009 Cincinnati Enquirer article ("Court Case Reveals Bengals' Millions," by Kimball Perry), in which an accountant Edward Vonderbrink revealed the following as quoted in the aforementioned article:
"Among details of the team’s finances that emerged from the case is that from 1994 to 2000 – as Brown campaigned for and got a new publicly funded stadium to remain solvent and stay in Cincinnati – the team paid Brown and his family in excess of $50 million."
"Mike Brown received millions in “general manager

 

[rko2004]

Got this from the Bengals message board about Mike Brown and company...

The most interesting part of the article is this.....The salries alone are enough to make you want to puke.

Zane Daniel's recap of 'Mike Brown's Testimony' in the Dutch Knowlton estate lawsuit says it all.
Later, Hamilton County (in which Cincinnati is located) sued the National Football League for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust act after it was revealed that the Bengals had basically withheld information and led the county to believe that the team was struggling financially — which facts would later show was not the case.
As quoted from the Knowlton case in an April 2009 Cincinnati Enquirer article ("Court Case Reveals Bengals' Millions," by Kimball Perry), in which an accountant Edward Vonderbrink revealed the following as quoted in the aforementioned article:
"Among details of the team’s finances that emerged from the case is that from 1994 to 2000 – as Brown campaigned for and got a new publicly funded stadium to remain solvent and stay in Cincinnati – the team paid Brown and his family in excess of $50 million."
"Mike Brown received millions in “general manager

 

[sneakerreaper]

You think that's bad? Check out this post I made a while back about my man Dan Snyder. Owner of the ********. Dude is ruthless

http://niketalk.com/topic/275748

 

[sneakerreaper]

You think that's bad? Check out this post I made a while back about my man Dan Snyder. Owner of the ********. Dude is ruthless

http://niketalk.com/topic/275748

 

[scott frost]

Mike Brown is like Keyser Soze, got people fooled thinking he is a moron.

 

[scott frost]

Mike Brown is like Keyser Soze, got people fooled thinking he is a moron.

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by SneakerReaper

You think that's bad? Check out this post I made a while back about my man Dan Snyder. Owner of the ********. Dude is ruthless

http://niketalk.com/topic/275748

I'm going to finish reading later but some of those

,  Leaving Ice Cream to thaw in the mans office?

Mike Brown is like Keyser Soze, got people fooled thinking he is a moron.
If only He was as good at managing a WINNING football team as He is with finding ways to scheme us out of our money. The Bengals still don't have a practice facility. Its been 20 degrees here today, so practice = 

. 

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by SneakerReaper

You think that's bad? Check out this post I made a while back about my man Dan Snyder. Owner of the ********. Dude is ruthless

http://niketalk.com/topic/275748

I'm going to finish reading later but some of those

,  Leaving Ice Cream to thaw in the mans office?

Mike Brown is like Keyser Soze, got people fooled thinking he is a moron.
If only He was as good at managing a WINNING football team as He is with finding ways to scheme us out of our money. The Bengals still don't have a practice facility. Its been 20 degrees here today, so practice = 

. 

 

[dmxfury]

I absolutely HATE living in Hamilton County with that stupid stadium deal. If people were educated and got to vote over, Bengals would be gone from this city

 

[dmxfury]

I absolutely HATE living in Hamilton County with that stupid stadium deal. If people were educated and got to vote over, Bengals would be gone from this city

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by dmxfury

I absolutely HATE living in Hamilton County with that stupid stadium deal. If people were educated and got to vote over, Bengals would be gone from this city

Yeah probably so. The thing people feared and fear now is that the NFL wouldn't return to Cincy. I know we're a small market but we're a money pit for a team, let alone a winning team. The Bengals have banked for years off the city. Imagine if they actually made the playoffs at least 7-8 times over the past 20 years vs 3 appearances. If the Reds start to build a semi dynasty in terms of just making the playoffs like the Cards do? The area will pour money into that team.

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by dmxfury

I absolutely HATE living in Hamilton County with that stupid stadium deal. If people were educated and got to vote over, Bengals would be gone from this city

Yeah probably so. The thing people feared and fear now is that the NFL wouldn't return to Cincy. I know we're a small market but we're a money pit for a team, let alone a winning team. The Bengals have banked for years off the city. Imagine if they actually made the playoffs at least 7-8 times over the past 20 years vs 3 appearances. If the Reds start to build a semi dynasty in terms of just making the playoffs like the Cards do? The area will pour money into that team.

 

[dmxfury]

But with Brown running the team it would never happen, so you need the team to leave and hope that new ownership brings a different franchise here in the future....


Plus one that doesn't cost taxpayers/county so much money and then throw very little at it and call it "goodwill". Get out of here Mike

 

[dmxfury]

But with Brown running the team it would never happen, so you need the team to leave and hope that new ownership brings a different franchise here in the future....


Plus one that doesn't cost taxpayers/county so much money and then throw very little at it and call it "goodwill". Get out of here Mike

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by dmxfury

But with Brown running the team it would never happen, so you need the team to leave and hope that new ownership brings a different franchise here in the future....


Plus one that doesn't cost taxpayers/county so much money and then throw very little at it and call it "goodwill". Get out of here Mike

Do you think the NFL would give us another franchise?

 

[rko2004]

Originally Posted by dmxfury

But with Brown running the team it would never happen, so you need the team to leave and hope that new ownership brings a different franchise here in the future....


Plus one that doesn't cost taxpayers/county so much money and then throw very little at it and call it "goodwill". Get out of here Mike

Do you think the NFL would give us another franchise?

 

[dmxfury]

Good question and I don't know, I think Cincy has shown they will support winning teams and even ones that are very average, but it is just so hard to judge since the franchise has been historically bad the past 20 years. Hard to compare to other cities because most don't have such sustained failure, you can't blame fans for not supporting, who would? Mike knows how to run a business but when it comes to football he is as far from his dad as one can get.

 

[dmxfury]

Good question and I don't know, I think Cincy has shown they will support winning teams and even ones that are very average, but it is just so hard to judge since the franchise has been historically bad the past 20 years. Hard to compare to other cities because most don't have such sustained failure, you can't blame fans for not supporting, who would? Mike knows how to run a business but when it comes to football he is as far from his dad as one can get.