Bezos more interested in buying Hawks than Commanders?

[Appyhawk]

Too bad. I thought that might be the case. God knows they wouldn't want fans to have any control.

Why is Green Bay allowed a different set of rules than all other teams in the league? That smells like rotten fish to me.

 

[Lagartixa]

Umm most teams are owned by evil billionaires and many of them have run successful franchises (Kraft, Kroenke, Bisciotti, etc).

Just like politicians, most of them are type A narcissists. No point in liking any of them. Just hope they don't ruin the team. And given Bezos track record, I'd trust him to manage the team better than I'd trust a lot of other evil billionaires. He did start Amazon from nothing. He didn't inherit his wealth at all.

More than that, he had the business vision to see that the company could make a lot of money selling the expertise Amazon obtained in keeping a web site online and relatively secure despite enormous traffic and despite being an enormous target for hackers.
In 2023, only 16% of the company's revenue came from AWS, but 74% of the company's profit did too. Selling cloud services is a lot more profitable than retail. That doesn't keep AWS from treating its employees as disposable, of course. It's not very hard to get a job at AWS with a six-figure salary. It is pretty hard to stay and to want to stay, though. Burnout and turnover are ridiculously high.

 

[James in PA]

Why is Green Bay allowed a different set of rules than all other teams in the league? That smells like rotten fish to me.

The same reason Dallas gets a nationally televised game every week no matter how much they suck. The league isn't fair and takes care of certain teams.

 

[IndyHawk]

The same reason Dallas gets a nationally televised game every week no matter how much they suck. The league isn't fair and takes care of certain teams.

Add the Squeelers to that list.

 

[had2bhawk]

We don't have much impact on whether it happens or not.. I mean, Bezos doesn't care if fans want him as owner or not. It'll happen or it won't happen.

That said, those that oppose a Bezos-owned franchise, who else? There simply aren't many people in the top of the Forbes wealthiest list that have a thick enough debit card. Who would you rather?

Today?
If Bezos wants to own something right now and prove his business sense and appreciation, buy the Mariners! Then when he fills those seats with Happy Fans make a bid for the Hawks,