What is going on with the Bengals? (Shemar Stewart)

[NoGain]

I don't have a lot of sympathy for the owners, the majority of whom inherited the teams from their families. Yeah, many of the players make a nice cash load, some of them great stashes of intergenerational wealth. But owners are doing just fine, the values of their teams going up and up and up, on top of the profits they're making each year.. Each team currently earns over 400 million a year from media, sponsorship, licensing and merchandise deals which alone makes almost all teams profitable after expenses. It's hard to tell exactly what they make each season because they're private enterprises (except GB) and don't have to publicly disclose such information, but they're doing just fine, have more than enough money to lavishly spend and invest each year.

I'm not crying for the players either, but considering how short their careers are, that they don't get to choose where they work, that market forces don't determine the values of their initial contracts, and that they're beholden to these teams for some years, I'm still more on their side than the effing owners.

 

[Seak]

I don't have a lot of sympathy for the owners, the majority of whom inherited the teams from their families. Yeah, many of the players make a nice cash load, some of them great stashes of intergenerational wealth. But owners are doing just fine, the values of their teams going up and up and up, on top of the profits they're making each year.. Each team currently earns over 400 million a year from media, sponsorship, licensing and merchandise deals which alone makes almost all teams profitable after expenses. It's hard to tell exactly what they make each season because they're private enterprises (except GB) and don't have to publicly disclose such information, but they're doing just fine, have more than enough money to lavishly spend and invest each year.

I'm not crying for the players either, but considering how short their careers are, that they don't get to choose where they work, that market forces don't determine the values of their initial contracts, and that they're beholden to these teams for some years, I'm still more on their side than the effing owners.

For sure dude, I think everybody sides with the players but has a bias toward "their" team
Where that "bias" comes from is just wanting the team to WIN. We all know shitty contracts and overpaying players result in our team potentialy losing
So ya, I agree its a hard thing to come to terms with.
I'd say though at the end of the day , the players are doing just fine now. Look at that TJ Watt contract hahha
I know his brother was joking but the monetary value has skyrocketed

 

[NoGain]

That's true about the bias fans have toward their teams. But just want to point out that franchise values have skyrocketed too. And were talking hundreds of millions and billions here, not mere millions.

 

[MORGULON]

To be fair they traded for him with his "problems" on full display

That's true.

Is that worse than trading for a 30 year old read/option QB who had lost his speed and agility?

I have to say yes . Watson by that point was a habitual line stepper .