In Case 34-3 Didn't Make You Throw Up
Most NFL franchise owners focus their efforts on putting a quality product on the football field in order to ensure that season ticket holders continually renew their seats. Mike Brown does not. WDR finds this article in Sunday's edition of the Cincinnati Enquirer extremely disturbing. The article is definitely worth a full read and clearly solidifies that Mike Brown is only in it for the money.
In summary, the article explains that 127 of Bengals' club seat season ticket holders have filed a lawsuit against the ball club claiming that the Bengals forced them to buy season tickets for 10 years just before the innaugural season of Paul Brown Stadium. The dispute is over the wording in the seat license agreement. Rather than allowing season ticket holders of the best and most expensive seats in Paul Brown Stadium to cancel their tickets, Mike Brown has attempted to force them to renew their season tickets for 10 years. In some cases, this will end up costing season ticket holders $80,000. This is the type of story that makes us stop and really think if we should continue cheering for this football team. WDR has already highlighted the sweetheart stadium deal that Mike Brown swindled out of the city of Cincinnati. But apparently that wasn't enough. After the deal was finalized, it appears that nebulous language was dropped into the most expensive season ticket holders' agreements in order to ensure that these seats were filled for the first 10 years in Paul Brown Stadium. These two mechanisms combined with Mike Brown's other cost cutting measures such as not having an indoor practice facility, having the league's smallest scouting department and not having a general manager reinforce that winning is not important. The almighty buck is.
To make matters worse, the Bengals have sought numerous continuances of the appeal most likely in an effort to delay any outcome beyond the 2009 season when the plaintiffs would have already fulfilled their "10 year" obligations under the license agreement.
I guess you can tell that he is a lawyer and not a football mind.
They'll get theirs in the end, though, when the licenses expire and don't get renewed.
Posted by: Rich | November 30, 2008 at 08:20 PM
at some point, with declining attendance and concession sales, mike will start to feel it. unfortunately the size of his wallet and ass will delay this even further. don't expect anyone there to really care until 2020.
Posted by: Scott Ricketts | November 30, 2008 at 10:07 PM
BROSEF STALIN...PLEASE READ THIS!!!!!!!
I believe it is time to take whodeyrevolution to the masses. I believe that we need to call the Cincinnati Enquirer about the cost of running a full page add in the sports section. I believe that this add should contain the manifesto, as well as, listing all the Bengals futility by the numbers. I am hoping that there is enough in the billboard coffers to cover and or to ask for more donations. It is time to introduce WDR to everyone in Cincinnati. This will also force at least 90% of the Bengals organization to read and acknowledge what we are doing. This is the time and we are the people. VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Sugar
Posted by: Bob Sugar | December 01, 2008 at 08:31 AM
I completely agree with Comrade Sugar. Lets take this movement citywide and beyond!!! Just imagine opening the sports section of the paper, only to notice on page 3 that the entire page has the WhoDey Revolution spewing its message with complete disdain for Mikey. Reading the Manifesto will mobilize the army. Trust me, there are more Whodouches out there that must be reached!!! The WDR is the thing that is missing for Fans who love the team, but just want a winner. We cannot stop now. We need to start thinking so over the top that Mikey can no longer ignore us, THE FANS!!!!
VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!!
Posted by: Mike Brown is a Wanker | December 01, 2008 at 11:25 AM
IF NOT WDR, THEN WHO? IF NOT NOW, THEN WHEN?
Our Children deserve to see a competitive team. Don't force them to go through what we have already endured!!!!
Think of the Kids, Man!!!
Posted by: Mike Brown is a Wanker | December 01, 2008 at 11:28 AM
It's not a cost-cutting measure (when talking about not having an indoor practice facility) when they didn't even have one to begin with.
As to indoors... to heck with the practice field, as I said from the git-go, they should have made the stadium a dome stadium. So for that, blame the city leaders at that time.
Posted by: WC | December 01, 2008 at 12:34 PM
its pretty difficult to be a more pathetic organization the the mistake on the lake but right now its close. how do take your own fans to court? this is why no one wants anything to do with this team, its pathetic. we are turning into the lions and mike brown is our matt millan.
Posted by: Andrew | March 27, 2009 at 11:07 AM