17 - Years since the Bengals have won a playoff game
0 - Total number of playoff wins in Mike Brown's tenure as owner
.348 - Bengals regular season winning percentage since Mike Brown took over as owner (97-181 in 17 seasons)
15-23 - Record since 2005 playoff game vs Steelers
6 - Seasons the Bengals have lost their first six games since 1991. No other team has more than two.
0 - Teams North of Cincinnati without an indoor practice facility
10 - Players arrested in a 14 month span from 2005-2006
32 - Mike Brown's ranking, out of 32, of the "Best Owners in the NFL" by Michael Silver of Sports Illustrated in 2007
458,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, that Hamilton County Taxpayers paid to build PBS
2032 - Year that Hamilton County will have finally paid off its debt on the stadium deal
6 3 - Total number of non-clerical employees employed in the Bengals scouting department, lowest in the league
747,000,000 - Amount, in dollars, paid in free agency by the Bengals from 1994 - 2005, second worst of all 28 teams in existence for the duration, behind only Arizona
118 – Ranking, out of 118 professional teams, of the “Worst Franchises” in professional sports, as ranked by ESPN the Magazine in 2003.
97 – Ranking, out of 98 general managers in all four major sports with three or more years of experience, of Mike Brown’s performance as a GM, as ranked by Forbes in 2007.
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How's that going to make the Bengals look for retaining Marvin Lewis' services.
Posted by: Urban Bengal | December 01, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Haha, some idiot paid $20 to get into the game. He probably could have scored a ticket for free.
Posted by: timmyjoe42 | December 01, 2008 at 12:55 PM
So what exactly did this guy steal? The game was sold out officially, so all the seats (even the copius amounts of empty ones) were piad for. Right? So, this guy takes a twenty to let a guy come into the game and buy concessions. So, the way I see it...Mike Brown should be grateful somebody was willing to come into the game without being guilted by the specter of unused tickets sitting on a bedside table, or dragged down there by somebody who begs you to go with them, promising everything under the sun. Somebody actually WANTED TO BE THERE. Now, I think that's pretty crazy and medication may be in order for the fan..but I digress. Where's the problem if I'm Mike Brown?
Posted by: Tremain Crack | December 01, 2008 at 01:00 PM
This is typical of the thinking of the ownership of the Bengals. Press charges against a poor guy taking tickets. The fan slipping in cost Mike Brown Zero as Tremain pointed out. The game was already sold out.
Another public relations black eye for Mike Brown and another indication of the short-sightedness of this team's ownership.
Posted by: Brian Smith | December 01, 2008 at 05:07 PM
dumb ass, I would have just bought a ticket, they're cheaper that $20.
Posted by: erbinator79 | December 01, 2008 at 06:01 PM