As hard as we are on the Bengals ownership here at WDR, we do acknowledge that operating a pro football franchise in a small market is very difficult. The structure of the NFL does make things easier for the Bengals than it does for the Reds (which is why you should be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more patient with the Reds than the Bengals), but small markets still have a much smaller margin for error than large markets.
Of course, the difficult nature of running a successful team in the cutthroat NFL is also why we rail so hard against the amateur management of the Bengals. The old-fashioned attitude the Bengals front office brings to the modern NFL will never bring consistent success to Cincinnati.
On that note, I stumbled on two interesting reads that I found helpful for understanding the issues the NFL (or any league) faces with revenue sharing/salary cap and details on how the NFL salary cap actually works. They are respectively here and here. Enjoy.
WTF, I feel like that first article was hand written by Mike Brown. Oh take pitty on me, here in small little Cincinnati I just can't comptete financially. Bullshit. Why did you guys post that peice of shit propaganda peice for Mike Brown? Did he hack the site?
Posted by: Thom Tadsen | January 16, 2009 at 03:42 PM
Thom - that article was written by Mark Cuban, an owner of a large market sports team; the opposite of Mike Brown. He's just outlining the issues, not taking a stance. I don't think he even expresses an opinion anywhere.
Posted by: Sleeping With Bieniemy | January 18, 2009 at 01:07 AM