Comments on: Bengals still manage to muster a sellout

By: hrdcorbengalsfan

hrdcorbengalsfan — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:29:32 +0000

joetoronto – doesn’t matter. He is still nothing but a quitter!

By: mazblast

mazblast — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:50:42 +0000

Yes, I’d be surprrised if Mikey EVER sold the team. Too many family members sucking at the organizational teat, too much “my father’s legacy” stuff. I think he’ll own the team until he kicks it (not that I wish him ill health or death), then his heirs will sell it.

As for the deal with the county, it boils down to this–the county is desperate for money since it can’t afford the interest on the bonds it sold to build the stadiums for the Bengals and Reds (imagine that!), and Mikey is holding their feet to the fire to get better terms. He’ll gladly pay a little more now to pay MUCH less later. Sure the taxpayers of the county (of which I am one) get screwed in the long run, but neither Mikey nor the current county commissioners care about what happens in 2020 or later.

By: voyager6

voyager6 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 23:40:40 +0000

I personally think the Bengals will be sold in 2017 (Bengals have asked to renegotiate their lease down to that date when asked for concessions by the County). I believe Brown will be 82 then. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him sell to someone willing to overpay and move the team to LA (AEG, anyone?)

By: mazblast

mazblast — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:05:14 +0000

Haiku for my local team (not the one I root for)–

Bengals don’t progress
Yet you continue to go
This makes Mikey smile

By: jefbob

jefbob — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:38:03 +0000

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If there is a blackout because Mikey didn’t take the 85% on one of the games I’m not going to, I’ll quit buying tickets to my 2 games a year. I support the team through sharing season tickets with a group of people, just can’t afford all 8 games.

By: bengalsstillsuck

bengalsstillsuck — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:06:30 +0000

Move the franchise to LA there horrible

By: t8ertot

t8ertot — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:32:19 +0000

If the Bengals had a decent owner, Marvin Lewis would have been gone years ago

By: cincyhokie

cincyhokie — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:22:47 +0000

Ticket sales for a season are largely based on season ticket sales influenced by the success of the team the year before.

Why is this such a hard concept to grasp?

By: prettyboyjag

prettyboyjag — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:02:17 +0000

Big difference between a “sellout” and a sellout…

By: winkeroni

winkeroni — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:36:25 +0000

Cincinnati Bengal fans are fans that I respect. It’s no secret that Brown doesn’t care about them or winning, just making money. I understand why they would have reservations about going to games. Cincinnati isn’t that far from Indianapolis and the Colts and Bengals aren’t bitter rivals. Peyton Manning did the opposite of LeBron James and exited gracefully. I’m sure that he still has fans in Indy. There probably will be a lot of 18′s in the stands and there are likely going to be some in blue.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:30:04 +0000

Wait till Carson comes to town and shoes everyone he’s still miles better than Dalton.

By: nje22

nje22 — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:20:50 +0000

If you want to see how Mike Brown really thinks, look up the Youtube video of him and Rooney from Steelers having a conversation about drafting playoffs etc, its exactly how he thinks.

By: vincentbojackson

vincentbojackson — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:08:44 +0000

Thank you Bronco fans!

By: rajbais

rajbais — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:08:24 +0000

“surprisingly mediocre”?

How about “this was expected”?

Benson is gone and the schedule got tougher.

The defense and Dalton are a disappointment. Plus, no replacement for Jerome Simpson and Andrew Hawkins has just been cold after an early good start.

By: fuglyflorio

fuglyflorio — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:56:22 +0000

It’s only fair since they’ve been selling out their fans for years.