Bidding War for Jenkins?

[CrashDavisSports]

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If it is a bidding war, that is something the Bengals never win, and the only thing they have going for them outside money is Burrow and Co.

 

[DanBengalfan]

I'm starting to think the biggest bloat in the Bengals organization is the front office staff. They have a lot of people working in the front office, and many of them are pulling multi-million dollar salaries, all while the Bengals have the 2nd smallest profit margin in the NFL. The organization is basically being run into the ground. that's why they can't sign any high end free agents sans Joe Burrow.

 

[Cincyfan78]

The issue with the Bengals isn't the cap, or it's management (though it could still be better). It's cash. Bengals are not rich by any stretch. In valuation, they are, of course...but in liquid assets, they are not. This, IMO, is where they are running into issues and why allowing this all to creep into 1 year really bit them in the ass.

 

[cincygrad]

The issue with the Bengals isn't the cap, or it's management (though it could still be better). It's cash. Bengals are not rich by any stretch. In valuation, they are, of course...but in liquid assets, they are not. This, IMO, is where they are running into issues and why allowing this all to creep into 1 year really bit them in the ass.

If it's true they have cash issues, it is their own damn fault. They spent a lot of money buying out old minority owners over the past decade and now own almost the entire franchise outright. It would be easy for them to take on a minority owner for a small percentage and trade equity for liquidity.... But, they won't do it because they are arrogant and believe they can win doing it their way.

 

[CrashDavisSports]

If it's true they have cash issues, it is their own damn fault. They spent a lot of money buying out old minority owners over the past decade and now own almost the entire franchise outright. It would be easy for them to take on a minority owner for a small percentage and trade equity for liquidity.... But, they won't do it because they are arrogant and believe they can win doing it their way.

I can understand the reasoning for not doing that, as I wouldn't want to give up a portion of my lucrative business either. Does that mean I can have any player I want due to cash limitations, no, but I can find decent ones that don't take as much cash up front.

We are literally mad at ownership for not being billionaires outside the organization and for not wanting to give someone else a portion of their business. What percentage rate does a minority owner get for giving up his cash up front for players? I mean, hypothetically, let's say they had a minority owner that they brought in to do that, between Chase, Higgins and Hendrickson alone this year, it would cost almost $300 million in guaranteed money. $300 million up front this year, waiting 5 years to get his money back. What kind of ownership share does that equate to? How much is a reasonable share for someone fronting all the cash?

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Jenkins is very good, but he’s got to play more. He started a lot of games last year that he couldn’t finish. The bears drafted him in spite of a pretty serious back injury and it plagued him his whole career up until now. I hope he plays well in the future and stays healthy, but I wouldn’t put too much money on it.

 

[BigKen]

Everyone is sitting on their cash until tomorrow.

Day four is Sale Day. Agents start calling teams looking for the biggest payday and pretty much tell their players to sign or the money becomes less and will start to disappear before Friday sees the sun.

 

[cincygrad]

I can understand the reasoning for not doing that, as I wouldn't want to give up a portion of my lucrative business either. Does that mean I can have any player I want due to cash limitations, no, but I can find decent ones that don't take as much cash up front.

We are literally mad at ownership for not being billionaires outside the organization and for not wanting to give someone else a portion of their business. What percentage rate does a minority owner get for giving up his cash up front for players? I mean, hypothetically, let's say they had a minority owner that they brought in to do that, between Chase, Higgins and Hendrickson alone this year, it would cost almost $300 million in guaranteed money. $300 million up front this year, waiting 5 years to get his money back. What kind of ownership share does that equate to? How much is a reasonable share for someone fronting all the cash?

The value of an NFL franchise doubled from 2018 to 2024. And that is a conservative estimate. So, why would someone want to do it? A wealthy person looking to diversify some of their money would want to. If the Bengals were worth 4 billion, you would figure that 500 million would give you a 12.5% stake in the club. If the team doubles in value again over the next 6 years, your stake would now be worth 1 billion. Not many investments double in that short of time. No guarantee the NFL will either, but with legalized gambling this sport is going to skyrocket in value for the forseeable future.

The thing about the escrow accounts is that you will eventually pay out the guys you have guarantees on with league money (the money that is involved in the cap). So then you can take those same funds for the next guarantee. I don't think an owner has to have more than a couple hundred million in escrow to cover the couple of contracts that you have with big guarantees. This is why I think it's bullshit that people say the Browns/Blackburns don't have that sort of cheddar. I think they do and I think they don't like guaranteed deals because they are assholes and are not serious about winning.

 

[BKBroiler9000]

Could’ve told yall two days ago Volson/Ford are the starting guards for next year. With a 5th round rookie backup thrown in just to say “we addressed it”

 

[DanBengalfan]

2nd worst profit margin in the NFL. and they are using that profit to pay a shit ton of their friends and relatives to "work" in the front office.

not sure how they're going to do it, but they need to increase their profit margins. they are running the organization into the ground.