(06-23-2025, 06:50 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: The players are treated like kings when it comes to the important stuff..first class..they are millionaires let them buy their own food and tickets..chad johnson did rather well with a steady diet of Mickey Ds

(06-23-2025, 06:53 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Again..chad johnson did rather well on Mickey Ds

(06-23-2025, 06:53 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: Again..chad johnson did rather well on Mickey Ds

(06-23-2025, 07:15 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Bullshit.

https://www.si.com/nfl/bengals/news/we-re-worried-about-them-anonymous-bengals-players-offer-more-insight-on-team-s-family-treatment-01jye7kncyr4

Another player is worried about his young family having to be in long lines in public without him to watch over them.

"Just different things where they can make it more convenient for our families, especially when the husband's not there," the veteran noted to ESPN. "We're worried about them. I think it would be easier for us if we had certain things for families, we don't have to worry about it."

(06-23-2025, 07:40 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: I think any good father would be worried about his family when he is not there no doubt. To act like there aren't weirdos out there in now of all 
times is about as ignorant as it gets.

(06-23-2025, 07:53 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Yep. Not only weirdos (like the goof who just accosted Ja’Marr on that flight), but also all the DRUNKS that are at these games.

(06-23-2025, 08:26 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Your husband's making $500,000 to play in this game; we're going to give you secure child care


You spent a week's pay on 2-tickets, find a sitter

(06-23-2025, 08:33 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Mike’s Militia!

(06-23-2025, 08:33 PM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Mike’s Militia!

(06-23-2025, 06:40 PM)ERIC1 Wrote: The Browns have shown extraordinary compassion and support for not only players and families..but coaches throughout ...As far as acoomodating family members on game day etc...most of these players are multimillionaires..they can afford tickets and food..there are no safety concerns from family members on game day

Quote:The Cincinnati Bengals might be one of the most poorly-run franchises in the NFL, and it doesn't appear to be getting better.

Right now, the team is dealing with multiple contract standoffs with Trey Hendrickson and Shemart Stewart. Hendrickson is due a massive extension, and Stewart is their unsigned first-round draft pick. It's getting to a point where something has to give, right?

Without Hendrickson and Stewart in the picture, the Bengals defense is going to get even worse. Well, some new information seems to indicate that their dysfunction goes way, WAY beyond the current contract standoffs.

Can do the Bengals do anything right?
Here is Sarah Barshop of ESPN on the Cincinnati Bengals:

ESPN spoke with players about how they define "treatment of families" and the feedback that serves as the basis for the NFLPA's grades.

Multiple current Bengals players, who were granted anonymity to speak freely on the subject, referenced the lack of gameday amenities available to them and how difficult that can make it on their families.

One player noted that another AFC team had an indoor cookout-style meeting area in the stadium postgame. Up until last year, when the Bengals added a postgame area inside the stadium for families to meet, they had an outdoor area beneath a large white tent roughly 20 yards away from the players' parking lot.

One player described the tent as a "s--t show," especially when it was cold.

This is just flat-out insane, and I guess it's not really a surprise, is it? This team has been poorly run and managed for years now, and they honestly kind of lucked into Joe Burrow in the 2020 NFL Draft.

Earlier this offseason, the team managed to get contract extensions done with Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, and those deals a few months later honestly seem like miracles. If you ask me, it may have been better for Cincy to maybe trade Higgins and use that money to extend Hendrickson, but what do I know?

At the very top, the Cincinnati Bengals are flat-out embarrassing and just can't seem to adapt to the modern-day NFL. Some of their best players like Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase are seeing their prime years wasted away.

Cincinnati has to figure something out quickly, or they'll again find themselves at the bottom of the AFC. This latest bit of reporting from ESPN really isn't surprising, but it does make your eyes roll. How hard can it be to not be a terrible franchise?

(06-24-2025, 08:41 AM)Synric Wrote: It's hard for me to reconcile "Food" and "treatment of families" as serious concerns. Even the lowest paying players are paid well enough to become self sufficient.


The Bengsls should spend money on more employees for their front office and scouting department.

(06-24-2025, 08:41 AM)Synric Wrote: It's hard for me to reconcile "Food" and "treatment of families" as serious concerns. Even the lowest paying players are paid well enough to become self sufficient.


The Bengsls should spend money on more employees for their front office and scouting department.

(06-24-2025, 08:41 AM)Synric Wrote: It's hard for me to reconcile "Food" and "treatment of families" as serious concerns. Even the lowest paying players are paid well enough to become self sufficient.


The Bengsls should spend money on more employees for their front office and scouting department.

(06-24-2025, 10:25 AM)Sled21 Wrote: Same crap complaints every year, we aren't getting enough free stuff to go along with our millions of dollars salary. Cry me a river....