04-30-2025, 03:37 PM
(04-03-2025, 12:39 PM)Bengalbug Wrote: “We could, I guess, go wherever we wanted after this year if we didn’t pick the option up,” Blackburn said. “We’ll see. Like I said, all these things will be done in due course. We are having discussions, and so we’re hopeful that the county is thinking about it a lot, too, and wants to get it addressed in a way that would be beneficial to both of us.”
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Is this a Cold War type of front Katie is putting up? On one hand, tax payers have committed a lot to the Bengals. On the other hand, I’d imagine another city (St. Louis?) would HAPPILY welcome the current iteration of the Bengals and the revenue it brings to the city.
You gotta say this about Katie, she handles everything in about the same manner.
The Cleveland Browns have found out, and so will the Cincinnati Bengals, this is NOT the right time to be asking for new stadiums. The Ohio Legislature is saying NO.
The World Economy, the USA Economy and The Ohio economy is not very good right now. Those who follow the financial news besides the football news know this. Financial leaders are calling for a recession in 2025, and maybe another 1930's type depression.
To meet the hard economy times, many in USA government want to eliminate Social Security, Medicare, Disability Medicaid, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Schools, and as Congress likes to say, " Even mothers milk is on the table to be cut ".
As much as I have loved Bengals since 1968, given the choice between keeping schools and hospitals or taxpayers building new stadiums for Bengals and Browns for the already super rich owners, I would choose keeping hospitals and schools.
This is the wrong economic time for Bengals and Browns owners to gouge the taxpayers for new stadiums. Isn't it funny The Green Bay Packers stay happy with their stadium all these years. The truth is super rich owners blackmail the area they are in on these new stadium demands. St Louis had a good stadium and moved back to LA. San Diego had a good stadium and moved to LA. The Bengals and Browns have good stadiums, often better than the teams they put on the field.
The Ohio Legislature is saying NO to the Browns, and they will say NO to the Bengals. Both the Browns and Bengals owners are picking a terrible economic time to demand new stadiums from the middle class and lower class tax payers suffering hard in the 2025 economy. I like football and baseball, but it's not everything. Plus both NFL and MLB are close to going on Strike again.
Yes I love my Bengals since 1968, but is this the right economy time to ask tax payers for a new stadium, and I say NO. In fact, I say these owners of sports teams should have to pay for their own stadiums. They are the ones who get richer off them. not WE THE PEOPLE the taxpayers. I use to like The Cincinnati Royals, but life went on without them. If the Bengals or Browns leave Ohio, life will go on without them. Again, it's funny that the Packers, Cubs, Red Sox don't ask for new stadiums, and it shows that perhaps these other owners such as Bengals and Browns are just too cheap and greedy.
On cutting taxes and dealing with the economy, I'm for helping out farms and small business and hospitals and schools way more than these rich owners demanding new stadiums way too much. The Ohio State Legislature just told the Browns NO, and the Bengals can expect the same.
The Family of Paul Brown should remember that in the 1990's they looked into moving to LA, but LA said they did not want Mike Brown and his family or the Bengals. Many areas are going to say in 2025 that they do not want The Bengals or The Cleveland Browns who have more losing seasons than winning seasons.
1968 Bengal Fan
