Not sure that BC is making that argument - only that the report mentions it as a possible out for Stan. How much weight it will carry is anyone's guess.
Good point. It's hard because you almost have to think like the NFL in these situations. And I think BC may be right if that's the case. We have some real winners running this damn league.
No, I don't think that is the point BC was making. He made no mention that it's an argument for the NFL to make a decision. There is no doubt the NFL will use certain points to their advantage regardless of the outcome. His point was pretty clear that it would be Stan making the claim that the team doesn't get support and that unless there is a "guarantee the team will be good forever", and that is just simply wrong.
i would like to know the financial standings for the first 13 years here when every game was a sellout, you know, the years before the worst 5 year record in the NFL happened. no winning record in 10 year will make people stay away, i dont care what city you are in. none of this was being said when they put a competitive team on the feild.Cash flow... that's what business runs on. Of course, they're never going to see those financial statements (statement of cash flows). Private "companies". That's why I'd like to know the source of these valuations and income numbers. They coming from the teams?
And you're right... gross profit (which is a line item above net income) is even less meanngful.
To me, it's this simple:
Kroenke made a promise of sorts to the people of St. Louis and MO. He ought to live up to his word.
IF he starts producing a successful product in St. Louis, the franchise will march up the ranks in terms of value and income.
While the VALUE of the franchise will likely go up in L.A. (and I think a lot of the value will be tied up in assets, like the land and building... again, paper only unless he sells... which it appears he never does?) the cash flow and net income levels are unknown to us... I'm sure Kroenke has those estimates down to a science... but how much more will he actually make?
Takes a LOT of modeling to figure that stuff out. And, no matter how much modeling you do, a lot depends on consumers... and we know how fickle THEY can be!
but history has never had 3 teams eyeing a move to the same market, also never had 3 teams wanting to move, with one of the citys offering to build that team a new stadium. history rewrites itself continuosly.
then he better look at attendance figures in LA when they Rams werent doing well, and when the owner let it be known she was leaving. think attendance didnt drop?
LA went through the same things, guess what? attendance dropped, i can only imagine how far it would have dropped with 10 losing seasons in a row.
what does it have to do with anything???? same situations same results, winning teams fans show up, losing teams fans lose interest, or is it that its only relevant if it paints St Louis in a bad way, but not if it paints LA the same way? cant have your cake and eat it too.
Very true. And that may indeed be a very bug key in all this.
I was saying that he was responding to the report originally - not that Stan would use it but that the NFL might lean on it if it felt it needed to.
im pretty sure they will also take into account that we havent had a winning team in 10 years, and have an owner pretty much giving the city the middle finger and saying i want to move, do you honestly think having that many bad seasons in a row, and an owner threatening to move wouldnt affect fan and corporate support anywhere but St Louis?
