New owner could be determined by the end of March

[LinvilleGorge]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Same owner, different city.

Granted, moving out of Cleveland could be considered a positive if you believe in curses.

Or that Cleveland is a shithole... oh wait, they moved to Baltimore. Not exactly much of an upgrade.

[Moo Daeng]

I certainly hold hope it's not one of the currentl known names.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Or that Cleveland is a shithole... oh wait, they moved to Baltimore. Not exactly much of an upgrade.

I've been to Baltimore but not Cleveland.

[Woodie]

4 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

One kind of hitch in this: Sabates had previously said his group would be submitting their bid by April 1st.  I'm wondering if the deadline for bids has been moved to earlier than that.

If so, it's conceivable Sabates may not end up getting to make a bid at all.

Or this might be the excuse Sabates and his group have concocted to justify not submitting a bid (that they knew couldn't compete with the big boys). 

"Yeah, we wanted to submit a bid, and it would have been a good one, even better than the winning bid, but they announced a winner before we had a chance...yeah, yeah, that's what happened."

[Woodie]

3 hours ago, GRWatcher said:

There will be groups that will surprise you. Nobody was talking about the Pegulas in Buffalo until they submitted their final bid. So be prepared to be astonished.

It'll be Trump coming from behind for the win...just to give Igo an apoplexy, lol.  After all, he was supposedly one of the finalists for the Bills, so you never know.  

[Woodie]

1 hour ago, Mr. Scot said:

I've been to Baltimore but not Cleveland.

Hmm, for some reason I had it in my mind that a few years ago on another board you said you moved here from Ohio.  Guess I'm thinking of someone else...ah well, too many boards, and too many posters.

[Mr. Scot]

41 minutes ago, Woodie said:

Or this might be the excuse Sabates and his group have concocted to justify not submitting a bid (that they knew couldn't compete with the big boys). 

"Yeah, we wanted to submit a bid, and it would have been a good one, even better than the winning bid, but they announced a winner before we had a chance...yeah, yeah, that's what happened."

I could see it.

34 minutes ago, Woodie said:

Hmm, for some reason I had it in my mind that a few years ago on another board you said you moved here from Ohio.  Guess I'm thinking of someone else...ah well, too many boards, and too many posters.

No, I did live in Ohio for two years, but in a suburb of Columbus.

Never went to Cleveland.  My mom was treated at the Cleveland Clinic once but I was in Virginia at the time.

[Woodie]

30 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I could see it.

No, I did live in Ohio for two years, but in a suburb of Columbus.

Never went to Cleveland.  My mom was treated at the Cleveland Clinic once but I was in Virginia at the time.

Good to know I'm not crazy.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, Woodie said:

Good to know I'm not crazy.

I was fairly ambivalent toward Ohio State before living in the Columbus area.

After two years of living among Buckeye fans, I now root against them.

[Mr. Scot]

One other point from the article that kind of works against Sabates here...

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NFL rules require the controlling owner to hold at least a 30 percent stake and limit the number of total partners to 25.

In reality, the NFL wants its owners to hold a much larger stake and prefers a smaller number of limited partners than what its rules allow, according to industry experts.

The league seems to really want a single owner, or at the very least a very small group.  There are potential buyers already engaged who could fit that model, and the article implies there might be more.  Compared to those guys, Sabates and his group look like a bunch of coworkers going in on a pool to buy lottery tickets.

Honestly, I kinda wonder if Felix actually has a majority owner at this point.  The reluctance to name a name might be because he's still trying to get someone like Brian France or Marcus Smith to sign on and they haven't agreed to yet.

Hard to say.

I won't claim to know how many owners other teams have (and I don't feel like looking it up) but under those guidelines, Jerry Richardson's group isn't exactly the most favorable model either.

[Gin and Juice]

Most exciting part of this thread is that there is a chance Hurney could be fired before the draft. Small one, but it’s there

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, Gin and Juice said:

Most exciting part of this thread is that there is a chance Hurney could be fired before the draft. Small one, but it’s there

Final approval won't be till May.  That's not happening.

I still feel like he'll get one season to prove himself but that's not guaranteed.

 

[Jangler]

5 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Final approval won't be till May.  That's not happening.

I still feel like he'll get one season to prove himself but that's not guaranteed.

 

great...an NFCCG apperance and....

Hurney might ...

have a job

 a year from now...

...

..

.

[Mr. Scot]

Honestly, it might not even be about that. 

Maybe the new owner comes in, meets the people in the front office and the coaching staff, decides he likes them personally and just keeps them no matter what their performance is.

 

 

 

Probably not.