Gantt believes the league will force a sale to Tepper

[mc52beast]

Guess that Shield at midfield won’t be going anywhere

[carpanfan96]

1 hour ago, MechaZain said:

I think some of you owe Gantt an apology. This pretty much confirms it.

Not even close to being the high bidder, Navarro can easily get the money too so that's not it. A few owners simply wont approve him and it's stopped him from being able to buy the team. Give ya a few guesses who those owners are, probably wont need them though. 

[ellis]

Yes, let’s all go apologize to Gantt. A Friday well spent. 

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, carpanfan96 said:

Not even close to being the high bidder, Navarro can easily get the money too so that's not it. A few owners simply wont approve him and it's stopped him from being able to buy the team. Give ya a few guesses who those owners are, probably wont need them though. 

Tepper's bid is said to be in the 2.1 to 2.2 billion range while Bloomberg confirmed Navarro bid above 2.5 and probably around 2.6. They'll use that "relocation fee" schtick to make the numbers look higher but that's shenanigans.  Plus estimates are that Tepper will probably net a good 100 million or so by selling his Steelers interest.

I have a hard time believing that Jerry Richardson suddenly decided to accept a bid of 400 million less dollars "just because".

[OldNorthPowell]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Tepper's bid is said to be in the 2.1 to 2.2 billion range while Bloomberg confirmed Navarro bid above 2.5 and probably around 2.6. They'll use that "relocation fee" schtick to make the numbers look higher but that's shenanigans.  Plus estimates are that Tepper will probably net a good 100 million or so by selling his Steelers interest.

I have a hard time believing that Jerry Richardson suddenly decided to accept a bid of 400 million less dollars "just because".

This is the type of stuff that has turned people off from the NFL. It is not just the stuff on the field, but off it as well. Good ol boy mentality. Smh.

[Mr. Scot]

Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo talked some about it on NFL Network.

The way they framed it was that it "wasn't just about the money" but about who the rest of the NFL owners would approve.

So...yeah.

[Mr. Scot]

Person chimes in...

So again...yeah.

 

[Carl Spackler]

It was never about the money. It was all who the shield wanted.

[carpanfan96]

2 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo talked some about it on NFL Network.

The way they framed it was that it "wasn't just about the money" but about who the rest of the NFL owners would approve.

So...yeah.

Yep, sadly this delay was nothing about money but the NFL forcing JR to take Teppers bid. Why others kept saying he was out and he would correct them because he knew what was happening. 

[blackcat]

Teppers has more than enough money, Navarro not so much.  It’s that simple.  

[blackcat]

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

It was never about the money. It was all who the shield wanted.

It is about the money.  Tepper has a plethora of it and Navarro doesn’t. 

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, blackcat said:

It is about the money.  Tepper has a plethora of it and Navarro doesn’t. 

But less of it is going to Jerry Richardson.

[juliosantos]

[blackcat]

46 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

But less of it is going to Jerry Richardson.

True, but when you buy a team for $250 million and get $2+ billion, ain’t nobody shedding a tear over ‘what could’ve been.’