'PizzaDeliveryGuy said:
'nysportsfan said:
Why let him retire and get nothing? I don't get it? Furthermore, when your team has a history of making bad draft picks, why not stock pile them? He's worth a decent price to someone, IMO.
If the Bengals gave in, it would open up the floodgates.
And WHY would it open floodgates?? Because EVERYONE wants out..regardless of how or who got them to the situation, we should focus more on the cause and not the symptoms. In the end, it is Mike Brown's dismal running of the team that creates this...period. If the team wasn't a laughing stock, they wouldn't have to fear "opening floodgates" because people wouldn't want a mass exodus. You never hear about people crying without end trying to get out of Baltimore or new England or Pittsburgh. You never even hear about people screaming to get out Kansas City or Detroit. but you do in Cincy...all the time. The players names change but the theme is the same. That's ownership; not players.I see some people calling Palmer a quitter and such but I pat him on the back. I know people that won't leave their crappy, unfair jobs that pay peanuts. But Palmer is walking away from millions. Not because he is a quitter. He's put in hard work and endured a CRAP situation. He's just a very rare guy that actually does what he says..and he says what he believes...and his beliefs are based on common sense and principle. So if Cincy is going to be content to make Mike Brown a profit every year and go through motions to have a team...but never contend...and it literarly risks people's health...then Carson has every right to pick health and overall happiness over risking those things to NOT ever have a chance at achieving his boyhood dream of playing in a Super Bowl.
Very well said. I don't claim to be the most informed person in regards to Cincinnati goings on, but you have stated better than I could have my thoughts on this.
