Jeff Lurie vs. Jaguars Owner (and other owners spats)

[PhillyPhreak54]

Peter King

The discussion was going well, one owner told me, until Philadelphia's Jeff Lurie and Jacksonville's Wayne Weaver got into a spat, with Lurie saying, 'Don't worry, we'll make sure you lower-market teams never spend over 65 percent. Weaver responded, a bit hotly, that unless there was significantly more cash shared, at least half the teams in the league would be losing money by the end of this new contract.

Don't want to lose money, Wayne? Market your team and make some money.

Boston Globe

At one point during the often contentious negotiations, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mockingly offered to buy the naming rights to Paul Brown Stadium from the Bengals for $5 million ''because I can double that in about five minutes, Mike." Brown did not respond but the heat in the room was building"

This argument over who deserved the money was punctuated when taterskins owner Daniel Snyder, who controls one of the league's richest teams, said he was ready to help any team in a bad circumstance but then turned toward Brown and said, ''But if someone has a publicly funded stadium they pay $1 a year for with no operating costs, I'm not helping that person."

Snyder then looked at Michael Bidwell, son of the Cardinals' longtime owner, and snapped, ''If you have a publicly funded stadium in a great market and charge $10 a game for season tickets in the upper deck, I'm sorry sir, I'm not going to help you

[General_Failure]

The wealthiest teams had no interest in writing ''welfare checks" to profitable but indolent owners such as Arizona's Bill Bidwell or Cincinnati's Mike Brown. Frankly, they weren't at all happy to write one last year to Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in America who also owns a low-revenue team, the Seattle Seahawks, that had just entered a new stadium and played in the Super Bowl.

We've found the cheapest owner ever, I think. A guy that helped grab the world buy the balls, and he can't get people to come see America's most popular sport? Unacceptable.

[PhillyPhreak54]

He looks like a serial killer when they show him standing by himself on the sidelines wearing a Seahawks hat. Creepy sumbitch.

However he does own the worlds biggest yacht...413 feet long!

[EJ72]

The wealthiest teams had no interest in writing ''welfare checks" to profitable but indolent owners such as Arizona's Bill Bidwill or Cincinnati's Mike Brown. Frankly, they weren't at all happy to write one last year to Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft and one of the richest men in America who also owns a low-revenue team, the Seattle Seahawks, that had just entered a new stadium and played in the Super Bowl.

We've found the cheapest owner ever, I think. A guy that helped grab the world buy the balls, and he can't get people to come see America's most popular sport? Unacceptable.

They spend most of their money at Starbuck's up that way.

This list by Forbes has valuations for every NFL franchise. Franchise value, 1 yr change, Debt percentage, revenues and operating income are included. By selecting the name of the franchise you can view a more indepth report.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/30/Value_1.html

[Susquehanna Birder]

What I don't get is why the league doesn't mandate some kind of information sharing on how to best market NFL franchises. Helping the low-revenue guys learn how to pull their weight has to benefit the other owners.

[PhillyPhreak54]

On one hand I would agree. And you would think that the big money teams would readily assist them smaller teams because the more money they make the less the big boys have to shell out in revenue sharing. But then the question is: are the small market guys resting on their laurels and not really giving a shtein. They just eat up that revenue sharing and don't put it back into their team to help make money. The cliche goes - you gotta spend money to make money. And guys like Bill Bidwell don't spend to make.

But on the other...why would the NFL have to assist a guy or guys who own a multimillion dollar business have to help him out? If you're smart enough to get approved to own the team you should be smart enough to market the team.

[ice grillin you]

lol @ these douchebags whining about money

this is good stuff tho...

At one point during the often contentious negotiations, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mockingly offered to buy the naming rights to Paul Brown Stadium from the Bengals for $5 million ''because I can double that in about five minutes, Mike." Brown did not respond but the heat in the room was building"

[MDS]

stuck up rich white dudes crying about billions of dollars. im interested and i care.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I just think it's great that 3 guys representing teams that hate each other can come together and mock the owners of less-successful NFL franchises.  Mad props to Lurie, Jones, and Snyder for representing!

Ha.

[MadMarchHare]

Mock being the key word.  Jones' and Snyder's quotes are classic.  And appropriate.

[Wingspan]

At one point during the often contentious negotiations, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mockingly offered to buy the naming rights to Paul Brown Stadium from the Bengals for $5 million ''because I can double that in about five minutes, Mike." Brown did not respond but the heat in the room was building"

[ice grillin you]

I just think it's great that 3 guys representing teams that hate each other can come together and mock the owners of less-successful NFL franchises.  Mad props to Lurie, Jones, and Snyder for representing!

Ha.

wouldnt be so funny if you were a season ticket holder to one of these teams...cause youd be the one getting laughed at

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I'm trying to be one, but they haven't gotten to my name on the waiting list yet.

[Rome]

Wow.  I guess a lot of people on this board are getting laughed at then.

[SunMo]

i just hope they get this settled.  i can't wait for free agency to begin, i just know the Eagles are gonna be real aggressive, i heard this center from New Orleans is a lock z!1!1!@!