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Originally Posted by Schneed10
You guys know how you can’t believe anything you hear in the weeks before the draft? Well take that and multiply it by 100 for this. They’re all in a high stakes game of poker, Snyder needs people to think he won’t sell if his price isn’t met; he’s trying to extract the best offer.
If Dan wants a bigger offer from Harris or whoever, he needs them to believe Bezos is out and won’t just swoop in and steal it.
So don’t look at information you hear as true or false, look at it as something someone purposely wanted you, or others, to know. If something comes from the Post and it’s about Bezos, then that’s something Bezos wanted to become public.
Information coming from the NY Post has long felt to me like it’s been leaked by the Snyder camp.
The one piece that makes me come close to believing that Snyder won’t sell to Bezos is The Athletic piece where Standig is the one writing about what a source told him. But it’s still quite likely an intentional leak.
The fact that this inconsistent messaging is coming out from all corners of the media is only proof to me that the sale process is getting close to the end. There’s a lot of money in the pot and everyone is forming their final posture, starting to bluff, and going for misdirection before showing their cards.
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100% agree. There is a lot of bluffing, and smoke and mirrors. That's how Snyder has always worked, and he's doing it here too. I agree that the stakes involved make it inevitable, but Snyder has long been a pro at this part of the business world. I think the forces that are pushing hard for Snyder to sell make his hand seem very weak to potential buyers, and his only recourse to get the final price he wants is to say he will walk away from the deal or from Bezos. I don't believe it, and I doubt the bidders do either. Sadly, I do believe Dan is petty enough to make the threat credible.