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Old 01-05-2023, 09:47 PM   #1
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Please let it be Jeff Bezos. This guy knows how to be a business leader without getting in the way of shit. He did a wonderful job with the Washington Post and they increased it's profits and efficiency. He'll hire competent people and stay the fuck out of the way.
I'd support 99.99% of anyone in the world buying the team if they did this.

That's all an owner should do. Their job should be to hire competent people, get the fuck out of the way, and give those people the best resources to be successful.

That's a great owner.

If Bezos does that, then I'm all for him buying the team.
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Old 01-14-2023, 01:05 PM   #2
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This is interesting

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/todd-bo...105720691.html
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Old 01-16-2023, 06:38 AM   #3
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I'd support 99.99% of anyone in the world buying the team if they did this.

That's all an owner should do. Their job should be to hire competent people, get the fuck out of the way, and give those people the best resources to be successful.

That's a great owner.

If Bezos does that, then I'm all for him buying the team.
My only worry with Bezos is: he doesn't need the money, the profit from this team would pretty much be pocket change for him... so wouldn't he be buying a shiny toy and tend to meddle more than we expect?
Ie this video has me worrying he's not just a pragmatic business man, but also an egotistical maniac.

I understand the counter points to that are: no one can be worst than Snyder ; he has proven he knows how to generate profit ; he'd have other business to do than pick a QB or even a coach... I'm just not sure those are guarantees.
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Old 01-16-2023, 07:46 AM   #4
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My only worry with Bezos is: he doesn't need the money, the profit from this team would pretty much be pocket change for him... so wouldn't he be buying a shiny toy and tend to meddle more than we expect?
Ie this video has me worrying he's not just a pragmatic business man, but also an egotistical maniac.

I understand the counter points to that are: no one can be worst than Snyder ; he has proven he knows how to generate profit ; he'd have other business to do than pick a QB or even a coach... I'm just not sure those are guarantees.
I don't think how much money the guy has affects the amount he will meddle and start playing fantasy football with real players. After all, Snyder wasn't exactly loaded when he got here and that didn't stop him

The counter point that concerns me is what if they get bought by a guy/group who are leveraged to the extreme to buy the club but then don't have the cash to run it well, such as stadium costs and putting aside guaranteed money for players contracts. In theory the NFL should ensure that when they approve a new owner that that is not the case, but has me a little nervous. Besos was a good prospect from that perspective but Dans hatred of the Washington Post maybe be such that he will reject the opportunity to make an extra $0.5b.
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Old 01-16-2023, 08:08 AM   #5
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I don't think how much money the guy has affects the amount he will meddle and start playing fantasy football with real players. After all, Snyder wasn't exactly loaded when he got here and that didn't stop him

The counter point that concerns me is what if they get bought by a guy/group who are leveraged to the extreme to buy the club but then don't have the cash to run it well, such as stadium costs and putting aside guaranteed money for players contracts. In theory the NFL should ensure that when they approve a new owner that that is not the case, but has me a little nervous. Besos was a good prospect from that perspective but Dans hatred of the Washington Post maybe be such that he will reject the opportunity to make an extra $0.5b.
The $ and stadium points are solid ones. Maybe Bezos objectively is a good candidate, I intellectually understand all the positive boxes he checks, part of me just have this hunch/fear that he also has the potential to be an ego freak who wants a big shiny toy.

Anyway we don't have a say, and won't know for sure what kind of owner(s) we get until we see him/them in action. And I wouldn't count him out yet, if he really wants this team he'll offer enough to get it, waiting to see what other bidders are ready to pay makes sense.
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My only worry with Bezos is: he doesn't need the money, the profit from this team would pretty much be pocket change for him... so wouldn't he be buying a shiny toy and tend to meddle more than we expect?
Ie this video has me worrying he's not just a pragmatic business man, but also an egotistical maniac.

I understand the counter points to that are: no one can be worst than Snyder ; he has proven he knows how to generate profit ; he'd have other business to do than pick a QB or even a coach... I'm just not sure those are guarantees.
I'm not on board the Bezos train,dont like him,I wish his penis shaped rocket with him in it would crash into Dan Snyder's vagina
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Snyder is not going to sell the team to Bezos, he hates him.
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Snyder is not going to sell the team to Bezos, he hates him.
Money can change all that.
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Money can change all that.
I don't know in this case, the WP trashed him over the years.
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I don't know in this case, the WP trashed him over the years.
Even if they bashed him every day, and it was unwarranted (it's not here), you'd have to be a fucking dumbass to not take their money if it's the best offer.

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