[St. Loser Fan]

The 49ers might have to pay significantly more than expected to host the World Cup games at Levis.

https://cultureofsport.substack.com/p/w ... es-to-town

State of California pulled some money and Santa Clara ordinance prohibits the city from doing anything.

[Elvis]

Bengals staying put:

[St. Loser Fan]

Bengals staying put:

The University of Cincinnati is really trying to up their football program with a fancy new training facility plus upgrades to their on-campus stadium. So maybe that's why the Bengals aren't going to push the issue and will just stay.

Funny thing is though is that Cincinnati's lease with the Bengals is actually worse than St. Louis Dome lease with the Rams. (If possible.)

I know everyone ripped on St. Louis for the dumb "top 25%" clause. But the way the lease is written in Cincinnati the Bengals could make whatever upgrades they want to their stadium and then just send the bill to the city. And there's not cap or limits.

[Elvis]

It's an interesting dynamic. The NFL is a multi billion dollar business, why on earth should tax payers pay for anything?

OTOH, there are more cities that would like an NFL team then there are teams. So supply and demand comes into play...

[St. Loser Fan]

It's an interesting dynamic. The NFL is a multi billion dollar business, why on earth should tax payers pay for anything?

OTOH, there are more cities that would like an NFL team then there are teams. So supply and demand comes into play...

It's easy to scare politicians.

"Do you want to be Oakland? Do you want to be St. Louis? Do you want to be San Diego? Give us taxpayer money or else we'll take your precious NFL team away."

The problem is there are no threat cities any more. Not at the prices there are for NFL stadiums. But nobody realizes that.