Bengals Fans of the World, Unite!

by BeerRun on Jan 2, 2012 5:00 PM EST in Playoffs

Hey, do you hate Mike Brown? Here's a quick quiz to find out:

1. Mike Brown
a) is the owner of the Cincinnati Bengals
b) is a nice old man
c) sucks

2. My favorite piece of Bengals gear is
a) a jersey
b) a hat
c) a Mike Brown urinal cake

3. Bengals fans who go to the game and buy Bengals merchandise are
a) great fans
b) hardcore supporters
c) sheeple

If you answered "c" to all the above, congratulations, you're a dyed-in-the-wool Mike Brown hater! And today, I've got great news for you: if you really hate Mike Brown, do you know what it's time to do?

It's time to root like crazy for the Bengals to win!

Why? Because the longer the Bengals stay in the playoffs, the more money Mike Brown loses.

NFL teams split ticket revenue during the regular season, with the home team keeping one-third of the gate. That’s not the case in the playoffs, when all of the ticket revenue goes into a pool shared equally by teams. That leaves the home team with only the earnings created by stadium sales — concessions and merchandise.

The league rewards teams that win in the wild-card round with $590,000 if they lose and $650,000 if they win. In the divisional round, each team gets $650,000 to cover expenses; that jumps to $1.01 million for the conference championship game. The Super Bowl winner gets $4.108 million and the losing team $2.878 million.

Teams often will lose as much as the NFL gives them for expenses just on playoff bonus money written into staff and player contracts. Many players have big bonuses for playoff advancement. Teams also face added costs in road games: moving equipment and paying for the travel of sponsors and family members.

So here we are, at the start of wild card week, with an opportunity to unite as fans no matter what our feelings about ownership. So laissez le bons temps rouler!

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hah

rec’d

"the bengals are not a west of the 104 longitude team."

by palewook on Jan 2, 2012 5:01 PM EST reply actions

NO

if he loses money, he’ll dismember the team so we don’t make it back…dammit

by joeb69 on Jan 2, 2012 9:50 PM EST up reply actions

You may have figured out the reason why it seems the Bengals have always been built to be one-and-done at best

by emeybee on Jan 2, 2012 5:06 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

ding ding ding

give that man a free Mike Brown urinal cake

by occams_tiger_teeth on Jan 2, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions

It's also why we win the division

and usually not a wild card..

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 6:53 PM EST up reply actions

Or when we do win the division

I should say. 2 in 20 years

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 6:54 PM EST up reply actions

Sorry... but...

The fact this is a post on a Bengals fan blog makes me sad. I wish people could just stop sounding like teenagers with daddy issues and get behind this team.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 5:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions 2 recs

geez

sorry, not everyone in the world has to have the same beliefs as you do it. while respecting others opinions that don’t mirror your own is a sign of maturity.

"the bengals are not a west of the 104 longitude team."

by palewook on Jan 2, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

Nice try.

I don’t give a rats butt what your opinion is, or anyone else for that matter. My point is that a Bengal fan blog is promoting the playoffs to a certain contingency of “fans” by saying “Cheer for your team because Mikey will lose money”. It is downright pathetic and flat out juvenile. I wonder if there is a post like this on the Lions Blog?

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 5:37 PM EST up reply actions

dunno

your welcome to head over there and check

"the bengals are not a west of the 104 longitude team."

by palewook on Jan 2, 2012 5:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

The reason for blogs IS your opinion. This site is for Bengal fans with opinions

by njbengalstat on Jan 2, 2012 5:53 PM EST up reply actions

And Mikey is the worst owner. My opinion

by njbengalstat on Jan 2, 2012 5:54 PM EST up reply actions

Ugh.

I understand a Blog is about opinions. I was responding to a post saying “not everyone in the world has to have the same beliefs as you do” and not talking about the article there. As for Mikey being the worst owner, wait until you get an owner that moves the team and we have no more Bengals.. I have been down that road when the owner of the Hartford Whalers tried to fleece the state and then moved to North Carolina anyway. Guess what: owners that pack and leave are worse.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions

mike didnt stay because of undying love for cincy or paul brown

he stayed because it was the best deal he could get. little early to line up and proclaim mike for sainthood.

"the bengals are not a west of the 104 longitude team."

by palewook on Jan 2, 2012 6:07 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs

hahaha, Your so right..

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 6:59 PM EST up reply actions

+1 and a rec

by joeb69 on Jan 2, 2012 9:53 PM EST up reply actions

Ummm,

I don’t give a rats butt what your opinion is, or anyone else for that matter.

Why come here then if you don’t like reading other opinions. That is what blog sites are for…..

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 6:57 PM EST up reply actions

Dude..

I already responded to someone else saying the same thing. I was not talking about the article when I said that, I was replying to the comment that said “sorry, not everyone in the world has to have the same beliefs as you do it”.

To translate, since it seems it needs translation: "I don’t care if you have a differing opinion from me about the post. You can have your opinion and I can have mine. I am not telling you that you need to have the same opinion as I do ".

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 7:03 PM EST up reply actions

Dude

I read your comment after I posted it. If you look it posted me past the similar comment made. If I had read it first I would have just +1 it.
But good, you don’t care about other people opinions on this post. But then why post yours then. We don’t care for yours either…
Well, I lied we do b/c we like to interact on a blog site..

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

Dang.. I guess more traslation is needed.

The poster said "sorry, not everyone in the world has to have the same beliefs as you do it". That means the poster is insinuating that I think everyone should have the same beliefs as I do. I replied saying (translated) “that I don’t care if anyone has a differing opinion” — meaning, (more translation) “I don’t think you need to have the same opinion”. I like reading other opinions and accept people have theirs and I have mine. So, the poster was wrong to insinuate that I believe everyone should have the same opinions as I do.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

Look, you posted

I don’t give a rats butt what your opinion is, or anyone else for that matter

You should have worded that differently the first time. The fact that you posted what you did originally gave almost everyone the impression of not giving a rats ass about our opinions. Just b/c you changed your original thought later doesn’t necessarily mean that you changed original your post. It was still there, so I guess I will believe you now that it’s the 2nd time you changed it. You care about our opinions…..
We welcome you with open arms..

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 7:43 PM EST up reply actions

I didn't change a thing.

I was replying to someone who insinuated that I think everyone should have the same beliefs as I do which is a flat out lie. I guess it was hard to decipher until I translated it multiple times. That is cool, but I didn’t change my original thought once.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 8:21 PM EST up reply actions

Did you not

change your thought b/c you worded it wrongly? You had too for me to believe that you care about our opinions..
I’m just messing with you, you know.

by WHYUS!! on Jan 2, 2012 8:30 PM EST up reply actions

That is actually true.

I did word it poorly, leading to the confusion. I probably should have said “I don’t give a rats butt if you have a differing opinion, or if anyone else does for that matter” .. That was my fault.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 8:42 PM EST up reply actions

Nah

Bengals fans are very adept at loving the team while hating Mikey. I agree that we need to start recognizing that he’s improving, but it’ll take time.

by emeybee on Jan 2, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions

+1

by Israeli on Jan 2, 2012 5:31 PM EST up reply actions

My point wasn't to support MB.

My point is a certain portion of our fan base can only cheer on the team if Mikey is losing money instead of being excited because their “favorite” team made the freaking playoffs!! It is just sad.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 5:40 PM EST up reply actions

I don't think that was his point at all

And I think you’re taking WAY to seriously what was clearly a tongue in cheek post.

That said, this probably should have been a fan post, and not on the main page.

by emeybee on Jan 2, 2012 5:44 PM EST up reply actions

That's obviously not his reason to root for the team.

It was a tongue-in-cheek article about hating Mike Brown that also presented an interesting fact about revenue sharing in the NFL.

by sexsalad on Jan 2, 2012 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

Nice to see someone got it

by BeerRun on Jan 2, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

Actually, I got it.

Unfortunately it makes Bengals fans look like losers when their playoff bound team has an article like this on the front of their SB Nation Blog. What if I found an article about a blogger losing their job because of writing on a sports blog, linked it, and said “look everyone, even if you don’t like his posts, you can be happy that BeerRun is a blogger because it is only a matter of time before he loses his livelihood!”. Would that be funny even if I was being “tongue in cheek” or would it make me look like a petty child? Probably the latter.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions

ignore the fair weather wailing

we make the playoffs and a handful of people that don’t normally follow the bengals show up and tell everyone here how it should be here.

its fine. what you posted was fine. nothing wrong with loving the team in good times or bad and never forgetting who mike brown is.

"the bengals are not a west of the 104 longitude team."

by palewook on Jan 2, 2012 6:04 PM EST up reply actions

I hope you are not referring to me

I have been a die hard in a state that has NO Bengals fans since I was 7 years old and I am 39 now. I have had to deal with non-stop crap from Patriots and Giants fans day in and day out for all of these years. You think it is hard being a Bengals fan where you are surrounded by other Bengals fans? Try doing it in enemy territory and then tell me who is a fair weather fan.

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 6:09 PM EST up reply actions

Cry me a river

I grew up in Western PA, talk about hostile territory. Pats fans are complete gentlemen compared to the asses that wear the black an gold. This staement does nothing to enhance your cred.

by stripesinseattle on Jan 2, 2012 9:35 PM EST up reply actions

ok..

I am not going to say western PA is not bad but you are kidding yourself if you think Boston fans are gentleman. Take your 10 year old daughter to a game in Boston wearing the opposing teams jersey and they WILL throw stuff at her. I also have to deal with Jets fans. Trust me, I am not trying to start a “who has it worse” war, but I have battled hard against constant trash talk for 32 years and wore my stripes with pride. I am no fair weather fan. =-)

by steveinct on Jan 2, 2012 11:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions