If we could CHOOSE our next owner, I would choose either Elon Musk or Donald Trump…and since Trump has already owned a football team…:up:

 

This guy has already been part of our front office for the last 6 years. How much input he has is impossible to know but hes been involved in every decision at least.

 

Terrible choices. Trump destroyed the USFL lol. So maybe if you want the NFL to go bankrupt that might be a good choice.

Elon is great at building tech companies. He's shown no ability (or desire) to build a great sports franchise. And him focusing on sports would probably detract from tech, which isn't good. Let him stay in tech where he's one of the best today.

If I had to choose I'd go for the Rooney's. Pittsburgh has been a model of consistency like no other NFL franchise since the merger. They've only had 3 HC's since then: Noll, Cowher and Tomlin, and all 3 won SBs.

 

The Broncos are reportedly going to sell for 4 billion, so the list of individuals who can actually buy an NFL franchise has to be pretty darn small.

 

After what happened to the USFL, I wouldn't trust Trump to run a franchise on Madden.

 

Ross selling has 0% chance of happening.. its a dream that i want to come true but it wont at least not yet.. im sure Ross has a plan that is dependent of his health and whether he can perform his duties as an owner..

Owning a NBA or NFL team has become too expensive for a sole person. So it will be an ownership group just like the Broncos are about to take on for 4 billion.
Imagine that, 4 billion to own a team that never hosts a Super Bowl or major bowl game.

now factor in that Hard Rock Stadium hosts the Super Bowl every 2-4 years, hosts a major bowl game ever year -somwtimes twice a year.

they do F1 events, hosts a ton of major international sports, the Premier League, champions league games get played in the Hard Rock.

this team is going to sell somewhere up there around 6 billion or higher when the time comes. And it wont be a single owner, itll be multiple billionaires.

 

Have we not learned anything from our current real estate hustler owner?

 

Way to make me sad on my day off

 

I would 10000% want it to be Grier.

:crapstrom::ban::crapstrom::omg::crapstrom:

 

Unless Beal changes his mind and backs out, its very likely that he's the next owner. He's very secretive, as many very wealthy people are, so no one knows a lot about him. Its hard to tell how different from Ross he would be. The good news is that Ross has fixed and upgraded a lot of the team's infrastructure and unlike almost all other major US pro sports teams, we flat out own the stadium. So he would only really be responsible for making sure that football ops work.

 

Here's something else to remember:
https://operations.nfl.com/inside-football-ops/nfl-operations/integrity-of-the-game/

It takes 3/4 of all owners to approve a change in ownership. Forcing an owner to sell has never happened in the NFL and I don't expect that to change here unless there's hard proof Ross paid Flores to lose, as in actually the transaction happened. Anything less and I don't see a change in ownership given how huge the hurdle is and because it's easy to "explain away" some suggestion about paying to lose.

So I agree with those saying (near) 0% Ross is forced to sell.

 

I wouldn’t mind Micky Arison if he could bring the same level of ownership success to the Dolphins that he’s had with the Heat.

 

I would like the team to be owned by the players and coaches. Just like every other team should be owned. In a co-op.

 

didn’t they force Richardson (Carolina) to sell?

 

No they didn't.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/spor...-panthers-owner-sell-team-20171221-story.html

Interesting tidbit at the end there:

 

Unofficially, yes they absolutely did.

 

Yes, Donald Trump and his evil super powers single handed my destroyed the USFL.

Of course, the NFL had absolutely nothing to do with it…it was Trump and his Sinestro super powers that did it.

You guys are too much.

 

Or cities.

The Packers show it's certainly a viable thing - the billionaires are superfluous to sports.

 

Yes Trump was the primary reason for the USFL folding. He was the one who led the charge to change the USFL schedule from spring to fall with the explicit goal of forcing the NFL to accept a merger. He gambled and lost. Teams realized they couldn't compete with the NFL and folded. So yes Trump is the main guy at fault.

Worst possible suggestion for owner. NFL would be on a path to bankruptcy with that guy's ego. He's really good at that bankruptcy stuff.

 

Yes…of course. The other owners who voted to play in the fall had nothing to do with it.

It was All the evil Trump muhahahahaha!!!!!!

As I said, you guys are TOO much. Quit being so selective in your postings.

 

lol give it up. First you said the NFL had nothing to do with it. That's like saying if you start a war and the other side defends themselves from your aggression your argument is "and the other side had nothing to do with it??" lol.

Also, I said "primary" reason. Trump is the primary reason the USFL went under.

 

I had a long post and elected not to bother. I could lay out every fact and it still wouldn’t matter…as demonstrated many times before.

Congratulations…you “win” (sarcasm)

 

I hate the guy, absolutely hate him, but dayum if he don't put his effort into building championship teams... Mark Cuban....