ESPN Radio in LA

The Andrew Brandt audio is good.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14560893&s=espn

Pay attention to the part that starts about 1 minute 20 seconds into it.
Brandt says Jerry Jones and the “money guys” Ie, Snyder, Jeff Lurie, Woody Johnson, etc — “took over the room”.

The committee that had vote 5 to 1, otoh,
had guys like Rooney on it.

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• This reply was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by wv.

wv wrote:

The Andrew Brandt audio is good.
http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=14560893&s=espn

Pay attention to the part that starts about 1 minute 20 seconds into it.
Brandt says Jerry Jones and the “money guys” Ie, Snyder, Jeff Lurie, Woody Johnson, etc — “took over the room”.

The committee that had vote 5 to 1, otoh,
had guys like Rooney on it.

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v

That was worth a listen. Money over Loyalty.

wv wrote:

Dak wrote:

That was worth a listen. Money over Loyalty.

Yes.

Or Loyalty TO money.

As fans, maybe its good to
be disillusioned sometimes. Ya know.
To get a good look behind the curtain.
It helps us figure out what exactly
we are loyal TO. The horns?, The Players?,
The League? The Owner? The Coach? Organization? The ‘city’?
(what does it mean to be loyal to a ‘city’ ?)

I dunno.

Does St.Louis build a stadium now anyway?
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They’re not building that stadium. The money was budgeted at the state and city levels, but it won’t be there in the next budget because there is no team. Gotta have both a willing team and an attractive plan. So, it would take a courtship, but first you’ve got to find a girl. Our old gal, she shipped off to the bright lights of the California coast.

As for loyalty, any city, or region, is comprised of people. You don’t stay loyal to a city, you stay loyal to people. My comment was more about the owners’ lack of loyalty to the long-standing owners who have built a solid reputation in their fraternity. Once the ownership group saw more dollar signs, well, loyalty is fine, but as the old wrestler Ted DiBiase might say, “Everybody’s got a price … for the $7 Billion Dollar Man.”