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[Exe Gesis]

Report: Jeff Bezos, Jay-Z are potential suitors to buy Broncos

The Broncos have an ownership situation that, if not settled among the family members of the late Pat Bowlen, will result in a 2022 sale.

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[Coops93]

Wouldn't want Bezos at all, but I at least feel like Jay-Z may want to win and not be in it solely for the $.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I'll ******* cry if bezos buys

 

[Coops93]

I'll ******* cry if bezos buys

Me too.

Never changed a sport team before, but I think that would make me consider it...

I'd probably end up staying though. I still support Arsenal despite Kroenke being a ******* piece of s**t owner who said he didn't buy the club to win trophies when he bought it. It's a miserable existence being under an owner like that.

 

[peterbuch74]

You'd seriously consider changing clubs based on who owns it?

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

You'd seriously consider changing clubs based on who owns it?

Glad someone said it

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

If you can stick by the worlds greatest shitshow Carlton Coops you can stick by a Bezos owned Broncos.

 

[Coops93]

You'd seriously consider changing clubs based on who owns it?

Definitely would consider it, but like I said I probably wouldn't. I've never changed teams before and would keep supporting. I support Arsenal who have an owner exactly like that. Having said that, the owner is the most important part of the team.

Teams with bad owners are permanently mired in mediocrity. The Cowboys have a dropkick owner and they are never in it - at least he wants to win, though. The Bengals have owners who are tight with money and are never in it. The Jags are always shithouse because of the same.

The Broncos are who they are because of Pat Bowlen, he made the franchise what it is. He's why we never really bottomed out and always have been in contention, or at worst 8-8. It's not a coincidence as to where we've been since his input faded. The Manning era was about the last thing he was able to do, since then it's been mediocre. Kraft of the Pats is another great example, he wants to win and not-so-coincidentally they do. Look at Kraft with Brady then Irsay with Manning. A great owner and an average one, one always produced a great team and the other just went wherever Manning took him. Then tried to do the same with Luck and ruined his promising career.

If our owner is someone who doesn't care about winning and wants to run the team as a profit making enterprise it'll be incredibly disappointing and probably the end of us possibly competing for a while. I believe that. I'll be disappointed but carry on supporting the team while disliking the owner.

 

[Coops93]

If you can stick by the worlds greatest shitshow Carlton Coops you can stick by a Bezos owned Broncos.

There's a big difference between a club being s**t and a club being owned by someone purely to make money and with no ambition to win.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

There's a big difference between a club being sh*t and a club being owned by someone purely to make money and with no ambition to win.

Youre jumping to conclusions on Bezos for one ,and two, Carlton dont care about winning, they care about giving ex Carlton people jobs.

 

[Coops93]

Youre jumping to conclusions on Bezos for one ,and two, Carlton dont care about winning, they care about giving ex Carlton people jobs.

I know I am. It'll take some convincing to change my mind.

You could make that case, it's still not the same as a sole proprietor taking ownership for personal gain with no intention of furthering the team.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Broncos hyped DBs/D not so good. Stats from the Giants game, bad covering deep routes. Good sitting on short routes. See giants thread for that

 

[Coops93]

Speaking of our DBs, PS2 starting this game - Darby on IR.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Surtain had the lowest PFF rated game of all the rookie CBs in week 1.

 

[Coops93]

No wonder he was benched in the 2nd half.

 

[Blacky]

Bezos wouldn’t be bad

He’s already richer than god so is surely buying a team to win trophies

 

[Blacky]

A lot to like in that game

- Jewell made some big time plays
- Teddy aired it out
- Williams made some bruising runs

Fuller was toilet though

 

[peterbuch74]

A lot to like in that game

- Jewell made some big time plays
- Teddy aired it out
- Williams made some bruising runs

Fuller was toilet though

Liking Teddy's game. I admit I was confused when we traded for him, but he's doing great at the moment. Again a nice mix of calm and risk.
A couple of times he was rushed in the pocket and just took the loss... I imagined in that moment Drew trying to force a throw and causing a turnover.

Hoping Chubb and Jewell's injuries aren't too bad.

Too many penalties today though!

 

[Coops93]

A lot to like in that game

- Jewell made some big time plays
- Teddy aired it out
- Williams made some bruising runs

Fuller was toilet though

So gutted Jewell got hurt, was playing amazing.

Fuller was poor. Ps2 started poor but brought it back like a vet would and finished with the amazing pick.

Teddy is so calm under pressure. So composed in the pocket.

Sutton is back. Von too.

 

[Coops93]

Liking Teddy's game. I admit I was confused when we traded for him, but he's doing great at the moment. Again a nice mix of calm and risk.
A couple of times he was rushed in the pocket and just took the loss... I imagined in that moment Drew trying to force a throw and causing a turnover.

Hoping Chubb and Jewell's injuries aren't too bad.

Too many penalties today though!

Chubb seemed pretty upset about the injury. Get the feeling he knew it was bad.

Hopefully not, though, obviously.

 

[dazbroncos]

WE did good today.

Sutton in DT Beast mode. Not a perfect game overall but really not bad either.
Von was back - The D is getting rolling.

ST is mess and better fix it fast.

Payton licking his lips with Ps2.

Jewell getting hurt sucks. Was just getting going to. Chubb I agree looked like he knew what had happened and was most displeased by it.

Hope we get some injury luck this week V the Jets at home.

Wilson might have a rough one in Denver.. the air... the noise... that D....

Heres hoping...

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Broncos LB Josey Jewell (pec) is out for the season.
Monday testing on Jewell's Week 2 injury confirmed he tore his pectoral and will miss the remainder of the season. Jewell had seven tackles and a forced fumble through the season's first couple games. It's a setback for a Denver defense that has been one of the league's best in the young 2021 season.

 

[Coops93]

Oh damn, that sucks.

 

[Coops93]

Another player I forgot to mention that had a good game was Martin the punter. They were constantly starting drives from the ~10 yard line. Nice having a consistent punter for a change.

 

[Exe Gesis]

Broncos seeking to clear decks for potential sale of team

By ARNIE STAPLETON
an hour ago


DENVER (AP) — The next quarterback clash in Denver could very well pit John Elway and Peyton Manning vying to serve as the public face of any new Broncos ownership group.
The decks must be cleared of any possible pitfalls before any multibillion-dollar bid, however, much like homebuyers wanting to make sure the title is clear to their new dreamhouse.

So, the Broncos’ parent companies are asking Denver County District Court Judge Shelly L. Gilman to rule that former owner Edgar Kaiser’s estate no longer has the right of first refusal to any potential sale of the franchise, which Forbes values at $3.75 billion.

The trial pitting the partnership which owns the Broncos and the Vancouver-based ROFR Holdings begins Wednesday and is expected to last at least a week with a ruling anticipated in November or December.

Pat Bowlen, who died in 2019 after a long bout with Alzheimer’s, bought the team from Kaiser in 1984. His will stipulated that his seven children from his two marriages must agree on which one succeeds him as controlling owner to keep the club off the market.

Two daughters from his first marriage withdrew a lawsuit in July that contested Bowlen’s will, appearing to pave the way for a sale. Later that month, team president and trustee Joe Ellis said he hoped to have the long-running ownership saga settled by the start of the 2022 season.

The lawsuit comes in response to a May 2020 letter lawyers for PDB Sports Ltd. and Bowlen Sports Inc. received from ROFR Holdings suggesting it had the right to match any offer in the event the team is sold.

The letter said Kaiser had transferred his stake in the agreement with Pat Bowlen to ROFR Holdings, a corporation he started in 2005. ROFR is an acronym for Right of First Refusal.

PDB Sports and Bowlen Sports responded that the pact from Kaiser’s 1984 sale of his 60.8% stake to Bowlen is no longer valid because it was a personal one which ended when Kaiser died in 2012.

A ruling in the partnership’s favor would facilitate the transfer of the team from the Pat D. Bowlen Trust to one of Bowlen’s children — Brittany Bowlen, 31, is the preferred choice — or the sale of the franchise to an outside buyer.

NFL franchise values have skyrocketed with new broadcast deals and the league’s embrace of sports gambling, which is now legal in many states, including Colorado.

The Broncos would be expected to draw bids of $4 billion or more, a record for a U.S. sports franchise and nearly double what the Carolina Panthers sold for three years ago when David Tepper bought that team for $2.275 billion.

Kaiser twice lost cases to Bowlen in court, once after Bowlen bought out two of his siblings’ shares of the team and another time in 1999 when Kaiser contended Bowlen’s offering a 10% slice of the team to Elway triggered his right of first refusal.

Manning said during the Super Bowl in February that he’s keeping a close watch on the Broncos’ ownership saga. He and his family have remained in Denver following his stellar four-year run as the Broncos quarterback that culminated with a win in Super Bowl 50.

Elway, the team’s president of football operations, would be another intriguing front man for any multibillionaire seeking to buy the team. He won two titles during his Hall of Fame playing career and was the architect of the franchise’s third championship.