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I would not be surprised if the contract plays into this too. If Watson signed something middle of the road, or not really any different than the Houston deal he was currently under, would the NFL push as hard. Here on top of the bad optics, you have a record windfall that Watson was set to receive and it went against the rest of the NFL owners who hated the precedent of all that guaranteed money especially on someone with a checkered past. It is one thing to give Rogers or Wilson such a deal, but it is quite different to throw the stupid money at say Watson or a lesser QB. While it will never be said, I would not be shocked if this is certainly part of the NFL's calculus.

So are 31 other teams.

Instead of erasing McMicken's name they should have kept it on the main Mcmicken Hall but changed some of the other buildings. Regardless of what people may think of him, he was essential to the university's founding. They do not need to celebrate the man, but at the same time he should still be recognized for the historical signifcance and his part in the founding of the school

I think at minimum, it will be a 1/2 year but if they compromise it will be a hard 1 year. If he does the court appeal like Brady and loses, the indefinite suspension the NFL is seeking will likely be a Kaepernick style indefinite suspension, leaving the Browns without a QB for the foreseeable future (I assume they will at least be able to void his contract at that point). The thing was that numerous teams seemed fairly confident that this was all going to be past him once the criminal charges were dropped, I found that hard to believe since the NFL never rendered verdict. Once the Trevor Bauer thing came down in baseball, this was going to be much more significant than Rothlisberger served 6 years ago or so.

From what I have seen about the case, I would have a hard time convicting him. I think he is sleazy and from my own personal experience with him, he has come across as rather arrogant and full of himself and power hungry. I think he walked up to that line, but I just do not think he crossed the legal line based on what is out there. He obviously is a very savvy politician and knew how to play on the edge and manipulate the rules to his advantage, but I do not think I would be there to convict yet. This is definitely not as clear cut as Dennard or Pastor's case for sure. My guess is you get a hung jury, but we shall see.

5% rates are going to certainly lower some purchase prices but there is a ton of cash still sitting on the sidelines now that it will not have a huge effect on immiediate projects. Developers like Hills for example, who are well capitalized and hold for 30-40 years have nothing to worry about. It is the newer developer who is less capitalized who is more at risk here and may be sitting on the sidelines a bit. In reality, we probably wont see much pullback in development until rates get in the 7-8.5% or so range IMO.

I think the Hyatt can and will be incentivized to play ball if there is a strong redevelopment. Such would directly benefit the Hyatt anyway, and I am sure they could get a new ballroom in the process, which means their ballroom may only be taken away for about a year anyway. They also have smaller ballrooms there so it is not like they will be completley without for a short period.

I always thought the lot across from Kroger on Court Street would be a good hotel parcel too.

Columbus has always invested more heavily in their convention market than Cincinnati. Like Indy, they built a much larger convention center in hopes of landing larger conventions. Cincy did not want to play in as large of a sandbox given the competitive nature of the industry and while content to get large national conventions, Cincy was wanting to compete against the INdy's, Columbus, Charlotte's of the world for convention business while COlubmus was trying to compete head on against Chicago, New Orleans, Vegas, etc. I am sure Columbus had many more losses than wins playing in this arena but the wins they had were much bigger when they came.

He was not allowed to play last year either. The NFL had him on an unable to play list pending the results of his criminal investigation. I think the difference is that he was paid for last year

One thing Cincinnati needs to do to up its profile is to work to stage more key conventions and become a bigger player in that space, even if it runs a deficit for a while. Indy developed this with ametuer athletics and has leverage that into allowing it to get final fours, and key NCAA events and even BIG ten events. Cincinnati used to play much better in this area (back when the arena was more functional of course). But part of our problem is a perception problem. People like travelling to Nashville, Indy, Charlotte, even Kansas City has a buzz now. These are essentially all peer cities to Cincy now and although they may be growing a bit faster in some cases, all are smaller cities in general to Cincy. The big difference is that people do not talk about coming ot Cincy and "how cool" a weekend in Cincy is, whereas Nashville has an "it" factor, even Charlotte, Raliegh, Indy, have a bit more of an "it" factor because they are bringing in a lot more out of town dollars. It is more perception than reality, but after a while, the perception does become reality.

The biggest thing is that cities cannot structure fines or penalties in a way that would essentially force a sale or constitute a taking of property. it would be like telling the property owner that if you will not sell at our price, we will just fine you to death and diminish the value of the property through fines and assessments until you are bled dry and have to sell at our price. That would be an illegal taking.

I knew it was outdated, did not know if it could have served as a cheaper option along with a high end 600-800 room convention hotel to the South. Agreed that they waited too long to take care of this matter. As bummed as I was, I do think KC deserved the bid first. Besides having the convention hotel, they had over 25 years of hosting US soccer in their town. It was their turn. I would have been pissed if Nashville got it because Cincinnati is a better option for many reasons and Nashville did not deserve it. However, we can take this loss, improve our infastructure and get the new hotel built and stage a number of other US National team events in the coming years and we put ourselves in prime position to host the Womens World Cup when it comes back to town. While not the Mens Cup, it is still a great draw at least in the North America and Western Europe.

NIMBYISM and rent control. The perfect combination to exacerbate an affordable housing crisis

The only thing I could think of is that they would not be able to finance construction as long as the millennium was operating. personally, I would have loved to keep the millennium operating and then develop a high end convention hotel on the 5th street lot in tandem. This would give a couple price points as options for convention goers. Not sure how they would work in the business though

The city would be limited in their ability to do this. Certainly, they have the ability to find a negligent owner for failure to maintain a safe property, but the owner has a certain level of dominion over the property. Given the historic part thst places burdens on the owner regarding renovations or demolition, a plan by the city to impose excessive or significant fines to essentially “bully” an owner into selling would likely run afoul with the Constitution and the city would likely create a lot of issues for themselves by pursuing that path

Parking lots are very profitable if managed right. They have very low operating costs and throws off strong cash. Heck a former Ohio Senator made many millions for his family by owning parking lots. Just a few blocks from Davis furniture, there is another company that owns and manages parking lots in town. this one actually may be a benefit to the area. The building had been sitting there for a long time due to historical rules. Now you have a much larger contiguous space that can be redeveloped and will appeal to developers who are looking for something on a larger scale.

I get Boston, especially given Krafts role and he could have his thumb on the scale a bit. I also get KC over Cincy. KC has been relevant in soccer since the 90s and has been a go to city for US soccer for a long time. Cincy is not there yet but rapidly emerging. I would have been bummed if Nashville got the bid over Cincy. Hopefully we get a good team or two for a base camp and get some FIFA friendlies and continue to grow on the national soccer scene

Brissett is a capable backup who can start when needed and perform competently. Mayfield, especially when healthy is better. Brissett on his best is a starter on a bottom tier, rebuilding team. Mayfield, while not a top tier QB is perfectly competent to lead a team to the playoffs. He did in 2020, and despite his setbacks last year, the Browns were in the hunt for the division until Christmas.

Ha, ha. In all seriousness, I get why the Browns would not want him out there, regarding the drama part, but you think he could win you more games than Brissett. You would think that Mayfield would be willing to bury the hatchet at least for one more season to "prove it" to the next team and earn a long term contract as well as sticking it to the Browns on his way out of town. Mayfield has always carried himself with a swagger and chip on his shoulder that tries to prove people wrong. It seems as if in this case, he is just cowering in a corner sucking his thumb.

I get why Mayfield does not want to play for the Browns, and that he has a guaranteed contract too but, I think it behooves him long term to step in and perform for them if Watson is suspended. If he comes in and performs back to 2020 standards, then he will be a hot free agent and demand big money on the open market the following year. If he sits out all season and does not play, he is a second tier free agent. As much as he hates the Browns, he is better playing for them then not playing if he has anything to say about it.

It is interestign that Baker is not seriously being considered to be the starter should Watson be suspended. You have to figure he is a better option than Brissett. I have been hearing stories that while he was injured last year, the Browns saw a lot on tape that they did not like about Mayfield from his decision making that make them want to move on from him. The Browns front office is being quiet and allowing Baker to use the injury as a reason for his decline last year, but they apparently saw a lot of things that he did wrong where the injury did not have much to do with it.

I dont think looking at it from the Treavor Bauer perspective is the right way to think about it. I think the Browns baked in the fact he would lose a certain number of games to a suspension this year, but I think they were thinking along the lines of a Rothlisberger type of suspension and Watson would have 12 games to get the Browns a playoff bid and then make a run. Right now, 4 games sounds like optimistic thinking. What is concerning about a longer term suspension is that on top of Watson, the Browns have spent big to pretty much go all in this year. If Watson is suspended for the full season and Brissett is the QB, the Browns go from Super Bowl contender to lucky to make the playoffs. Now 2023 comes around and you get Watson back. Is he the same QB after a 2 year layoff, or does he need another season to find his game again. Garrett is a year older. Chubb is a year older. Do any other key players get hurt? Can they keep all their key players after 2022 with the salary cap? Now add that they gave up a ton of draft capital to get Watson. The money that is guaranteed is one thing, but to me the bigger problem is missing a year of Watson when they are primed to win this year.

There is one reason why it makes sense to move it downtown. To build an arena, you need a major tenant. The problem is that there really are no other available options in the region now that the universities have their own on campus arenas. We are not getting another major league team and minor leagues do not bring in the revenues to support it. Given that the tourney is going to 2 weeks, and maybe would be a bit longer with other tennis events going on, you could argue that the tourney could be the catalyst needed to finance construction of such a venture. I am not saying that it makes sense, but that could be the angle they are trying to play

So is this going to be an arena or tennis center? That is what is confusing. A tennis court is much smaller than an arena floor. I do not know if it is worth building it just for tennis. Would want some flexibility for other events like concerts, hockey, etc. Also, with a tennis tourney, you would need many more courts than one arena could handle. Not sure if I am following his plans/idea here. And if the plan is a new arena for the tennis tourney, it makes sense to build it at the existing arena location because then you could possibly utilize the courts at Sawyer point (which have some tennis infastructure already to hold the tennis tourney,