(10-07-2017, 05:53 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: And I'll repeat something I said before.  People who think Khan would move the team to make money are ignoring the fact that, if you look at how Khan's net worth has risen since buying the team- it's gone up by 4 or 5 BILLION dollars since he bought the team- the guy is making billions of dollars selling bumpers.  He doesn't need to move the team to make money.  So I don't think money would be his motivation for moving the team.  It would have to be some other reason.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenha...683810243f

Forbes' update from two weeks ago had us as the 25th most valuable franchise at 2.07 billion dollars. It was estimated a London franchise right now would be worth just north of 4 billion, 2nd only to the Cowboys 4.8 billion. This doesn't include the monopoly a London franchise would have with a lot of extremely lucrative revenue streams being the only team in Europe. You don't think that's going to tempt Shad, or whichever other owner? It doesn't matter how rich you are, 2+ billion dollars is going to get your juices flowing. If the logistics can be overcome, someone will be volunteering to move their team there. There might even be a fight over it.

I think it's going to be fairly simple to know if it's going to be us or not. Sometime in the not near but not far future, Shad is going to ask the city for a brand new stadium that is at least half if not more publicly funded. If the city agrees they will stay, if not they will go the London route.

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