(01-01-2020, 08:00 PM)Legal American Wrote:

(12-31-2019, 11:11 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: It's funny that you think he needs you for anything. This team is his toy, he's currently making a small fortune with it, and if it doesn't work here he's got an exit strategy in place. You think you matter, but you really don't. At all. Go ahead, quit spending your money. All you'll get is this from Shad as the moving trucks back up to Ya'll Tell Stadium:

What's funny is a fan who apologizes for the billionaire owner who doesn't care if you exist.  What isn't funny, is when Owner's learn that fans actually are passionate about winning and expect better than the garbage they're served.  A good business owner knows to not bite the hand that feeds him, and in today's day and age with social media and the ability for consumers to speak up, businesses have all the free focus groups they could ever want IF they care to listen.  You're absolutely correct that Shad doesn't owe anything to fans, but fans don't owe anything to Shad either and are free to come and go as they please.  You're also correct that Shad doesn't give a darn about any specific fan making dumb comments on a fan forum, but you'd have to be a fool to think that they aren't concerned about the collective mindset of their fan base which makes their investment grow.  As far as him moving the team, I don't live in Florida so I don't have that panic that others might who are lucky enough to attend the games in person.  

A smart business owner knows that while they can get rich even with a weak fan base, they can make much more with a franchise where winning becomes tradition and they can build a brand.  Right now, the Jaguars are absolutely not a brand.  It's perfectly fine to cheer for the team in our own way.  You apologize for the billionaire who doesn't care if you get hit by a truck, and I'll criticize what I perceive as stupid mistakes by the same billionaire who also doesn't care if I get hit by a truck.  Hopefully someday that billionaire starts caring enough to make decisions that lead to wins.

I'm not apologizing for anyone, just pointing out that all the folks who act like being a fan means you are suddenly entitled to have the owner concern himself with what you think are off base. Your misunderstanding is thinking that the Jaguars are Khan's business, they aren't, they are his toy. He owns the Jaguars because he is rich, not in order to become or stay that way. The NFL at large succeeds on TV money and they will succeed whether or not Jaguars fans support the team. If they continually do not then it's not hard for them to find some fans who will. That's the life of the small market franchise, and I will apologize for him in that Khan seems like the perfect owner for one of those, ie talks a good game and spends money on the roster.

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