(12-13-2023, 03:28 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/...905033007/

…In negotiations with the city, they have a tendency to project a real sense of contempt for the process — the unwieldy 19-member City Council, the political cross-currents. They're the experts, the smartest people in the room, the savvy business minds. And yet it turns out it's the Jaguars, and not the city, with a mess to clean up.

The city and the Jaguars are currently negotiating a stadium renovation deal that could cost taxpayers up to $1 billion. It's more than fair to ask the team to show some evidence it's capable of responsibly handling that kind of project in light of the criminal case. “With the assistance of external experts, (the organization) has extensively reviewed its own policies and procedures, added staff to its finance department, and taken other measures to ensure the integrity of its financial controls," the team told The Athletic in a statement…

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."