Is this the beginning of the end?  Nate Monroe's column in the T-U: Is Jacksonville Good Enough for Shad Khan?  

https://www.jacksonville.com/news/202002...-shad-khan

A small market, 
a losing team, 
an owner asking for subsidies from the city while other city needs go unmet, 
(in our case) moving two games out of the local stadium, 
fan rebellion, 
newspaper criticism, 

and pretty soon, a classic divorce?  

I think what the city and the fans need right now is HARD EVIDENCE of Khan's commitment to the city.  People will say, he's spent a lot of money locally spiffing up the stadium, and he has big plans for downtown development, but all these projects come with a large taxpayer contribution, and they are all designed to put money in his pocket.  What we need is an ironclad lease that absolutely commits the Jaguars to playing games in our stadium for a few decades at least.  Of course we won't get that. 

I still hold out hope that he means what he says, but they are mis-handling the public relations so badly that local public attitudes will soon make him question whatever commitment he actually has.  

I can see my own attitude changing from "the Jaguars are our team" to "the Jaguars are the team that occupies our stadium."  It's not our team, it's Khan's team, and it's committed to this city only as long as we pony up the money- taxpayer money and ticket money, to fatten up the franchise's bottom line.

If your spouse said to you, "I'm not getting enough from you.  So in order to strengthen and sustain our relationship, I will be spending two nights a week with another person," how would that affect your relationship?  Would you think that relationship had a future?

One thing's for sure- I would never make a trip to London to watch this team play.  I might have before, but not now.

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