(02-07-2020, 11:02 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(02-07-2020, 10:55 AM)Corriewf Wrote: Maybe... hes not not making money with those two games here. It’s a matter of commitment to the city. Some owners are more committed than others. Shad isn’t from Jacksonville, he wanted to buy the Rams and this was the team he got instead. Weaver was a driving force behind this city getting this team. He had emotional skin in the game. A lot of owners do. Not Shad.

And that's why, if I were the mayor or the city council, before I agree to subsidize Khan's downtown projects, I would ask for an iron-clad guarantee that the Jaguars will be in that stadium for a certain number of years.

Isn't the lease on the stadium (good until 2030) and really expensive buyout of said lease a pretty good guarantee? He's already dropped 180 million in stadium upgrades since buying the team... IDK... I think it sucks (for STH only really) but I don't see the conspiracy some of the fans are finding here...

I mean, I guess he could pay the buy out the lease (something in the area of 80+million with remaining lease plus ticket surcharges and parking revenue) but if he was going to do that why dump money into the stadium?
Also, if the team loses money and falls below league average 2 years in a row, he doesn't have to pay said penalties (or 40% less rather) so why add London to increase revenue if losing money would give him an easy out?

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