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Burquetap t1_j3oc0q7 wrote

This is a serious reflection upon how inept the Bidwell family is in running a professional franchise. The only current NFL owners to not have made riches outside of football and it shows. I’ve said this before and I’ll reiterate again: the Cardinals will never be successful under Bidwell ownership.

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AbeLincoln30 t1_j3ooqaw wrote

>The only current NFL owners to not have made riches outside of football

wait what? if you don't count inheritance as making riches, there is a long list... and unsurprisingly the list is loaded with losers. Lions, Raiders, Chargers, Colts for example

These teams are all doomed because they are competing against organizations run by guys who actually know how to run organizations

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Burquetap t1_j3oyfdr wrote

All the organizations/teams you mention have ownership that made money outside football, i.e. they have some sort of business savvy. The Bidwells do not, nor have they, had any business acumen, hence why they’ll never succeed much less have any lasting success.

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AbeLincoln30 t1_j3p63zr wrote

Nah man... Mark Davis of the Raiders, Dean Spanos of the Chargers, Jim Irsay of the Colts all inherited everything they have from their fathers. Literally zero independent achievements in business. And their teams are all consistently garbage since they have established themselves as the leaders.

Fords who run the Lions inherited what they got from their freakin' great-grandfather... even worse. And there are plenty of other examples.

Meanwhile they are going up against dudes who personally made billions like Robert Kraft, Jeffrey Lurie and Stan Kroenke.

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Burquetap t1_j3p8deo wrote

All those dude’s dad’s had biz acumen, check the research. Cards have at least 3, if not 4, generations of living off of the franchise. I worked for the Cards for 4 seasons and know peeps that work there now. Believe me, I know.

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AbeLincoln30 t1_j3phvc1 wrote

Yeah the dads hade acumen, of course. But the dads are long dead. Now the sons are owners, and they're predictably terrible.

But I agree with you, Cards situation is one of the worst because of the multiple generations

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