Simon Hunter

@anthonyfdshaw What was it?

Did anybody hear David Lloyd's UK cricket calendar idea on Stick to Cricket? Aside from the inclusion of the Hundred, it's perfect.

@jimmymcbride1 @ManUtd @B_Fernandes8 Filthy mind James!

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@JakeLiscow @BengalsTalk It’s Katie. Call it out more!

Wanna know why? The longer I've stewed on the Mafe structure, the worse it sits with me. Year 1 cap hit unnecessarily large, AGAIN. I called it cap malpractice with Tee last year Kneecapping themselves from even doing midrange deals to raise the level of the roster and compete

@JoeGoodberry Katie Blackburn is the biggest issue in the franchise. She won't change so we won't change.

Leo Chenal got half of his contract guaranteed if you're still wondering if the way the Bengals do contracts limits their ability to acquire free agents.

@andreperrotta13 what and when would you offer for him if you were the bengals?

Can very well see this all come to a head as a Draft-day trade of Crosby. Perhaps a team doesn't like how the board falls in Rd. 1, and they call the Raiders and swing a trade for Crosby straight up for the 1st round pick while on the clock (like PHI did when they traded for AJ Brown on Draft night in 2022).

@pauldehnerjr Bengals vs Ravens to open SNF?

So reports land Hendrickson at $28M AAV in a four-year deal. Will obviously be curious what the structure and outs look like there. Most important part of gauging the real value. #Bengals landed at one year with raise to $29M entering last season. Ended at a similar value.

@Spartan_ROC @andreperrotta13 Fair but sell the team or the 10% to private equity. They just don’t want people telling them what to do. They like being different. They think it’s paying homage to Paul Brown. I think Elizabeth and Caroline get it but they’re 40 years from owing the team.

@andreperrotta13 @SimonHunter_ Is it just their mentality or do they have real disadvantages due to not having a main business outside of the team?

Even the escrow aspect is a bit overstated and more nuanced than what people generally know. There is a measuring date and a collection date for future fully GRTD money to be escrowed, subject to a $15M annual deductible. Teams circumvent the escrow requirement via rolling guarantees that don't vest to full guarantees until after the measuring date. Higgins had/has yr-2 guarantees in his deal. His $10M 2026 Roster Bonus fully guaranteed three days after he signed his contract, a practice commonly utilized by other Clubs across the League. His 2026 base salary ($10.9M) will also fully guarantee if he's on the roster next Sunday (3/15), which, of course, he will be.

@andreperrotta13 Very helpful thanks mate. They always seem to prepare like the league is going to burst and it never does. It’s just who they are.

Clubs (not just CIN) cling to their contract precedents like lifeboats. Maintaining precedent is important, but it should never override the ultimate goal of building teams that can win a SB. They do it for maximum flexibility to be able to get out of a contract if they absolutely need to because they despise dead money (and future year guaranteed money is always potential dead money if the player is cut, subject to offsets). Their fear of dead money is overstated, though, especially with the continually rising Caps (even if the rate of Cap increase this year was less than in previous years), so they should be willing to yield on that as needed. Ultimately, though, a large signing bonus on a multi-year deal can serve as a type of de facto yr-2 guarantee since the resulting dead money via acceleration if the player is cut serves as a deterrence to cutting that player.

@TheCricketerMag I’m pro Harry as a player but he’s not the guy who is taking us forward. We have stop projecting positivity when it’s not. It’s ok to lose. It’s part of the journey.

"I'll hold my hands up and admit I made a big mistake dropping Samson." #T20WorldCup thecricketer.com/Topics/mens-t2…

@GrowlerPodcast What’s the change you best expect to see in the bengals approach this offseason?

Now is the time to send in any questions you have for Who Dey Light. Opinions on bad trades we’ve seen this week? Lack of tags? The terrible weather? Send them to thegrowlerpodcast at gmail dot com or drop them here.

Great ep @bengals fans. Proud of ZT as our coach.

@stan_chow It’s so pathetic. The squad is what the squad is. No manager can get through anything.

Didn’t take long for the knives to come after Carrick’s 1st defeat… look at the league we’re 3rd… ffs

@GoodVibesJohn We need the depth regardless. If amad goes who plays RW?! The math ain’t mathing

Well said @AndyMitten

@JoeGoodberry @maxtoscano1 This is a who’s who of players that bengals either fought with, and/or thought were too old and/or didn’t value better than in house alternatives. It’s a hell of a team!

@maxtoscano1 Marvin Jones at WR Johnathan Joseph at CB Takeo Spikes at LB Justin Smith at DE

We should make an All-Walked-from-the-Bengals team

I made a video about my physical recovery from spinal surgery. If you’re about to have major surgery this may help. Equally, it might not. Could be a waste of time.

@JohnHawkin71262 @johnnyddavidson lol there are a million NFL fans here now. The whole sell is ‘stop making losses and let us help protect and promote a great game’. There is no downside on their involvement. They don’t need to support the super league but believe it’ll elevate everyone if they do.

@johnnyddavidson This was never going to work just like the odd American Football game here doesn't spark interest. They need to concentrate on the British market and produce hype around stars like other sports do.

Lots of key takeaways. V’landys is spot on about the self-interest, has held the sport back in the UK for decades. Important to remember it was Wigan who approached the NRL to take a game to Vegas, not the other way round.

@nqatpod Technology and interest in the PL has increased massively since then. This is a smart test that will potentially help them potentially maximise revenues given the decrease in media entities able to pay what they want.

Not in the UK and only in markets where there isn't a broadcast partner PL used to do this in NZ and Singapore For about £50/year you could VPN in and then stream every game live and on demand

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@SimonHunter_ coming!

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