While i agree with your Kat paragraph blaming the agents is laughable. Bill had a WELL earned reputation for being cheap. And the majority of teams didn’t have nearly the year-over-year issues we did. Are you suggesting that every agent targeted the cardinals for different treatment than other teams? Cmon. You look at the constant in an equation with multiple variables . . . and here the constant was the team.
that is true. But to think the agents didnt try to leverage that reputation is also laughable and somewhat naive.
what Billy B was most guilty of was being an honorable old dude. he moved to phoenix on a handshake agreement to build a stadium....and the city of Phoenix screwed him.... then ASU proceeded to screw the team on parking fees and when they finally lost in court they doubled the fees and had students out at Cardinals games blaming the price increase on parking,..on the cardinals.
what cannot be denied, is that once the redbirds finally got the stadium they were promised, and the revenue streams that come with it...suddenly the reputation for being cheap went up in smoke...suddenly the Cardinals are considered a top notch organization. Folks want to attribute the change all to Michael...and he has had some influence I am sure. But the solid fact is, the cardinals always said they could be more competitive once they got a stadium and they were correct.
agents. agents are lawyers... there is a reason why the league stepped in and limited their fees...Lawyers...there is a statement involving sandpaper sex toys in there somewhere, for about 99.9956% of them
(present company excluded of course)
