Ah the Denver Broncos?!...You just don't understand football Marge.

[WBT 20422]

This happened Tuesday but I did a search and don't see anything here.  The Broncos are to be bought by Walmart heir Rob Walton for $4.65 billion.

https://www.denverpost.com/2022/06/08/broncos-sale-walton-latest-news/

 

 

[Incredulity 11555]

 

Jerry Jones

[jetsfan76 701]

Good ol' Hank Scorpion came through for him!

[ztejas 43266]

2 minutes ago, jetsfan76 said:

Good ol' Hank Scorpion came through for him!

It's Scorpio. But don't call him that, call him Hank.

This scene is funny because when they wrote it the Broncos had been a .500 team for several years - but the season when this aired Denver went 13-3 and then won b2b SBs the next two seasons. So Homer would have made out quite nicely. 

[utee94 15746]

 

[TrashMaster G 17388]

So, People of Walmart now = Broncos fans?

[Lidig8r 1856]

3 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

So, People of Walmart now = Broncos fans?

The People of Walmart are professional Denver sports teams in general.  See below:

• Colorado Avalanche (NHL): Owned by Ann Walton Kroenke
• Denver Broncos (NFL): Owned by Rob Walton
• Colorado Mammoth (NLL): Owned by Stan Kroenke
• Denver Nuggets (NBA): Owned by Ann Walton Kroenke
• Colorado Rapids (MLS): Owned by Stan Kroenke

[TejasPedro 1849]

Does this mean all the Broncos players are now going to make 15/hr

[FloridaHorn 4735]

3 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Does this mean all the Broncos players are now going to make 15/hr

No, but their uniforms will be made by Dickeys.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4750]

15 minutes ago, TrashMaster G said:

So, People of Walmart now = Broncos fans?

[Underdog 28457]

34 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Does this mean all the Broncos players are now going to make 15/hr

And no benefits or overtime. 

[Davis Lane 5553]

39 minutes ago, TejasPedro said:

Does this mean all the Broncos players are now going to make 15/hr

They'll be made in China.

[thunderlounge 7758]

1 hour ago, TrashMaster G said:

So, People of Walmart now = Broncos fans?

Now?

 

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while we’re at it, fuck Kroenke. Fuck walton. 

[TrashMaster G 17388]

1 hour ago, TejasPedro said:

Does this mean all the Broncos players are now going to make 15/hr

Minimum.

[Ignatius 4002]

Too lazy to find the article, but apparently in 1998 John Elway had $21MM in deferred salary coming to him and Bowlen offered him 10% of the team instead and he turned it down. He also offered another 10% for $15MM cash, and he turned that down. That share would have netted him more than $900MM….

Edited June 9, 2022 by Ignatius

[Vertigo 20267]

On the bright side, this takes a bite out of Arkansas' NIL potential.

[Parliament 14138]

Here is an excerpt from Rovell’s story: “In September 1998, then Broncos owner Pat Bowlen offered Elway, who had just led the Broncos to their first Super Bowl title, a 10 percent piece of the team for the money that they had owed him ($21 million). Bowlen sweetened the deal by offering another 10 percent of the team for $15 million. ... “At the $4.5 billion valuation, John Elway’s 20 percent stake that he could have gotten for $36 million would have been worth $900 million today, a 1,330 percent return, factoring for inflation. He also gave up the rights of first refusal to buy the rest of the team.”

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article262293607.html

[ImissWallyPryor 9045]

4 hours ago, Parliament said:

Here is an excerpt from Rovell’s story: “In September 1998, then Broncos owner Pat Bowlen offered Elway, who had just led the Broncos to their first Super Bowl title, a 10 percent piece of the team for the money that they had owed him ($21 million). Bowlen sweetened the deal by offering another 10 percent of the team for $15 million. ... “At the $4.5 billion valuation, John Elway’s 20 percent stake that he could have gotten for $36 million would have been worth $900 million today, a 1,330 percent return, factoring for inflation. He also gave up the rights of first refusal to buy the rest of the team.”

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article262293607.html

“Can I have $6 million AND 10% ownership?” - John Elway

[jimmyjazz 45560]

[ztejas 43266]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

He kind of looks like Stephen Baldwin in The Usual Suspects there. 

[Longboard Horn 40144]

[Texzilla58 4717]

Too lazy to find the article, but apparently in 1998 John Elway had $21MM in deferred salary coming to him and Bowlen offered him 10% of the team instead and he turned it down. He also offered another 10% for $15MM cash, and he turned that down. That share would have netted him more than $900MM….

I lived in Denver for a bit and Elway always was in a cash crunch it seemed…divorce, restaurant, car dealers…

[thunderlounge 7758]

15 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

He looks higher than I am. 

[Ignatius 4002]

Elway’s dad was the head coach at San Jose State when he was the #1 recruit in the country, and clearly he was going to a higher-profile school than SJSU. His dad had a quote in SI something like “You know, I give up. I gave this kid money, bought him a car, and slept with his mother and he STILL isn’t going to sign with us”….

[tx 3 putt 76389]

it's better to be born rich, than smart 

[Longboard Horn 40144]

On 6/9/2022 at 1:33 PM, TrashMaster G said:

So, People of Walmart now = Broncos fans?