Originally Posted by
Tned
I hope Manning can participate as a minority owner. It was probably always a VERY long shot to get 7 kids to pass up 1/7th of $3 billion in order to give one of their siblings control of the Broncos, and maybe only get millions (if that) in income from the Broncos. In on hand, $400 million or more, in the other hand, one of your siblings is the face of the Broncos, and depending on the state of the Broncos financials, you maybe get $1 to $10 million a year.
Can't really blame them for cashing in, although my preference would have been for them to sort it out and keep it in the Bowlen family, if a competent kid took over.