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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 758017">He is like an owner, and always was, even if he didn't act like it.  That's probably too harsh.  He might well have been acting like an owner who was reluctant to make changes...up to this point.From a business standpoint, it probably did not escape notice that TV ratings are not what they once were and that gravy train can't keep barrelling down the tracks forever at the current level of fan interest.  At the same time, Packer aftermarket tickets were dropping below face value during the Hundley "era", providing a glimpse of what a protracted period of losing might look like.  That should have been a wake up call.However, he's not like Jones, Kraft, et. al. who are sole owners with nobody to report to except the bankers to whom they owe money, and at this juncture those bankers are not concerned about getting paid and therefore have no interest in interfering.Murphy is more like the managing partner of an ownership group.  Just as a managing partner still has to account to his silent partners, Murphy has to account to his Board.</blockquote>

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