[sportscurmudgeon]

Hog1:

I am a pragamtist. Danny Boy is not going to sell the team so long as it makes a huge profit year after year after year. And the only way for an NFL franchise NOT to make a huge profit year after year after year is for the owner to be dumber than a pipe wrench. For the record, Danny Boy is NOT dumber than a pipe wrench - - except maybe when it comes to assembling a good football TEAM.


So, I don't worry about the keys to the "Danny Boy Sell The Team Truck". If someone REALLY wanted to make Danny Boy THINK about selling the Redskins then that someone would have to concoct a way to bring two hugely important things in Danny Boy's life into conflict with each other such that he would have to make a choice:


Thing #1: Making lots of money and being "in the news".


Thing #2: His ego.


IF it became a significant ego-bruise every time Danny Boy showed his face in public or at FedEx Field such that the networks picked it up and played it up, he MIGHT start to weigh the benefits of the money he makes from the Skins against the fact that he would be humiliated by fans every time his presence was sensed.


Other than that, deal with the fact of Danny Boy's ownership of the team. He is only 44 years old; according to actuarial tables, he will be alive for the next 31 years. Say it slowly - - - Thirty ... One ... Years ...