Time to cash out on Bengals

Empty pockets can pack punch by not supporting sorry squad By Paul Daugherty • pdaugherty@enquirer.com • October 9, 2008 A pleasant offshoot of our impending economic gloom is the decent possibility that pro sports moguls will take it in the neck, just like the rest of us. It's too early to tell how deep the wound will be. It will be deeper than ever before, though, meaning the era of gouging fans and blackmailing taxpayers just might skip a generation. Every cloud has a silver lining. "Teams can be arrogant for a long time, and it never catches up to them. In times like this, it does catch up," says Britt Beemer. Beemer is chairman and founder of America's Research Group, a consumer marketing and research company since 1979. Beemer tells teams and corporations how to attract customers. That will be an interesting job for... [read full story]