Oof, another twenty pages to wade through today; appreciate the info that was shared from “inside” sources. Some of it might even be true!
I think there are two things that I can reasonably conclude amidst all this speculation of what took place. First: something happened late in the game that really shook things up. Exactly what I do not know, but Johnny ending up in Columbus and in the way that he did was probably not anticipated by ANYONE based on Johnny’s comments and what has been confirmed.
Second, if Edwards was involved, he absolutely would have been upset at “losing” this deal. Whether there was an ultimatum and/or an angry phone call afterwards — who knows what happened or what was said — but you don’t become a billionaire by losing business deals and negotiations.
I also know this: if I just signed a $68M contract to the team and city I wanted to play for, I’d be a lot happier than the guy who showed up at the press conference today. For me it doesn’t pass the smell test.
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