By NFL standards the Haslams have been successful. Claim they can’t afford the new stadium they must have, get local public funding, keep fans coming to a dumpster fire, and increase the team’s value. They did all that while decreasing the competitiveness of the product on the field.
I would guess the inept owners may be like the owner of the rams who funded a new stadium with private dollars.
I’m not disagreeing with you at all. I’m just so cynical of the NFL that I feel they measure the success of a team differently than the fans. Dollars vs wins.
Just imagine a city saying No to a new publicly-funded stadium. One can dream;-)