Six Points on the Cleveland Browns (Nov. 12)

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1. Liar, Liar (XXL) Pants On Fire:

In a CBS Sports interview, Head Coach Eric Mangini claimed ignorance of an escalator clause in Brandy Queen’s contract that would have paid him an additional $10.9 million if he took 70 percent of the snaps this season.

This claim came from a man who has a reputation as enough of a control freak to select the wattage of light bulbs and the thickness of toilet paper in the Browns’ Berea compound.

On November 11, Six Points suggested Randy Lerner call Joe Isuzu to handle marketing duties. 

Apparently, he’s already in the building.

2. Blackout Economics 101:

At last report, around 3,000 tickets remain for the Monday nighter against Baltimore, and the ducats have to be sold by 8:30 p.m. on Friday, the 13th.

Suppose that out of sheer masochism, I absolutely had to see this game. Two tickets would set me back $100 or so, parking another $25, and three $8 beers apiece would run another $48, for a conservative estimate of $173.

Another option would be to drive 75 miles each way to a blackout-free zone, rent a hotel room for $100 or so and burn about $15 in gasoline.

That would leave me $58 ahead, not including alcohol. For $58, something stronger than beer could be purchased to ease the pain of watching this team.

Like Jameson. With money left over.

3. This game will not be blacked out:

If the Great Recession has wrought devastation on any industry to rival its effect on newspapers, that industry is local broadcast television.

Why wait 22 minutes into a 30-minute newscast to get the weather forecast when you can get one on your PC or Mac in less time than it took me to type this sentence?

WJW-TV, Cleveland’s FOX affiliate, has the local broadcast rights to carry the ESPN feed.

For WJW, the game is a cash cow. This team is putrid, but people still watch. 

Call it the wreck on the Interstate. You still slow down and look.

Too many advertising dollars are at stake for WJW not to carry what appears to be an upcoming carnage.

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