Great interview. Thanks for the link.
Once again the Dolphins prove to be PR clods. Both Sedano and Marvez took offense to emails sent from the organization, desperate to serve as mouthpiece. You can tell the tone Sedano and Marvez struck was partially because they don't like being told what to say. If the Dolphins had any class or patience they'd merely sit back and allow the stadium presentation to stand for itself.
Marvez properly used terms like "corporate welfare" and "veiled threats." That second topic alone warranted more criticism than Marvez or Sedano allowed. Mike Dee is the most disgraceful member of the organization in the 40+ years I've followed the team. He doesn't care about the city or the area or the fans or anything beyond the guy writing his checks in the time he'll spend here.
Frankly, the local media have been far too kind to Dee. I hope they jump all over this stadium proposal and pick it apart. We need the front page Herald reporters to look into it, not the sports guys. Assign the ones who looked into Rick Scott's history before he became governor. In particular, the cost needs to be scoped. I love how Stephen Ross tries to get credit for covering any over runs. Yep, that charitable Ross, always looking out for the little guy, as his comments during the lockout last year revealed. When he's asserting he'll cover over runs it screams to me he knows the estimate is wildly inflated and there won't be over runs. I mean, if it's going to require mere months and the Dolphins won't have to even consider relocating for a season, how is this $400 million? I've seen comments from specialists on other sites that $400 million seems absurdly high. I mentioned it hours ago in the long thread, that I doubted bang for the buck. If it's $400 million we're probably sinking more than warranted into frills like the HD screens, and not the needed alterations like sticking actual fans closer to the actual game.
