Every team that bid on DW had to agree to 3 first rounders. The four teams that submitted bids had to bid at least that.
And at least one wanted to be able to match/counter offer the guaranteed money.
They said they weren't given the opportunity to match the offer, not that they would. First one would have to question how many, if any of those NFL owners could just cough up 230 million and put it in a bank account on a moments notice.
Here's the bottom line in all of this. There are uber rich owners and some not so uber rich owners.
Just like with baseball owners. This unprecedented 230 million guarantee will make the NFL no different than MLB.
There will be the Steinbrenner's of the league who can put 230 million into an account and those who can't. Right now the NFL looks at Haslam as their Steinbrenner.
Talk about manipulating the cap. No wonder the NFL is fighting this tooth and nail.