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Originally Posted by chuck
I don't view it as an either/or proposition.
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I agree with you that they are not entirely mutually exclusive. But I do think owners who value winning first do not truly exist. These are guys who are all about money. That is how they got where they are. They do not throw away money in the name of ideals. They might be willing to spend short term to secure a superbowl, but every owner in the NFL is self serving and business first. They use public money to build stadiums, and then they charge the public for the right to buy tickets in public funded stadiums (PSLs). Owning an NFL team is basically a right to print money (at taxpayer expense).
Now some owners are content to own a franchise and be a part of the club. Clearly Bob McNair values being a "well respected" member of the owners fraternity more than the W/L record of the Texans. I am fine with that. I don't think Bob Kraft is any different. He just made 1 really good hire a decade into his ownership. Same thing with any of the other generally quiet owners who have won superbowls. They keep their head down, collect mountains of cash, and enjoy the perks of being filthy rich.
NFL owners as a group know very little about the game of football and should have nothing to do with game of football decisions. I like the ones who are content to fleece the paying customers on the business end, and not play amateur football "genius".
I don't know of a single NFL owner who is proactive about winning first, but smart enough to let actual professionals make the decisions.
10-15-2013, 05:04 PM
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