Mark Leibovich of the NY Times wrote a muckraking book about NFL Owners and came up with an interesting idea to improve the NFL. I, for one, am intrigued by it.
Chief national correspondent, New York Times Magazine. Author, “Big Game: The NFL in Dangerous Times”
If I could change one rule in the NFL—and I realize this would never happen in the real world but what the hell—I would put in a rule that owners need to stand for re-election every five years. Anyone who lived in the jurisdiction where the team plays, or who purchased a ticket to a home game in the last calendar year, would be eligible to vote, either “approve” or “disapprove,” on the owners’ performance. If an owner receives less than 35-percent approval, he or she would be forced to sell the franchise within 90 days, and that new owner would be forbidden from moving the team. As citizens in a democracy, one of the few remedies we have against corruption, incompetence, arrogance, etc. is to vote. As football fans, we have no such right. Instead, we are subjected to the monopolistic whims of unelected oligarchs in our communities. In many cases they are greedy idiots. They wield largely unchecked power over the fortunes of players, fans, local politicians, even their own “commissioner.” Until now.
See you on Election Day, Mr. Snyder.
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2018/8/27/17785968/big-game-book-mark-leibovich-nfl-roger-goodell
