I don’t think it was blind luck as much as it was having the resources available each day, instead of pushing everything to Monday and then trying to cover everything, on Monday. MANY French security heads stated they were, to use one of our American phrases, “maxed out”.
So, if events were to be spread out, which days for which events? There I can only speculate that money was a big factor, and the framing of the NFL game as drawing a full crowd (”look at how popular this is!”) may have been even more important to the NFL. Soccer, OTOH, is pretty much gonna be “what it is”, in France, even if the games pushed to Monday have lowered attendance.
Just guessing...
“...Just guessing...”
You probably aren’t far from wrong. Money dictates how everything about the NFL is accomplished. It has nothing to do with sports or even the common sense of not supplying the location of a possible disaster like in this case. Why should they care? They were there, but it would be impossible to get to them without an RPG.
Years of working within the failed antics of US sports has emboldened the NFL to try to do anythiung they wish from fudging on rules like crowd control to eliminating owners like Carroll Rosenbloom in a witnessed effort that was buried possibly in the same sand he was drug off and into the surf. The owners were the Clintons before they were an immoral lying problem. So the big quesion is...does crime pay?
“I can only speculate that money was a big factor...”
Good speculating, my friend.
How NFL Owners Make Money
• Guaranteed National Revenue: Each of the 32 teams receives over $432 million annually from league-wide media rights (broadcast TV and streaming deals), sponsorships, and merchandise before selling a single ticket or hot dog.
• Local Revenues: Owners keep nearly 100% of luxury suite sales, local sponsorships, parking, and stadium concessions (such as high-margin food and beer), plus a large share of local ticket sales.
• Soaring Franchise Valuations: The average NFL franchise is worth roughly $9 billion to $9.5 billion, turning teams into rapidly appreciating assets. For example, the Dallas Cowboys are valued at over $17 billion.
• Private Equity & New Investments: Recent league rule changes allowing private equity investments (up to 10% per team) and partnerships through 32 Equity allow owners to capture outside capital and investment returns that are exempt from football-revenue splits with players.
The rich only want to be richer. And it doesn’t make any difference to them how they get it as long as it is handed to them.
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