The employees (the players) are, in part, hard core liberal (i.e. racist) blacks who are not very bright and are susceptible to the influence of the race baiting culture prevalent in liberal circles.
The customers, the fans, are for the most part conservative, patriotic Americans.
The owners are mostly successful businessmen who have no earthly idea as to how to thread this needle.
And to add a final note, the employees do not see the teams as business franchises, they see them only as sports teams.
IMO, the players are about to learn a major lesson in how businesses operate.
I’m as baffled as everyone else by the owner’s inaction regarding Goodell.
In my opinion, most of these major sports owners, do not own these franchises for the week to week income that they provide. I’m not saying they aren’t glad to see revenue come in, I’m just saying it is not their primary motivation for owning a team.
What they want is to buy a team for $200 million and sell it 10 years later for a billion, or buy it for a billion and sell it for 3 billion.
Well I don’t think that’s going to happen now. The value of these NFL franchises is not going to increase if fans are staying away, sponsors are leaving, stadiums are half empty, concession and gear sales are off and TV revenues are down.
I believe this is what is upsetting Jerry Jones and others.
All good points. After reviewing your list, it’s pretty clear there’s no logical way for this to work itself out. Each party is coming from a totally different point of view. It will not end well — for anyone.
Sadly, that is a very accurate summary.